Excerpt from The Family of John and Amelia Fitzpatrick Pirtle, Another Family of Distinction From the Lincoln Country of Kentucky: Showing the Paternal Heirs as of January, Nineteen Thirty-Five of Major John B. Pirtle, Tracing From His Grandparents Rev. John Pirtle and Amelia Fitzpatrick Pirtle of KentuckyAccording to this legend. Henry Pirtle. When a boy, swam the Rhine at Strassburg. Judge Henry Pirtle, of Louisville, son of the Rev. John Pirtle, was told this by his Father. And Judge Pirtle in turn related it to his son, James Speed Pirtle. Also, according to this tradition. The name Pirtle probably came from the German word Bertel, or Little Bert.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.