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- )
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