BIO: John B. LYTLE, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 404 & 405.
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  J. B. LYTLE, who carries on general farming on a tract of 100 acres in 
Lawrence township, Clearfield county, Pa., is one of the progressive farmers 
and highly esteemed citizens of the township, and was born December 31, 1839, 
on the old home farm in Lawrence township, a son of James and Jane (Burchfield) 
Lytle.
  James Lytle, father of our subject, was born in 1806 in Center county, Pa., 
and obtained his education in the district schools of that county.  In early 
manhood he left Center county and with his brothers, six in number, worked on 
the Erie Pike.  Upon its completion he located at Curwensville, Pa., where he 
was employed ten years by John Irwin and during that period was married to Jane 
Burchfield of Juniata county, and to them were born seven daughters and two 
sons.  He subsequently located on a farm owned by John Irwin and from there 
removed to a farm of 100 acres, which is now owned by the subject of this 
record.  He cleared the greater part of this land with the aid of his two sons, 
and placed it in a state of cultivation, although his own time was greatly 
devoted to lumbering.  He was politically a Democrat, although in no sense of 
the word a politician, and his religious connection was with the Presbyterian 
church.  James Lytle died on the farm in Lawrence township in 1864 and both he 
and his wife were buried at Curwensville, Pa.
  John B. Lytle received his educational training in the common schools at 
Curwensville, Pa. and in Lawrence township.  He has always remained on the home 
farm, and after the death of his father continued his home there in order to 
help provide a living for the family.  He has always followed general farming, 
and after his marriage made various improvements on the farm, and erected the 
buildings, which are now on the place.  About 1890 he sold the coal interests 
on the land to Kerr and Betts, later known as the O'Shanter Coal Company.
  Mr. Lytle was united in marriage with Celia Leonard, a daughter of Robert 
Leonard, of Clearfield, Pa., and their union resulted in the following issue:  
Jennie, wife of J. W. McDowell, of Butler, Pa.; James Leonard, who married a 
lady of Baltimore, Md.; O. C., a resident of Lewiston, who married Elizabeth 
Green, of Scranton, Pa.; Josephine, who teaches in the schools of Portland, 
Oregon; and C. C. Lytle, who is at home.  The family attends the Methodist and 
Presbyterian churches.  Mr. Lytle is, politically, a Democrat, and fraternally 
a member of the K. of P. No. 383, of Glen Richey.