Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-02-03

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road, and we are now convinced tina
the people Of Jefferson county ar
overwht lmingly for him and are II
rsat esrnest in his support GYN
From q long personal and inumat,
AGO uaintance with him, i we are no
surprised ut this. because to know hin
is but to ad mire aud esteem him fol
his sterling worth and In egrity. And
as the people of the CoDgrsssiona
District are not as well acquainted witt
the Doctor as you, Mr., Editor, and
few words touching his fife ant
character win not be amiss, as IL ii
now generally understood that be is ,
candidate, and will be until the Repub
iican Congressional Convention shall
meet, to the decision OF which he will
submit his elaine.
DIR. Lyle was born near Dandridg.
in lS43 aud 10 now only abOut37 year
Of age, not yet having arrived ct tn.
full prime Of life. He had the misfor-
tune 10 loose his father before he was
five years of age and his mother before
he Was seven. '-a--s-- ars
Being thrown upon q cold and un.
friendly world at this early age, an
orphan, he served a hard term of years
as bound boy in Roane county.
Pretty early he worked his way into
Ewing aud Jefferson College, au insti-
tuition that fiourished onstbe banks of
the Holstop, In Blount county, before
the war. Here he received q partial
collegiate education. IN EEkF
After he quit college he returned to
his native county (Jefferson), and be-
gan the study Of medicine at DAN
bridge. At this time he was but little
past seventeen years of age, and,
although the war had broken out, he
was too young to be enlisted as a
soldier. But three months passed I'M
til the war was waged with such vigor,
and the Confederate States so hard
pressed, that the young and the old
were compelled to take sides In the
terrible conflict.
Being thus forced, although q boy,
to either fight unwillingly against
the flag Of his country,g or To- fl 60
from his mative laAd and join the
Nations defenders, he did not hesi-
tate, but true TO his country's cause, 10 9
left East Tennessee with thousands OF
others, and took his place 10 the Fed.
y
first opportunity, as private in
Company d, Third Tennessee Cav
airy. He did not lay around the
army, IS some o. hers did, anu wait
for . pair Of shoulder straps,. but vol
unteered as private on reachtn g
the army aud went into the battle OF
Stone River, one OF the b hardest foug b
battles Of the war, before he had an
opportunity to procure full FEDERAL
uniform.
Il Alter this battle. he was promoted
by Coz lPickeusAto the position OF
Hospital Steward. He lacked, at this
time, nearly three years of being
old enough to accept COM
mission rs Assistant s irgeop; but most
OF the lime he performed the duties OF
Surgeon, with Hospital Stewards pay
He was captured with bis command,
at Athens, Alabama, by Gen. Forests
command, aud served term as a
prisoner OF war. ga
Oag his sarrivsl at the aye Of q he
passed a.. medical .examipation,z, at
Nashville, before board OF old and
experienced army Surgeons, and was
com IN issioned by Audrew JehDson as
AssistsS ~ Surgeon of the Sixth Ten
nessee Mounted Infantry, and was
transfer ed to that regiment, and had
the entire medical clarge of the same
from that lime until the close Of the
war, propably the youngest ~ rgeon a
the Federal army. He was also. APP
pointed a. u delegate, aud served IN
the Constitutional Convention which
reorgauized the State government of
Ten nc ssee, at the close of the war.
He has been elected Alderman Of his
-town, ~ and; afterwards Mayor, res
ceivibg d larger vote than any one
voted for at the time.
His administration as Mayor OF the
town Of cambridge has been consid
cred one of the best the town has ever
had. The taxts were vigorously col
lected aud honestly disbursed. Law
.hreakp r. were pro % ptiysarrested aud
h i'm she'd His name, since the war,
has been frequently mentioned IN cons
nection with tie race for Represents-
tive from Jefferson, and for the State
Senate, and, for the last few years, as
y candidate for Congress, but he has
nvariabiy heretofore declined political
honors.. preferring 10 quietly practice
the protest. n be had chosen aud to
work earn estly aud aithfully In the
ranks OF the Republican party.
4 After the close OF the war, he re-
newed the study of medicine, at JEFF
ferson Medical College, Of Philadel-
phia, Pa , graduating at that school,
which is considered one OF the best
col leges In the world.
He has served about twelve years as
pension examining surgeon, an once