Carey, Charles Henry.  "History of Oregon." Vol. 2. Chicago-Portland: Pioneer
Historical Pub. Co., 1922.  p.  522.
 
EDWARD A. LYTLE

    Edward A. Lytle, now a resident of Alpine, Benton county, but formerly
prominently identified with business interests of Harrisburg, Linn county, as a
live stock buyer and skipper and proprietor of a pool and billiard hall, is a
native son of Oregon, his birth having occurred in Crook county, October 2,
1882. He is a son of Andy and Sarah Lytle the former of whom was born in Ohio
and the latter in Pennyslvania. The father crossed the plains to Oregon in an
early day, becoming one of the pioneer settlers of the state. He experienced all
of the hardships and privations of those early days and participated in the
Indian wars, becoming familiar with every phase of pioneer life. In Crook county
he purchased land, which by arduous toil he developed and improved and he also
engaged in stock raising, continuing active along those lines throughout the
remainder of his life, his death occurring in 1895, when he was sixty-one years
of age. The mother survives and now resides in Turner, Oregon. Her parents,
Samuel and Mary Ramp were also numbered among the early settlers ot Oregon, the
father taking up land in Marion county. In the conduct of his business affairs
he was very successful and became one of the substantial agriculturists of his
community. He passed away when about ninety years of age and was survived by his
widow, who also reached a very advanced age and was a woman of unusual mental
and physical vigor, attending to the management of her extensive Interests,
which were valued at about three hundred thousand dollars, up to the time of her
death.
     Edward A. Lytle pursued his education in the public schools of Eugene, to
which city his mother had gone in order to educate her children. After
completing his studies he rode the range for three years in eastern Oregon and
then went to Marion county where tor four years he engaged in farming. From
there he removed to Linn county and erecting a good store building in Shedd, he
therein established a butchering business and also engaged in the manufacture of
ice, conducting his interests at that point tor a period of five years. While
still a resident of Shedd he became connected with the business interests of
Harrisburg, where he purchased a shop in which he installed an ice plant. On;
severing his business connections with Shedd he also disposed of his Ice plant
at Harrisburg and purchased a fine pool and billiard hall at the latter place,
which he successfully conducted. He is engaged in buying and shipping all kinds
ot fine stock, his shipments being made to Portland. He is also a. stock-holder
in the Harrisburg Lumber Company and has farming interests at Turner.
     On the I5th of January, 1904, Mr. Lytle was united in marriage to Miss Edna
B. Wimouth and they have become the parents of two children: Wister E. and Alpha
B. In his political views Mr. Lytle Is a republican and his wife is a member ot
the Methodist Episcopal church. His fraternal connections are with the Masons,
the Woodmen of the World and the Eastern Star. Mr. Lytle is a successful
business man, diligent and determined in all he has undertaken, and his
enterprise and perseverance have brought to him a most gratifying measure of
success, placing him among the substantial business men of his community.
 
 
 
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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in May 2007 by Diana Smith.  Submitter has
no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.