Kyle Family
Texas Pioneer, Soldier, Politician and founder of Kyle, Texas. His family were among the early settlers of Hays County, Texas settling by the Blanco River in 1850. He grew up in a log house, which has been restored and is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
During the Civil War Kyle enlisted as a Private in the Eighth Texas Cavalry, also known as Terry's Texas Rangers. He was promoted to Captain after the Battle of Shiloh. He later became an aide to General Benjamin F. Cheatham.
After the War he was elected to the House of Representatives for the Twelfth Texas Legislature from 1870 to 1871. He was one of the few Democrats to serve during the Reconstruction Era.
In 1880 the town of Kyle, Texas was named in his honor after he and his father-in-law, David Moore, deeded the land for the site on the railroad route from Austin to San Antonio. His wife was Anna E. Moore. Town lots were auctioned under a historic Texas tree which still exists - the Kyle Auction Oak.
Kyle became Sergeant At Arms of the Texas Senate from 1881 to 1884. Returning to the House in 1901, he cosponsored the 1905 Alamo purchase bill, thus saving the Alamo for a second time.
In his third term he was the oldest member of the Texas State Legislature when he died while in office at the age of 71 of pneumonia.
Kyle Family
Texas Pioneer, Soldier, Politician and founder of Kyle, Texas. His family were among the early settlers of Hays County, Texas settling by the Blanco River in 1850. He grew up in a log house, which has been restored and is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
During the Civil War Kyle enlisted as a Private in the Eighth Texas Cavalry, also known as Terry's Texas Rangers. He was promoted to Captain after the Battle of Shiloh. He later became an aide to General Benjamin F. Cheatham.
After the War he was elected to the House of Representatives for the Twelfth Texas Legislature from 1870 to 1871. He was one of the few Democrats to serve during the Reconstruction Era.
In 1880 the town of Kyle, Texas was named in his honor after he and his father-in-law, David Moore, deeded the land for the site on the railroad route from Austin to San Antonio. His wife was Anna E. Moore. Town lots were auctioned under a historic Texas tree which still exists - the Kyle Auction Oak.
Kyle became Sergeant At Arms of the Texas Senate from 1881 to 1884. Returning to the House in 1901, he cosponsored the 1905 Alamo purchase bill, thus saving the Alamo for a second time.
In his third term he was the oldest member of the Texas State Legislature when he died while in office at the age of 71 of pneumonia.
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