When Sam Alexander Lyle was born on 13 October 1896, in Ottumwa, Coffey, Kansas, United States, his father, Alexander James Lyle, was 28 and his mother, Mary Elenor Faylor, was 24. He married Alma Elizabeth Renken on 21 December 1919, in Colorado, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Justice Precinct 1, Matagorda, Texas, United States in 1940 and Brazoria, Brazoria, Texas, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1917. He died on 13 January 1972, in Sweeny, Brazoria, Texas, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Roselawn Memorial Park, Van Vleck, Matagorda, Texas, United States.
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After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
"Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Scottish and English (of Norman origin): topographic or habitational name from Anglo-Norman French del isle ‘from the island’ (from Latin de insula), denoting someone who lived on an island or who came from a place in France named Ile, Isle, or L'Isle. The surname may also in some cases be from Lille (Nord). Compare Lisle and Iles .
Scottish: variant of Lyall .
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