Brief Life History of Robert Gilkison
When Robert Gilkison Pyles was born on 1 July 1879, in Noble, Ohio, United States, his father, William Edward Pyles, was 45 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Scott, was 46. He married Nancy Belle Andrews on 14 November 1903, in Washington, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Clay District, Ritchie, West Virginia, United States for about 40 years. He died on 23 January 1926, in Ellenboro, Ritchie, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Ellenboro, Ritchie, West Virginia, United States.
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- Robert H Pyles, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Robert Gilkison Pyles - Government record: Death record or certificate: birth-name: Robert Gilkison Pyles
- Robert G. Pyles, "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Piles, itself a variant of Pyle with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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