Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Joseph PYLE
[Excerpt from Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Chester and Delaware Counties] Joseph Pyle, son of Amos and Anna, received his education in the common schools of the neighborhood, after which he spent some time in New York and in New Jersey. Returning home he engaged in storekeeping, and at the end of a year removed to what is now the village of West Grove, then merely a railroad station named for the old Friends’ Meeting nearby.
He built the first house and also the first store block; brought the first car load of lumber to the village of West Grove and his friends predicted he would swamp himself in his efforts to dispose of it, but ere long he had to ship in more lumber, which proved his farsightedness and keen judgment in business transactions. He was the first to introduce the manufacture of brick in West Grove, and is the owner of the West Grove Water Works, being instrumental in the installation of the system. He is the secretary and treasurer of the Kent & Bissell Cattle Company, also a director of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Chester county, and the White Clay Creek Power Company. He has donated both of land and money to brining same to this borough, and not for personal gain alone but for the good of the community. He was appointed the first postmaster of West Grove by President Lincoln, and held the office for twenty-two years, and also served in the capacity of burgess. He is a member of the Society of Friends and a Republican in politics.
Mr. Pyle married 5 mo. 23, 1861, at her father’s house, Mira M. Conard, born 11 mo. 8, 1837, daughter of Milton and Rachel S. Conard, of the vicinity of West Grove. They had four children: 1. Charles S., born 5 mo. 12, 1862, is vice-president of the National Bank at Rising Sun, Maryland, having filled the office of cashier of that institution for about eight years; he married Ella A. Gregg, and they are the parents of two children. 2. Anna R., became the wife of Luman Beitler, of West Grove, and one child has been born to them. 3. Milton C., cashier of the National Bank of West Gove since 1901, having formerly filled the office of paying teller of the same institution for thirteen years; in 1900 he located in Perkasie and organized the First National Bank of Perkasie, filled the office of cashier for one year and was then appointed to his present position. He is the president of the Young People’s Society of Christian Endeavor of Chester county and is an elder and trustee in the West Grove Presbyterian church. He married for his first wife Ella R. Heston and for his second wife Helen Calvert. 4. Wilbur, deceased. Joseph Pyle, the father of these children, is loved and respected by the whole community and is called the “Father of West Grove.” [end of excerpt]
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