Obediah Hargraves Tyson and Nancy Elizabeth Huey

 

My great grandfather & mother, parents  of my grandmother Minnie Victoria Tyson Hunter.

Obediah Hargraves Tyson 1852-1919). Born and died in Cherokee County, Ga, Robert was the 4^th of 8 children of Robert Cabel Tyson and Sarah C.  Moody  He was a farmer.  He and his family lived in the area of where Bells Ferry Road and Hwy 92 cross.  He married Nancy Elizabeth Huey (1854-1938), on 18 Jan 1877, in Cherokee County, Georgia.  She is the daughter of  daughter of John T. Huey (1826-1891) and Drucilla Wilson (1825-1905).

Where did his middle names Hargraves come from?  Well, of course from his grandfather Eugene Hargraves Tyson.  But, still, where did h names Hargraves turn from, a relative maybe?  I don’t think so.  Ther only Hargraves I found was in the Militia with his great grandfather Job Tyson.  Keep in mind that Eugene Hargraves Tyson’s was changed, it was Job Tyson’s father, but when his sister Winston Tyson adopted him she changed his name to Eugene Hargraves Tyson.  Why would she name him after her father’s co-militia man member

They are buried in Bascomb United Methodist Church Cemetery, Bascomb Carmel Rd, Cherokee County, Ga.

 

Their children:

1.      Janie Tyson (1877-1880).

2.      Minnie Victoria Tyson (1879-1948) Our Grandmother.

3.      Thomas Greenbury “Bud” Tyson (1882-1919).

4.      William Obediah.”Will” Tyson (1884-1879).

5.      Lela Octavia “Tade” Tyson (1886-1957).

6.      Robert Edward “Ed” Tyson (1888-1967)

7.      Johnny P. Tyson (1890-1890)

8.      Elizabeth Tyson (1892-1892).

9.      Annie Alice Tyson (1893-1879).

 

 

Details of the surviving children to follow soon.