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Burdett Clifton Pile, who enjoyed the pioneer honor of being Clark county’s second white child (his brother Marston was the first), was born at Jeffersonville, Indiana. March 10, 1805. Early in life he became a brick manufacturer and later conducted a pottery at Port Fulton. About 1855 he became a partner in the firm of Maybury, Pile & Company, proprietors of a hardware store, but several years later he purchased the senior partner’s interest and substituted his son-in-law, J. J. Conway. He disposed of his mercantile interests in 1871, and two years later became Mayor of Jeffersonville, succeeding in that office, Levi Sparks, later brother-in-law to his daughter, Fannie Belle Sparks. Previous to his two years as Mayor Mr. Pile had served a number of terms in the city council and was trustee of the Wall Street Methodist church. He was director in the Ft. Wayne & Southern Railway Company, which projected a line through Clark county and built part of the road bed near Charlestown. In many ways Burdett Clifton Pile was a remarkable man. His early education was limited by lack of good schools, but he made up for this in after life by reading and observation. He was a close student of the Bible, had a retentive memory and could quote many fine passages from the good book. His vocabulary was extraordinary, his command of language never at fault and these qualifications made him an orator of ability. Above all he was a man of sterling character who earned and held the respect and high esteem of all who knew him. He was an active and enthusiastic member of the Masonic Order for many years and from time to time occupied all the official stations in the Blue Lodge and Chapter. He died March 17, 1885. January 29, 1834, Mr. Pile married Mary Ann Cunningham, the ceremony being performed by the minister, who was afterwards well known as Bishop Ames. Mrs. Pile was a daughter of David Cunningham and her birth occurred in Ontario county, New York, March 18, 1812. Her father’s removal here was due to the fact that he was a sub-contractor in building the Louisville and Portland canal. He had five sons, all of whom were engaged with him in this important line of transportation. His wife was Anna, daughter of Peter Jennison, a Revolutionary soldier who responded to the Lexington alarm call. Her grandfather, Amos Singletary, served for eight years as a representative in the Great and General Court of Massachusetts. Robert Cunningham, a brother of Mrs. Pile, was in the battle of the Alamo under David Crockett, and his name appears among the other heroes on the monument erected in the state capital grounds at Austin, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Pile had ten children. Maria T., the eldest, married Oliver N. Thomas, and her only daughter, Ida T., is now the widow of John H. Hause, who died in Jeffersonville about 1902. Mrs. Thomas having lost her husband by death, contracted a second marriage with William H. Buckley, a man of remarkable vitality, who at the age of eighty-eight is a foreman at the Howard Shipyards. Mary Ann, the second daughter of Mr. Pile, married Joseph Conway and after his death removed to St. Louis. They had eleven children, of whom three daughters and one son reside in Jeffersonville. Lucinda A., third daughter of Mr. Pile, married A. S. Gilbert, of Massachusetts. She and her son, Clifton S., are residents of Jeffersonville. Rebecca Virginia Pile, the fourth daughter, married Valentine Rose and died in Louisville. Sarah Eliza Pile, the fifth daughter, married Capt. George W. Kingsbury, of the United States Army, and both died at Clifton Springs, New York, there being one surviving child, who resides in Philadelphia. Rufus Moody Pile, the eldest son, has been quite successful in the railway world, and is now assistant general passenger agent of the Pennsylvania systems, with headquarters at Philadelphia. William Clifton Pile, the second son, married Lizzie Barringer, and resides at St. Louis. Charles Burdet Pile, the third son, married Mary Durham, and lives at Wichita, Kansas. Fannie Belle, the youngest of the family, married Nathan Sparks, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this volume. pp. 601-603, Captain Lewis C. Baird, Baird’s History of Clark County, Indiana, B.F. Brown Company, Publishers, Indianapolis, Indiana 1909. National Archives shows War of 1812 service as follows: Name:Berdit C Pile Company: 1 REG'T LIGHT DRAGOONS (SIMRALL'S), KENTUCKY VOLS. Rank - Induction: SADDLER Rank - Discharge: SADDLER Roll Box: 165 Microfilm Publication: M602 However, as Burdett Clifton Pile would have only been about ten years old, at the cessation of hostilities in 1815, one must wonder as to the accuracy of his birth date of 10 Mar 1805, or assume he was allowed to serve at that tender age as a "saddler". BURDETT CLIFTON PILE: The lineage of the family of this name is ancient and honorable. The men on both sides served their country well both in war and peace and wherever found were among the sturdy citizens of their respective communities. We first hear of Dr. Richard Pile, who lived in Virginia when she was a colony of Great Britain. His son and namesake was apprenticed to the saddler’s trade but ran away to join the patriot army in the war of the Revolution. He served for a time in the Eighth Virginia Regiment under General Jonathan Clark, and this body of troops rendered valiant service at the storming of Stony Point. He was also with Washington as sergeant at Valley Forge. After the war he settled in Kentucky, where he married Rebecca Clifton, of the vicinity of Bardstown. Sometime before 1798 he moved to Springville, near Charlestown, but later he removed to Jeffersonville His wife was a famous cook and prepared the dinner for the surveyors who platted the town. One of his sisters married Evan, brother of Isaac Shelly, the first Governor of Kentucky. Another sister married an ancestor of Gen. Jefferson C. Davis, of Civil war fame. Richard Pile died in 1816, and about 1820 his widow married Thomas Morgan, of Jeffersonville, by whom she had one daughter, Elizabeth, who subsequently became the wife of Samuel Athey, and removed with him to Missouri. Richard and Rebecca (Clifton) Pile had four children: Marston Green Clark, Burdett Clifton, Mary and Margaret. The elder brother was the first white child born in Clark county, his native place being what was then called Fort Finney, but afterward Fort Steuben. Mary, the elder sister, married Moody Dustin, and Margaret became the wife of Thomas Powell, a native of New Jersey, who moved to Jeffersonville and made his home there until his death. Burdett Clifton Pile BIRTH 10 Mar 1805 Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana, USA DEATH 17 Mar 1885 (aged 80) Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana, USA BURIAL Walnut Ridge Cemetery Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana, USA PLOT Section B MEMORIAL ID 63925237
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