CLASS OF 1881

Thomas Barton Kyle, the son of Barton S. Kyle, and grandson of Samuel Kyle, who came to Ohio from Kentucky in 1803, was born in Troy, Ohio, March 10, 1856. He graduated from the Troy High School in 1876, and was a member of the class of 1881 from its entering till some time in sophomore year. He was a member of Theta Delta Chi.

Since leaving college he has been continuously engaged in the study and practice of law in Troy. He was prosecuting attorney for Miami county two terms, 1890-6. For two terms, 1901-5, he was member of Congress from the Seventh Ohio district. For one term he served as mayor of Troy, and for several years was a member of its board of education, being its president for three years.

He was married at Legrand, lowa, December 26, 1883, to Miss Lettie E. Benedict, and had two children, Margaret E., born September 25, 1884, and Walter T., September 14, 1888. The latter was in Dartmouth in 1909-10. In 1911 Mr. Kyle was stricken with paralysis, from which he sufficiently recovered to resume his practice, but died one week after a second stroke, passing away August 13, 1915.

Mr. Kyle was an excellent speaker, and unusually successful before juries. His classmates remember him as a beautiful and strong tenor singer, taking that part in an unusually good Dartmouth quartet. He was a member of the well known Troy Masonic quartet, and leader of the occasional singing in Congress, especially at the close of sessions. He was connected with various bodies of Masons, also with the Knights of Pythias and the Odd Fellows. He was a member, and for several years a trustee, of the Methodist church.