Biographical Sketch of Stephen D. Lyles, M. D., Texas County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas,
Pulaski, Phelps & Dent Counties, Missouri, from Earliest Times to the
Present" Published by Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1889.

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Stephen D. Lyles, M. D., one of the leading practitioners of Texas
County, was born in Monroe County, Ill., October 25, 1858, and is the
son of Alfred Newton and Mary (Walker) Lyles, natives of North Carol-
ina.  The father died in Illinois in 1863, and the mother in Missouri
in 1870.  He was a Methodist Episcopal minister, was also engaged in
farming, and at one time was a circuit rider.  After the death of her
husband, Mrs. Mary Lyles moved with her family to Greene County, MO.,
where she died.  After the death of his father Stephen D. Lyles was
obliged to make his own living.  He came to Licking, lived with Lot
Smalley four years and attended school there.  He then lived with Dr.
George M. Orr and studied medicine under him.  In 1880 and 1881 he 
attended lectures at Keokuk, Iowa, and immediately afterward came to
Houston, where he began practicing.  September 10, 1884, he married
Miss Frances M. Mitchell, daughter of P. D. Mitchell, of Texas County.
This union resulted in the birth of two children, Mary and Josephine.
In April, 1887, Dr. Lyles opened a drug store at Houston, and has
been quite successful in this business.  He is examining surgeon of
Texas County and has been connected with the post-office at Licking
for several years.  He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is
a Republican in politics.

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