Capt. James Lyles married widow Goree. She was Drucilla Lyles before her marriage, a daughter of Little Ephraim. She had one daughter born to Goree at the time of her second marriage, who died in 1828. Capt. James Lyles was much respected by all who knew him. He had three children, Ephraim, John, and Drucilla; all are now deceased. He was a consistent, useful member of the Baptist Church for many years before his death, which took place in Mississippi, the state of his adoption. If not out of place, please permit me to relate a story I have often heard years ago, to which Col. Aromanus Lyles was a party. It was that he was riding past a new ground where an old Dutch woman names Margaret Godfrey was splitting rails. The Colonel, addressing her as Margaret, said "Margaret, what in the devil are you doing?" She replied, "I'se mauling." The Colonel responded, "Thunder couldn't split that log." She rejoined, "By G-d, I'se wus dan dunder." It was said to have been a gum log. "The Lyles Family" by William Edrington News and Herald (Winnsboro, SC) March 15, 1901 http://home.earthlink.net/~jbl2403/lyles_family/Fairfield_Co._Lyles.html
Captain James Lyles (d. date unknown)
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