I would guess that if Earnest gave his occupation as "Private U.S.A.", and was counted at his parent's home, he was probably home on furlough (leave) at the time. -----Original Message----- From: leaguepm@wccta.net To: mdallega@rootsweb.com; willison@rootsweb.com Sent: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 9:19 AM Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA] Fw: Question Dick, I'm the one who asked Connie the question. I found this in the 1900 Census for Monroe Twp, Licking County, Ohio under Arkansas B. Butt. His son, Earnest B. was given as age 23, still in the parent's home with the occupation "Private U.S.A." Nancy ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.