When Basil E. Pirtle was born in 1813, in Rockingham, North Carolina, United States, his father, Leslie Jesse Pirtle, was 33 and his mother, Margaret Mackey, was 34. He married Lydia Moon on 12 March 1833, in Orange, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Southeast Township, Orange, Indiana, United States in 1850 and Jackson Township, Carroll, Arkansas, United States in 1860. He died in 1886, in Jasper Township, Taney, Missouri, United States, at the age of 73.
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Historical Boundaries 1816: Orange, Indiana, United States
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Historical Boundaries - 1833: Carroll, Arkansas Territory, United States; 1836: Carroll, Arkansas, United States
Americanized form, apparently altered via the intermediate form Pirkle , of German Birkle or Birkel or Berkel . The surname Pirtle is also common among African Americans. Compare Purtle and Pyrtle .
History: The majority of the Pirtles, Purtles, and Pyrtles (and also at least some of the Pirkles) trace their origin to Hans Jacob Berkel or Birckel or Birkle from Germany and to his namesake son who settled in PA in the beginning of the 18th century. The exact original form of their surname is not known, but various sources agree that it was spelled with k, not t.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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