History:P68. Entry # 275 in book "Portraits in Tennessee Before 1866."
Notes:President of the Bank of East Tennessee. Absolom Kyle (1789-1854) In the 1820's, Absolom and William Kyle established the Great Eastern and Western Stage Lines, which started the first stagecoach line from Bristol to Knoxville. Absolom was also successful in lobbying the Federal government to make Rogersville a stop along the new stagecoach line that was being established between Atlanta and Washington, DC. Absolom was a successful banker, and he went on to become the President of the Bank of Tennessee at Rogersville. Absolom's son, Absalom A. Kyle, became a prominent member of the Tennessee bar and held the office of attorney general for the first judicial circuit of the state of Tennessee from 1846 until 1854. Again he was called to serve the public when in 1870 he was made a member of the Tennessee Constitutional Convention. CLICK HERE for source (Note many variations in spelling of first name) http://www.kylehousegroup.com/History.html
