Hello: Don't know who You mean, however, a Young Man, can join with Parent Permission, at age (17), also a Private, is any Age, in the Old Service, You could be a Private one Day, and Next Day a Seargent. And when in Combat, You could be a Private, and then a Captain, or Chief Warrent Officer, it's called a Field Commission, or Promotion. Their were alot in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, as well as Our New Wars, which is another Story Regards: The Sarge ""Honor and Courage"" ----- Original Message ----- From: "cbeachy" <cbeachy@hereintown.net> To: <mdallega@rootsweb.com>; "Willison@rootsweb.com" <WILLISON@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 10:26 PM Subject: [WILLISON] Fw: Question > Is there someone out there who can answer this question? > Connie > > > This is a Butt ( part of the Ohio Elisha Willison's) and he was in his > 20's. > > Nancy > > > While searching thru some Census this afternoon, I discovered the > following as an occupation: Private U.S.A. > > This was in the 1900 census. Am I correct in assuming that this fellow > was in the Army of the United States as a Private? I've never seen > anything like this before. > > Nancy > > I haven't seen this before either. Is this fellow of age to be a > Private? > Connie > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WILLISON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message