19 June 2000 Dear Ron, I just returned from vacation and found the message below. No, the story is similar, but the events are not the same. My great-grandfather, Curry S. Pyle, who was born in 1873 had a liason with my great-grandmother, Minnie (maiden name not known to me), who became pregnant in 1896. Her family in Geneva was shocked beyond belief (as you might imagine in 1896 in a very small village farming community in Indiana!) and were even more put out by the fact that she married Curry Pyle. After two years, he seems to have abandoned her and to have gone to Florida, where he resided most of the rest of his life. The family story is that he did try to reconcile with my great-grandmother, Minnie, at some time (when, I do not know); however, her family remained adamant about no reconciliation taking place. Minnie, meanwhile, married my step-great grandfather, Jim Krause, with whom she remained until she died in Indianapolis in 1941. I knew my step great grandfather very well when I was young, and remember him fondly. He died in 1970 at the age of 94. He was quite an old codger who had a third grade education, but several patents on things (including an automobile jack!) which he invented. He was a remarkable man, though I can imagine him being a bear to live with as a husband! Michael Pyle -----Original Message----- From: Ron Jeffers <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 3:35 PM Subject: Re: [PYLE]Michael and the tree in ohio >The story sounds familiar, however, the names don't match. > >These gentlemen are my grandfather and uncle respectively. > >Paul (Leslie) Pyle (Sr.) >48018 Warnock Glencoe Rd >Saint Clairsville , OH > >PYLE PAUL (Leslie, Jr.) >48044 WARNOCK GLENCOE RD SAINT CLAIRSVILLE OH > >My cousin, Paul Leslie Pyle III was last residing in CA. > >Paul Pyle (Sr), was born in 1913. His father was Walter Booth Pyle, m >Lucille Etta Neiswonger. Walter and Lucille were divorced in 1920. (She >filed based on 3 years of abandonment) She was forbidden from >reconcilliation with Walter by her family, who were rather well-to-do in the >early part of the last century. Lucille remarried and Walter sons, Paul and >George Pyle were raised in the Walter Willison family. > >Whereabouts of Walter Booth Pyle post marriage remain something of a >mystery. The father of Walter Booth Pyle was Harry Pyle, m. Emma Mathers, a >young immigrant from England, in Belmont Co., Ohio. Harry died in WV circa >1920 (courtesy of Mr. Smee, thank you sir) > >My Aunt Nancy Pyle (wife of Paul Pyle Jr.)had a family history for the Pyle >family. She unexpectedly passed away in the fall of 1998. Due to the loss, >I hadn't broached the topic of accessing her files with my uncle. > >I'll be back in Ohio in early July for the Jeffers family reunion. I'll >speak with my uncle to see if he has the information available. > >I wish I could be more specific on the dates, etc.. but I'm at the office >and my files are at home. If you wish more information, please contact me >at [email protected] > >Regards, >R.Jeffers >USA, Retired > > > >----Original Message Follows---- >From: "Patterson" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [PYLE]Michael and the tree in ohio >Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 09:28:11 -0600 > >Hey Michael, I found listing for the following Paul Pyles in Ohio. I was >wondring if any of the towns or streets sounded familiar to you. I would be >happy to write and request a copy of that tree, then share it with the Pyle >site. I doubt that my line of Pyle is on it. No one seems to have my line >from this site. However, I just might get lucky here. Let me know, Sandy > >Paul Pyle >2020 Colton Dr >Dayton , OH > >Paul Pyle >48018 Warnock Glencoe Rd >Saint Clairsville , OH > >Cody M Paul Cody Pyle >1247 Oregon Ave >Steubenville , OH > >J Paul Pyle >2101 Old Troy Pike >Urbana , OH > >PYLE PAUL >48044 WARNOCK GLENCOE RD SAINT CLAIRSVILLE OH > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "mpyle" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 10:14 AM >Subject: Re: [PYLE] Pyle family from Geneva, Indiana > > > > 5 June 2000 > > > > Dear Paul, > > > > In reply to your query about the family tree that I saw in 1967: no, it >was > > not what you have described; indeed, it was about one of the most >facinating > > documents of my family that I have ever seen. It was a hand made family > > tree in the shape of a tree per se, and each person was listed, not only >by > > name, but also by profession(!), and in a few instances, such as where >one > > had been a doctor, addenda such as "He was the first college graduate in >the > > family", etc. It was beautifully done, but let me add a lurid note: >when >I > > questioned the individual about making a copy of the family tree, he >closed > > up like a slamming door, grabbed the document as if I were going to print >it > > (or something) without his permission, and I was not allowed to see it > > again. I was eighteen years old at the time, and I could not figure out > > what was going on. To this day, I look back on the incident with both > > amusement and much curiosity and wonder. I would love to see the >document > > again. It had family members listed back to the early 1700's, and maybe > > even further back, I don't remember anymore. > > > > Michael Pyle > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gerry Del Rio <[email protected] > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > Date: Saturday, June 03, 2000 3:30 PM > > Subject: RE: [PYLE] Pyle family from Geneva, Indiana > > > > > > >Paul, > > > > > >Where could I get a copy of this record? > > > > > >Gerry Del Rio > > >[email protected] > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Paul Crawford [mailto:[email protected]] > > >Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2000 3:34 AM > > >To: [email protected] > > >Subject: Re: [PYLE] Pyle family from Geneva, Indiana > > > > > >Dear Mr. Pyle, > > >Was the familiy tree you saw in the form of a thin manilla colored book >? > > >Was it called Five Family History? My Mother's side of the family is >PYLE > > >and is listed as one of the families in this book. Hope to hear back >from > > >you either way. Regards, Paul Crawford > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: mpyle <[email protected]> > > >To: <[email protected]> > > >Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 2:20 PM > > >Subject: [PYLE] Pyle family from Geneva, Indiana > > > > > > > > >> 30 May 2000 > > >> > > >> I am looking for antecedents of Curry S. Pyle, my great-grandfather, >who > > >died in 1965 at the age of 94. His son, my grandfather, was born in > > Geneva, > > >Indiana. My grandfather's name was Merrill Ernest Pyle, Sr., and he > > married > > >Ermal Pontius, also of Geneva, Indiana, in 1919. She died in Memphis, > > >Tennessee in 1993. Curry S. Pyle married my great-grandmother, Minnie, >but > > >her parents were furious. My grandfather, Merrill, was born in 1896. > > Then, > > >in 1898, my great-grandfather deserted my great-grandmother, moved to > > >Florida, became the author of chapbooks, some of them philosophical, and > > was > > >also a newspaperman, as I understand it. I also understand, perhaps > > >mistakenly, that my great-grandfather tried to reconcile with my > > >great-grandmother at a future time, but the family refused to allow such >a > > >reconciliation. My grandfather saw his father for a short time in 1946 >and > > >again just before my great-grandfather died in 1965. I would love to >know > > >the entire history of his family ! > > >> ! > > >> in Florida, and also his antecedents in Geneva, of whom I know >nothing. > > I > > >do know that a relative in Ohio had (maybe still has) a family tree >which >I > > >saw personally in 1967. I think that relative's name is Paul Pyle. >This > > >family tree went back into the 1700's, but I do not know anything else > > about > > >the family otherwise. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 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