Generation No. 2

2. JAMES LYTLE was born 1846. He married MARIE THERESA SMITH 1876 in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Only record up to now is that their son lived for a time in De Soto, Wisconsin, that he was for a time at least in the grain business and that David L. Lytle, Sr., worked for him and learned the grain business.

Child of JAMES LYTLE and MARIE THERESA SMITH is:
i. CHARLOTTE LYTLE, m. ________ CALLOWAY.
ii. FLORENCE LYTLE, m. ________ McCALLUM.
iii. DOROTHY MARIE LYTLE, m. ________  VON kESSLER.


3. CHARLES LYTLE was born 1847, and died at Lansing twsp., Allamakee Co., Iowa, bur. Oak Hill Cemetery. He married ALICE HANEY Abt. 1878 in De Soto, Wisconsin. Charles lived in De Soto for many years and was in the lumber business there. Three daughters were born: Rachel, Maude Alice, Adah and one son James who died at age 1 year. Charles possibly ran a grain elevator in Lansford, North Dakota for a time prior to 1910.

Children of CHARLES LYTLE and ALICE HANEY are:
i. RACHEL "HATTIE" LYTLE.
ii. MAUDE ALICE LYTLE, m. September 7, 1901, La Crosse, Wisconsin, CHARLES HENRY COLLINS.
iii. ADAH LYTLE.
iv. JAMES H. LYTLE, b. March 11, 1883, Freeman, Wisconsin; d. De Soto, Wisconsin, probably, at age 1 year. (See Crawford County, Wisconsin, Birth Records - Volume 1, 1876-1889, E-L, at WIGENWEB.)


4. JOHN OSCAR LYTLE was born July 21,1854 in Onalaska, Wisconsin, and died July 18, 1928, Miles City, Montana. He married CORA MARIE BATTLES. She was born November 25, 1856 in Lansing, Allamakee, Iowa, and died April 8, 1923 in Vale, Malheur, Oregon; bur. Oak Hill Cemetery, Lansing twsp., Allamakee Co., Iowa.

John was listed in the probate of his father's will as living in Jefferson Co., Wisconsin in 1893.

The South Dakota Land Patents Database lists Francis J. Lytle with three parcels, each dated 07/10/1888, and totaling 157.09 acres, in Codington County. John Lyttle had a 160-acre parcel, dated 02/20/1882, and John O. Lyttle had a 160-acre parcel, dated 05/10/1887 (both are probably the same person). Watertown is currently the county seat of Codington County and is where John's first two children were born.

The 1900 Census for De Soto, Wheatland township, Vernon County, Wisconsin, lists:
Lyttle, John (Line 90), Head, born July 1855, age 44, married 21 years, born Wisc, father born Ireland, mother born Norway, occupation Insurance Agent, rent house;
Cora M., Wife, born Nov 1857, age 42, married 21 years, mother of 6 children, 4 living, born Wisconsin, father born Vermont, mother born New York;
Clara, Daughter, born Apr 1882, age 18, single, born Dakota, father born Wisconsin, mother born Wisconsin;
Robbie, Son, born May 1884, age 16, single, born Dakota, father born Wisconsin, mother born Wisconsin;
Ruth, Daughter, born Feb 1886, age 14, single, born Dakota, father born Wisconsin, mother born Wisconsin;
Marjorie, Daughter, born Feb 1892, age 8, single, born Wisconsin, father born Wisconsin, mother born Wisconsin.

The 1910 Census for Dickinson, Stark Co., North Dakota lists:
Lytle, Cora M. (Line 64), Head (of Household), age 50, Mother of 5 children, 4 living, Divorced, b. Wis, father b. Vt, mother b. NY;
Ruth, Daughter, age 23, Single, b. SD, father b. Wis, mother b. Wis;
Marjorie, Daughter, age 18, Single, b. Wis, father b. Wis, mother b. Wis;
Robert, Head, age 25, Married, b. SD, father b. Wis, mother b. Wis;
Alice I., Wife, age 26, Married, b. ND, father b. Scotland, mother b. Mich;
Helen D., Daughter, age 2, Single, b. ND, father b. SD, mother b. ND.
(Enumeration Dist. 162, Sheet No. 2B, Line 64, Enumerated April 15, 1910, Dickinson, Stark County, North Dakota.)

Pictured at right is Cora Marie (Battles) Lytle and daughter Ruth Lytle, possibly taken in 1914.

The 1920 Census for Dickinson, Stark Co., North Dakota lists:
Lytle, Cora M. (Line 30), Head (of Household), age 59, Divorced, b. Wisconsin, father b. Vermont, mother b. New York;
Clara Seaman, Daughter, age 35, Married, b. South Dakota, father b. Wisconsin, mother b. Wisconsin;
Ruth Lytle, Daughter, age 33, Single, b. South Dakota, father b. Wisconsin, mother b. Wisconsin;
Donald Seaman, Grandson, age 8, Single, b. North Dakota, father b. South Dakota, mother b. South Dakota.
(Enumeration Dist. 99, Sheet No. 1A, Line 30, Enumerated January 2, 1920, Dickinson, Stark County, North Dakota.)

Children of JOHN O. LYTLE and CORA BATTLES are:
i. CLARA ELIZABETH LYTLE (9), b. April 19, 1882, Watertown, Dakota Territory; d. May 5, 1970, Vale, Oregon; bur. Valley View Cemetery, Vale.
ii. ROBERT DAY LYTLE, b. May 5, 1884, Watertown, Dakota Territory; d. September 19, 1967, Vale, Malheur, Oregon; bur. Valley View Cemetery, Vale; m. (1) ALICE ISABELLE CAMPBELL, December 5, 1906, Dickinson, North Dakota; m. (2) JOSEPHINE MARIE McCANN, October 8, 1915. She was born May 2, 1884, Wisconsin; d. December 29, 1980, Vale, Malheur, Oregon; bur. Valley View Cemetery, Vale. At right is Robert Day Lytle in February, 1953.
According to the 1910 census, taken April 15, 1910, Robert and Alice had a daughter, HELEN D. LYTLE, age 2. His occupation was listed as a Real Estate Broker. He and his family were living with his mother, Cora M. Lytle, and sisters, Ruth and Marjorie, in Dickinson, North Dakota.
Marriage License and Certificate, #307-5-248, Robert D. Lytle of Dickinson and Alice I. Campbell of Dickinson, returned and filed for record the 8 day of Dec. 1906, Book 5, Page 248 - Robert Day Lytle of Dickinson, age 22; Alice Isabelle Campbell of Dickinson, age 24; December 5, 1906; Thomas G. Saunders, Nina L. Campbell, witnesses; by C. E. Dobson [Rev. Charles E. Dobson], Episcopal Church [St. John's]. According to Stark County, North Dakota Marriage Records, Book 5, Thomas Goob Saunders, 29, and Nina Lucile Campbell, 20, were also married December 5, 1906, in Stark County, North Dakota.
Robert Day Lytle Papers, Ax 788, Division of Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon: Robert Lytle was born in Watertown, South Dakota and received a high school education in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. He studied law in LaCrosse and elsewhere, coming to Oregon via South Dakota and Montana in 1915. He was admitted to the Oregon bar in 1916, and commenced his practice in Vale. From 1920-1925, Lytle was Malheur County District Attorney, and served as city attorney for Vale, 1922-1967. A Republican, Lytle was moderately active in politics. The collection includes a few personal files, but most of the collection includes selected case files representative of a varied practice, including cases regarding water rights. Miscellaneous files include correspondence in political matters, Oregon State Bar Association, Japanese-Americans in Malheur County, and Oregon State Bar v. Weinstein.
iii. RUTH LYTLE, b. February 8, 1886, De Soto, Wisconsin; d. February 2, 1955, Mandan, North Dakota; buried Union Cemetery, Mandan, North Dakota. She married EUGENE LOUIS WHITING, June 21, 1920, in Dickinson, North Dakota, the son of LOUIS E. WHITING and ELSIE SHERWOOD. He was born November 8, 1882 in De Smet, Dakota Territory, and died November 15, 1964 in Moorhead, Minnesota; buried Union Cemetery, Mandan, North Dakota. The baptismal record for Eugene Whiting shows that he was baptized April 24, 1922, at St. John's Episcopal Church, Dickinson, by The Rev. Alex Coffin. Ruth Whiting and Mrs. H. Robinson were listed as sponsors. The records of St. John's also show that Ruth Lytle was confirmed by Bishop Cameron Mann on November 9, 1913, 25th Sunday after Trinity, presented by The Rev. G. Bragaw. (The records of the church spells the name with two Ts, ie., Lyttle.) See their descendants on the Whiting page.
iv. HERBERT LYTLE, b. August 12, 1888; d. February 14, 1889, Wisconsin; bur. Oak Hill Cemetery, Lansing twsp., Allamakee Co., Iowa.
v. MARJORIE LYTLE (10), b. February 5, 1892, La Crosse, Wisconsin; d. May 1981.


5. ELIZABETH (LIZZIE) LYTLE was born October 26, 1863, and died March 6, 1924. She married JOHN C. HULL 1880. Third child and first daughter of this marriage was apparently named for her mother. She was born in 1862, and was married in 1880 to John C. Hull of Onalaska, WI. She was always known as "Lizzie" to her family. She had one child, a daughter Maude. Maude married a Fred Barlow who according to brother Jim was a jeweler in New York City. No info as to date of death or where for Elizabeth "Lizzie."

Child of ELIZABETH LYTLE and JOHN HULL is:
i. MAUDE HULL, m. FRED BARLOW

6. DAVID LEVI LYTLE was born September 18, 1868 in Onalaska, Wisconsin, and died 1928 in South Dakota; bur. Red Wing, Minnesota. He purchased grains for the military during WWI. He married IDA M. BOXRUD, daughter of JOHN BOXRUD and HELMINA AMUNDSON. She was born 1878, and died 1967 in South Dakota. Ida was of Goodhue, Minn. Her parents were Norwegian immigrants who arrived in the U.S. just before the Civil War. Ida was one of nine children.  At right is David Levi Lytle at age 42 in about 1910.

Child of DAVID LYTLE and IDA BOXRUD is:
i. EDITH LYTLE, b. 1901.
ii. JAMES ELWOOD LYTLE (11), b. June 27, 1901; d. December 29, 1981, Florida.
iii. EDITH LYTLE, b. 1904.
iv. MILDRED LYTLE, b. 1906.
v. MAURICE LYTLE (12), b. 1906; d. 1945.
vi. DAVID LEVI LYTLE (13), b. 1910.


7. JENNIE LYTLE was born 1869 in Onalaska, Wisconsin, and died May 8, 1908. She married CHARLES BOSSHARD Bef. 1893. Charles Bosshard was of Rockland, Wisconsin. They had two children, Royal and Phyllis.  The Bosshards lived in Tolley, North Dakota, prior to or after 1910, and Jennie possibly died there.

Children of JENNIE LYTLE and CHARLES BOSSHARD are:
i. ROYAL BOSSHARD, who had lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and then California.
ii. PHYLLIS BOSSHARD, m. Cyrus Lord Bryant.


8. THOMAS LYTLE was born January 26, 1874 in Onalaska, Wisconsin. He married ______ ________. He was in Onalaska until at least 1893 at the time of the probate of John Lytle's will. It is known that he was married but no information as to whom. He had one daughter, Anna, who was raised on the homestead in the Horton Flat area near Hathaway, Montana, by her grandmother, Julia (Moller/Miller) Lytle, after her mother died in childbirth.

Child of THOMAS LYTLE and ______ ________ is:
i. ANNA JULIA ADELINE LYTLE, m. ______ DAHLIN.
 

Generation No. 3

9. CLARA ELIZABETH LYTLE, was born April 19, 1882 in Watertown, Dakota Territory, and died May 5, 1970 in Vale, Oregon; bur. Valley View Cemetery, Vale. She married LOUIS ARTHUR SEAMAN, son of ANDREW SEAMAN and LOUISE CLARK, December 24, 1904, at the Presbyterian Church, La Crosse, Wisconsin. He was born October 21, 1873, Troy, South Dakota, and died December 17, 1950, Boise, Ada, Idaho.

Clara Seaman is listed in the 1920 census for Dickinson, Stark County, North Dakota, age 35, with her son Donald M. Seaman, age 8, her sister, Ruth Lytle, age 33, and her mother, Cora M. Lytle, age 59, as head of household. Clara's occupation is listed as a milliner in a millinery store (hat store).

Clara E. Seaman is listed in the 1930 census as living in Portland, Oregon, as the Head of Household. No one else is listed as living with her. She is listed as divorced and working as a saleslady in a department store.

In the 1930 census, Donald Seaman is listed as living with his father, Louis Seaman, in Blue Island, Cook, Illinois. Louis is listed as a widower, age 56, born in North Dakota. His occupation is a clerk at Western Union. Donald is listed as born in North Dakota, age 18, and attending school.

 Children of CLARA LYTLE and LOUIS SEAMAN are:
i. RONALD SEAMAN, b. May 28, 1911; d. May 29, 1911.
ii. DONALD SEAMAN, b. May 28, 1911; d. August 23, 1990.


10. MARJORIE LYTLE was born February 5, 1892 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and died May 1981. She married MILTON F. SKOGLUND, son of Andrew Skoglund and Anna (Dahlgren) Skoglund, born May 8, 1889, Kanabec County, Minnesota, and died December 1971. They lived in Contra Costa County, California. (See the photo of the Skoglund family below.)

The 1930 Federal Census lists the family as living in Mora, Kanabec, Minnesota. Milton's occupation is listed as an assistant cashier at a bank. At the time of his death in January of 1927, his father, Andrew Skoglund, was president of the State Bank of Brunswick, near Mora.

(Marjorie's Social Security Number was issued in California; Milton's Social Security Number was issued in Minnesota.)

Children of MARJORIE LYTLE and MILTON SKOGLUND are:
i. MARJORIE ANNE SKOGLUND (14), b. abt. 1917, North Dakota.
ii. MILTON F. SKOGLUND, Jr. (15), b. August 14, 1918, North Dakota.

At left is Marjorie Lytle.  At right is Donald Seaman and Marjorie Anne Skoglund; both pictures were taken in September 1953 in front of the same house.

11. JAMES ELWOOD LYTLE was born June 27, 1901, and died December 29, 1981 in Florida. He married ______ ________.

Children of JAMES ELWOOD LYTLE  and ______ ________ are:
i. RUTH LYTLE.
ii. JEANNE LYTLE.
iii. JAMES DAVID LYTLE, b. 1940.


12. MAURICE LYTLE was born 1906, and died 1945. He married ______ BIRGET.

Children of MAURICE LYTLE and ______ BIRGET are:
i. MARGARET LYTLE.
ii. BEVERLY LYTLE.


13. DAVID LEVI LYTLE was born in 1910. He married in 1900, Goodhue County, Minnesota,  IDA BOXRUD.

Children of DAVID L. LYTLE  and ______ ________ are:
i. NANCY LYTLE.
ii. BARBARA LYTLE, m. ________ GRAVENHORST.
iii. JAMES ELWOOD LYTLE.
iv. EDITH LYTLE, m. (1) ________ HUMPHREY, m (2) ________ LARSEN.
v. MAURICE LYTLE (twin).
vi. MILDRED LYTLE (twin).


14. MARJORIE SKOGLUND married (1) Capt. EDWIN WILLIAM NYSTROM, January 29, 1940. He died February 4, 1974. She married (2) RALPH SAMUEL HALE, March 6, 1981.

Child of MARJORIE SKOGLUND and EDWIN NYSTROM is:
i. FREDERICK INMAN NYSTROM, b. March 24, 1943; m. CORLISS ANN MILLER, March 30, 1968.

At right is Frederick Inman Nystrom,"Freddy", at age 19 in 1962.

15. MILTON F. SKOGLUND, JR., b. August 14, 1918, North Dakota; d. March 1984; married ARDYS PETERSON.

Children of MILTON SKOGLUND and ARDYS PETERSON is:
i. JOHN MILTON SKOGLUND.
ii.  PETER ARTHUR SKOGLUND.

Andrew and Anna (Dahlgren) Skoglund Family.
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Milton Skoglund, son of Andrew and Anna, married Marjorie Lytle (#10 above).