Brief Life History of Francis Henry
When Francis Henry Pyle was born in 1795, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Col William Henry Pile III, was 40 and his mother, Lucretia Keyes, was 30. He married Elizabeth Jane Hartley on 26 December 1817, in Hardin, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States in 1850.
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- Francis Pyle, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Francis H Pyle - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Francis Henry Pyle
- Francis H Pile, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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1796 · Wilderness Road Opens to Wagons
In 1796, the Wilderness Road opened up for wagon use. The route was used by colonial and early settlers to reach Kentucky from the East. It started in Virginia, and went southward to Tennessee and then went north to Kentucky. The main danger of this route was Native American attacks.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English pile ‘stake, post’ (via Old English from Latin pilum ‘spike, javelin’), hence a topographic name for someone who lived near a stake or post serving as a landmark, or sometimes perhaps a nickname for a tall thin person.
Americanized form of Dutch Pijl: metonymic occupational name for a marksman or an arrowsmith, from pijl ‘arrow’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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