HARALSON COUNTY, GA - BIOS  F.M. Lyle

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Source: "MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA", Historical and Biographical Sketches,  1896.

F. M. LYLE, saw and grist-mill man, Draketown,
Haralson Co.,Ga., son of J. H.and Mary Ann Lyle, was
born in Polk county, Ga., May 4, 1855. His father
was born in Campbell county, Ga., and went from
there to Polk county when he was thirteen years old.
Mr. Lyle's parents, when he was six months old,
moved from Polk to Paulding county, in which he was
raised and educated-the education being rudimental
and the school taught in churches. This education
and a good store of pluck and energy was his
capital; and that he has employed it wisely and well
is evidenced by his sucess. When he began life for
himself it was as a farmer; but as his capital
increased his enterprise increased also, so that now
he is operating a saw-mill, a grist-mill and a
cotton-gin, doing well with all, and prospering.
From no cash capital at the start, he has by
industry and good management accumulated paying
property , so that now he is enjoying a good,
comfortable income. Mr. Lyle was happily married in
1878 to Miss Fannie,daughter of W. C. White, of
Haralson county, a union which has been blessed with
seven children: Minnie Lee, Ola, William Fletcher,
Effie, Sarah Ellen, Henry Lee, Johnnie. Mr. Lyle is
a master Mason, and a zealous member of the
Protestant Methodist church.