This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bennett Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lg.2ADE/783.1.1 Message Board Post: I wonder if we're looking for the same family. Mine is from the Pontiac, Illinois area. My grandfather was Charles Wesley Bennett. My father, Ralph, was born in 1898. He had two brothers and two sisters that I know of. They were Arthur, Aldene (I'm not sure of that spelling), and Margaret. My grandmother's maiden name was Kipfer. Many Bennett's and Kipfers are from the area in and around Pontiac, Illinois. Margo (Bennett) Elmer