27 August 1913
Charlotte Observer, North Carolina
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DEATH RECORD
CAPT. J. B. LYLE
South Carolina Confederate Veteran Dies in Oklahoma
(Special to The Observer)
Gaffney, Aug 26 -- People all over South Carolina will be saddened by the news of the death of Capt. J. B. Lyle, which occurred at Caddo, Okla., information of which has just reached Gaffney. Captain Lyles served throughout the War Between the States in Col. Asbury Coward's regiment and was distinguished for his bravery. An army comrade of his relates that Capt. Lyle performed the seemingly impossible feat of forcing 600 Union soldiers to surrender at the point of an empty gun.
He was 84 years of age at the time of his death.
He was related to some of the most prominent families of South Carolina in the various counties. His wife, who survives him, was Miss Dora McArthur of this county and he is also survived by one daughter, Miss Fannie Lyle, and two sons, Messrs. Joe and Ed.
Directly after the war Captain Lyle became an instructor in what was then Limestone Female College and later conducted a private school in Gaffney. In the year 1871 he went to the West where he made a name which has been honored and where his memory will be held sacred.
