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"Mrs. Margaret Eveline Lytle
Born Oct. 24, 1830
Died Oct. 12, 1850
A mother, husband and infant child,
Are left to weep, around her tomb.
Dearest! Forgive the wish that
would have kept you here."
On February 6, 1851, Mr. Lytle died, leaving his infant son,
Peyton, to the care of Mrs. Eberly. Mr. Lytle was born in
Charleston, South Carolina, April 26, 1821.1e Although husband
and wife died within a few months of each other, their remains
were not interred in the same cemetery, Mr. Lytle being buried
in Lynn Worth Cemetery at Port Lavaca.
Mrs. Eberly purchased lots in Indianola from S. A. White,
through his agent John Henry Brown, August 31, 1849.17 She
moved to the new town, and died there March 15, 1860, leaving
her grandson Peyton B. Lytle sole heir to her estate, which was
appraised at about $50,000.00. The court appointed D. E. Cross-
land administrator of her estate and Francis S. Stockdale, after-
wards lieutenant governor of Texas, guardian of the minor child."8
At the time of her death Mrs. Eberly's residence lot adjoined
that of William P. Milby. Included in the estate of Mrs. Eberly
were five negro slaves, whose values were fixed by D. E. Cross-
land, John E. Garey, William P. Milby, Adam Murdock, and
D. C. Proctor as follows: Caroline, $800.00; Deliah, $300.00;
Eliza, a girl, $1,200.00; Tom, a boy, $1,200.00; and Milton, a
boy, $1,250.00.
A letter addressed to the Virginia Military Institute of Lex-
ington, Kentucky, brought the following reply from Mr. Wm.
Couper, Business Executive:
"Answering your inquiry of February 19th, Peyton Bell Lytle
was a cadet at this institution from September 7, 1869, he hav-
ing matriculated when he was 18 years and 11 months of age, to
the date of his death. He was entered by Governor F. S. Stock-
dale, his guardian, from Indianola, Calhoun County, Texas.
When he entered this institution he was in delicate health and it
"'From the inscription on his gravestone in Lynn Worth Cemetery, Port
Lavaca.
'Vol. A, page 387, deed records of Calhoun County.
"1Journal B, pages 126-127, probate records of Calhoun County.198
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