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"Memoirs of Georgia", Historical and Biographical Sketches, by S. Emmett Lucas, Jr., published in 1896

F. M. Lyle, saw and grist-mill man, Draketown, Haralson Co., Ga., son of J. H. and Mary Ann Lyle, was born in Polk county,

 Ga.,  May 4, 1855. His father was born in Campbell county, Ga., and went from there to Polk county when he was thirteen

years old. Mr. Lyle's parents, when he was six months old, moved from Polk to Paulding county, in which he was raised and

 educated-the education being rudimental and the school taught in churches. This education and a good store of pluck and

energy was his capital; and that he has  employed it wisely and well is evidenced by his success. When he began life for

himself it was as a farmer; but as his capital increased his enterprise increased also, so that now he is operating a saw-mill,

a grist-mill and a cotton-gin, doing well with all, and prospering. From no cash capital at the start, he has by industry and

 good management accumulated paying property , so that now he is enjoying a good, comfortable income. Mr. Lyle was

happily married in 1878 to Miss Fannie, daughter of W. C. White, of Haralson county, a union which has been blessed with

seven children: Minnie Lee, Ola, William Fletcher, Effie, Sarah Ellen, Henry Lee, Johnnie. Mr. Lyle is a master Mason, and

a zealous member  of the Protestant Methodist church

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