Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: William I. Pyles    
         Census name: William I. Piles 
                Born: Mar-31-1817          in Monongalia Co, (W)VA  1,2
                Died: Mar-29-1892          in Ritchie Co, WV  1,2
              Buried:                      in Beech Grove (Hogue) Cem, Highland-Hebron Rd near Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Census: 1870                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Elizabeth Cunningham   4,5  
             Married: Mar-30-1837          in Wood Co, (W)VA  1
                Born: Mar-29-1816          in Wood Co, (W)VA  1,6 (see note 1)
                Died: Aug-20-1894          in Wood Co, WV  1,2
              Buried:                      in Beech Grove (Hogue) Cem, Highland-Hebron Rd near Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Census: 1870                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father: Elijah Cunningham   (1792 - 1868) 
              Mother: Sarah Wigner   (1792 - 1882) 
           F Child 1: Susan Sophrona Pyles      
       Also known as: Sophronia Pyles 7
                Born: Jul-20-1856          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  1,8,2
                Died: May- 5-1934          in Doddridge Co, WV  9,2
              Buried:                      in Duckworth (Summit) Cemetery, Greenwood, Doddridge Co, WV  10
              Census: 1920                 in Central District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Husband: Amster Bever  b. Nov- 9-1849  d. Mar-19-1935  
       Also known as: Armster Bever 
             Married: Oct-26-1873          in Ritchie Co, WV  11

Sources:
(1) Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com, Natl No. 98991, WV No. 1214 (William 
Henry Bever) 
(2) Headstone (year only) 
(3) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(4) Marriage record of daughter. 
(5) Death record of daughter. 
(6) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay Twp) 
(7) Headstone. 
(8) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(9) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. 
(10) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) 
(11) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as 
Amster Bever, 23, b. Monroe Co OH, res. Ritchie Co, son of William & Eliza; and Susan S. Piles [sic], 17, of Ritchie Co, 
dau of William J. & Elizabeth.  Married Oct 26 1873. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date on headstone is clearly 1810.  But age 55 in 1870 Census would put
birth in about 1815.  Sons of the American Revolution records state Mar 29 1816,
one year after her parents' marriage.







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