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T. MYRON PYLE
Vol. 3, p. 959

One of the representative lawyers of the younger generation in the
capital city of Oklahoma is T. Myron PYLE, who is now serving as
deputy collector of internal revenue for the state, and whose
prestige in his profession and as a progressive and public-spirited
citizen mark him as one of the valued and popular citizens of
Oklahoma City. Though a native of the historic Old Dominion, Mr. Pyle
has gained varied experience in connection with life in the West and
exemplified fully the ambition and progressiveness for which this
section of our great national domain has ever been celebrated.

Mr. Pyle was born at Bristol, Washington County, Virginia, on the
25th of June, 1882, and is a scion of a family that was founded in
America in the colonial era of our national history and one that was
influential in gaining to America the boon of liberty and
independence. After leaving the public schools T. Myron Pyle, who is
the son of Robert and Mary (LEDBETTER) Pyle, still honored citizens
of Virginia, pursued higher academic studies at Kings College, in his
native town, later attending Shenandoah Valley Academy, at
Winchester, Virginia, and finally entering the law department of the
celebrated old University of Virginia, at the class of 1909 and from
which he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws, with virtually
concomitant admission to the bar of his native state. At the
university he became affiliated with the Delta Chi fraternity, served
as judge of the Moot Court and was actively identified with
collegiate athletics. Prior to completing his university studies Mr.
Pyle had passed three years, 1904-07, on a ranch near Longmont,
Colorado, where he gained practical experience as a cowboy, enjoyed
to the full the free and vigorous life in the open, and became imbued
with deep appreciation of the manifold advantages and attractions of
the West.

Admitted to the bar on the 4th of January, 1909, Mr. Pyle served his
professional novitiate as an associate in practice with C. W. FOURL,
at Charlottesville, Virginia, but in 1910 he established his
residence in Oklahoma, where he has since made an excellent record
for successful work in his profession. In 1912 he formed a
professional partnership with George W. FRY, under the firm name of
Pyle & Fry, and the firm built up a substantial general practice in
Oklahoma City. Mr. Pyle has been a zealous and effective worker on
behalf of the cause of the democratic party during the years of his
residence in Oklahoma, and in 1914 he was a candidate on the part
ticket for the office of county judge of Oklahoma County, but was
defeated in the primary election. In the autumn of the same year he
was appointed by Revenue Inspector H. L. BOLEN to his present office,
that of chief deputy collector of internal revenue, the duties of
which position now demand the major part of his time and attention.
As a stalwart in the ranks of the democratic party Mr. Pyle has held
influential position in the Oklahoma County committee of the party,
as well as the city committee of Oklahoma City. He is actively
identified with the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, and in the
capital city he is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows and with Siloam Lodge No. 136, Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons. He is a popular and appreciative member of the Oklahoma
County Bar Association and the Oklahoma State Bar Association.

In April, 1910, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Pyle to Miss Ruth
HIDY, of Charlottesville, Virginia, and their one child is T. Myron,
Jr. Mr. Pyle has one brother and two sisters-Robert O. is a
successful contractor in the City of New Orleans, Louisiana; Mrs.
Phil S. LANSDALE resides in the City of Chicago, Illinois, where her
husband is a physician and surgeon; and Miss Gertrude now maintains
her home in Longmont, Colorado.

Typed for OKGenWeb by: Vickie Neill Taylor, January 7, 1999.