Charles E. "Charlie" Pyle and Cora Belle Graham

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Husband Charles E. "Charlie" Pyle ¹

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           Born: 16 Dec 1872 - Sugarcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
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         Father: Erastus Cole Pyle (Abt 1839-1898) 2 3
         Mother: Margaret Olean Murdock (1849-1921) 2

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       Marriage: 1894 - ? Venango Co, PA

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Wife Cora Belle Graham ^{2 4}

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           Born: Abt 1875 - Bully Hill, near Franklin, Venango Co, PA
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           Died: Aft Mar 1915
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         Father: Robert Graham, Jr. (1828-1915) 5 6 7
         Mother: Catharine Olive Foster (1839-1906) 5 8 9 10 11

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Children

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1 M Glenn L. Pyle ²

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           Born: 7 Oct 1895
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           Died: 20 Feb 1968 - Los Angeles Co, CA
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         Spouse: Helen Mar Alcorn (1897-      ) 2 12
           Marr: 17 Apr 1917 - ? Venango Co, PA 12

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2 F Esther Elaine Pyle ²

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3 F Inza Gertha Pyle ²

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           Born: 1898
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           Died: 1924
         Buried:  - Graham Cemetery, Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 13

         Spouse: James Monroe Lowry (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 1918 - ? Venango Co, PA

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4 M Ivan Graham Pyle ²

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5 F Ruby Catherine Pyle ^{2 14}

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           Born: 10 Jun 1907 - Bully Hill, near Franklin, Venango Co, PA
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           Died: 28 Sep 1995 - ? Franklin, Venango Co, PA
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         Spouse: Howard Louis O'Dell (Abt 1908-      ) 14
           Marr: 19 Mar 1929 - Bully Hill, near Franklin, Venango Co, PA 15. (Divorced on 26 Jun 1944)

         Spouse: Verge Amon Ebbert (1913-1998)
           Marr: 5 Dec 1950 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 16

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General Notes: Husband - Charles E. "Charlie" Pyle

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Brought up in the midst of extensive oil operations, he began work in the same line himself, and during his early manhood was employed as a rig builder in the Ohio oil fields, where he remained up to the time of his marriage. He then became associated with the Alphabet Oil Company in the capacity of pumper, being given the management of the lease they now hold for ten years before he acquired a fifth interest in it, fifteen years ago. In 1895-96 Mr. Pyle went into partnership with his cousins, John A. and Frank Pyle (sons of Robert J. Pyle), as Pyle Brothers & Co., and the association has lasted ever since, the company having leases on Bully Hill and in Clarion County. With Harry Smith, of Florida, they constitute the Alphabet Oil Company, which has one of the best leases on Bully Hill, their daily production running as high as forty barrels. Only four wells had been sunk on this property when Mr. Pyle came there to work. Now there are seventy-six, and all the exploitation has been done under his direction, which leaves little necessity for comment as to his ability. Though he never neglects business, Mr. Pyle finds time for recreation and other interests, and enjoys especially his automobile trips. He has gone to Niagara Falls by automobile more than once. He is an Odd Fellow in good standing, and a prominent member of the East Grove M. E. Church, which he is serving at present as trustee. He made an excellent record in ten years of service on the Sandy Creek Township school board. Mr. Pyle has built a substantial residence, for which he chose a fine site called River View, beautifully located several hundred feet above the Allegheny and overlooking that stream. [CAB, 940]

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General Notes: Wife - Cora Belle Graham

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Residing in Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA in Mar, 1915.

(Later in Bully Hill?)

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 939.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 940.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 625.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1028.

5 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 641.

6 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1026, 1027, 1028.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 750.

8 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1026.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 577, 750.

10 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 122.

11 Dallas Perry Graham, The Graham Familly (Self-published.), Pg 3.

12 Earl Prather, The Alcorn Family in Northwestern Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1997), Pg 8.

13 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 8, Sandycreek Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1999), Pg 38.

14 Karen S. Golden Rodgers, The Mitchell Family 1772 - 1989 (Self-published, 1990), Pg 85.

15 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #17650.

16 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #28129.