Kentucky:  A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, Kniffin 1st ed., 1885
Reprinted 1972 by Kentucky Reprint Co., Murray, KY.
Graves Co.

BENJAMIN F. PILE, Graves County, a young and enterprising merchant at
Fancy Farm, was born August 10, 1857, in Graves County, Ky., and is 
the eighth of nine children born to J.V. and Mary E. (Phillips) Pile,
of Washington County, Ky., of French and English origin, respectively.
They came to Graves County about 1830, and settled near Fancy Farm,
Hickman County.  The father owns 500 acres of land in Graves County,
and about 160 acres in Hickman County, about half improved.  He is a
member of the Masonic fraternity, and he and wife are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.  Benjamin F. Pile has always lived with 
his parents; he was reared on a farm, and received a good English
education; he attended school at Milburn three years, at Mayfield one
year, and taught school three terms in Ballard and Graves Counties. 
He is now engaged with his father in general merchandising at Fancy
Farm; the business was commenced about twenty-five years ago, under
the firm name of Pile & Willett; in 1880 Benjamin F. became partner,
and the name was changed to Pile & Son.  Subject is also postmaster at
Fancy Farm, having been appointed in 1882.  He was married in September,
1882.  He was married in September, 1883, to Elmine Boswell, of Ballard
County and daughter of G.H. and Fannie (Smith) Boswell, natives of
Kentucky.  Her parents came to Graves County about 1840, thence went to
Indiana, where they remained four years, thence back to Ballard County,
where they have resided ever since.  Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Pile are
members of the Methodist Church.

Pile Phillips Willett Boswell Smith 
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Washington-KY Hickman-KY Ballard-KY IN

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