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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. 602-603, Captain Lewis C. Baird, Baird’s History of Clark County, Indiana, B.F. Brown Company, Publishers, Indianapolis, Indiana 1909. Obituary (edited): Jeffersonville (Ind.) Evening News, Friday, Oct. 19, 1900 No more general sorrow has been caused in the community for a long time than when it became known this morning that in the still hours of the night there had passed away a lady who for many years had been one of the most loved and highly honored residents of Jeffersonville, Mrs. Mary Ann Pile. Mrs. Pile's death was wholly unexpected. She was not ill, but for a few days had been suffering from a slight cold. Her death was caused by heart failure, due to old age. Mary Ann Cunningham was born March 18th, 1812, in Ontario County, New York. She was the daughter of David and Anna Jennison Cunningham. On the maternal side she was descended from the Singletarys, Jennisons, and other prominent people of Massachusetts. Her grandmother (Lucy Morris) was a niece of Robert Morris, and was married from his Philadelphia home. Her brother, Robert W. Cunningham, died in 1836 while defending the Alamo. When but a child, Mrs. Pile came with her parents to the great West. They traveled across the mountains to Pittsburgh, where they stayed for a time. A little later they loaded their effects on what was then known as "family boats" and floated down the Ohio to Covington, Ky. Here Mr. Cunningham owned and operated the ferry between Cincinnati and Covington. When Mrs. Pile was fifteen years of age, her parents came to Jeffersonville where they settled permanently. Jeffersonville was but a struggling hamlet then, having but nine brick houses, and no churches. From this small beginning, Mrs. Pile lived to see the place grow into a flourishing city. In 1834 she was united in marriage to Mr. Burdett C. Pile who was the son of a Revolutionary hero and a Clark County pioneer. Mr. Pile was one of the most prominent citizens of the town and was Mayor several times. He lived to be eighty years of age. Mrs. Pile, with her husband, united with the Methodist Church in 1840, under the pastorate of Rev. William Goode. Mr. Pile was for many years a trustee and superintended the building of the present Wall Street Church. Mrs. Pile was a devoted church woman, a loyal Christian, and an untiring worker in the cause of Christ. She was one of the Crusaders and always took a great interest in the cause of temperance. She was a remarkably well-preserved woman, and up to the day of her death read the daily papers and did the family mending. She was of a happy, sunshiny nature, and was never heard to complain even when the infirmities of age began to weigh heavily upon her. She had many friends who enjoyed calling upon her and listening to her intelligent conversation. She was fond of relating stories of the early days but her mind never dwelt upon them, and it was the remark of all who talked with her that she was a ''young-old" woman whose life had been made peaceful and heart kept serene by her faith in the Great Captain. Her life was a constant inspiration to those about her and sorely will she be missed. Mr. and Mrs. Pile raised nine children to manhood and womanhood. Two are now deceased--Mrs. Rose and Mrs. Kingsbury. Her living children are Mrs. Lou Gilbert, Mrs. Maria Buckley, Mrs. Fannie Sparks of this city; Mrs. Mary Conway of St. Louis; R. M. Pile of Philadelphia; Will Pile of California; and Charles Pile of Mount Hope, Kansas. Her descendants in all number fifty-two--seven children, twenty three grandchildren, eighteen great grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren. One sister, Mrs. E. S. Jackson, resides in Memphis, Tenn. No arrangements will be made for the funeral until the arrival of R. M. Pile from Philadelphia, but it will be held at the family residence, 326 West Front Street, and the interment will be at Walnut Ridge Cemetery. The family have the sympathy of the community in their bereavement. Mary Ann Cunningham Pile BIRTH 18 Mar 1812 Ontario County, New York, USA DEATH 19 Oct 1900 (aged 88) Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana, USA BURIAL Walnut Ridge Cemetery Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana, USA PLOT Section Lot, 216, Grave 1 MEMORIAL ID 63925277 PILE, Mary A., Burial: 10/21/1900, Section: B, Lot: 216, Grave: 1
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