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216. LEOTA5 LYTLE (Samuel4 Lytle, Sarah3, Samuel2, John1); born 1879 in Pennsylvania; died 1945; married VICTOR G. MONROE (son of William H. and Rebecca Thompson Monroe—see clipping below); born 8 November 1880; died March 1970; last residence being Pleasantville, Pennsylvania. Victor Monroe was an oil well producer. Leota was listed as Lenore in the 1880 federal census for Oil Creek Township, Venango County.834 Both Leota and Victor are buried in Fairview Cemetery, Pleasantville, Pennsylvania. In 1930, Victor, Leota and all children were living in Pleasantville, Venango County, Pennsylvania (page 1A), where Victor was listed as as an oil well producer. Also in the family in 1930 was Emma J. [Folwell] Lytle, mother of Leota. The Monroes, especially Victor and his sister Clara Monroe (17 October 1875-21 June 1966—very active in Republican politics in Oil Creek Township, Venango County), were good friends of my mother and grandparent Flemings. Victor was a long-time Choir Director of The First Presbyterian Church of Pleasantville. A musical treat was enjoyed at the Presbyterian church Sunday when Choir Director Victor G. Monroe and his three sons (The Monroe quartette, famous for many years) sang two numbers. Harry Monroe is now located in California, Pa., Wayne is in Sharon and Lloyd, who is located on Aruba Island. Aruba is near the Paraguana pennisula, which is off the north coast of Venezuela.—The Blizzard (Oil City, Pennsylvania), 21 June 1951; online in the "Stories" section of ancestry.com. .
Clipping from Fleming material (believed to be from the Titusville Herald), 18 July 1933: William Monroe, 93, Pioneer Oil Man, Dies in Shamburg. William Henry Harrison Monroe, 93, one of the best known oil men of northwestern Pennsylvania, died at his home at Shamburg at 1:15 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. The aged oil man was born at Magadore, Ohio, on 25 April 1840. As a young man Mr. Monroe attended school at Hiram, Ohio, taught by James A. Garfield, who later became President of the United States. Mr. Monroe’s son, Victor, of Pleasantville, was born on the day that word came of Garfield’s election to the presidency and he was named “Victor” in honor of the success of the father’s former teacher … saw much service in Civil War … married on Christmas day 1871 to Rebecca Thompson, whose father was a justice of the peace in Sandy Lake … He is survived by three sons and one daughter: Charles C. Monroe of Corry, Victor G. Monroe and Isaac E. Monroe of Pleasantville and Miss Clara Monroe at home … [Clara Monroe acted as the non–relative affidavit for the delayed birth certificates of my parents, Ralph and Marie Fleming Clifford.] In family and close friends circles William Monroe was known
as “Daddy Monroe.” He kept diaries of his activities, which were
presented by his family to the Venango County Historical Society after
his death. In The Venango County Historical Society’s publication: Venango
County Panorama. A Salute to Its People. A Pictorial History of Venango
County, Pennsylvania, 1983, excerpts from his diary are cited on
pages 75, 141, 142, and 149. He mentioned his wife, Becky, and two
females, Lorinda and Emma, probable daughters, who would have been
deceased at the time of his death and obituary.
223. MINNIE5 LYTLE (William4I. Lytle, Sarah3, Samuel2, John1); born 8 November 1885 in Pennsylvania; died 31 March 1923 in Sperry, Oklahoma; buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Tulsa, Oklahoma; married 8 August 1908 THOMAS MCGUIRE; born circa 1882 in Pennsylvania, of Pleasantville, Oil Creek Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania; died June 1924 in Tulsa, Oklahoma; buried in Rosehill Cemetery, Tulsa, Oklahoma. The family came to Oklahoma permanently in 1908, moved to Dewey, Oklahoma and then Sperry Oklahoma in 1910, as Thomas worked in various Oklahoma oil fields. In 1920, the family was living in Owasso Township, Tulsa County, Oklahoma (census page 7B), where Thomas was enumerated as aforeman in the oil fields. For a photograph of Minnie Lytle, see under her father, William I. Lytle (#96).
224. HAZEL5 LYTLE (William4I. Lytle, Sarah3, Samuel2, John1); born 10 May 1888; died 3 December 1927 or 1928 in Aurora, Illinois; buried in the Jesse and Minnie Graham (see #121 of Flemings) Plot in the Fairview Cemetery, Coffeyville, Kansas; married 1921 ROBERT T. SPRIGGS of Coffeyville, Kansas; died 1977; buried in Branson, Missouri.838 For a photograph of Hazel Lytle, see under her father, William I. Lytle (#96. In 1910, Hazel, single, was living with Jesse and Minnie (Seeley) Graham, her aunt, in Coffeyville, Kansas;839 she was still single and living with Jesse (Minnie had died in 1918) in Coffeyville in 1920, when she was enumerated as a hat maker in a millenary.840
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