Oliver Perry Lyles
Born: November 27, 1828
Birthplace: Obion County, Tennessee
Father: Major Jonas B. Lyles 1780 – 1843
Mother: Lavina Mullins 1790 – 1832
Wife: Jane McClung 1829 – 1899
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee)
Children:
Theodore Lovejoy Lyles 1849 – 1859
William Leonidas Lyles 1851 -
Margaret Susan Lyles 1854 – 1854
Charles Lawson Lyles 1856 – 1883
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee)
Mary Bell Lyles 1860 – 1905
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee)
Olive Branche Lyles 1862 -
George Washington Lyles 1867 – 1890
Occupation before War:
Clerk on boat in Crittenden County, Arkansas
1850 – 1858: County Clerk in Crittenden County, Arkansas
1858 – 1859: Arkansas State Representative
Civil War Career:
1861: Sgt. In Crittenden Rangers Arkansas State Troops
1862: Captain of Company D, 23rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment
1862 – 1865: Colonel of 23rd Arkansas Infantry Regiment
1863: Captured during the Battle of Port Hudson
1863 – 1864: Prisoner of War held at Point Lookout Union Prison
1864: Paroled and Transferred for exchange on April 27, 1864
1865: Paroled at Wittsburg, Arkansas on May 26, 1865 by Union Army
Occupation after War:
Attorney in Crittenden County, Arkansas
Attorney in Memphis, Tennessee
1866 – 1867: Tennessee State Senator
Died: April 17, 1893
Place of Death: Memphis, Tennessee
Age at time of Death: 63 years old
Burial Place: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee (April 18, 1893)
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