Sarah Riddle Pyle

Brief Life History of Sarah Riddle

When Sarah Riddle Pyle was born on 22 July 1807, in Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States, her father, Edward Gant Pyle, was 21 and her mother, Rosanna Mary McMahon, was 17. She married Jehu Cox Sr. on 13 January 1824, in Salt Creek Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 25 August 1891, in Huntington, Emery, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Fairview Pioneer Cemetery, Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jehu Cox Sr.
1803–1893
Sarah Riddle Pyle
1807–1891
Marriage: 13 January 1824
Rosannah Cox
1825–1866
Edward Cox
1826–1826
Thomas Cox
1827–1827
Henderson Cox
1829–1848
Sarah Cox
1832–1885
Mary Jane Cox
1833–1911
Elias Cox
1835–1917
Rachel Ann Cox
1836–1922
Jehu Cox Jr
1837–1889
Isaiah Cox
1839–1896
Lucretia Cox
1841–1848
Emma Elizabeth Cox
1844–1931
Nephi Cox
1846–1846
Joshua Cox
1847–1847
Martha Elizabeth Cox
1849–1933
Elisha Cox
1851–1851
Eliza Cox
1851–1851

Sources (63)

  • John Cox, "United States Census, 1840"
  • Sarah (born Pile), 'Idaho, Deaths and Stillbirths' on MyHeritage
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Jehu Cox and Sarah Riddle Pyle)

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World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812 · Kentucky Bend Created

During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.

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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Story Highlight

Cox Family Members in the Heber Chase Kimball Wagon Train of 7 Jun 1848-24 Sep 1848

Type: Wagon. Category: Church Train. Direction: Westbound. Departed from: Winters Quarters, Nebraska, 7 June 1848. Arrival: Utah, 24 September 1848. Number in Company: 697. Days Traveled: 109 days. Je …

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