Hi, I have a Charles M. TOWNSEND living in Pekin, IL in 1937. He was taking care of his stroke-victimized father that year (Frank Dekay Townsend) when Frank died in April of that year and then was buried in Springville Cemetery in Clinton, Iowa, which is where he had lived all of his married life. The mother was Ida CONARD-TOWNSEND, from Clinton, Iowa. Does anyone have access to cemetery records for Pekin, that might show that this Charles M. Townsend was buried in this city? I'm thinking that he must have been born about 1890 or so, which is a huge guess, figuring his mother would have been 23 yrs old at the time. And, does anyone have access to a city directory for the time frame of 1937 when Frank Townsend died, showing the Townsend families living in Pekin? I have no idea if Charles ever married or had children but I definitely want to, as well. He was one of two children born to Frank & Ida, with his sibling dying in infancy. I'm thinking that there might have been other Townsend relatives living in Pekin at that time. Thanks for looking and for any help someone may give, Sandy in CA