Short Biography of Isaac Pyle

Isaac Pyle, eldest son of Isaac and Orpha (Addleman) Pyle, was born Aug. 18, 1813, in Chester County, Pa. When thirteen years of age he came with his parents to Wayne County, Ind., where his youth was spent in helping his father on the farm and attending the subscription schools. When serving as an apprentice three years, after which he worked a year at $16 a month. He then engaged in the same business for himself for thirty-seven years. Oct. 3, 1839, he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of John and Ruth (Morrison) Turner, and to them have been born nine children—Ruth T. (deceased), Mary Jane, Orpha A., Isaac M., John T., Albert F. (deceased). Sandford C. (deceased), Elizabeth A. and Byron C. Since his marriage, Mr. Pyle has resided on his present farm, and in connection with his trade has carried on his agricultural pursuits, and now owns 115 acres of well-cultivated land. Mr. Pyle was reared in the Episcopal church, but afterward joined the Methodist church. His parents were natives of Chester County, Pa., his father a son of Ebenezer Pyle, of English descent, and his mother a daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Pierce) Addleman, of German descent. They were married in Pennsylvania, and were the parents of ten children. They came to Wayne County in 1826, and settled in Franklin Township, where Isaac followed farming and blacksmithing very successfully. He died at the age of about forty-five years; his wife survived him about thirty years.

Source: "History of Wayne County, Indiana, Together With Sketches Of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens." ¹¹⁴³⁴