Son of John Pike (1795-1852) and Rachel Fowler (1796-1880).

Husband of Martha Allsup (1823-1865), Father of Marion Franklin Pike (1855-1951), John M. Pike, William Comodore Pike, Rachael E. Pike, Balus Mortermer Pike, Thomas Hayden Pike, Amanda Pike, and Sarah Ellen Pike.

Husband of Arah Elizabeth McKinley, their children; Martha A. Pike, Oliver Perry Pike, Joseph Boone Pike, Medley E. Pike, James Archie Pike, Sammy Henry Ross Pike, Andrew Jackson Pike, Dolly Ann Nancy Caroline Pike, Katie Magdalene Pike, Daniel Garvin Pike Sr., and LaFayette Monroe Pike.

Grandfather of John Thomas Pike (1876-1938); Great Grandfather of Terry Franklin Pike (1910-1993); Great Great Grandfather of Doris Faye Pike Phillips; GGG Grandfather of Zachery Keith Phillips III; GGGG Grandfather of Zachery K. Phillips IV and Whittney Amanada Phillips; GGGGG Grandfather of Hannah Lilyan Phillips, Jackson Paul Phillips, and Cora Lillie Belle Phillips.

PVT. Company F 12th Alabama Calvary, CSA.

The Gadsden Evening Journal, Gadsden, Alabama, 12/3/1909

J.M. Pike, One of Oldest Residents of Etowah County Died Last Night. Passed Away at the Home of His Son, Sheriff B.M. Pike After An Illness of Several Weeks...Came to Alabama 73 Years ago and Settled in Cherokee County.

After an illness extending over a period of several weeks, J.M. Pike, father of Sheriff B.M. Pike, passed away at the home of the latter yesterday evening. The deceased was one of the oldest residents of this section of the state, having come to Alabama when only 13 years of age, from Greenville, S.C. He was 63 years and 6 months old at the time of his death. Death was due to his advanced age and a complication of ailments.

When the deceased came to Albama with his parents the country was new and wild. The family settled in Cherokee county and Mr Pike attended school there while the Indians roamed the mountains and valleys. In 1861 he moved to Etowah county and this has been his home ever since.

When the war broke out between the states, Mr. Pike was true to Alabama and enlisted in Wheeler's cavalry. He was a brave soldier and served through the war. When the war was over he returned to his home and the remaining years of his life were spent in developing the country and rearing his family.

The funeral will be held at New Bethel church, Hokes Bluff, at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning.

[(note mistake: age 86, not 63 at time of death.) Joseph Mortimer Baltimore Pike b. 1823; son of John and Rachel Fowler Pike; 1st wife, Martha Alsup; 2nd wife, Arrah Elizabeth McKinney.]