Thomas Monroe Pile
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Joseph R Pile
Joseph R Pile
1880 - 1967
Ethel M Pile
Ethel M Pile
1882 - 1952
Leo V Pile
Leo V Pile
1886 - 1953
Alta Verlee Pile
Alta Verlee Pile
1889 - 1953
Ada Edith Pile
Ada Edith Pile
1891 - 1970
James W Pile
James W Pile
1894 - 1983
Hollis L Pile
Hollis L Pile
1897 - 1982

1880


Age: 24y
1880 • The Transvaal becomes a republic and Paul Kruger becomes its first president.

1882


Age: 26y
1882 • The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad ("Nickel Plate Road") runs its first trains over the entire system between Buffalo, New York, and Chicago. Nine days later the Seney Syndicate sells the road to William Henry Vanderbilt for US$7.2 million.

1886


Jun 2
Age: 31y
1886 • Horse-drawn streetcars of Austria-Hungary, France, Germany and Great Britain are carrying c. 900 million riders per year.

1889


May 3
Age: 34y
1889 Argentina is the first country to recognize the abolition of the monarchy in Brazil.

1894


Apr 1
Age: 38y
1894 • Frederick W. Tamblyn founded the Tamblyn School of Penmanship which later became Ziller of Kansas City, the oldest Calligraphy studio still operating in United States.

1897


Mar 24
Age: 41y
1897 • Freedom of religion is proclaimed in Madagascar.

1937


Nov 30
Age: 82y
1937 • A guard takes his place at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Washington, D.C.; continuous guard has been maintained there ever since.

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