Lytle Web Generation Three

20. ELIZABETH³ (Betsey) Lytle (John², William¹); born 30 September 1824; married (first) PLINY ALLEN SHELDON, born 1 May 1822; died 25 July 1855,¹³⁷ buried in Memory Acres Cemetery, Pleasantville, Pennsylvania. His parents were Isaac Sheldon, died October 1847 in Venango County, and Eveline [—?—] Sheldon, died 14 March 1862 in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.¹³⁸ Pliny Sheldon’s brother Jonathan Sheldon married Ann Lytle, sister of Elizabeth Lytle.

In 1850, Pliny and Elizabeth and family were enumerated in Allegheny Township.¹³⁹ After the death of Pliny, Elizabeth married (second) NATHANIEL MCINTYRE, born 4 January 1804 in Utica, New York; died 28 May 1892 in Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania—see below.

Venango County, Pennsylvania, Orphans Court, August Term 1859, number 25, page 55c:¹⁴⁰

August 24, 1859, filed and read in open court. The petition of James Y. Siggins and John McCasland, administrators of all and singular goods which were of Pliny Allen Sheldon, late of said county, deceased died intestate That the said Pliny Allen Sheldon was in his time seised in his demesne as of fee _____ of certain piece or parcel of land situated in Allegheny Township in the county of Venango bounded and described as follows, to wit: on the east by the road leading from Davis’ Corners to the Hickory [?] town road; on the south by lands of Jonathan Sheldon and James Watson; on the west by land of James _____ [Farel ?] and on the north by lands of Joseph Watson and John Lytle; being part of a larger tract of land designated on the general map of the Holland Land company as number eighty (No. 80) containing seventy–five acres of land with appurtenances.

The petitioners tell the court that Pliny sold the land to Peter Richlinger for $1000 dollars. But there was still a balance of $60 owed on the land and request the Court to set a date for Peter Richlinger to appear in Court and answer this bill. The same day, Peter Richlinger appeared in court and paid the $60. Proof of contract of the above arrangement was recorded.¹⁴¹

Venango County, Pennsylvania, Orphans Court, April Term 1860, number 27:¹⁴²

Read in open Court the petition of Jonathan Sheldon, guardian of John Sheldon, Jane Sheldon and Lydia Sheldon, minor children of P. A. Sheldon late of Allegheny Township in this county, showing that the said minors have been supported since the death of their father by their mother who is not of sufficient ability to support them, having to labor for her own livelihood. Therefore praying the Court to make an order directing your petitioner what amount to pay for the support and education of each of said minors per anum and what amount if any to pay the mother of the said children for the maintenance from the twenty–fifth of July AD 1855, the time their father died until the present time, etc.

The same day, same number and page, the court appointed an auditor to report as to the necessity and amount of the allowance. The next day, same number and page, the auditor filed his report and fixed the amount at $250 for the past five years; that is, since Pliny died.

On the same page, there is Orphans Court, number 28, dated 25 April 1860, in which Elizabeth petitions for a guardian of her “three minor children under the age of fourteen years, to wit John Sheldon, aged about eight years, Jane Sheldon aged about six years and Lydia Sheldon aged about four years.” Jonathan Sheldon was appointed guardian.

Venango County, Pennsylvania, Orphans Court, 15 July 1865, page 518:¹⁴³

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According to Jordan (1913), page 64, Sarah Lytle’s second husband, Nathaniel McIntyre, was a minister with churches in Warren, Crawford and Erie Counties. He was mainly responsible for the construction of the United Brethren Church in Sugargrove (Sugar Grove Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania), and:

He was an honorable, upright, God–fearing man, abounding in good works and a veritable angel of mercy to needy ones. His warm heart of generous nature responded quickly to any one in less fortunate circumstances than himself, and his purse always obeyed the impulses of his high strung emotional nature.

Nathaniel McIntyre was twice a widower when he married Elizabeth (Lytle) Sheldon. He had eight children by Phoebe (Kinney) McIntyre who died 1835 in Warren County, Pennsylvania, and Rebecca (Harmon) McIntyre who died July 1857.¹⁴⁴

Children of Pliny and Elizabeth (Lytle) Sheldon:¹⁴⁵

103	i.	Francis⁴ Marion Sheldon; born 21 November 1849; died 27 May 1855; buried in Memory Acres Cemetery, Pleasantville.¹⁴⁶ He was enumerated as Marion in the 1850 census for Allegheny Township, Venango County.¹⁴⁷ Marion died two months before his father died in 1855.
104	ii.	John Sheldon; born circa 1852
105	iii.	Jane Sheldon; born circa 1854
106	iv.	Lydia Ann Sheldon; born circa 1855

Children of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Lytle) McIntyre:¹⁴⁸

	107	v.	Eugene McIntyre; born 1862 in Grand Valley, Eldred Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania; died in infancy.
	108	vi.	Albert McIntyre; born 19 February 1867 in Grand Valley; died 17 May 1896 in Bradford, Pennsylvania.

19. ANN³ LYTLE (John², William¹); born 1 January 1827; died 17 December 1901¹⁴⁹ in Warren County, Pennsylvania; buried in Stillson Hill Cemetery, Sugar Grove Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania;¹⁵⁰ married 14 April 1848¹⁵¹ JONATHAN SHELDON, born 17 August 1821 in Bennington, Vermont; died 2 February 1911; buried in Stillson Hill Cemetery (for information on Stillson Hill Cemetery, see endnote #150). Also buried near Jonathan and Ann (Lytle) Sheldon in Stillson Hill is a Hannah Sheldon French, born 1829, died 1905. Possibly she was a sister of Jonathan. Jonathan’s brother was Pliny Sheldon who married Elizabeth Lytle. In 1850 the family was enumerated in Allegheny Township, Venango County.¹⁵²

The birth years of Jonathan and Ann’s children would indicate the family moved from Venango County to Warren County sometime between May 1858 and May 1860. In 1850, Ann’s brothers, John and James Lytle, were enumerated with Jonathan and Ann’s family in Allegheny Township. In 1852, Jonathan and Ann sold land in Allegheny Township to David Brooks Hotchkiss of Allegheny Township.¹⁵³ Witnesses were M. Beebee and [—?—] Benedict. In 1870. the family was in Eldred Township, Warren County, and by 1880, Jonathan, Ann and four of their children were enumerated in Sugar Grove Township, Warren County.¹⁵⁴ At that time, Ann—at least one would suspect it was Ann—reported both her parents being born in Ireland. By 1900, Jonathan and Ann were living with Jonathan’s son William I. and family in Sugar Grove Township, Warren County; and in 1910, Jonathan, age 89, widower, was still with William’s family in Sugar Grove Township.¹⁵⁵

There was another Jonathan Sheldon (enumerated as Shelden), born 1821 in New York, living in 1850 in Spring Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, with a Lucia Shelden (age 30), Delos Shelden (14), Gaylord Shelden (5) and Gilbert Shelden (2).

Children of Jonathan and Ann (Lytle) Sheldon:¹⁵⁶

109	i.	Mary⁴ Priscilla Sheldon; born 27 April 1849 in Venango County; married 12 January 1872 Albert Oviatt, born April 1850 in Pennsylvania. Albert, Priscilla and family lived in Eldred Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, where Albert was a farmer. The 1900 federal census reported Priscilla had seven childrem, six living (in 1900). Children known from the 1880 (census page 257) and 1900 (census page 10A) federal censuses (all born in Pennsylvania): (a) Edith Oviatt, born circa 1874. (b) Lynn Oviatt, born circa 1877. (c) Glenn Oviatt, born May 1882. (d) Elizabeth Oviatt, born June 1885. (e) Labere (son) Oviatt, born August 1889. (f) Iva Oviatt, born March 1891.
110	ii.	Eveline (also Eva) F. Sheldon; born 19 December 1852 in Venango County; married 15 September 1874 John Pike, born April 1848. In 1900, the family was living between the dwellings of Eveline’s parents and Eveline’s brother William I. and his family in Sugar Grove Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, where John Pike was listed as a farmer.¹⁵⁷ In 1910, Eva, widow, and daughter Hazel Pike were living in Youngsville. Pennsylvania.¹⁵⁸ Children known from the 1900 federal census (all born in Pennsylvania): (a) Melvin C. Pike, born April 1878. (b) Don Pike (son), born June 1880. (c) Hazel Pike, born October 1893. John’s mother, Hannah, born December 1812 in Pennsylvania, was also with the family.
111	iii.	Sarah J. Sheldon; born 30 October 1855 in Venango County; married Zelman (also Zellian, Zelemon, and others) Ball, born May 1852 in Pennsylvania. Zellian, Sarah and family were living in Sugar Grove Township in 1900, in the same area as Sarah’s parents, sister Eveline and her family and brother William I. and his family.¹⁵⁹ Zellian was farmer. Children known from the 1900 federal census: (a) Etta M. Ball, born December 1872. (b) Ethel S. Ball, born circa September 1883. Also in the family in 1900 were Zellian’s parents, James A. Ball, born February 1824 in New York, and Livenia [—?—] Ball, born October 1829 in New York. Zellian’s mother as still living with Zellian and Sarah in 1910, but was listed as Rachel.¹⁶⁰
112	iv.	Elizabeth D. Sheldon; born 25 May, 1858 in Venango County; married Wilder Allen, born January 1857 in Pennsylvania. Wilder, Elizabeth and family lived in Pittsfield Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, where Wilder was a farmer (census page 3A, 1900; page 7A, 1910; page 7A, 1920, and page 11B, 1930). The 1910 federal census reports Elizabeth having six children, two living in 1910. Known children (all born in Pennsylvania): (a) Nina Wilder, born December 1881. (b) Hattie Wilder. (c) Anna Wilder, born May 1890. (d) Errol Wilder, born October 1891. Also with the family in 1910 were grandsons Allen ?Seamons, born circa 1905, Irvin Seamons, born circa 1906 and granddaughter Nina Seamons, born circa 1908, all born Pennsylvania; they were probably the children of daughter Nina (Wilder) Seamons and husband.
113	v.	Allen Sheldon; born circa 1860 in Warren County; married Tina Bull, born circa 1863 in Pennsylvania. Tina was a daughter of George and Jane Bull of Pittsfield Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania. No infomation on children of Allen and Tina (Bull) Sheldon.
114	vi.	Eliza Ann Sheldon; born 27 January 1862 in Warren County; married 12 November 188? Charles Kay, born September 1860 in Pennsylvania. The family was living in Youngsville, Pennsylvania, in 1900, where Charles was listed as a manufacturer.¹⁶¹ Children known from the 1900 federal census (all born in Pennsylvania): (a) William C. Kay, born November 1883, married Anna W. [—?—], born circa 1887 in Pennsylvania;¹⁶² (b) Muriel E. Kay, born January 1892. (c) Howard Kay, born March 1895. There was a Howard N. Kay, born circa 1898 in Pennsylvania, who was living in Youngsville, Warren County, Pennsylvania (census page 10A); married Esther [—?—], born circa 1899 in Ohio. Howard was a furniture shop manufacturer; their children in 1930 (all born in Pennsylvania) were (i) Gordon Kay, born circa 1923; (ii) Barbara Kay, born 1927; and (iii) Thomas Kay, born 1930.
115	vii.	John L. Sheldon; born 26 April 1864 or 26 April 1865 in Warren County, Pennsylvania; married Ida May Davis, born May 1874 in Pennsylvania. John and Ida and family lived in Youngsville, Warren County, Pennsylvania, where John was a lumber manufacturer. Children known from the 1900 (page 1B), 1910 (page 147A) and from 1930 (page 12B) federal censuses (all born in Pennsylvania): (a) Alton D. Sheldon, born December 1894, married Peggy O. [—?—], born circa 1896 in Missoui; in 1930 Alton and Peggy were living in Detroit, Michigan (census page 26A), where Alton was listed as a proprietor of a Janitor Supply Company. (b) Donald M. Sheldon, born June 1896, still single and with parents in 1930. (c) Katherine M. Sheldon, born circa 1912.
116	viii.	William I. Sheldon; born 30 August 1869 in Warren County; married Hattie L. Waters, born January 1871 in Pennsylvania. In 1900 (census page 16A) and 1920 (census page 7A) William I., Hattie and daughter (a) Vera Sheldon, born circa 1897 in Pennsylvania, were living in Sugar Grove Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, where William was listed as a farmer, and in 1920, Vera was enumerated as a school teacher. William’s parents were living next door in 1900.

20. JOHN³ LYTLE (John², William¹); born 27 May 1828; buried in Memory Acres Cemetery (also called Old Pleasantville Cemetery), Pleasantville, Pennsylvania, no dates;¹⁶³ married MARY ANN [—?—], born circa 1835 in Pennsylvania or Ohio; buried in Memory Acres Cemetery, no dates.

In 1850, John and his brother James, both unmarried, were enumerated with their sister Ann Sheldon and family in Allegheny Township. In 1860, John and family were enumerated in Allegheny Township, Venango County, where John was listed as a farmer with $400 real estate and $300 personal estate.¹⁶⁴ On one side of John’s farm in 1860 was James and Harriet Fisher; on the other side was M__ (Morris?) Brown, (age 50) and Sarah A. Brown (age 43) and 12 Brown children.¹⁶⁵ He was not Mosley Brown (#17), and the Sarah, assuming dates are correct, could not have been Sarah Lytle who married Mosley. Also, the names of children of the two Brown families were different.¹⁶⁶

There are several deeds in the name of John and wife Mary A. recorded in Venango County, starting in 1857, with most being recorded by 1865, and none thereafter.¹⁶⁷ The first deed instituted in the name of John Lytle was in 1857 when John and wife Mary A. Lytle sold land in Allegheny Township, to Jonathan Sheldon for $600.¹⁶⁸ By 1870, John, Mary A. and family were living in Ashtabula County, Ohio; they were still in Ashtabula County in 1880, where John was listed as a farmer.¹⁶⁹

Children of John and Mary A. Lytle (all born in Pennsylvania):¹⁷⁰

117	i.	Marcony⁴ Lytle; born 1857. In 1860 Marcony was listed as a daughter, but in 1870, Marcona was listed as a son.
118	ii.	Cassius Lytle; born 14 May 1859; died 9 June 1862; buried in Memory Acres Cemetery, Pleasantville, Pennsylvania.¹⁷¹
NN	iii.	Perrilla Lytle; born circa 1861. Perrilla was enumerated as a teacher in 1880, still living with her parents.

Also buried in the same plot (#6) in Memory Acres Cemetery are Robert Milton Lytle, “L. S.” Lytle and “S. J.” Lytle. Probably this Robert Milton Lytle is the Robert Milton Lytle, son of James Lytle (#21), see next. I can not place the “L. S.” and “S. J.” Lytles. They could be Mary Jane and Susan Lytle, also children of James and Susan (Watson) Lytle.

21. JAMES³ LYTLE (John², William¹); (great grandfather of the author), born 18 September 1830 in Oil Creek Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania; died 15 August 1922 on the Fleming Farm, Shamburg area, Oil Creek Township, Venango County; buried in Fairview Cemetery, Pleasantville, Pennsylvania. James’s death certificate states he died of pneumonia lobas.¹⁷² He married 30 June 1853 in the Concord Congregation, Venango County,¹⁷³ SUSAN WATSON, born 1836, probably in Oil Creek Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania; she died 22 February 1899 in Oil Creek Township; buried in Fairview Cemetery, Pleasantville, Oil Creek Township, Pennsylvania.¹⁷⁴ Susan was the only daughter of Robert and Margaret (Henderson) Watson, see #8 of Watson Descendants Report and #35 of Henderson Descendants Report.

James was called Jimmy by close friends and family. James Lytle was born on the Lytle's Mill Farm, located about two miles southwest of Pleasantville, Pennsylvania. James was a farmer and lived his entire life in the Shamburg–Jerusalem Corners area, Oil Creek Township. He was a lifelong member of the United Brethren Church located at Jerusalem Corners, near Pleasantville, Pennsylvania. This faith can be traced to the preaching of Martin Boehm and William Otterbein amongst the Germans of Pennsylvania and bordering states in the late eighteenth century. Two churches evolved: the Church of the United Brethren in Christ (Old Constitution) and the United Christian Church, a branch of this being the Evangelical United Brethren Church.¹⁷⁵ I do not know which group the Jerusalem Corners Church was associated with.

James Lytle (1830-1922). Photo possibly taken on his wedding day, 30 June 1853. From William H. Fleming, Jr. (Holiday, Florida)

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Susan (Watson) Lytle (1836-1899). Photo possibly taken on her wedding day, 30 June 1853. From William H. Fleming, Jr. (Holiday, Florida).

In 1850, James and his brother John were enumerated in Allegheny Township in the Jonathan Sheldon household,¹⁷⁶ their sister Ann having married Jonathan Sheldon. In 1860, 1870 and 1880, James, Susan and family were enumerated in present–day Oil Creek Township, Venango County.¹⁷⁷

James Lylte (1830-1922), late in life. Photo was probably taken on the Fleming farm, Oil Creek Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, circa 1920. From the photograph album of my mother, Edith Marie (Fleming) Clifford.

After Susan died in 1899, James retired and resided with William H. and Josephine (Lytle) Fleming (his daughter) on the Fleming Farm; this is where he died, about a month short of his ninety–third birthday. He was active and except for deafness enjoyed good health into his nineties. James was my only direct–line ancestor that I am aware of, to live into the tenth decade.

This from Patricia Heinen’s (1992) book Watson, page 226, with permission:

June (Haller) Upton, great–granddaughter of James and Susan [Susannah McConnell] Watson, remembers a visit several family members made there in the 1930’s. ‘My mom and dad and I, Uncle Walt [Walter Ellis, 1878–1957, son of Margaret Watson Ellis who was a daughter of James W. and Susannah McConnell Watson] and some more of the Ellis family went to Shamburg one Sunday. We saw the James and Susan Watson Lytle house (which is still there), and went in back of it to the spot where James Watson [James W. Watson (#3 of “Watsons), brother of Susan Watson Lytle] and family had lived. I remember Uncle Walt using a snuff box and taking a drink from the spring water that was there. The Jim Lytle house is still there and occupied in the 1980’s. Go about 1/4 mile towards Oil City and the old road (now barely visible) goes back into the woods where the Watson house stood.

My great–grandfathers James Lytle and Josiah J. Zinn (he was my great–grandfather on my father’s side) were born on the same date, 18 September 1830. Probably because they were of the same generation and in their later years lived quite close to each other, they often visited each other when they were in their eighties. I believe seeing in the Fleming album a photograph of them together. Family legend has James and Josiah carrying on a lively conversation for hours, yet at their advanced age they were both stone deaf.

Titusville Herald, 24 August 1922:

Services in the memory of James Lytle, who had the distinction of being the oldest residence of this place were conducted from the home of his daughter, Mrs. William Fleming, Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock. A large number of relatives and friends were present to pay their last respects and there was a beautiful profusion of floral remembrances. Rev. W. P. Hanks of the U. B. church of Pleasantville officiated. Interment was made in Fairview cemetery and the pall bearers, mostly relatives of the deceased, were M. J. Lytle, son, G. L. Wood and William Wood, grandsons, S. A. Lytle, nephew, W. H. Fleming, son–in–law, and C. C. Redfield. Among the relatives present at the funeral services from out of town were the following: Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Lytle of Tulsa, Okla., Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Lytle and Mr. and Mrs. Kottraba of Atlantic, Pa., Mrs. Anna Wood and Mrs. L. C. Franz of Parkers Landing, Mr. and Mrs. William Wood of Butler and Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Wood and son, Hubert, of Fern and Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Doyen of Titusville. Surviving the deceased are four sons, M. J. Lytle, J. M. Lytle and G A. Lytle all of Oklahoma and D. A. Lytle of Tyro, Kan., and three daughters, Mrs. Anna Wood, Parkers Landing, Mrs. H. J. Doyen, Titusville and Mrs. W. H. Fleming of this place, also 14 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and 6 great great grandchildren.

Susan (Watson) Lytle was the last child and only daughter of Robert and Margaret (Henderson) Watson. The one pictures I have of her shows a frail person even in her twenties. She was only nine when her father died. Her mother, Margaret, was appointed her guardian; whereas Daniel McCaslin was appointed guardian for Susan's brother Zachariah, also a minor. See #14 of McCasland Descendants Report.

Children of James and Susan Watson Lytle, all believed born in what is present–day Oil Creek Township:¹⁷⁸

+	119	i.	Anna⁴ E. Lytle; born 20 April 1854; died 24 June 1927; married A. E. Wood.
	120	ii.	Robert Milton Lytle; born 31 December 1857; died 3 July 1861,¹⁷⁹ buried in Old Brown Cemetery, Pleasantville, Pennsylvania. Some of those interred in this cemetery were eventually moved to Memory Acres Cemetery in Pleasantville; and Robert Lytle was apparently amongst these, since his name appears on the Memory Acres Cemetery list.
+	121	iii.	Margaret (Dane) Lytle; born 8 March 1860; died 8 June 1947; buried Fairview Cemetery, Pleasantville Pennsylvania; married (first) William Glass; married (second) Harry J. Doyen.
+	122	iv.	James Manford (or Mansford) Lytle; born 1862; died May 1941 in Skiatook, Tulsa County, Oklahoma; buried in Oakland Cemetery Warren, Conewango Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania; married Emma Jane Young
+	123	v.	David Anderson Lytle; born 12 August 1864; married Mary Bell (Mattie) Watson.
+	124	vi.	Marion John Lytle; born 1866; died in the late 1940s or early 1950s in Oklahoma; married Byrte (Bertha) Henderson.
+	125	vii.	William Anson Lytle; born 1 September 1869; died 21 April 1912 in Van Buren, Indiana; buried in Fairview Cemetery, Pleasantville, Pennsylvania; married 30 October 1890 Mary L. Brown
+	126	viii.	Josephine Louise Lytle; (my grandmother) born 17 October 1871 in Oil Creek Township; died 12 July 1951; buried in Fairview Cemetery, Pleasantville, Pennsylvania; married William H. Fleming.
+	127	ix.	George Alfred Lytle;born 19 May 1881; died 31 July 1948; buried in the IOOF Cemetery, Neosho, Missouri; married (first) Ollie May Bradford; married (second) Myrtle Bradley.
	128	x.	Mary J. Lytle; died March 1880 in Oil Creek Township of diphtheria.¹⁸⁰ Probably Mary is buried in Memory Acres Cemetery, Pleasantville. An S. J. Lytle and L. S. (assuming the initials are correct) Lytle are buried, along with Robert Milton Lytle, a brother of Mary J. and Susan Lytle, in Memory Acres Cemetery.
	129	xi.	Susan (?Grace) Lytle; died March 1880, about the same times as her sister Mary died, in Oil Creek Township of diphtheria.¹⁸¹ Probably Susan is buried in Memory Acres Cemetery.

Although I have listed Mary J. and Susan Lytle as the last two children (tenth and eleventh), they were probably the ninth and tenth born. Family legend, via my grandmother Josephine (Lytle) Fleming, has them “dying young.” This would mean they were probably born after my grandmother, Josephine, who was born in 1871 and before George Alfred, who was born in 1881. This would fit relative to the birth of the other children of James and Susan Lytle.