I am trying to find parents of Curtis Beedle b 1852-1854 in Illinois. see below. I have not been able to find him in the 1860 nor 1870 census. There is a Joseph & Eliza in Hancock Co Illinois, who had a son Curtis, but he was b 1861. Thank you for your help Mabry Benson Name: Curtis Beedle Birth: Nov 1854 Illinois [108] or 14 Nov 1852 Illinois [42] Death: aft 1920 1900 census: Platte twp, Dodge County, Nebraska, p 314, Curtis B Beedle 11/1854 Ill (par Pa, Pa), Mahala 12/1858 Mo (NC, Kent), Claude 8/1878 Mo (Ill, Mo), Ora Gable step son 2/1883 Nebr, Della 6/1888 Nebr (Ill, Ind), Mary 6/1893 Nebr (Ill , Mo), Johnson 10/1894, Clara 8/1896. 1910 census: Peoria twp, Knox County, Nebraska, p 101, Curtis 54, m3, m 18 yr [m 1892[, Wisc (Pa, Pa), Mahala 51 m1, m 18 yr, 4 ch 3 liv, Mo, (NC, Kent), Mary 17 Nebr, John S 15, Clara 13. 1920 census: Morton twp, Knox County, Nebraska, p 193, C. E. 64, Mahala 61, Clara 22. Spouses 1: Georgia Edna Buskled Birth: 24 Feb 1860 [42] Child: Claude (1878-) 2: Emma Johnson Marriage: 26 Aug 1882 Nodaway County, Missouri [220] This may be the Curtis Beedle b 1861 son of Joseph) Misc. Notes Gladys Steen Matthews says that Della Beedle's mother is Geneva A Ellingwood. Children: Mandia E (1883-) Riter Curtis (1886-) Della H. (1889-1966) 3: Mahala Ann Watts Birth: 25 Dec 1858 Missouri [20], [108], [42] Death: 1927 Morton, Knox County, Nebraska [20] Son Ora Gable born 2/1883. [108] Geneva Ellingwood married Dodge Co Nebr 8 May 1883 George Gable. [282] Marriage: 11 Feb 1892 [42] Children: Mary Florence (1893-) Johnson Seely (1894-1967) Clara (1896-) 20. Bloomfield Cemetery listings 42. Family Bible of Gladys Steen 108. 1900 census 220. IGI extracted record 282. IGI listing, not confirmed