John Holliday Pyle
John Holliday Pyle, a much respected citizen and retired farmer of Warren Township, and the owner of 352 acres of farm land in Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio, was born November 4, 1830, on a farm in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Joseph and Rebecca (Holliday) Pyle.
Joseph Pyle was born in 1812 near New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. His father, who came to this countrv in 1784 with a brother, from whom he separated in New York, settled in the timberlands of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, shortly after coming to the United States. Joseph was one of a large familv of children, most of whom are living in various parts of the United States. During his early days he was engaged in farming, then operated a water-mill at Camp Run, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, after which he returned to the farm, where he died at the age of eighty-eight years. He married Rebecca Holliday, who was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and died at the age of sixty-three years. They were the parents of the following children: Jane K, who is the wife of Dallas Lestnet; John Holliday, our subject; Harvey; Amos, deceased; Johanna, deceased wife of Henry Bauder; Marietta, deceased wife of I. White; and Sylvester.
John H Pyle grew to manhood on his father's farm and attended the public schools of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania At the age of fifteen he entered Westminster College at New Wilmington, Pa., and alter attending there two years began teaching, making that his vocation from 1853 until 1893, during part of which time he also farmed. He taught in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, until twenty-one then went to Lawrence County, Ohio where he taught one year, and in 1858 came to Jefferson County, Ohio, and taught ten years at Tiltonville, and ten years at Warrenton, O. In 1879 he purchased 230 acres of his present farm in Warren Township. He taught seven years at Tiltonville and another term of five years at Warrenton, and in 1893 retired from school work. He then devoted his entire time to farming, until 1908, since which time he has been living in retirement. During the time he taught he was assisted by his sons with the farming. In 1865 Mr. Pyle enlisted in Company I, West Virginia Veterans, and served until the close of the war, being quartermaster's clerk during the greater [art of the time. He is a member of the Martin's Ferry G. A. R. Post, and in politics is a Republican.
January 17, 1861, Mr. Pyle was married to Sarah Jane Chapman, a daughter of Aaron and Comfort (Lamare) Chapman, who were well known residents of Tiltonville. The following children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Pyle: Ida May, who died aged twenty years; Cora Leola, the wife of Henry A. West, of Wheeling, W. Va.; William H., who married Edna Floyde and resides at Detroit, Mich.; Elvin Lloyd who is a resident of Butler, Pa., and married Agnes Keunedy; Howard F., who married Elizabeth Lower, aud is a resident of Bellaire, O.; John, who is married and lives in Colorado; Clara, the wife of Thomas Wise, of Dillonvale, O.; Joseph Edward, who married Gertrude Marshall and is a resident of Jefferson Couuty, Ohio; Ada B., who married Harry Stillwell, of Mingo Junction, O.; and Dessa May, who is the wife of John E. Ring, of Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
From 20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio, by Joseph B. Doyle. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, 1910