BIO: Hon. P. M. LYTLE, Huntingdon County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Lana Clark Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ********************************************************** __________________________________________________________ Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers. Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897, pages 30-31 __________________________________________________________ HON. P. M. LYTLE was born in the village of Spruce Creek, Franklin township, Huntingdon county, Pa., February 6, 1840. His grandfather, William Lytle, was a soldier of the Revolution, having served as sergeant and as ensign for seven years. His father, Nathaniel Lytle, was an influential citizen, who for about thirty-five years rendered good service to the community in which he lived, as postmaster, justice of the peace, and school director. P. M. Lytle was educated in the common schools of his own and adjoining townships, with a higher and more extended course at Tuscarora Academy, Academia, Pa., under the capable and conscientious instructions of the late Dr. John H. Shumaker, then principal. Mr. Lytle began teaching when about seventeen, doing double work by reading law at the same time. When he was about twenty he entered the law office of Messrs. Wilson & Petrikin, as a student. He was admitted to practice at the bar of Huntingdon county, August 11, 1862. He has been in almost uninterrupted practice since that time, and is well known as an eloquent and skillful lawyer. He performed militia duty during the war of the Rebellion, in 1862; during the later years of the war, he held an important place in the Department of Military Railroads, at Chattanooga, Tenn. Without prominence as a politician, or experience as an office seeker or bearer, he was elected to the legislature in 1888, as the representative of Huntingdon county. He at once became influential as a debater and leader, and won a widely extended reputation; was renominated and re-elected in 1890, '92 and '94, by exceptionally large majorities. He has shown himself not only able, but trustworthy, and enjoys the well-earned respect and confidence of his constituents.