Biography - N. C. LYRLA
N. C. Lyrla,
of Tuscola, a young lawyer of brilliant prospects in the future, was
admitted to practice in the Douglas county courts, in 1896, having
previously prepared himself for the law under the tutelage of the late Hon.
Charles W. Woolverton. He was born October 4, 1875, in Champaign county,
Illinois, and is the son of H. J. and Rose (Christy) Lyrla, who were natives
respectively of South Carolina and Ohio. His father is a tubular well
driller by trade and resides in Tuscola. His grandfather Christy was born in
Ohio and served in the war of the Rebellion.
N. C. Lyrla was graduated from the Tuscola high school in the class of 1894.
He takes an active interest in the success of the Democratic party and was
the party's nominee for county judge in 1898, but withdrew before the
election. In the legal profession he is rapidly fighting his way to the
front; he is a young man of excellent good judgment, is a good judge of law
and is engaged in some of the most important cases that come before the
Douglas county courts.
Extracted 08 Sep 2018 by Norma Hass from the Historical and Biographical Record of Douglas County, Illinois, published in 1900, page 174.
