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4871: History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky,
ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 693.
[Harrison County] [Sylvan Dell Precinct] P. P. WYLES, farmer, P. O.
Oddville; born in Mecklenburg County, Va., April 7, 1844. His grandfather
Hebbon Wyles, was Scotch-Irish descent and married an English lady. His
maternal grandfather, Peter Puryear, for whom our subject was named, was a
native of France, whence he emigrated after the French Revolution and
married a Virginia lady; he took an active part in the war of 1812-15. His
father, Leroy B. Wyles, was a native Virginia; was in the Confederate army
in the late war; had also three sons in the same army, of whom P. P. was
the youngest; had command of a wagon train, was killed by a falling tree
about 1875. P. P. Wyles, the subject of this sketch was raised on his
father's farm, receiving the rudiments of an education from the common
schools. When the war broke out in 1861 he was among the first to enlist
in the cause of the South, being at that time but little over sixteen years
of age. His company, the Clarksville Blues, was the first southern troops
that went from Mecklenburg County, and was commanded by Capt. George
Hedges. They were placed in the 14th Virginia Regiment under Col. Hodges,
Armstead's Brigade, Pickett's Division of Lee's army of Northern Virginia.
They were in several skirmishes and fought their first regular battle at
Seven Pines. At the battle of Malvern Hill, thirty days after, our hero
lost his right arm by a shell. He was conveyed to the rear in an ambulance,
but could not get his arm amputated until twenty-four hours after. He
remained in the hospital at the Old Union Hotel in Richmond for two weeks,
when he went home on an indefinite furlough and was never in active service
again, though he visited his old regiment on several occasions. He was
present when Dahlgren and Kilpatrick attempted to liberate the prisoners at
Richmond. After the war he began to feel the necessity of an education and
to perfect it he entered Randolph Mason College, of his native county,
which he attended for two and one-half years, defraying his expenses by
teaching in the preparatory department. At the end of the two and a half
years, the site of the college was moved from his county and not having the
necessary means to follow it, he was obliged to give up school. About this
time he came to Kentucky in answer to an advertisement for a teacher at
Lair's Station in Harrison County. He secured the position and has been in
teaching every year since up to 1879. In 1878 he was elected School
Commissioner of Harrison County, which office he now fills. In 1870 he
married Meribah daughter of Joseph and Charlotte (McCauley) Sipe, of
Harrison County. Five children have been born to them, the dates of whose
births are as follows: Herbert, Oct. 25, 1871; Leroy, Sept. 30, 1873;
Joseph W., Feb. 11, 1876; Emma A., March 6, 1878; Jno. P., Feb. 15, 1881.
Himself and wife are members of Beaver Baptist Church. He is also a member
of Beaver Lodge of Good Templars. Politics, Democrat.
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