William Allen PYLES-1 and Orvin Ray WAGONER-20977 are 5th cousins 1 time removed. Their common ancestors are Captain Thomas WAGONER-1082 and Mrs. WAGGONER-1083. Orvin and I grew up together and went to the same church, was in the church choir and attended many functions together. Now how are you tied in to the Wagoners, Piles/Pyles, Adams/Stuckslager? I don't know of an surveys. There is a possibility there is some in Hampshire County or in achives. Yes, there are a lot of cross marriages. When you had Adams, Wagoners, Allens, Daniels, Dowden, Broome and at one time Johnson, they did cross marry. There was a lot of that many years ago because they met at church or a social function. They didn't leave town unless for business. Many attended church just to met their nighbors. The whole community attended a funeral because they knew the person. As for different spellings, most people couldn't read or write. The ones who could write spelled the name the way they thought, e.g. Pile/Piles/Pyle/Pyles. In fact my grandfather spelled his name with an "i" when born but later changed it to a "y". I had a cousin who dropped the "s" from the name. Dennis Daniels who layed out Frankfort (Fort Ashby) for Keller was my g-g-grandfather. My great grandfather, John Adams Daniels, Jr and John Sr., assumed the maiden name of their mother and grandfather, John Adams. There are still many Pyles, Adams and Wagoners. However many families have left the area or died off. Carole Friend Pyles and Bill Pyles Wishing you a HAPPY NEW YEAR! ----- Original Message ----- From: <DanHaineS@aol.com> To: <WVMINERA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 11:40 PM Subject: Re: [WVMINERA] Rachael Adams, Lydia Stuckslager > In a message dated 12/31/04 7:54:18 PM > Pacific Standard Time, > wpyles37@cfl.rr.com writes: > The more important tradesmen in the > early days of Frankfort were Dennis > Daniels, cooper; Isaac Richards, > blacksmith; Jacob Stockslater, hatter; > Richard > Berry, shoemaker; Hezekiah Whiteman, > tanner; and Colonel John Johnson, > surveyor. > Other villagers made their living by > farming. > Hi Bill, > > I was just wondering, do you know if > the original surveyor records are > still > available and how one might be able to > get copies? > > BTW, I found a direct connection > between me and Orvin Wagoner, but have > not > found one to you unless the Thomas > Waggoner connection is valid. There > seems to > be plenty of cross family marriages to > link the families. > > Do you know why the family names > changed during the Census taking, was > it > just the Census takers interpretations > or did the families make the change > for > some reason? > > Dan >