The Lytle family of Cincinnati are considered to be Cincinnati's first family. Subsequent Cincinnati families included the Longworths and the Tafts, who built an Ohio and national dynasty. Cincinnati, Ohio viewed from the SW, across the Ohio River from Kentucky. ... Nicholas Longworth (November 5, 1869-April 9, 1931) was a prominent American politician in the Republican Party during the first third of the 20th century. ...

Family members included Surveyor General William Lytle, Congressman Robert Todd Lytle (a relative of the Todd-Lincoln family), Gen. William Haines Lytle (the poet), and members of the Livingood family. The Lytles migrated from Pennsylvania. William Lytle first settled at Louisville and Bardstown, and to his daughter for a wedding gift gave the land on which she and her husband Sen. Rowan built "My Old Kentucky Home". Lytle Park, where the Lytle mansion was located, is named for the family. General William Haines Lytle died leading a charge in the Civil War. The Surveyor General is an official responsible for government surveying in a specific country or territory. ... A Congressman or Congresswoman (generically, Congressperson) is a politician who is a member of a Congress. ... This biographical article needs to be wikified. ... State nickname: The Keystone State Other U.S. States Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Governor Ed Rendell (D) Senators Arlen Specter (R) Rick Santorum (R) Official languages None Area 119,283 km² (33rd)  - Land 116,074 km²  - Water 3,208 km² (2. ... Louisville (usually pronounced ; see Pronunciation below) is Kentuckys largest city and the 16th largest city in the United States. ... Bardstown is a city located in Nelson County, Kentucky. ... For the short film, see My Old Kentucky Home (movie) My Old Kentucky Home written by Stephen Foster in 1853, is the state song of Kentucky. ... William Haines Lytle (November 2, 1826 - September 20, 1863) was a captain in the Mexican War and in the American Civil War he commanded the Fourth Ohio Regiment in General O.M. Mitchels brigade. ...

A branch of this family settled to the north in Butler County, where Judge Robert Lytle acquired a section of land from the U.S. and named Milford Township. Prominent descendants include Sen. Homer Truett Bone, Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard, Gov. Andrew L. Harris, James McBride of Hamilton, and others. Butler County is a county located in the state of Ohio. ... Milford is a city located in Clermont and Hamilton counties in Ohio. ... The United States Secretary of Agriculture is the head of the United States Department of Agriculture concerned with land and food as well as agriculture and rural development. ... Claude Raymond Wickard (1893-1967), born in Indiana, Secretary of Agriculture under President Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1940 to 1945. ... Andrew Lintner Harris (also known as The Farmer-Statesman) (November 17, 1835 – September 13, 1915) was one of the heroes of the Battle of Gettysburg and the last Civil War general to serve as a governor in the U.S., serving as the 44th governor of Ohio. ... This article is about James McBride the Ohian pioneer and Hollow Earth proponent. ... Hamilton is a city located in Butler County, Ohio. ...

The Lytles were active in the French and Indian War and Revolutionary War, and three Lytle relatives were named Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory, based in Cincinnati. William Lytle led a party down the Ohio River and is believed to have been the first to land on the site of Cincinnati. His son, William Lytle, amassed a fortune surveying the lands of Revolutionary War veterans granted land in Ohio, and was a good friend of Andrew Jackson. Considered the first landed millionaire in the West, Lytle lost most of his money during a financial panic when western landowners could not pay their debts. The French and Indian War is the American name for the decisive nine-year conflict (1754-1763) in North America between Great Britain and France, which was one of the theatres of the Seven Years War. ... The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a war fought primarily between Great Britain and revolutionaries within thirteen of her North American colonies. ... The Surveyor General is an official responsible for government surveying in a specific country or territory. ... The Northwest Territory, also known as the Old Northwest and the Territory North West of the Ohio, was a government and region within the early United States. ... Carl D. Perkins Bridge in Portsmouth, Ohio with Ohio River and Scioto River tributary on right. ... Jump to: navigation, search Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767–June 8, 1845), one of the founders of the Democratic Party, was the seventh President of the United States, serving from 1829 to 1837. ...

William Haines Lytle's most famous poem was "Antony and Cleopatra", beloved by both North and South in antebellum America.