Dear Pyle cousins, This posting is about the people that I am now convinced is my husband's line. Some of this information has been in my possession for years, some of it is new which caused me to finally realize this was it. The following is all supported by census records and marriage records. Also, this part of Marion Co had been a part of Harrison Co. Obviously this needs a lot of work but I believe this will be of interest to some of you, especially my father-in-law and also Bill Pyles. My father-in-law just learned of this on the telephone yesterday but not all of the details. Bill is planning his annual pilgrimage to W.V. and I think this may link with "his" John. John PYLES,b.@1783,probably PA, marr. Sarah BOOKER or BOOHER, on 23 Nov. 1805, Harrison Co.,Va (WV), his brother, Nathan PYLES married Barbara, the sister of Sarah, BOOKER or BOOHER, in Harrison Co. on 2 July 1807. Barbara's name is sometimes shown as Barbary or Basbany. John PYLES and Sarah had at least one child, Maria, b. 1806, (sometimes shown as Mariah). Maria married Isaac DAVIS. Nathan PYLES and Barbara had at least two children: Nancy, who married 1st to Joseph STERRETT (STARRETT), married 2nd. Isaac DAVIS. (The same one Maria had married.) John aka Jack PYLES, b. @1812, d.1881. (This is my elusive John) He married first to Susan ??? who died @1864 because there is a record of The Overseer of the Poor paying Ezri HESS $8.00 for a coffin. The family had fallen on hard times because of some illness or injury that Jack had suffered. He had been a stonemason. Jack & Susan had 7 children: Cassandra, b. 1835 Nathan,b. 1837 John, b. 1839 Elizabeth, b.1842 Anderson, b. 1845 Samuel,b. 1847 Melissa, b. 1851 John, aka Jack, married 2nd to Sarah Catherine CARICO (sometimes shown as Catherine CALICO on some records). They married 25 February 1865, in Marion Co. Sarah died @1872, apparently they had no children. The third marriage was on 29 August 1875 in Marion Co. to Anna Eliza WATKINS, b. 10 Aug. 1851. He is shown as a basketweaver on the census. They had three children: Zachery Taylor,b 10 October 1877(?) (my husband's grandfather) Nora B. b.@1878, marr. John CREIGHTON, 30 Dec. 1899 in Marion Co. Harry (Joshua),b. 1880/81, no other info. Okay, group I am hoping that one of y'all sees something familiar here. I believe that Eli PYLES may tie in possibly. There are also other PYLES that tie into the DAVIS line. Sara