Biography of David B. Pile, Franklin Co, AR

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed
Publishing Co., 1889.

David B. Pile was born in Adams County, Ill., in February, 1833. His
parents were Johnson and Delila (Jones) Pile. His great-grandfather,
Conrad Pile, came to America from Germany prior to the Revolutionary
War, in which he took an active part, and at its close married and
located in the Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee. He assisted in
building a turnpike road, and had charge of the toll-gate. He lived to
be one hundred years old, and reared a large family. Jacob Pile,
grandfather of our subject, and the eldest son of Conrad Pile, was the
hunter of the family, and killed most of the meat used by the family
and slaves in the winter. He married and located on White River,
Indiana, where he reared his family, and thence, in 1830, moved to
Adams County, Ill., and located on a farm. He died in 1862 at the age
of sixty-five years. Johnson Pile was born in Tennessee, but was
reared and grew to manhood in Indiana, 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. David B. Pile was reared in Adams County, Ill.,
and received his education in the common schools. He was a farmer by
occupation, and in 1854 married Margaret Pevehouse, a native of Adams
County, and a daughter of Joseph Pevehouse. Seven children were born
to Mr. and Mrs. Pile, viz.: Oliver, Mary (now the wife of H. R.
Stroud), Sarah and Carrie (twins, the former now Mrs. M. Abernathy),
Walter, Lulu and Webster (triplets, the latter deceased). In 1857 Mr.
Pile went to Texas and located on a farm in Hunt County, and in 1863
he enlisted in Capt. [p.1272] Rutherford's company, serving as body
guard for Gen. McCullough, and was discharged the same year for
disability. He subsequently engaged in coopering one year, and in 1866
settled on a farm in Franklin County, Ark., removing to his present
farm in 1881. His farm consists of 210 acres, and he has 100 acres
under cultivation. M. Pile is a member of the I. O. O. F., and with
his wife belongs to the Church of God.