MARSHALL COUNTY, TN- GOODSPEED BIOGRAPHIES - William N. Pyland
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WILLIAM N. PYLAND, farmer, is a son of Hardin and Nancy (O'Neal)
Pyland.  The father was born in Rutherford County, Tenn., in 1813, and the
mother in Marshall County, Tenn., about 1826.  The father was a blacksmith
by trade till the breaking out of the war, after which he engaged
in agricultural pursuits.  Both are members  of the Missionary Baptist
Church and both are still living.  Our subject was born March 15, 1842, and
received his education in the common schools.  He inherited English blood
from his father and Irish from his mother.  At the age of nineteen
he volunteered in Company D, Fourth Tennessee Cavalry, and remained in
service nearly four years.  He returned home and engaged in the free and
independent life of a farmer.  In 1867 he wedded Elizabeth Bills, a native
of Marshall County, born August 29, 1848, and the fruits of this union were
an interesting family of five children.  Mr. Pyland is a stanch Democrat
and he and wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church.  Mr. Pyland
has been quite successful in agricultural pursuits, owning at the present
time 233 acres of good land.  For thirty-four years
he has been a resident of this county and enjoys the respect and esteem of
all who know him.

Surnames: Bills, O'Neal, Pyland
Source:  " The Goodspeeds History of Tennessee, 1886."