Bobi; Here is what I got: According to Howard Pyle, William and Mary are parents of Zachariah Pyle, Robert Pyle, Thomas Pyle, Sarah Pyle, William Pyle, Harrison Pyle and John Pyle. There were six other daughters that remain unknown. They settled in Ohio, Ross County. Zachariah and his family travelled to Fountain County, Ind. My gg-Grandfather Robert, b 1800 VA. travelled to Eugene Twp. Vermillion County Indiana after marrying Martha Malone in 1822 in Ross County Ohio. They had the following children: William Pyle, b 1824 Ross County Ohio Samuel Pyle, b 1826 Ross County Ohio Christopher Pyle, b 1828, Vermillion County, IN. Alfred Pyle, b 1830 Ver. Cty, IN. Francis Pyle, b 1833 Ver Cty. IN. Mary Pyle, b 1836, Ver. Cty. IN. Martha Pyle, b 1839, Ver. Cty. IN. Mariah Pyle, b 1842, Ver. Cty. IN. William Pyle was my great grandfather, marrying Mary Mack on Dec. 24, 1846, they had eight children. Six after they settled in Ca. Samuel Pyle married Nancy Hammond in 1863 in Vermillion County, IN. They had seven children including William Clyde Pyle who married Maria Taylor. They were the parents of Ernie Pyle, the war correspondent. Christopher and Alfred died without Issue. Francis, Mary and Martha moved to Florence, Williamson County Texas with parents Robert and Martha after the 1850 census. Robert and Martha passed away before 1867. Francis married Wilson Bratton in Vermillion County IN. in 1855. The 1870 census: BRATTON, Wilson 40 M Merchant IN " Francis 37 F IN " Florence 14 F IN " Robert 12 M IN " Almah 10 F TX " Fannie 8 F TX Mary Pyle married Mark Jones in Williamson County, Texas Martha Pyle married A. T. Smith in Wiliamson County, Texas. The third child of William and Mary, born in VA. was Thomas Pyle, b 1802, he married Rebecca Essery in Ross County, Ohio and lived there all their lives. Their children were: Jerimiah Pyle, m 1860 to Ede S. Mc Cabe William Pyle, b 1824 Ross County, Ohio Martha J. Pyle, b 1853 Ross County, Ohio Alma A. Pyle, b 1855 Ross County, Ohio Eva Pyle, b 1858 Ross County, Ohio Norman Pyle, b 1860 Emmaline Pyle, b 1863, Ross County, Ohio William Pyle married Jane A. Gill, they had five Children: Cyhthia Pyle married Aaron Dresback and they had 5 children: Olive, Elsie, Edward, Clifton and Effie Martha J. married George Foster. Alma married Milton Immell Eva Pyle married John Moore Norman Pyle married Ella Hard and they had two children. Emmaline married Clifford Patrick I am going to stop with the issue of the Pyle family from Virginia as reported from the "Pyle/Pile Family in America 1642-1980" written by Howard and Jane Pyle from KoKomo, IN. I am also searching Bowen, Bratton, Bristol, Doody, Ellinghausen, Kane, Mack, Malone, Marsala, Niemantsverdriet, O'Dowd, Vohs, Von Seggern and Yacobucchi Ron Pyle ---------- : From: Bobi Doman <bobette@foxinternet.net> : To: PYLE-L@rootsweb.com : Cc: bobette@foxinternet.net : Subject: Ernie PYLES : Date: Tuesday, November 18, 1997 7:07 PM : : Ok cousins, finally I got a hint....my aunt says that we are related to : the war correspondant Ernie Pyles via my Daniel Boone Pyles son Len : Pyles. So that means that a lot of the information I got before that was : sending me off in the wrong direction. So....here is my favor...who has : Ernie PYLES line? How far back with what information of members of : family is available to me? I figure if I can start with him...I can : perhaps find that elusive place we connect and then! I can do some real : research! Thanks for whatever you can give me... : : Here is all I have on Len Pyles : : Grandfather: Alfred and ? Pyles/Piles : Children Daniel (Boone) b October 22, 1868 : m. Francis Burgess : Harrison Pyles : Seamus(James)Alford : m Mary Gaskins : Enoch Harrison : Len Pyles : : So there you go this is the Len that is supposed to be the line of Ernie : Pyles. So can anybody help me? : : Bob : : TERRIY/BURRIS/PYLES/COLE/BINGHAM/RHODEN/SNOW/WILDER/REEVE/OK/OH/IN/VA/NC/TN/ MO/AR : : -- : : -- : 57600 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 : 1 : ATDT 941-0317 :