convalescence  after  his  wound  at  Stone  Biver,  was  with  the  regi-
ment, a  private  in  the  ranks,  from  first  to  last,  in  all  its  marches
and  battles,  and  no  regiment  from  Indiana  encountered  harder
service  or  made  a  better  record  than  the  Eighty -sixth.
Mr.  Lytle  returned  to  Battle  Ground  and  engaged  in  the
drug  business.  He  remained  there  until  January  15,  1868,
when,  having  sold  his  business  at  Battle  Ground,  he  came  to
Delphi  and  re-entered  the  drug  business,  forming  a  partnership
with  Mr.  Jakes,  the  style  of  the  firm  being  Jakes  &  Lytle.  The
firm  was.  highly  successful  in  business,  and  rapidly  enlarged  their
stock  and  patronage.  In  1875.  Mr.  Jakes  retired  from  the  firm,
and  the  business  was  continued  by  Mr.  Lytle.  During  the  year
1878,  he.  in  company  with  his  brother,  started  a  stave  and
cooperage  factory  under  the  name  and  style  of  the  Lytle  Manu-
facturing Company.  A  few  mouths  later,  the  company  aban-
doned this  line  of  manufacturing,  and  substituted  that  of  spokes,
hubs,  plow  beams,  etc.  This  line  of  business  is  still  piu-sued.
Changes  have  taken  place  in  the  business  associates,  but  Mr.
Lytle,  the  leading  figure  of  the  company,  has  remained,  and  iin-
der  his  management  the  industry  has  rapidly  developed,  so  that
at  present  it  ranks  with  the  best  of  its  line  in  the  West,  In
building  up  this  industrial  establishment,  he  has  manifested  an
interminable  energy  and  the  possession  of  great  executive  ability.
In  1880,  the  manufactm-ing  department  demanding  so  much  of
his  attention,  he  disposed  of  an  interest  in  the  drug  business  to
Dr.  A.  A.  Wells,  of  Stockwell.
Mr.  Lytle  was  married,  September  28,  1869,  to  Miss  Emma
E.  Casad.  of  Crawfordsville.
