Amelia J (Donnelly) Lyle (abt. 1835 - 1910)

Born about 18 Oct 1835 in Pennsylvania, United States

Wife of Hugh Rowland — married 24 Oct 1866 in District of Columbia, United States

Wife of Hugh Lyle — married 10 Oct 1893 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

Died 9 Jul 1910 at about age 74 in Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri, United States

Biography

Amelia was born about 1840 and passed away in 1910.

Marriages

1. Amelia J Donnelly married Hugh Rowland on 24 Oct 1866 at District of Columbia, United States. ^[1]
2. Amelia J Rowland (age 50, born in Pennsylvania, residing at Washington, DC) married Hugh Lyle (b. 11 Nov 1828, Ireland, residing at Nodaway, Missouri), a second cousin, on 10 Oct 1893 at Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States. ^[2]

Amelia passed away 09 Jul 1910 at Maryville, Nodaway, Missouri. She was widowed, born 18 Oct 1835 in Maryland to John Donley and unknown mother. Informant was step-son Rankin Lyle. ^[3]

Census Data

1878 Washington DC City Directory ^[4]

Amelia, J Rowland, widow of Hugh, was residing at 218 4th St SE

1880 census, Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Residing at 220 Fourth St SE

Amelia J Rowland Head F 40 Pennsylvania, widowed, Teacher

1900 census, Washington D.C. city, Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Emelia J Lyle Head F 60 Pennsylvania, widowed

Eva Lyle Granddaughter F 15 Missouri

Bell Sewar Lodger F 30 Wisconsin

1910 census, Maryville Ward 3, Nodaway, Missouri, United States

Rankin Lyle Head M 50 Illinois

Jennie Lyle Wife F 46 Missouri

Curtis Lyle Son M 18 Missouri

Amelia Lyle Mother F 80 Maryland, widowed

Grace Price Servant F 22 Missouri

Obituary [LYLE, AMELIA J. DONNELLY ROWLAND]</br> Daily Democrat-Forum (Maryville, Missouri), Saturday, July 9, 1910, [p. 1] Died Suddenly At Lyle Home Mrs. A. J. Lyle passed Away This Morning Was Born in Maryland and Was Seventy-Five Years old---Services Monday Saturday morning at 4:30 o'clock, Mrs. Amelia J. Lyle passed away suddenly at the home of her stepson, Rankin Lyle, with whom she has made her home for the past three years.

Mrs. Lyle was stricken with paralysis the 5th of December 1907, at her home in Washington, D. C. As soon as she was able to make the journey, which was not until the following May, she was brought to Maryville by Mr. and Mrs. Lyle and their daughter, Mrs. Merrill Alderman, and attended on the journey by her Washington physician and nurses. She was unable to lift her hand when she came but under the tender care and kind attentions she received from her six stepsons and their families she improved so much that she grew able to walk about the house with a little help and made three visits back to her Washington home in company with Mr. and Mrs. Rankin Lyle.

She was in her usual health and good spirits until Friday morning, when she grew suddenly weak and the heart tonics administered failed to have effect, and her pulse beat became weaker and slower until 4:30 o'clock this morning, when she passed away in sleep.

The funeral services will be held Monday morning at 11 o'clock in the Presbyterian church at Graham, conducted by Rev. Dr. Charles P. Luce of the First Presbyterian church of Maryville and interment in Graham cemetery by the side of her late husband, Hugh A. Lyle, according to her request.

The pallbearers will be her six stepsons, who have always given her the loving respect that is due a mother. They are James Lyle of Graham, Robert Lyle of Maryville, Humphrey Lyle of Skidmore, Rankin Lyle of Maryville, Hutchinson H. Lyle of Barnard and Alexander Lyle of Skidmore.

The body will lie in state on Sunday afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock at the home of Rankin Lyle on West Thompson street.

In all her history Maryville has never had in her midst a woman so rich in the knowledge of times and people and things of our country's history as was Mrs. Lyle. For over fifty-five years she had lived in Washington, D. C., had intimate knowledge of its social life and counted among her friends many notable men and women, who are known to the rest of us as historic figures and contributed her full share in making up many a charming circle.

Six days ago, on July 3, her most intimate friend and "chum" passed away at her home in Washington, D. C., the most noted and brilliant newspaper woman of her day and age—Mrs. Emily Edson Briggs, author of the "Olivia Letters," and known as the original newspaper woman, who won her first great fame in reporting the impeachment of Andrew Johnson and by it introduced a new feature into journalism.

When Mr. and Mrs. Lyle accompanied Mrs. Lyle on her visits to Washington, they visited Emily Edson Briggs' home with her, and it was indeed worthwhile to watch them and hear their conversation and meet the notable people who called at this brilliant woman's house. Mrs. Briggs was past 80 years of age when she passed away last Sunday, while Mrs. Lyle had not yet rounded out 75 years.

Mrs. Lyle was born in Harford county, Maryland, near Belair, on October 18, 1835. Her maiden name was Amelia J. Donnelly. When she was 16 years old she began teaching a country school in the neighborhood of her father's home. She was the youngest and thirteenth child of the family and when she began her first term of school it opened on the thirteenth day of the month, lasted thirteen weeks and she paid $13 a month for her board. Mrs. Lyle always stoutly contended that the number thirteen meant good instead of ill, as many people are prone to believe.

Mrs. Lyle went to Washington not long after, where she taught for twenty years in the public schools of that city. She was then married to Hugh Rowland, who held a position in the pension department. Mr. Rowland died in eleven months after their marriage and she was appointed to his place in the pension department and held it for eighteen years.

In October of 1893 Mrs. Rowland was married to Hugh A. Lyle, one of the early settlers of Nodaway county. They were first cousins. They went to Philadelphia and made their home for several months but finally located in Washington, D. C.

Mr. and Mrs. Lyle spent three or four months each year on his farm near Graham, where they were both held in the highest esteem. His death occurred October 17, 1897.

Mrs. Lyle had traveled extensively in America and Europe, had gained wide information by constant association with the best people, and to this was added a highly cultured mind and heart, making her a woman of wonderful grace and charm. She had been a member of the Presbyterian church since girlhood and was a faithful and consistent follower of its teachings.

She is the author of a book entitled "Traveling at Home and Abroad," that is now [?] on the shelves of the Maryville public library, that anyone will do well to read, for she is as entertaining in writing as she was in conversation. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "District of Columbia Marriages, 1811-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL8P-897 : 4 November 2017), Hugh Rowland and Amelia J Donnelly, 24 Oct 1866; citing p. , Records Office, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 2,079,252.
2. ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF9K-VNQ : 5 November 2017), Hugh Lyle and Amelia J. Rowland, 10 Oct 1893; citing Marriage, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, various county courts and registers, Pennslyvannia; FHL microfilm 878,590.
3. ↑ Missouri Death Certificate #20979 for Amelia J Lyle
4. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2469/16024824/1039165471?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/158499274/person/222076210618/facts/citation/742107158207/edit/record
5. ↑ https://www.mogenweb.org/nodaway/obits/julia/albright3.html#lyle

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6CC-38Q : 24 August 2017), Amelia J Rowland, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 74, sheet 93D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0124; FHL microfilm 1,254,124.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMF4-LFF : accessed 16 April 2019), Emelia J Lyle, Washington D.C. city, Washington, District of Columbia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 126, sheet 23A, family 369, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,164.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2BV-S6D : accessed 16 April 2019), Amelia Lyle in household of Rankin Lyle, Maryville Ward 3, Nodaway, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 143, sheet 18B, family 178, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 803; FHL microfilm 1,374,816.

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