Hi all, I am re-posting the line I am working on. Sara > > The following is all supported by census records and marriage records. > Marion Co had been a part of Harrison Co. > John PYLES,b.@1783,probably PA, marr. Sarah BOOHER, on 23 > Nov. 1805, Harrison Co.,Va (WV), his brother, > > Nathan PYLES married Barbara BOOHER, the sister of Sarah 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. > 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. She was from Monongalia 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, d at age 16 > Harry (Joshua),b. 1880/81, d. 1961. Married to Florence P.? Died at > Monongah, I believe that is Harrison Co., might be Marion. Have to look > again. > > I believe that Eli PYLES may tie in possibly. There are also other > PYLES that tie into the DAVIS line. In the 1850 census, the widow of John PYLEs, Sarah Booher, is listed as saying he had been born in PA.