Person:Aaron Lytle (1)

Name^[4]^[5]^[6]	Captain Aaron Wesley Lytle
Gender	Male
Birth^[7]^[6]^[1]	12 Jul 1841	Boone Twp, Porter County, Indiana(Near Hebron)
Census^[12]	1850	Boone, Porter County, Indianaliving with parents
Military`^?`	3 May 1864	Enrolled in Co C, 138 Indiana Infantry Regt, "100 Days" volunteer; mustered out 9/30/64
Military`^?`	1865	Captain, 151st Indiana Infantry Regiment, a "100 Days" volunteer regiment;
Marriage	21 Feb 1866	Wood County, Ohioto Cordelia Eliza Denison
Other^[11]	Aft 1865	Member, Indiana Department, Grand Army of the Republic, Post 106
Other^[13]	1866	surname spelled "Litle" in deed index
Other^[14]	1868	Business: connected the ice business with farming"
Other^[15]	1880	Shown on 1880 census as "Wesley Lytle"
Military^[16]	1881	Captain of newly organized company of the Indiana National Guard
Other^[17]	Mar 1882	Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana, United StatesMoved to three miles north
Other^[18]	1885	Election: Served as President of the G.A.R. Chaplain Brown Post
Other^[20]	7 Mar 1898	Appointment: Confirmed by U.S. Senate as Postmaster of Valparaiso, Indiana
Occupation^[19]	Bet 1898 and 1906	Served as Postmaster for Valparaiso, Indiana
Other^[21]	21 Nov 1901	Awarded "invalid" military pension for service in civil war
Residence^[22]	1905	407 Franklin St., Valparaiso, Indiana
Other^[23]	Abt 1918	Ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Valparaiso as a Republican
Death^[2]^[6]^[8]^[9]	3 Mar 1920	Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana, United Statesthe home of his daughter (Mrs. Ray Berlin) at Flint Lake
Burial^[10]^[6]^[3]	5 Mar 1920	Maplewood Cemetery, Valparaiso, Indiana (Row EC16)
Probate`^?`	6 Apr 1920	Filed, Porter County Circuit Court, Case, Box . Documents Held at the Genealogy Room, Valparaiso, Porter, Indiana, United States\|filed, Porter County Circuit Court, case 2231, box 134. Documents held at the Genealogy room, Valparaiso, Indiana.
Other^[24]	Bet 1919 and 1920	Member, Elks Lodge 500, Valparaiso, Indiana
Other^[25]	1920	Funeral Service held at Memorial Opera House

"Aaron W. Lytle was born in Boone Township, Porter County, Ind., July 12, 1841; he is one of the nine children born to Aaron and Hannah (Jones) Lytle, three of whom are living, two of them in Porter County. Mr. Lytle lived in Boone Township until he was about eleven or twelve years old, when he moved with the family to Valparaiso. In 1853, Aaron’s father purchased a saw mill and some land on Flint Lake, where he did not long remain, but returned to Valparaiso.

Aaron received most of his education at the Presbyterian Institute at this place. In 1863, he entered the volunteer army, serving eighteen or twenty months; for nine months he was Captain. On February 21, 1866, he was married to Cordelia Denison, Wood County, Ohio; she was a native of Richland County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Lytle have had five children - George, Jesse, Carrie, Dick and James; the first is dead, the others live at home. In 1868, Mr. Lytle connected the ice business with farming, which he has continued. He moved to where he now lives, three miles north of Valparaiso, in March 18xx." (Source: "Counties of Porter and Lake, Indiana, Historical and Biographical", Goodspeed and Blanchard, 1882, page 286, Centre Township)

From Valparaiso City Directory about 1900: (advertisement) "Flint Lake Ice, ...... A.W. Lytle has put up from Flint Lake this season a large quantity of the best ice he has ever packed....."

From a "History of Porter County, Indiana", Lewis Publishing, Chicago-New York, 1912. "About 1880 there was a revival of interest in the state militia, which took the name of the Indiana National Guard. In the fall of 1881 a company was organized in Porter county with A. W. Lytle as captain...."

From Porter County Deed Record 36 page 154, Aaron Lytle and his wife Cordelia purchased 50.95 acres of land in Sec 6, Twp 35 N, R 5 W in Porter County, Indiana.

From Indiana Regimental Histories:

138th REGIMENT INFANTRY.

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in May 27, 1864. Ordered to Tennessee and assigned to Railroad Guard duty in Tennessee and Alabama, Dept. of the Cumberland, to September. Mustered out September 22, 1864. Lost during service 8 by disease.

151st REGIMENT INFANTRY.

Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., and mustered in March 3, 1865. Left State for Nashville, Tenn., March 6; thence moved to Tullahoma, Tenn., March 14, and duty there till June 14. Moved to Nashville, Tenn., June 14, and garrison duty there till September. Mustered out September 19, 1865. Lost during service 66 by disease.

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