- Stephen Pile Jesse W. Pile was Johnson and Delila's first child, he married Gabrilia Permelia Keller in 1854. Following year their first child, Samantha, was born followed by Myra the next year. After moving to Texas they settled in Fannin County near Johnson and Eusybia where a third daughter, Guly, was born in 1858 =their first son George, born Sept, 1859. after several more children, Johnson moved Arkansas, near brothers, Dave and Andrewwhere he settled his family, began to farm land, became a Baptist preacher served as Justice of the Peace. Here near Ozark,Owen Pickney Pyle was born , 1867, 9th child in 13 years of marriage...Owen Pinkney was my grandfather.He died in 1919 I have been unable to go further back than Coonrod and can find no link to either Nicholas Pyle (England) or to Ernie Pyle... Mary Lee Gunberg Stephen Pile wrote: > > Several Piles/Pyles of the Conrad/Coonrod Pile line would up in Texas, but I have > no record of a Henderson Pile. For what its worth: > > "Johnson Pile was born in Tennessee [1809], but was reared and grew to manhood in > Indiana [moved there 1818], where he received his education. He settled on a farm > in Adams County, Ill., in 1826, and in 1849 went to Texas; thence, in 1865, to > Franklin County, Ark., where he bought a large farm and remained until his death, > in 1882, at the age of seventy years. He was an active and consistent member of > the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Mrs. Delila Pile, who was a native of > Christian County, Ky., died in 1840, the mother of seven children, of whom six > are now living. In 1842 Johnson Pile married Nisbia Brown, a native of Kentucky, > by whom he had seven children, four now living. His wife died in 1870." (from > History of Franklin County, AR) > > One of his sons (and my great grandfather), David B. Pile, was born in Illinois > (1833), and moved to Texas in 1857, and moved to Arkansas in 1866. > Stephen Pile > > > ==== PYLE Mailing List ==== > Keep up activity,post queries/ replies to the list. > Copyright 2004-Poster retains copyright >