At 10:14 AM 11/24/97 -0600, you wrote: >Charlie Pyles wrote: >> >> Sara, >>   >> I'm primarily interested in the Piles/Pyles/Pile/Pyle cousins I've >> been able to trace from Preston, VA-WV to Loudoun, VA.  I'm not the >> world's greatest genealogist,  but I do work at it. >>   >> Marion Charles Pyles >> s/Charles Howard Pyles >> s/Milton Fortney Pyles >> s/oJohn Curry Pyles > Hi Charlie, Maybe you didn't see what I posted last week: Previously posted: 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 Now, for the news ....... I got a very nice break, courtesy of several helpful people who did lookups for me in their resources. So I will share what I received. These Pyles were most likely all living in VA or WV. Through the efforts of an acquaintance of Ivie's, I've also had a letter dictated to a caregiver, by a teacher and longtime friend of Ivie Pyles Boyer. The acquaintance knew better a mutual friend who I mentioned in my letter-to-the-editor appeal for information. Ivie's friend cleared up some of my misconceptions, and reiterated the respect she generated, amongst staff and students during all of her teaching career. She also lead me to believe that the birth date in the SSDI is off a year. I found one error for certain, that of Ivie's mother's death, as I have correspondence to her and from other family members that indicates she lived at least until 1949. If anyone can add or amend this information, please do! Linda Descendants of Thomas Pyles 1 Thomas Pyles 1787 - WFT Est. 1858-1882 . +Mariah Riley 1809 - WFT Est. 1860-1904 ........ 2 [1] John Curry Pyles 1829 - 1924 ............ +Sarah E. Riley 1841 - 1888 ................... 3 John Thomas Pyles 1865 - 1924 ................... 3 Aquilla Allen Pyles 1871 - 1926 ....................... +Rhodena Shahan 1868 - 1941 ** - this date should be c1949 .............................. 4 Laura Ivie Pyles - 1990 .................................. +Roy A Boyer 1906 - 1987 .............................. 4 Minnie C. Pyles 1889 - WFT Est. 1917-1983 .................................. +Bill WFT Est. 1872-1892 - WFT Est. 1917-1978 .............................. 4 William Lewis Pyles 1891 - 1906 .............................. 4 Joseph Allen Pyles 1893 - 1935 .................................. +Amy Ethel Bell Private - ......................................... 5 Blanche Evelyn Pyles 1923 - 1946 ......................................... 5 Howard Edward Pyles 1925 - 1926 ......................................... 5 Esther Virginia Pyles Private - ............................................. +Ansley Newton Neptune, Jr Private - .................................................... 6 Patricia Mae Neptune Private - .................................................... 6 Bonita Ann Neptune Private - .............................................................. 7 Donna Michelle Collins Private - .................................................... 6 Jerri Winifred Neptune Private - ........................................................ +Richard Dixon Private - .................................................... 6 James Alan Neptune Private - ........................................................ +Diana Louise Hollison Private - .............................................................. 7 Lianne Moani Neptune Private - .............................................................. 7 Chad Kawika Neptune Private - ......................................... 5 Rose Mary Pyles Private - ............................................. +David Harry Austen Private - .................................................... 6 Catherine Bell Austen Private - .................................................... 6 David Allen Austen Private - ......................................... 5 Betty Mae Pyles Private - ............................................. +Pete Joe Laruso Private - .................................................... 6 Rose Marie Laruso Private - .................................................... 6 Pete James Laruso Private - .................................................... 6 Josephine Ruth Laruso Private - ......................................... 5 Gladys Louise Pyles Private - ............................................. +Robert E. Nichols Private - .................................................... 6 Judith Ann Nichols Private - ......................................... 5 Ruth Maxine Pyles Private - ............................................. +Emil Ohtola Private - .................................................... 6 Emil Ohtola, Jr. Private - .............................. 4 Theodore Albert Pyles Private - ................... 3 Alice E. Pyles 1873 - 1936 ....................... +Dawson Private - ................... 3 Florence May Pyles 1875 - 1940 ................... 3 Albert Forrest Pyles 1878 - 1954 ....................... +Vendolla Heiskell Private - ................... 3 Milton F. Pyles 1881 - 1949 ....................... +Ella Grace Bell 1890 - 1967 .............................. 4 Florence Louise Pyles Private - .............................. 4 Milton Ray Pyles Private - .............................. 4 Clarence Curry Pyles Private - .............................. 4 Frank Allen Pyles Private - .............................. 4 Charles Howard Pyles Private - .............................. 4 Harold Hubert Pyles Private - ........ *2nd Wife of [1] John Curry Pyles: ............ +Virginia Mankins Abt. 1859 - WFT Est. 1899-1954 ................... 3 Bessie E. Pyles 1889 - 1976 ....................... +Albert E. Bowmar 1895 - 1978 .............................. 4 Genevieve Bowmar Private - .................................. +Holme Private - ................... 3 Ethel E. Pyles 1897 - 1915 ....................... +Hawker Private - ........ 2 Caleb Pyles 1836 - 1926 ............ +Jane Manley Bef. 1860 - WFT Est. 1888-1954 ........ 2 Thomas Pyles, Jr. 1840 - 1909 ............ +Barbara Ellen Reed 1840 - 1939 ................... 3 Ella Pyles 1874 - WFT Est. 1875-1968 ................... 3 John H. Pyles 1878 - 1952 ................... 3 James A. Pyles 1892 - WFT Est. 1893-1982 ........ 2 Sarah Ellen Pyles 1842 - 1874 ............ +Nathan Harrison Miller 1837 - 1914 ........ 2 Daniel Mitchell Pyles 1845 - 1922 ........ 2 Keriah Pyles 1847 - 1932 ........ 2 Reason H. Pyles 1852 - 1939 ........ 2 Kelso Pell Pyles 1858 - 1905 Is is possible that you are grandson of Charles Howard Pyles, great-grandson of Milton F Pyles, second cousin (or is it first cousin once removed) to Ivie Pyles Boyer?!?!?!? Linda Family Tree Researching ------------------->>> Brownell, McHugh, MacGillivray, MacKinnon: Eastern Ontario & NE USA Sikora, Smal (Smale), Dasiuk, Wetow (Vetiv): Ukraine & Poland > Saskatchewan, Canada Kujanpaa > Finland>Gardner MA & Northern Ontario, Canada Ivie (Pyles) Boyer, teacher > WV, SD, FL b. 1901 d. 1990 Joseph Taylor b.~ 1793 > Harrison Cty., WV (27 yrs old on 1820 Census)