Still searching for the parents of Mary Ann Pyle, born 27 Jun 1827 in Grant County, IN. According to her obituary when she died she had 2 sisters living, Mrs. Rebecca Shrader (William) living in Greentown, Indiana (Howard County) and Mrs. Sarah Haynes (Madison Matthew Haynes) living in Fairmont, Indiana (Grant County) According to the 1880 census Howard County Rebecca listed her parents as both being born in KY. On the 1910 census she is listed as a widow and her father being born in KY and mother born in OH. I am guessing that Mary, Rebecca and Sarah's parent to have been born sometime around 1800 and being married sometime around 1826-27. Do not even know if there were other children born to this union only know of the 3 girls. So here is what I know for sure at this time: Mary, b. 27 Jun 1827 in Grant County,IN, married 11 Aug 1848, in Rush County, IN, to John Colvin they moved to Madison, Howard, Whitley, and Allen Counties over the years. They had 9 children, John died in 26 Nov 1876 in Whitley Co. and Mary Ann in Allen Co. on 07 Mar 1912 Rebecca, b. Nov 1834, IN, married 14 Oct 1852 in Fayette County, IN to William Shrader they moved to Howard County and had 8 children. William died 08 Sep 1908, and Rebecca Unknown Sarah, b, Dec 1844 in IN and married 29 Aug 1883 in Grant County to Madison Matthew Haynes. Madison died 19 Nov 1900 in Fairmont Twp, Grant County, Sarah died 1919 and is buried in Park Cemetery in Grant County. In the 1910 census Sarah was living with an Addison family and listed as an Aunt living in Grant County, Fairmont Twp. With a 7 year difference between Mary and Rebecca I would venture to guess that there were other siblings there but cannot find anything to substantiate this. Nor even to figure out who the parents may have been. Mary's marriage certificate such as it is does not indicate her parents. Since it seems that Sarah being the youngest not marrying till late in life makes one think that possibly she was at home taking care of her parents until one or both of them might have died, but once again not knowing who they were am not able to find an answer to that. Anyone with clues on these three ladies? Mary Ann was my 3rd Great Grandmother. Sharon Gill Vanden Bossche Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/sharonv45/index.html E-mail: SharonV45@aol.com Visit my Memorial to Family Veterans at: http://www.freewebs.com/sharonv45/index.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why is Leonard Peltier still in prison...??? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.freepeltier.org