Dear Cousins: Thank you so much for your thoughts, prayers, e-mails, cards, etc. during my recent recovery following my surgery. My surgery was Oct 7, and nearly a month later, I'm finally able to descend the stairs to my basement/office where the computer lives. I've thought about you all many times while recuperating, hoping you'd have the mysteries solved by the time I returned. Oh, well! ;) Since I am sure we have many new members who never heard of me, my Pyle descendent died in Arkansas, came from Floyd County, GA, came from SC? VA? PA? William Rowan Pyle, b. 1821 in Georgia. He married Parmelia Ann Ward b. 1828 in GA, and about 1854 they moved to southwest Arkansas and were early settlers of Columbia County and Union County. Brothers to William Rowan may be Henry b. 1824, Francis M. b. 1826, Charles b. 1840. Their father MIGHT have been John, Jr. b 1800, son of John and Mary Maxwell. I do believe my search will lead me back to the PA Pyle family from Wiltshire. I have a lot of common names with some of you in my line: William Rowan, John Henry, Francis Marion. And of course, Samuel, Robert, Nicholas... Thanks again for the well wishes. I'll be checking e-mail every two or three days for a little while now, then back full time in a couple of weeks. I missed you guys! Rita Pyle Davis Atlanta, GA