Short Biography of John S. Lyle

JOHN S. LYLE, from Rockbridge Co., Virginia, came to Richmond in 1823, with his father, David Lyle, who was a brick and stone mason, and who subsequently removed to Randolph Co., where he died in 1848. John, his eldest son, resides in Richmond. In 1837, he commenced an apprenticeship in the printing business with Holloway and Davis, and worked at this trade twelve years. In 1855, he was elected justice of the peace for the term of four years, and re-elected for a second term. Before the expiration of his second term, the war broke out, and he assisted in raising Co. B. of the 5th Indiana cavalry, of which he was chosen captain. In November, 1862, he was promoted to senior major of the regiment. He served in the army to the close of the war. He was with his battalion in Kentucky, within twenty miles of the rebel Gen. Morgan when he crossed the Cumberland river on his famed raid through Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio, and followed him up with his regiment until he was taken at Buffington Bar, Ohio, where Morgan's forces were routed. Major Lyle was engaged in the two battles of Blountsville, and the battles of Knoxville, Henderson's Mills, Walker's Ford, Pulaski, and the great battle of Nashville. He is at present city attorney in Richmond.

Source: "History of Wayne county, Indiana, from its first settlement to the present time : with numerous biographical and family sketches" ³⁸