This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Dial,Dyal,Dyle, Doyle, Doyal, Perkins Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/YCB.2ACI/571.1 Message Board Post: Donna, I have Matthew Dial born 1844 on marriage papers in 1869 married Levisa Perkins they had 12 children: William, Adeline (my line), Almira, Lucinda, Charlie, Beaureguard, Poley, Clara, Bertha, Serianie, Jeanette, Elizabeth. In Matthew's Civil war Pension he says he was was born & raise in Rapides Parish and then says his birth date is 1838. SO IF YOU HAVE TRACKED HIM OR HIS KIDS, I NEED HELP ALOT! This has been a dea end for 10 years! I keep it all in a P.A.F. data base. The kids spelled the name every which way. Matthew's is Dyal, Dial or DyleThanks Ya'll.