BIOS: John G. PYLE, Rockwood, Somerset County, PA

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History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania; Bedford County by E. 
Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis 
Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906, ppg. 238/9

John G. PYLE.

John G. Pyle, a representative citizen of Rockwood, Somerset county, 
Pennsylvania, was born in New Centerville, November 29, 1865, a son of Peter 
and Sadie (Brandell) Pyle, and is of German descent.  Peter Pyle was born in 
1829 in Milford township, and was a mason by trade.  His wife.  Sadie Brandell, 
was born in Westmoreland county, a daughter of John Brandell.  They were the 
parents of four children, viz.: Mary Fletcher; William, deceased; Maggie, 
married Dr. Gardner; and John G.
John G. Pyle obtained his education in the public schools of Somerset county, 
and at the age of sixteen left school, and for the succeeding five years was 
engaged in farming.  He then embarked in the lumber business, which he 
followed for three years.  Later he found employment as a fireman on the 
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and his faithful and efficient work won for him 
a promotion, December 29, 1900, to engineer, and he has since been running on 
the Connellsville division.
Mr. Pyle married, October 19, 1893, Sadie (Hay) Holtzhouer, widow of John 
Holtzhouer, born May 14, 1866, daughter of Andrew and Mary (Miller) Hay, and 
one of three children, as follows: Abraham, Annie and Sadie. One child, 
Alfreda, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Pyle, January 3, 1905.