George Scott Kytle
December 3, 1830-September 9, 1919
George Scott Kytle, lawyer and
county school commissioner,
Cleveland, White Co., Ga. son of
Calvin H. and Caroline H. (Dean)
Kytle, was born in White Co., July
7,1870. On his father's side his
family is of German ancestry, his
great-grandfather, Zachariah Kytle,
having been born in Germany and
emigrated to this country and
settled in South Carolina before the
Revolutionary War, during which he
was a soldier in the patriot army.
His paternal grandfather, Zachariah
Kytle was born in Spartanburg, S.C.
where he grew to manhood and
married, and after, migrated to Ga.
and settled in Habersham Co., where
he died in 1868. He was a farmer and
raised a family of ten children. Mr.
Kytle's father was born in Habersham
Co., Dec. 3, 1830 and received such
education as could be obtained at
the country schools in that locality
and period. After completing his own
education he taught school eleven
years in all, in Habersham and White
Counties, before and after the war.
In 1862 he enlisted in The Third Ga.
Calvary, which formed part of Gen.
Wheeler's command, served during the
war and actively participated in the
fatiguing marches and bloody
skirmishes and battles which made
that command so famous for daring
and bravery. Since the war he has
been elected to many offices of
honor and responsibility, all of
which he filled acceptably, serving
the best interests of the people. In
1868 he was elected a member of the
county board of education and was
re-elected for twelve years. In 1888
he was elected county commissioner
and was re-elected. He resigned in
1893 when he was succeeded by his
son. He is justly regarded as White
County's most useful citizen. In
1865 he was married to Miss Caroline
H., daughter of Wiley Dean, born in
Habersham and now a citizen of White
Co. Mr. Dean married Miss Anna Wiley
by whom they had nine children. He
died while in the army during the
late war. His wife was born in 1832
and died in 1876. To Mr. Kytle's
parents thirteen children have been
born; John Wiley; George Scott, the
subject of this sketch; Martha E,
Mary J., Emma J., Henry M., Robert
Lee, Alexander Stephens, Anna,
Beulah, Birdie Mae, Jura and
Frances. Mr. Kytle received his
primary education in the schools of
the county and attended Towns Co.
High School. In 1889 he entered
Mercer University where he took a
classical course and graduated with
a Bachelor of Arts. He went to
Lexington, Ky. and entered a
Commercial College there and took a
business course. Returning home he
entered the Office of Hon. John J.
Kimsey, under whose preceptorship he
read law and was admitted to the bar
in 1894, in Towns Co., Superior
Court. He opened an office in
Cleveland. He was elected at age 22
as county school commissioner.
The
source is Memoirs of Georgia
The Southern Historical Association,
Atlanta, 1895
