Pile, William A
soldier, clergyman, congressman, was born Feb. 11, 1829, near Indianapolis, Ind. He was a clergyman of the methodist episcopal church, and a member of the Missouri conference at the commencement of the rebellion. In 1861 he joined the Missouri volunteers as chaplain; in 1862 had command of a battery of artillery as captain, and was soon afterward promoted to the rank of colonel of infantry. In 1863 he was appointed a brigadier-general of United States volunteers, and was in the Missouri campaign under General Lyon. In 1866 he was elected a representative from Missouri to the fortieth congress, and in 1869 was appointed governor of New Mexico. In 1871 he was appointed minister resident to Venezuela. He died July 7, 1889, in Monrovia, Cal.