Hi Scott, Just thought I'd let you know I checked the original book and the dates were transcribed just as they appear in it. There is another Pittman bio in another book who is a brother to George - who was born 1848, so 1847 may not be that out of line. For what it's worth; all the best, Celia >Hi Folks, > >In the Bio for George W. M. Pittman on the Champaign co. GenWeb site, it >states that he was born in 1847. Later it states that he entered Illinois >Wesleyan University in the fall of 1861 which would make him just 14 years >old which seems a little young to me (though I am employing a 20th/21st cent. >mindset.) My question is, would 14 be a reasonable age for a person in that >time period to enter college? > >To add to this quandry, I found a George W. Pittman in the 1910 census who >was listed as age 69 which would be a birth year of about 1841. Yet that >would make him about 20 upon entering Ill. Wesleyan which seems a tad old. > >Any ideas or comments would be most appreciated. > >Scott Pittman >rsprgv@aol.com