I may have a tie to this James Pyles. Many of my Piles ancestors are from Missouri. Thomas Piles and Louisa O'Dell had a son James Piles. - James Piles was married to Elizabeth Copeland on Mar 28, 1878 in Reynolds County Missouri. -- They had 4 children that I know of: Rosa, Frank, Jona, and Glenn. - James Piles had many brothers and sisters and they all seem to name their kids after someone else in the family. - Also, I've noticed they had alot of kids back then so it's not unlikely to have nephews and uncles born about the same time. Let me know if it sounds close. Roger bigblkvet@aol.com