Ross Clifton PYLES
Page last updated 7 October 2024.
Birth: 31 March 1890 in Maryland
Death: 12 January 1945
Burial: Bells United Methodist Church cemetery, Suitland, Prince George’s County, Maryland, Section P
Headstone Text: ROSS CLIFTON PYLES / DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA / CM1C US NAVY / WORLD WAR I / MARCH 31 1890 JAN 12 1945
Parents: Wallace Ruthvin PYLES and Alice Jane PYLES (m. ADAMS)
Parents' Children:
Spouse #1: Olyve Louise TAYLOR
Marriage: 30 May 1912 in Washington, D.C.
[I have not currently found evidence that they have children.]
Spouse #2: Mary Miller
Children:
Military Service: Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I, retiring as a Construction Mechanic First Class.
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery: Ross and Olyve have separate headstones and plots; Olyve also has a footstone. Also buried in this cemetery are: Ross’s parents -- Wallace and Alice; Ross’s brothers, sisters and sisters-in-laws -- Raymond; John and Josephine and Juanita; Ernest; Minerva; and Gertrude.
Family Information Compiled From: FindAGrave website (#33187944), FamilySearch website (#LR7N-4XD), GenealogyBank, and family records.
m. = maiden name
Death: 12 January 1945
Burial: Bells United Methodist Church cemetery, Suitland, Prince George’s County, Maryland, Section P
Headstone Text: ROSS CLIFTON PYLES / DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA / CM1C US NAVY / WORLD WAR I / MARCH 31 1890 JAN 12 1945
Parents: Wallace Ruthvin PYLES and Alice Jane PYLES (m. ADAMS)
Parents' Children:
- Raymond E. PYLES
- Wallace Eugene PYLES
- John Chester PYLES
- Minerva L. PYLES
- Gertrude M. PYLES
- Richard Albert PYLES
- Hester Ellen PYLES
- Ross Clifton PYLES
- Earnest Ruthvin PYLES
- Ruth Bernice PYLES
Spouse #1: Olyve Louise TAYLOR
Marriage: 30 May 1912 in Washington, D.C.
[I have not currently found evidence that they have children.]
Spouse #2: Mary Miller
Children:
- Infant PYLES
- Alice Bryant PYLES
- Nicholas Clifton PYLES
- Henry Francis PYLES
Military Service: Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I, retiring as a Construction Mechanic First Class.
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery: Ross and Olyve have separate headstones and plots; Olyve also has a footstone. Also buried in this cemetery are: Ross’s parents -- Wallace and Alice; Ross’s brothers, sisters and sisters-in-laws -- Raymond; John and Josephine and Juanita; Ernest; Minerva; and Gertrude.
Family Information Compiled From: FindAGrave website (#33187944), FamilySearch website (#LR7N-4XD), GenealogyBank, and family records.
m. = maiden name