Post by Leslie Kyle on Nov 23, 2009 14:21:23 GMT -5
Upon a pleasant farm property in
Cedarville township resides Henry Kyle.
This is his native township, his birth having
occurred within its borders on the 20th
of February. 1832. His parents were Samuel
and Rachel (Jackson) Kyle. The maternal
grandfather, Robert Jackson, was the
third child of David and Elizabeth Jackson,
and was born in 1758, at Newtown,
Limavady, County Derry, Ireland. With
his father he came to America in the year
1762. Samuel Kyle, the father of our subject,
was born in Pennsylvania and when
quite young accompanied his parents on
their removal to Kentucky, tlie family settling
near Lexington, where he remained
until some years after his marriage. He
wedded Ruth Mitchell and unto them were
born six children, all being now deceased,
but after the death of the wife and mother
the father was again married, his second
union being with Rachel Jackson, the
mother of our subject. In 1804 he came
to Ohio, settling south of Cedarville, on
what is now known as the Silas Murdoch
farm, there spending his remaining days
and transforming the land into a highly improved
property. He was a prominent
member of the old Seceder church, serving
as one of its elders. He also took a very-
prominent part in civic life and for many
years served as associate judge, his decisions
proving so fair and impartial that he
was long retained in the office and enjoyed
in the highest degree the confidence and respect
of his fellow men. He passed away
in March, 1856, his widow surviving him
for one year, when she died upon the old
home farm at about the age of seventy.
She had also been a member of the Seceder
church at one time but later joined the Associate
Reformed church with her husband,
in which he also served as elder. In the
family of this worthy couple were fifteen
children, but only five of the number are
yet living, as follows: Thomas, the eldest,
is a surveyor residing in Champaign,
Illinois, and was a captain in the Civil war.
Henry is the next. .Martha is the widow of
Thomas Kennedy, and resides at College
Springs, Iowa. Roaland is a resident farm-
er of Cedarville township, and Mary is the
wife of John Murdoch, of Cedarville.
Henry Kyle spent his boyhood and
youth upon the old home place. At the
usual age he began his education, pursuing
his studies in a log schoolhouse in his township,
while later he became a student in the
high school of Cedarville. then conducted
by James Turnbull and Andrew Amyx.
His father's farm comprised nearly a thousand
acres and the sons had ample training
in the methods of cultivating the fields
there. In 1859 our subject removed to his
present farm in Cedarville township, and
here he purchased one hundred and sixty
acres of land, to which he has since added
another quarter section. He put all of the
improvements upon the property, remodeled
the house and erected a large and substantial barn.
Here he has since lived, being
largely engaged in stock raising. He
makes a specialty of polled Durham cattle,
Norman horses and Poland-China hogs.
In his business operations he has met with
creditable and deserved success, and is now
the possessor of a handsome competence.
In the spring of 1858 Henry Kyle was
united in marriage to Harriet D. Colver, a
daughter of Standish and Elizabeth Colver,
who were residents of Union county, Ohio,
but both are now deceased. Mrs. Kyle was
a devoted member of the United Presbyterian
church, was a faithful wife and
mother, and a friend to be trusted at all
times. She died at her home in Cedarville
township in 1893, at the age of sixty-two
years, and was laid to rest in Massies Creek
cemetery. She was the mother of six children,
all of whom survived her: Charles
C, a minister of the United Presbyterian
church, now living in southern Illinois, married
Lida Mitchell. They have one daughter.
Helen. H. Jeroe resides at Chuchville.
New York, and is a United Presbyterian minister.
He wedded Elizabeth Chambers,
and their children are — James,
Christina and Harriet. John M. resides
upon the old home farm. Victor, a minister
of the United Presbyterian church, residing
in Alexis, Illinois, wedded Mary
Porter. Don and Clara are still at home.
All of the children were born in Cedarville
township in the present home of Mr. Kyle.
As has been indicated, the religious faith
of the family is that of the United Presbyterian
church, and Mr. Kyle belongs to the
organization of that denomination at Clifton.
For many years he has served as one
of its elders and has put forth every effort
ill his power to promote the cause of Christianity
along these lines. He has served as
road supervisor, and in his political views
was a Republican in early life, but is now
a Prohibitionist. Although he has reached
the age of three score years and ten. he has
spent his entire life in the county and has
witnessed the greater part of its development,
for it was largely a wild region in his
childhood days. His father built the first
brick house in Cedarville township. Mr.
Kyle carried on the work of improvement
and development begun by his father, and
has co-operated in many movements for the
general good. His life history is largely
familiar to his many friends in this localiy
and all know him to be a man worthy of
public trust and confidence and one deserving
of representation in this volume.
Cedarville township resides Henry Kyle.
This is his native township, his birth having
occurred within its borders on the 20th
of February. 1832. His parents were Samuel
and Rachel (Jackson) Kyle. The maternal
grandfather, Robert Jackson, was the
third child of David and Elizabeth Jackson,
and was born in 1758, at Newtown,
Limavady, County Derry, Ireland. With
his father he came to America in the year
1762. Samuel Kyle, the father of our subject,
was born in Pennsylvania and when
quite young accompanied his parents on
their removal to Kentucky, tlie family settling
near Lexington, where he remained
until some years after his marriage. He
wedded Ruth Mitchell and unto them were
born six children, all being now deceased,
but after the death of the wife and mother
the father was again married, his second
union being with Rachel Jackson, the
mother of our subject. In 1804 he came
to Ohio, settling south of Cedarville, on
what is now known as the Silas Murdoch
farm, there spending his remaining days
and transforming the land into a highly improved
property. He was a prominent
member of the old Seceder church, serving
as one of its elders. He also took a very-
prominent part in civic life and for many
years served as associate judge, his decisions
proving so fair and impartial that he
was long retained in the office and enjoyed
in the highest degree the confidence and respect
of his fellow men. He passed away
in March, 1856, his widow surviving him
for one year, when she died upon the old
home farm at about the age of seventy.
She had also been a member of the Seceder
church at one time but later joined the Associate
Reformed church with her husband,
in which he also served as elder. In the
family of this worthy couple were fifteen
children, but only five of the number are
yet living, as follows: Thomas, the eldest,
is a surveyor residing in Champaign,
Illinois, and was a captain in the Civil war.
Henry is the next. .Martha is the widow of
Thomas Kennedy, and resides at College
Springs, Iowa. Roaland is a resident farm-
er of Cedarville township, and Mary is the
wife of John Murdoch, of Cedarville.
Henry Kyle spent his boyhood and
youth upon the old home place. At the
usual age he began his education, pursuing
his studies in a log schoolhouse in his township,
while later he became a student in the
high school of Cedarville. then conducted
by James Turnbull and Andrew Amyx.
His father's farm comprised nearly a thousand
acres and the sons had ample training
in the methods of cultivating the fields
there. In 1859 our subject removed to his
present farm in Cedarville township, and
here he purchased one hundred and sixty
acres of land, to which he has since added
another quarter section. He put all of the
improvements upon the property, remodeled
the house and erected a large and substantial barn.
Here he has since lived, being
largely engaged in stock raising. He
makes a specialty of polled Durham cattle,
Norman horses and Poland-China hogs.
In his business operations he has met with
creditable and deserved success, and is now
the possessor of a handsome competence.
In the spring of 1858 Henry Kyle was
united in marriage to Harriet D. Colver, a
daughter of Standish and Elizabeth Colver,
who were residents of Union county, Ohio,
but both are now deceased. Mrs. Kyle was
a devoted member of the United Presbyterian
church, was a faithful wife and
mother, and a friend to be trusted at all
times. She died at her home in Cedarville
township in 1893, at the age of sixty-two
years, and was laid to rest in Massies Creek
cemetery. She was the mother of six children,
all of whom survived her: Charles
C, a minister of the United Presbyterian
church, now living in southern Illinois, married
Lida Mitchell. They have one daughter.
Helen. H. Jeroe resides at Chuchville.
New York, and is a United Presbyterian minister.
He wedded Elizabeth Chambers,
and their children are — James,
Christina and Harriet. John M. resides
upon the old home farm. Victor, a minister
of the United Presbyterian church, residing
in Alexis, Illinois, wedded Mary
Porter. Don and Clara are still at home.
All of the children were born in Cedarville
township in the present home of Mr. Kyle.
As has been indicated, the religious faith
of the family is that of the United Presbyterian
church, and Mr. Kyle belongs to the
organization of that denomination at Clifton.
For many years he has served as one
of its elders and has put forth every effort
ill his power to promote the cause of Christianity
along these lines. He has served as
road supervisor, and in his political views
was a Republican in early life, but is now
a Prohibitionist. Although he has reached
the age of three score years and ten. he has
spent his entire life in the county and has
witnessed the greater part of its development,
for it was largely a wild region in his
childhood days. His father built the first
brick house in Cedarville township. Mr.
Kyle carried on the work of improvement
and development begun by his father, and
has co-operated in many movements for the
general good. His life history is largely
familiar to his many friends in this localiy
and all know him to be a man worthy of
public trust and confidence and one deserving
of representation in this volume.