Dixie, your husband's great-grandfather was Julius Theodore Beitel (spelled "Beutel" in earlier generation). Julius (born 1825) married Emma Louisa Troeger in Hinckley IL about 1848. They had 13 children. One boy died very young. The five girls were Agnes, Bertha, Rhoda, Esther and Rachel.
Bertha taught music in Germany. Rhoda was my grandmother. Esther and Rachel married two brothers, Will Morsch and John Morsch, so their children were double first cousins. Your husband must be somewhere in that line.
The earliest Beitel ancestor was Heinrich Beutel /Beitel, the founding father of this geneology site. Julius was a grandson of Heinrich B. I think all the early generations were active Moravians (teachers, missionaries etc), some around Bethlehem and Nazareth PA. Some of the family removed to Illinois and stayed there.
Ashley H Beitel of Moline Illinois wrote up a Heinrich Beitel family tree that shows descendents as far as some born 1950. but it probably is not complete. I have a page that lists the first names of Esther's children and Rachel's children, and some of the children's married names. Some stayed in Illinois, some settled in Wyoming. I have met some of the Morschs living at or near Hinckley--very nice people.
Dixie, if you would like a copy of this family tree, (or some specific info from it) please post a reply to the Geneology page. I have a special interest in Julius' wife, Emma L Troeger, who made an interesting trip on the Penn and Ohio canals when she was a child.