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Edward Gant Pyle Jr.

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Edward Gant Pyle Jr.

Birth
Monroe County, Indiana, USA
Death
May 1848 (aged 23)
San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA
Burial
San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, USA GPS-Latitude: 37.29739, Longitude: -121.856767
Plot
Section E
Memorial ID
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On May 26, 1846, Edward Pyle, Sr. brought his wife, three sons and three daughters, with two sons-in-law, to California. They were members of what was known as the Pyle-Whiteman party, consisting of Mr. & Mrs. Whiteman, Mr. & Mrs. Laird, Mary Pyle, who later became Mrs. Gordon, and Thomas, Edward Jr. and John Pyle.

On October 26, 1846, the Pyle-Whiteman party arrived at Sacramento and located at Sutter's Fort, one and a half miles from the old town, where they remained over the winter.

In Feb. 1847, Edward & his father, Edward Pyle, Sr., still at Fort Sutter in Sacramento area, assisted in transporting supplies to the First Relief upon their return from the High Sierras where the Donner Party was trapped.
On May 26, 1846, Edward Pyle, Sr. brought his wife, three sons and three daughters, with two sons-in-law, to California. They were members of what was known as the Pyle-Whiteman party, consisting of Mr. & Mrs. Whiteman, Mr. & Mrs. Laird, Mary Pyle, who later became Mrs. Gordon, and Thomas, Edward Jr. and John Pyle.

On October 26, 1846, the Pyle-Whiteman party arrived at Sacramento and located at Sutter's Fort, one and a half miles from the old town, where they remained over the winter.

In Feb. 1847, Edward & his father, Edward Pyle, Sr., still at Fort Sutter in Sacramento area, assisted in transporting supplies to the First Relief upon their return from the High Sierras where the Donner Party was trapped.

Gravesite Details

September 2019: Office records state he was re-interred in this plot in 1915. No visible marker for Edward Jr.



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