James Madison Pyles (1810 - 1892)

Born 9 Oct 1810 in Laurens County, South Carolina, USA

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Died 14 Jan 1892 at age 81 in Woodruff County, Arkansas, USA

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Biography

James Madison Pyles was the son of Abner and Permelia (Mitchell) Pyles. He was born on 9 October 1810 in Laurens County, South Carolina and died on 14 Jan 1892 in Woodruff County, Arkansas. James married Nancy M Hardgrave about 1835 in Tennessee. They had ten children together.

1. Mary Louise Pyles (1836-1879) married Sion W Boon (1830-1905) on 8 April 1856 in Madison, Tennessee.

2. Martha M Pyles (1839-1913) first married Robert Tompkins McHaney and they had six children. Her second marriage was to John P Thomas (1828- ) on 3 August 1897 in Madison, Tennessee.

3. John Abner Pyles (1841-1910) married Nancy Henderson Kendrick (1845-1900) on 21 January 1874 in Madison, Tennessee. They had three daughters, Lou Anna Pyles, Stella Henderson Pyles and Emma Ophelia Pyles.

4. Virginia A Pyles (1845-1901) married Robert M Sharp on 25 October 1866 in Madison, Tennessee. Her second marriage was to John Hunicutt Thomas (1847-1926) on 26 Jan 1869 in Madison, Tennessee. They had ten children.

5. Fanny Pyles (1847- )

6. William Milton Pyles (1848-1927) married Ida Bel Staley (1862-1896) and they had five children. Second marriage was to Kate V "Kittie" Davis on 23 Jun 1897 in Jackson, Arkansas and they had one daughter.

7. James M Pyles (1851- )

8. Loudy Pyles (1852- )

9. Susan A Pyles (1855-1873) married Benjamin Franklin Manning (1845-1915) on 28 Nov 1972 in Jackson, Arkansas.

10. Emma Pyles (1863- )

Sources

• 1840 United States Federal Census (Year: 1840; Census Place: , Henderson, Tennessee; Roll: 522; Page: 327.)
• 1850 United States Federal Census (Year: 1850; Census Place: District 13, Madison, Tennessee; Roll: M432_889; Page: 335; Image: 242.)
• 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules (eight slaves listed)
• 1860 United States Federal Census (Year: 1860; Census Place: District 13, Madison, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1263; Page: 167; Image: 335.)
• 1870 United States Federal Census (Year: 1870; Census Place: District 12, Madison, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1545; Page: 272; Image: 545.)
• 1880 United States Federal Census (Year: 1880; Census Place: District 15, Madison, Tennessee; Roll: T9_1270; Family History Film: 1255270; Page: 323.3000; Enumeration District: 99; Image)
• Selected U.S. Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880
• South Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980 (Abner Pyles named son Madison Pyles)
• Tennessee Census, 1810-1891 (James M Pyles, Madison County, Tennessee, 1860 Slave Schedule, Page 361)
• Tennessee, Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895 (James M Pyles, 1837, Henderson, Tennessee)
• U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 (Jas M Pyles, 1862, Tennessee)
• U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current; Memorial ID 137880510 (James M Pyles, Birth Date 1810, Death Date 1892, Oddfellows Cemetery, DeView, Woodruff County, Arkansas)