Hi all! I was going through some of my old messages and found the following listings for different John PILES that served in the CSA in what most southerners refer to as "the late unpleasantness". Piles, John: Pocahontas Co. WV Private, Co. F, 19th Va Cav. Piles, John H.: Hampshire Co. WV Private, Co. B, 18th Va Cav. Piles, John W.: Greenbrier Co. WV Private, Chapman's Battery Do any of y'all have any unit histories on these? Sara pyle@airmail.net

The following is a sketch from the book Biographical and historical Souvenir for the counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott and Washington. Indiana Compiled and published by John M. Gresham & Co., Chicago. 1889 which I copied at the Sons of the Revolution library in Glendale, California: John J. PILES, Farmer, Monroe township, was born Nov. 23, 1823, in KY, and is the son of William PILES, a native of Henry County, KY. His father, Conericus PILES, a native of Virginia, was one of the famous "hunters of Kentucky" of Daniel Boone's days, and was a Revolutionary soldier. William PILES settled in Switzerland County, IN as early as 1825 or 1826 where he lived for many years. There he married Elizabeth Haydon, who was the daughter of William Haydon, a native of Virginia, who removed to KY at an early time of his life and lived there a great many years. Of this family, Ben, Jackson, Thomas and Bland Haydon were soldiers in the War of 1812-15. Mr. John J. PILES was a son of these parents, and was raised on a farm. In 1846 he was married to Miss Cynthia A. Rayburn, daughter of R. Rayburn, a native of KY, of Irish ancestry. Her mother Nancy Ryden, was a native of KY. Mr. PILES and wife have never had any children of their own, but have furnished homes for five of other parents, namely: Chas. U. Kenen, Martin L. Rayburn, Nancy J. PILES, and her two daughters, Laura B. and Elizabeth. Mr. Piles went at the first call for troops in the Rebellion, as a private in Co. D, Thirty-seventh Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, and was in all the battles of his regiment, viz: Stone River, Lookout Mountain, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, etc. The regiment was with Sherman in his famous "March to the Sea." Served three years, and came back to farmer's life, settling in Jefferson county, Monroe township. He is a member of the G.A.R. and is a good citizen.

My name is Sandi Ford. I live in Champaign, Illinois. I am working on the Pyle family from Lawrence and Beaver Co. PA. My great-grandfather was James Pyle, born March 1, 1839. The 1850 census shows a James Pyle age 10 living with Mathias and Mary Shafer of Lawrence Co. I am looking for his parents. He also had a brother Martin Pyle from New Castle, I have found some information on him. He also had a sister Kate Pyle, possibly Victor or Victory that was listed in great=grandfathers obituary being from Indianapolis. My great-grandfather moved to Hancock Co., Indiana and married Elizabeth Miller in 1861 in Hancock Co. In about 1880 they moved to Mattoon Illinois, which is where my grandfather William Arnold Pyle was from and also my father Howard James Pyle. That is where I went to school. My grandfather was born in 1880 and my father in 1920.

To those of you who are from the line that had the Nicholas Pyle (1748-1829) who married Ann Black, do you have information on the Black family that you would share with a researcher of that line? Ann's parents were Hans and Agnes Black. Anyone know her mother's maiden name? Any info on the Black family will be appreciated and I'll forward it on to her. Thanks, Doris

Seeking information about: Miss Ivie Pyles, 107 Bellview Ave, Fairmont, WV. from about 1908 until 1957. Married c. 1952, to Roy Boyer b. 29 May 1906 d. Apr 1987. After Fairmont, moved to Yankeetown, FL where Roy died and I suspect, Ivie did, too. Roy had siblings in Florida as late as 1992. Both had SSN's issued in SD, where she spent the summer of 1951, as well as some other times earlier and later. Her brother (?) Albert spent much time working at the reservation school at Pine Ridge and Keystone, SD. Ivie was a teacher, and Sunday School teacher, too, active in the Presbyterian or Methodist church. She even won an award for developing an environmental studies programme, long before the environment became the issue it is today. I would very much like to learn more about Ivie, her cousin (?) Gladys, (spouse Ryland, possibly daughters Alma & Margie), sister (?) Esther, who served with the WAACs in Carlsbad NM 1943, and Fairfield CA in 1944, and her brother, cousin or uncle, Albert and his wife Nellie and daughter, Dorothy (nicknamed Dotty), and Clarence, who served in the USN in WWII. Her grandparents were Wilson & Clarissa Shahan, and her mother's name may have been Larra or Cary. Mr. C. Lee Snider originally owned the house on Bellview Ave. where Ivie lived with Rhodena Pyles (possibly her aunt), and sold it to Ivie before he died in 1943 or 1944. Beyond this, I have nothing but the names of some mostly maiden lady teacher friends who are now dead or unable to communicate or to be traced. Linda

Welcome Donna Pyle to the PYLE Family list, we are so glad to have you join us! When you have time, please tell us a little about yourself. You have already posted a query about the branch of the PYLE family you are researching but it will be okay to post again. I encourage all to repost their queries once a month or so because we keep adding new cousins! This is usually a very active list and I believe you will enjoy it. We do have a few guidelines regarding postings, etc. All genealogical postings should be addressed to PYLE-L@rootsweb.com This also includes responses to queries. For example, if you are responding to a query that I make, then you should address it to my e-mail with Cc to the list address or vice-versa. It is easiest to just click on "reply to all". If you have a message for someone of a personal nature, then you would certainly want to send that privately. If you are posting a very long document or gedcom, then it should be done in 2 or 3 postings rather than the whole thing at once. For instance, you might be sending xxx pt. 1, xxx pt. 2, xxx pt 3, etc. The reason for this is very simply that some providers cannot handle large pieces of mail at one time. Please do not send attachments to the list because there has been a problem with that on some servers. If you have a document that is too large to do a cut and paste, then post a description of it to the list to see who might want it sent directly. Or, I possibly could arrange to have it stored on a server for retrieval, just let me know. If you have any questions about the list or you are not sure of what to do, please e-mail me at pyle@airmail.net Looking forward to hearing from you. Sara Broughton Pyle pyle@airmail.net

I checked the Roots-L surname request out of curiosity. I find there are many there who are not on our Pyle list. Perhaps Sara could send E-mail to these people to let them know about our news list. The first section of this RSL is a list of matches for Pyle submitted to Roots-L . On each line, the last word is a tag identifying the person who submitted the entry. The second section is information on the person who submitted the entry. Pyle 1594 1806 ENG>ChesterCo,PA>DelawareCo,PA>ChathamCo,NC,USA cindyc +Pyle 1594 1736 BishopsCannings,WIL,ENG>BethelTwp,ChesterCo,PA kaliste Pyle 1600 ---- ENG>Chester,PA,USA epeters Pyle 1625 1780 BishopCannings,ENG>Chester,PA,USA butch31 Pyle 1642 1990 ENG>PA>VA>OH>VermillionCo,IN,USA ronpyle Pyle 1670 ---- Thornbury,PA,USA andria Pyle 1684 1913 ChesterCo,PA>ChathamCo,NC>ChristianCo,KY>IL>MO,USA hwc Pyle 1684 1913 ChesterCo,PA>NC>ChristianCo,KY>PerryCo,IL>MO,USA hwc Pyle 1696 ---- ENG>MD>KY>MT,USA mpile Pyle 1720 1826 LancasterCo,PA>ChathamCo,NC,USA cindyc Pyle 1725 now SC>GA>AL>TX,USA lpyle Pyle 1739 ---- Miton,Lilburne,WIL,ENG whobson Pyle 1739 1782 Miton,Lilburne,WIL>Allington,WIL,ENG whobson Pyle c1770 1924 ?>PA>RossCo,OH,USA rach Pyle 1772 1975 SC>HenryCo,GA>DeSotoParish,LA>TX,USA clillard Pyle 1800 1900 IA>MO,USA psp Pyle c1800 now GA>Sumter,AL>DeSotoPar,LA>Cherokee>HoustonCo,TX jpyle Pyle 1846 1932 NC>GA>AL>TX,USA winger Pyle 1850 now PA>VA>WV,USA sarapyle +Pyle 1867 1954 SomersetCo,PA,USA cfenell Pyle 1896 1911 IA,USA strusty Pyles 1582 ---- ENG beritm Pyles 1770 now PA>MD>Hampshire/MineralCo,WV,USA bpyles Pyles 1800s now MD,USA mudduck Pyles 1806 1918 NC>IN,USA partlow Pyles 1809 1879 MD>Washington,PA,USA liggett Pyles 1813 1893 PA>HarlanCo,NE,USA simpson Pyles c1830 ---- TN/KY,USA baker Pyles 1840 now IL>AR,USA wpyles Pyles 1849 1876 Normanville,SA,AUS normdarw Pyles 1850 ---- Duquion,IL>Boonville,AR,USA wpyles Pyles 1862 1876 OK>KY>AR,USA rdoman Pyles 1924 1990 MD,USA mudduck Pyles - see Piles (daviesb) Pyles - see Piles (drgoff) Pyles - see Piles (jdouglas) Pyles - see Pyle (sarapyle) andria Andria L. Fiegel, andria@panix.com, New York City, 212.969.8933 baker Paul Baker, pbaker@facstaff.wisc.edu 30 N 4th St, Evansville, WI 53536 beritm Berit Muncy, lycaeon@pinellas.com bpyles Bill Pyles, pyles@digital.net 7793 Windover Way, Titusville, Fl 32780 butch31 Bertrand K. Macpherson, LFTY35A@prodigy.com 1031 Cameron Lane, Lima, OH 45805 cfenell Cheryl Fenell, RPF66M@AOL.COM 12035 Fambridge Road, Orlando, Florida 32837 cindyc Cindy McCachern, 73611.1443@compuserve.com clillard Carolyn Lillard, clillard@texnet.net 1640 Old Caufield Ranch Rd., McGregor, TX 76657-3534 epeters Erin Peters, peeters@juno.com, erinkwells@aol.com 2722 Jacqueline Dr., M-16,Wilmington, DE 19810-2042 hwc Harry Campbell, woodyc@ix.netcom.com E. 4257 26th Ave, Spokane, WA 99223 jpyle Joe Pyle, jpyle@erols.com, joe.pyle@lmco.com 16709 Cashell Road,Rockville, MD 20853-1256 kaliste Eve Cassady, herkimerschwartz@hotmail.com P O Box 325 Canoga Park, CA 91305 USA liggett Harry Liggett, hliggett@ald.net, hliggett@ald.net 544 N. Firestone Blvd., Akron, OH 44301-2544 lpyle Lydia Pyle, lpyle@flash.net mpile Marilyn Pile, ohmystars@aol.com mudduck Ron Wood, mudduck1@mail.acilink.net P.O.Box 30,Callaway,Md 20620 http://www.acilink.net/~mudduck1/index.htm normdarw Norm Darwin, darwin@sebas.vic.edu.au rsd h581 Ballarat Aus. 3352 partlow Marcus Partlow, Mpart74960@AOL.com psp Peggy Pyle, peggy@getonthe.net Rt 1 Box 205 C, Mt Vernon, MO 65712 rach Rachel Meyer, buzmeyer@bright.net 18901 Fledderjohn Rd., New Knoxville, OH 45871 (419) 753-2008 http://www.bright.net/~buzmeyer/18.html rdoman Roberta Wilder Doman, bobette@mail.prostar.com 10824 130th Ave. E. Puyallup, Wa 98734 ronpyle Ron Pyle, piguy@goldrush.com, Box 849, AngelsCamp, Ca 95221 sarapyle Sara Pyle, pyle@airmail.net simpson Patti Simpson, ps60313@navix.net snail mail: 1916 W 9th Street, Hastings, NE 68901 http://www.4w.com/pages/psimpson/ strusty Saralyn Trusty, strusty@iname.com 6305 Ailensor Ct. Granbury TX 76049 whobson Wendy Hobson, whobson@wire.net.au 22 Eastmead Road, Croydon, Victoria 3136 Australia winger Wayne Fulmer, fulmerw@premier.net 2723 Purvis Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70809 504-926-6637 wpyles Windell Pyles, Apyles@calweb.com For more information on what the ROOTS Surname List is, and how to submit entries, send the following to roots-l-request@rootsweb.com: get family.readme 14 Aug 1997 Harry Liggett in Akron, OH E-mail: hliggett@ald.net

Dear Pyle cousins, The next time I print out the roster, I will put it in alphabetical order. As it is now, it shows people in the order they subscribed except for some of our digest members. The list also still carries three addresses for people that have unsubscribed for some reason. I am hoping they will be back. It would be great if you are going on vacation to let me know. When I get those "unsub" messages it makes me wonder if there is something wrong. I really feel like we are a rather scattered family! Also, you will notice that the first character of your e-mail address is lower case, that is the way it comes from RootsWeb. When I realized how quickly our cousin list was growing, I put it on a spreadsheet, then typed in the known names. As we add new members or state information, I enter those on the spreadsheet. One of these days I'll try to go back and "fix" the first letters so they will show the way you would like. If you want your name and/or state to be listed and it isn't, please let me know. Thanks. Sara

Pyle Sara B. pyle@airmail.net TX Pyle Ron piguy@goldrush.com CA Pyles Bill pyles@digital.net FL stokley@america.com Meyer Rachel buzmeyer@bright.net Pyle Sara Elizabeth sep1@erols.com NY Myers Dawn myers@netwalk.com Gay Betty bettyGay@aol.com Pyle Carl Eugene cepyle@redrose.net PA Doman Bobi bobette@mail.prostar.com Ruse Joan E. xWTW51A@prodigy.com IL Davenport Bob bobd@mail.tigernet.gen.mo.us Morelli Mary morelli@fuse.net Lillard Carolyn clillard@texnet.net Campbell Woody woodyc@ix.netcom.com Pittman Brenda J. pittman_b@popmail.firn.edu Liggett Harry hliggett@ald.net OH Bruce Frances fBruce3554@aol.com SC Gilchrist Joy hcpd.lewisco@westvirginia.com WV pATSKNEE@aol.com Fulmer Carolyn fulmerw@premier.net Baker Paul pbaker@facstaff.wisc.edu WI Pyle Becky bpyle@nova.org Heckel Rebecca rlheckel@airmail.net TX Stanfield Jim dgoat40@aol.com Pyle John jSCC1@aol.com Roland Brenda aRoland846@aol.com Lee Les lLee407@aol.com PA Pyle Jean njpyle@azstarnet.com AZ Pyle Anne ceannmor@erols.com Gunzl Linda lGunzl@aol.com rpyle@sei-it.com Partlow Marc mPart74960@aol.com Pyle Jean n8669p@pacbell.net Kourey Peggy pkourey@newwave.net WV Schriver Rhonda alkmom@aol.com Fravel Ralph fravel@sonic.net Kalczynski Cyndi cykal@im4u.net MI Christie Nancy christie@admin.ogi.edu Pihl Lucy laps@midusa.net Kennel Joanne masttrim@epix.net McCachern Cindy McCachern@worldnet.att.net unsubbed guano@aol.com Wallace Rita Pyle riTA33699@aol.com GA Johnson Diane dianej@jeeves.ucsd.edu Springer John L. springer@brigadoon.com unsubbed Price Crystal darksihde@aol.com Haynes Doris dhaynes@HUB.ofthe.NET TX Shuff Beth eMOrman@aol.com VA Pyles jpyles@sprynet.com Grubbs Bill bgrubbs@flash.net Pyle Dawn djpyle2@webtv.net VA Rowe Carol 103571.702@CompuServe.COM Pyle II Scott cubsBlue@aol.com Murray Patrick pat.murray@juno.com IA Mitch Pat pMitch2907@aol.com IL Bamburg L. lBamburg@aol.com Patten Jerry jpatten@worldnet.att.net MO MacKinnon bdmlhm@king.igs.net Kruse Craig cmkruse@bellsouth.net FL Malec Debbie drmalec@sprynet.com Sandi sandi945@aol.com Gleason Lynn gleason@prodigy.net Pyle Peggy peggy@getonthe.net MO Soper Ken kensoper@aol.com Payne Marjory geopayne@mail.enter.net bigblkvet@aol.com

ENG, DE, PA, NC, MD, SC, KY, IL, MO -- John PYLE I. bn 1594, Bishop's Canning, Wiltshire, ENG; d. 1652, Bishop's Canning; md. cir 1620 in Bishop's Canning to Mary M. WITHERS/WHITHERS [bn 1604 Bishops Canning, Wiltshire, England]; known children: 1.John PYLE [bn.1621 Bishop's Canning]; 2.Robert PYLE [bn.1623 Bishop's Canning]; 3.Nicholas PYLE I. [bn abt 1625 Bishop's Canning, md. 1st Edith MUSPRAT 2nd Abigail _____]; 4.Thomas PYLE [bn 1632 Bishop's Canning]; 5.Edward PYLE [d. 1647]; 6.Marie PYLE [bn 1639 Bishop's Canning]. Nicholas N. PYLE I. s/o John & Mary (WITHERS/WHITHERS) PYLE; bn 13Mar1624/25 in Bishop's Canning, Wiltshire, England; d. 1691 in Wiltshire, Eng.; md. 1656 in Bishop's Canning to Edith MUSPRAT; known children: 1. Mary PYLE [bn 1658/59 in Bishop's Canning, md. _____ BOX]; 2.Robert PYLE [bn 1660 Bishop's Canning, md. 1st Ann STOVY/STOVEY 2nd Susannah DEEBLE]; 3.Ambrose PYLE [bn. Bishop's Canning, d. 1665 Bishop's Canning]; 4.Edith PYLE [bn.1665 Bishop's Canning, md. _____ PAINTER]; 5.Nicholas PYLE II. [bn 1666 Bishop's Canning, md. 1st Abigail BUSHELL/BUSHNELL 2nd Ann WEBB]; 6.Samuel PYLE [bn. 1668 Bishop's Canning]; 7.Ralph PYLE [bn 1670 Bishop's Canning, md. 1st Eleanor RAWLINGS 2nd Mary _____]; 8.Susannah PYLE [bn.1674]; 9.John PYLE [bn. bef 1690]; 10.William PYLE [bn. bef. 1690]. Nicholas PYLE I. md. 2nd Abigail _____. Nicholas PYLE II. s/o Nicholas & Edith (MUSPRAT) PYLE; bn 1666 Bishop's Canning, Wiltshire, England; d. 1716 Concord, PA; bur. Concord Mtg. (Friends), Chester Co., PA; 1st md. 1688 Chester Co., PA to Abigail BUSHELL/BUSHNELL; known children: 1. Mary PYLE [bn 1689 Concord Twp., PA; md. Joseph SHARP] 2. Edith PYLE [bn 1694/95 Concord Twp., PA; md Nicholas NEWLIN] 3. Nicholas PYLE [bn 1696/97 Concord Twp, Chester Co., PA; md Sarah WORRILOW] 4. Dr. Samuel PYLE [bn 1699/1700 Concord, Chester Co., PA; md Sarah PRINGLE] 5. James PYLE [bn 1703 Concord Twp., Chester Co., PA] 6. Joseph PYLE [bn 1705/06 Concord Twp., Chester Co., PA] 7. Sarah PYLE [bn abt 1708 Concord Twp., Chester Co., PA; md Joseph WAY] Nicholas PYLE II 2nd md. 1713 Philadelphia, PA to Ann WEBB. Dr. Samuel PYLE s/o Nicholas PYLE II. & Abigail BUSHELL/BUSHNELL; bn. 1700; d. 1749; md. 1721 England? Sarah PRINGLE; known children: 1. Jacob PYLE 2. Nicholas PYLE [bn 1721/22 Kennet, Chester Co., PA; md. Mary BALDWIN in 1744] 3. Dr. Col. John PYLE II. [BN 1721/23 Kennett Square, Chester Co., PA; md. Sarah BALDWIN]; 4. Edith PYLE [bn 1725/26 Kennett, Chester Co., PA; md Joseph HARLAN] 5. Abigail PYLE [bn 1728] 6. Sarah PYLE [bn 1729/30] 7. Mary PYLE [bn 1730/31 Chester Co., PA; d 1732 Chester Co., PA] 8. Ann PYLE [bn 1732/33 Chester Co., PA; md Jehu HOLLINGSWORTH] 9. Samuel PYLE [bn 1736; d 1736] 10.William PYLE [bn 1740; d 1742] 11.Betty PYLE [bn 1741/42; d 1814] Dr. Col. John PYLE II. s/o Dr. Samuel PYLE; bn 1721; d. 1804; md. 1744 in DE? to Sarah BALDWIN; moved to Chatham Co., NC; known children: 1. Capt. John PYLE III. [bn 1746 Chester Co., PA; d 1818 KY; md Sarah BRASHEARS/BRAZIER]; 2. Nicholas PYLE III [bn 1748, md. Anne BLACK]; 3. Sarah PYLE [bn 1750/51 Hartford Co. ,MD, md. John LINDLEY]; 4. William PYLE [bn 1752, md. Elizabeth KIRBY]; 5. Edith PYLE [bn abt 1754 Chatham Co., NC, md. James STEELE]; 6. Mary PYLE [bn 1756, md. John HALL]; 7. Samuel PYLE [bn. abt 1758]; 8. Joseph PYLE [bn abt 1760]; 9. Nancy Ann PYLE [bn abt 1762]; 10.Susannah PYLE [bn abt 1764]; 11.Jehu PYLE [bn 1766, md. 1st Ruth LINDLEY 2nd Abigail EVANS]. Nicholas PYLE III s/o Dr. Col. John PYLE II & Sarah BALDWIN; bn. 1748, PA; d. 1829 in Sangamon Co. ,IL; md abt 1771 in SC to Anne BLACK; known children: 1. Nicholas PYLE jr. [bn 1781 SC, md Mary PYLE]; 2. Thompson PYLE; 3. John E. PYLE; 4. John H. PYLE; 5. Susannah/Susan PYLE [bn 1786 SC, md. William Henry BROOKS]; 6. Abner PYLE [bn cir 1800 Christian Co., KY, md Lucinda CAVANAUGH]; 7. Byrd/Bird Burford PYLE [bn 1802/03 Frankfort, Christian Co., KY, md. Gavella PEMBERTON]; 8. Moffitt PYLE [bn abt 1824 KY, md. Eliza F. _____]; 9. John/Jay/Jehu H. PYLE [md. Elizabeth CANNON, d. 1812 Christian Co. KY]; 10.Hans PYLE; 11.David/Davis PYLE [bn 1793/94 Christian Co., KY, md. Polly CAVANAUGH]; 12.William PYLE [bn Christian Co., KY, md. Elizabeth/"Betsey" CAVANAUGH in 1819]; 13.Alfred PYLE; 14.Nancy PYLE [md. Benjamin CRABTREE 1811 in Christian Co., KY]; 15.Jane PYLE [bn cir 1782, md. David LACY]; 16.Edith PYLE [md. Howard HUSBANDS 1817 in Caldwell Co., KY]; 17.Lass PYLE; 18.Joy PYLE; 19.Samuel PYLE [1st md. Elizabeth HARRISON 1812 in Christian Co., KY, 2nd. Eunice STEWART 1820 in Christian Co.]; 20.Hiram PYLE; 21.Jinsey PYLE [md. Alexander TUCKER 1819 in Christian Co.]. Susannah/Susan PYLE d/o Nicholas PYLE III & Anne BLACK; bn 1786 SC; d 1861 Randolph Co., MO; md.1805 in Christian Co., KY to William Henry BROOKS; known children: 1. Janette/Jenetta/Jenett/Gennetta BROOKS [bn 1806 KY, md. Stephen H. GARVEN]; 2. Matilda BROOKS [bn 1808 KY, md. John/"Jack" DYSART]; 3. Granville BROOKS [bn 1811, md. Mary J. BUSTERON]; 4. Jesse Thomas "Ross" BROOKS [bn 1814 KY, md. Martha Ann BROOKS]; 5. William W. BROOKS [bn 1815]; 6. Benjamin Reeves BROOKS [bn 1817 KY, md Sarah/"Sally" Elizabeth TAYLOR]; 7. Martha Ann BROOKS [bn 1819 Randolph Co., MO, md. Jesse Thomas "Ross" BROOKS]; 8. Orpha Jane BROOKS [bn 1822 MO, md. Joseph Wisdom BURTON]; 9. Minerva E. BROOKS [bn 1825 MO, md. May Medley BURTON Jr.]; 10.Robert BROOKS. Any information, help or exchange welcomed! Lynn (BROOKS) GLEASON, 444 11th Ave. SE, Forest Lake, MN 55025-1871 E-Mail: Gleason@prodigy.net

I know this has been posted before, but it has been a while. You can get two free lookups per day at the following site. You may click on the items on the left side of the screen in addition to the new listings. >Title: Ancestral Findings >URL: http://access.mountain.net/~wfmoney/cd/ Rootsweb is up and running well again, so lets have some postings! Sara pyle@airmail.net

Welcome to the PYLE Family list! We are so glad to have you join us. When you have time, please tell us a little about yourself and what branch of the PYLE family you are researching. This is a very active list and I believe you will enjoy it. We do have a few guidelines regarding postings, etc. All genealogical postings should be addressed to PYLE-L@rootsweb.com This also includes responses to queries. For example, if you are responding to a query that I make, then you should address it to my e-mail with Cc to the list address or vice-versa. It is easiest to just click on "reply to all". If you have a message for someone of a personal nature, then you would certainly want to send that privately. If you are posting a very long document or gedcom, then it should be done in 2 or 3 postings rather than the whole thing at once. For instance, you might be sending xxx pt. 1, xxx pt. 2, xxx pt 3, etc. The reason for this is very simply that some providers cannot handle large pieces of mail at one time. Please do not send attachments to the list because there has been a problem with that on some servers. If you have a document that is too large to do a cut and paste, then post a description of it to the list to see who might want it sent directly. Or, I possibly could arrange to have it stored on a server for retrieval, just let me know. If you have any questions about the list or you are not sure of what to do, please e-mail me at pyle@airmail.net Looking forward to hearing from you. Sara Broughton Pyle pyle@airmail.net

Hi; This was the featured story on C-span Monday night. Ron Pyle Ernie Pyle's War : America's Eyewitness to World War II by James E. Tobin Hardcover, 304 pages Published by Free Pr Publication date: June 1, 1997 Dimensions (in inches): 9.55 x 6.42 x 1.10 ISBN: 0684836424 List: $25.00 ~ Our Price: $17.50 ~ You Save: $7.50 (30%) Availability: This item usually ships within 2-3 days. (You can always remove it later...) Check out these titles! Readers who bought Ernie Pyle's War : America's Eyewitness to World War II also bought: •The Adirondacks : A History of America's First Wilderness; Paul Schneider •Memories of Summer : When Baseball Was an Art, and Writing About It a Game; Roger Kahn •The Visual Display of Quantitative Information; Edward R. Tufte Browse other History titles. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reviews and Commentary for Ernie Pyle's War : America's Eyewitness to World War II Have you read this book? Write an online review and share your thoughts with other readers. Amazon.com Books: When World War II correspondent Ernie Pyle left for the Pacific Theater in 1945, he told friends and colleagues that he felt sure he would die there. Pyle was right; on April 18th, a Japanese machine gunner killed one of America's most beloved personalities, sending the entire nation into shock and mourning. In the years since Pyle's death, his particular brand of journalism has been criticized: he's been accused of ignoring the stupidity of generals, of downplaying the horror of battle, and of presenting the war in a better light than it actually deserved to be portrayed. James Tobin, author of the impressive biography Ernie Pyle's War, does not deny that his subject often smoothed the jagged facts of war, but he provides both the context--an era and a war in which correspondents were expected to be "team players" who helped their side to win hearts and minds at home--and the personal conflict raised for Pyle by the often irreconcilable demands of telling the truth and building morale. In addition to detailing Pyle's mostly unhappy personal life, Tobin also includes samples of his columns, proving once and for all that Pyle was more than just a hick who fell into reporting; the man had real, substantial talent, evidenced by his ability to put words together and his sensitivity to the subjects he wrote about. More than just a biography, Ernie Pyle's War is also a study of war, and the peculiar, twilight world of suffering and half-told truths to which men like Ernie Pyle were drawn. From Kirkus Reviews, 03/15/97: From Detroit News reporter Tobin, the definitive biography of this country's great WW II war correspondent. There was little in Ernie Pyle's background to suggest greatness. Born in 1900 in Indiana to an unsuccessful farmer, Pyle grew into a small, quiet man with a tendency to hypochondria. He dropped out of Indiana University in 1923 to accept a job as a reporter for the LaPorte Herald. Later that year, he made the leap to big-city journalism with a job at the Washington Daily News. In the capital, he met Geraldine Siebolds, whom he married in 1925. After a peripatetic period, he became a widely read roving columnist for the Scripps-Howard papers. According to Tobin, covering the war allowed Pyle to escape from a disintegrating marriage. Reporting on Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa, he swiftly became a favorite of the soldiers, as his columns portrayed the war from the standpoint of the average GI rather than that of the generals: Pyle faithfully relayed messages from soldiers to their families, mentioned soldiers by name in his columns, and shaped America's image of the Good War (as Tobin shows, Pyle was both oppressed and exhilarated by the war but was often unable to get his darker images of war past the military censors). Exhausted after several years in the European theater, he basked in homefront glory (he wrote two bestselling books, had an audience with Eleanor Roosevelt, and a movie was made about his life) before leaving again to report on the Pacific War. Insisting on covering the invasion of Okinawa from the front lines, he was killed by a Japanese machine gun on the beach at Ie Shima on April 18, 1945. Tobin's account is a balanced tribute to the quintessential war correspondent: In his ability to make war come alive and at the same time show its human side, Pyle was never to be bettered by any of the generation of war correspondents that followed. -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. The New York Times Book Review, Malcolm W. Browne: This is the portrait of a complex, enormously gifted but tortured writer ... It is undoubtedly the best biography of Ernie Pyle ever written, but it is much more; few books about combat journalism have so vividly depicted the fascinating interactions between war correspondents, soldiers, and the folks back home. Synopsis: Ernie Pyle's fearless dispatches from the front lines during World War II etched his name forever in the hearts and minds of Americans as the great chronicler of the common soldier's experience. Based on hundreds of interviews and previously untouched archives on Pyle's life and work, this definitive biography offers the first full account of what John Steinbeck called "Ernie Pyle's War." of photos. Customer Comments sdklein1@juno.com, 05/29/97, rating=10: So fascinating, I read the footnotes! This book was thoroughly researched. It offers a satisfying mix of information about Ernie Pyle, along with his own published words. I not only ended up with a real feel for Ernie Pyle, I also understood my parents' wartime experiences better. I'm buying it for my father and father-in-law, both veterans, for Father's Day. They'll love it and their wives, the ones waiting home during WWII reading Ernie's columns, will, too.

Dr. Leverich has passed the word that the new list server seems to be running well and that the backlog of mail should be caught up by tomorrow. The digest versions may be a little strange for a while but should be straightened out in the next couple of days. If any of you are receiving duplicate messages or having any sort of problem with your messages two or three days from now, please let me know. Thanks. Sara pyle@airmail.net

Hi, Pyle Cousins! In case you're wondering why I've posted notes to the list about our Penny cousins, I can only tell you that it's a case of BRAIN FREEZE !! I apologize for using a loaded weapon (my computer) while sleep deprived. Well, now you know that I'm imperfect........................<G>. Please disregard my postings today. I promise that I'll get more sleep before getting back on here! But- in case you do have any Pennys in your line, be sure and contact Sara or myself and we'll get you signed up for that list too!! Bye now- Rebecca :)

Dear Pyle Cousins, While we have been having trouble getting messages lately because of the RootsWeb upgrades, we have added two new Pyle cousins; Debbie Malec and Sandi (sorry don't know your last name yet). Welcome to the PYLE Family list! We are so glad to have you join us. When you have time, please tell us a little about yourself and what branch of the PYLE family you are researching. I know that Debbie has a large informative website that some of you may have visited. This is a very active list and I believe you will enjoy it. We do have a few guidelines regarding postings, etc. All genealogical postings should be addressed to PYLE-L@rootsweb.com This also includes responses to queries. For example, if you are responding to a query that I make, then you should address it to my e-mail with Cc to the list address or vice-versa. It is easiest to just click on "reply to all". If you have a message for someone of a personal nature, then you would certainly want to send that privately. If you are posting a very long document or gedcom, then it should be done in 2 or 3 postings rather than the whole thing at once. For instance, you might be sending xxx pt. 1, xxx pt. 2, xxx pt 3, etc. The reason for this is very simply that some providers cannot handle large pieces of mail at one time. Please do not send attachments to the list because there has been a problem with that on some servers. If you have a document that is too large to do a cut and paste, then post a description of it to the list to see who might want it sent directly. Or, I possibly could arrange to have it stored on a server for retrieval, just let me know. If you have any questions about the list or you are not sure of what to do, please e-mail me at pyle@airmail.net Looking forward to hearing from you. Sara Broughton Pyle pyle@airmail.net

Hi Cousin Rita! We are of the same ancestry!! I have quite a bit of names dates on the NC Penny's, including your Alexander! The Penny family of NC was/is quite large and some of the men were married more than once. They were well-to-do and owned a lot of property in Wake and Johnston Cos. These two counties adjoin and the same road goes from one to the other. So there are records in both counties. They originally came there from Va. Alexander,Jr.b.@1815,wife, Leantine Penny, left Wake Co.,NC prior to the 1850 census. They were married, or bond posted, on 30 Nov.1835. Alexander was the son of Alexander,b.@1760. The older Alexander had at least two wives and many, many children. I have the names of most of them. The older Alexander is in the DAR records and was the son of Caleb Penny. I will get all of my papers together so that I can do a more complete posting for you. This is very exciting, to link up this way! Isn't the internet great?!! Sara pyle@airmail.net Alex Penny with a son under five, that I believe to be John's father. Alex > was a planter, owned slaves, and was between 20 and 30 years old. I have > not been able to find any trace of Pennys in Noxubee County before or after > the 1840 census. Two more recent census' list North Carolina as the > birthplace of John's mother and father. So I believe I am looking for an > Alexander Penny born in North Carolina between 1810 and 1820. But more

>Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 23:48:45 -0500 >To: >From: pyle@airmail.net (by way of Rebecca Heckel) >Subject: Re: Intro >Cc: >Bcc: >X-Attachments: > >Hi Cousin Rita! > >We are of the same ancestry!! I have quite a bit of names dates on the >NC Penny's, including your Alexander! > >The Penny family of NC was/is quite large and some of the men were >married more than once. They were well-to-do and owned a lot of >property in Wake and Johnston Cos. These two counties adjoin and the >same road goes from one to the other. So there are records in both >counties. They originally came there from Va. > >Alexander,Jr.b.@1815,wife, Leantine Penny, left Wake Co.,NC prior to the >1850 census. They were married, or bond posted, on 30 Nov.1835. > >Alexander was the son of Alexander,b.@1760. The older Alexander had at >least two wives and many, many children. I have the names of most of >them. The older Alexander is in the DAR records and was the son of >Caleb Penny. > >I will get all of my papers together so that I can do a more complete >posting for you. This is very exciting, to link up this way! Isn't the >internet great?!! > >Sara >pyle@airmail.net > > > > Alex Penny with a son under five, that I believe to be John's father. >Alex >> was a planter, owned slaves, and was between 20 and 30 years old. I have >> not been able to find any trace of Pennys in Noxubee County before or after >> the 1840 census. Two more recent census' list North Carolina as the >> birthplace of John's mother and father. So I believe I am looking for an >> Alexander Penny born in North Carolina between 1810 and 1820. But more >

Hi, Cousins! I saw this on one of the other lists I'm on and thought you might be interested. From: The Family Tree-Aug/Sep97 You can e-mail your requests for forms to: <inquire@arch.2.nara.gov> Put one word in the Subject block...form. In the body include the form number and name as well as the number of copies you would like. Some common forms: Form 80 (Military Service & Pension Records-prior to WWI) Form 81 (Passenger arrivals) Form 82 (Copies of Census records) Form 83 (Eastern Cherokee Applications) Form 180 (Military Service Records after WWI) God Bless and Happy Digging! Rebecca :)

Dr. Leverich sent out this note this afternoon. I know everybody is wondering about the mail. (;-< Sara pyle@airmail.net > > > Hi all - > > The new list server has passed all our initial tests, and we're > prepping it to go into production. > > We'll begin ordinary operations and cleaning out the accumulated > queue in a few hours, and we expect to be back to completely > normal (and hopefully much more stable operations) within the > next twenty-four hours or so. > > Thanks for your patience during the OS upgrade! Cheers, B. >