This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lyles, Lincoln, Davis Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/5972 Message Board Post: Cameron Herald, Thur., 23 April 1903 Article - Lyles Family of Russellville, KY, article was published some weeks ago in the San Antonio Express. Col. R. Lyles of Cameron is one of the six Lyles brothers mentioned. We submitted the article to him and he confirmed all the statements except that of the liberation of his brother John Lyles. President Jefferson Davis notified the Washington authorities that he was prepared to retaliate in the case John Lyles was executed and he had selected a Federal officer who would pay the penalty. When advised of this, President Lincoln signed a pardon and John Lyles was given his liberty.