Throwback Thursday: Aunt Tade Tyson

Throwback Thursday:  My great aunt Lela Octavia "Tade" Tyson Carr (1886-1957).  She is my Grandma Hunter's sister.  Aunt "Tade" married E.J. Carr 4 December 1928 in Cobb County.   I know nothing else about the man and would not known about him if I had not came across his name in the book of Cobb County marriages and that he is listed in the Mars Hill Cemetery.

Aunt Tade lived in Acworth, just a block or two from Main Street, across the corner from a school.  Sometimes when I went to Acworth Beach, before I could drive I would drop by and visit her while waiting on Daddy to pick me up.

The picture of the three women are sisters.  The one on Tade's right is Anne Tyson Crowder and the one on her left, the one she is looking at disapprovingly or concerned is my Grandma Hunter.   

Dalton Tyson and Chuck Hunter

These are my cousins Robert Dalton Tyson and Chuck Hunter at a Hunter reunion.  Dalton is the older brother of Donald Tyson who was on this blog yesterday.  Dalton at one time owned the Past Time Grill (a pool hall) and another time or maybe the same time he owned Terminal Taxi Company, which he purchased from the Goddard family.  Terminal Taxi was located conveniently next to the Greyhound Bus Station and a rock's throw from the Past Time Grill.  He and Donald are the sons of Ed and Belle Kuykdendall Tyson.

Chuck, son of Dick and Jeannette Hunter, is a builder.  One time he started a contracting company named after his mother, father, and himself.

Dalton Tyson is the only relative I know of  that a contract was out on him at one time.  A person in prison put a contract out on him.  It was a jealous husband behind bars kind of thing.

Evidently, the contract was not carried out.  Dalton died of natural causes in 2000.

Death in the Chocolate Candy Box

As Forrest Gump said, "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you will get"  (or similar).   So is genealogy.  Today I was posting information on Aaron Tison, a distant Tyson relative in Bemen County, Georgia, who was born in 1840 and married to Elizabeth Holland,  when I noticed an entry in the notes section.   I looked closer and it said:  "Aaron was accused of killing his father-in-law, B. HOLLAND. Indicted 1867, Mistrial 1868.  He did not kill his father-in-law, but hired someone to do it."

O.M.s Part 1

These are about 150 pictures of Old Mariettans, some have died since their picture was taken.  Only one is not a Mariettan, Governor Deal's wife.  I took all the pictures, good and bad, except one:  In error I included a picture of Don Hunter at bat, which I did not take.   This is part one,  one more to follow, as soon as soon  I get around to it.

You may find some names wrong or misspelled.  Being mostly a recluse, that's my bad.  Also, if a cluster of people are in a picture, I found it hard to label everybody in it, so to be fair, I ignored all.  

Terminal Taxi's Ray and Dalton

Terminal Taxi was the taxi service near the Greyhound Bus Station.  It was just a lot away, on a dirt plateau overlooking the station.   Terminal Taxi was owned by the Goddard family.

I went to school with the Goddard's son Raymond.  The other day on facebook someone was asking what ever happened to Ray Goddard.

Well?  Does anybody know?

My first cousin, once removed, Dalton Tyson once owned Terminal Taxi.  Dalton was a wheeler dealer that took gambles, literally.  Another time he owned Past Time Grill, a pool hall, just a block up the street from the bus station.

Once a contract was out on Dalton by a prisoner who heard Dalton was seeing  his wife.  Dalton died of natural causes, I hope the prisoner got a refund.   

Kin Who Served

These are the kin folks that I know served in the Armed Forces.  Proceed with caution,  they might not be chronological order and some are not in uniform.  In error I probably left someone out.

click on image to enlarge any picture.

3rd great grandfather -Greenville Pullen, Sr. served in the Indian Wars as a musician.  He played a fife.

3rd great grandfather - Jesse Bookout also fought in the Indian Wars and later became an employee of the famous Chief Van of Chatsworth, Georgia, which was against the law and caused problems.

William A. Hunter/Trammell &Emaline Ray

3rd greant grandfather -William served in the CSA, NC 39th Infantry, Co . I.  He was wounded during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, and recuperated nearby in Woodstock, which ended up being his and his family's new home.

William Hunter/Trammell fought on Kennesaw Mountain with the name William Trammell (before he changed his name to Hunter).  

4th great grandfahter - His great grandfather, also named William Trammell fought at Kings Mountain, in the Revolutionary War.  Same name; both wounded in a battle on a mountain that started with the letter K.   

William A. Hunter/Trammell's father, my great great grandfather, Jason Henderson Hunter recruited and formed  his own CSA unit that attacked Federal gunboats on the Mississippi.

1st cousin, 4x removed - Leander Newton Trammell.  He served as a quartermaster in the CSA.

He was an elected representative in Georgia and was the Governor of Georgia, technically for one day.   He made his home in Dalton and Marietta..

I don't have a picture of John T. Huey, but I do have a picture of his wife Drucilla Wilson Huey.  (2nd great grandfather) John was a large landholder, and therefore exempted from Military Service.  However, he went anyway, for a fee, in place of John B. Tippen.  He was caught up in the famous Siege of Vicksburg.

William D. Petty

2nd great uncle -I know he was in, I don't have his facts.

So was his brother Daniel Webster Petty, below.

Great grandfather - Daniel Webster Petty and Jane Garrett

Daniel Enlisted- Confederate Army Co B, 65th Regiment, Ga. Infantry

Great Uncle -Robert Edward Tyson

Uncle Ed, was in WWI.

This picture is the Marietta National Guard in 1937.  Most of the Hunter brothers are there.  In the front row center in the black shirt is Stanley Hunter.

First row:  Jimmy and Bobby Crain.

Uncles & first cousins -Second row: Stanley and Dick Hunter.  Dick was home on leave.  Nephew Bobby would join the Naval Reserves.  I know, because Bobby and I both were Naval Reservists at the same time.

Uncle -Walter Clarence, "W.C." during  WWII W.C was drinking coffee at the Red Cross in Africa and a bunch of U.S. Sailors walked by.  W.C. pointed at one of the sailors and said that kid looks just like his little brother Dick, and it was. He was wounded and a metal plate was put in his head, he was a war casualty that effected him the rest of his life.  He died in the VA hospital many years later.

Uncle - Jack Hunter spent a career in the Navy, and was in the Pacific in WWII.  He survived Pearl Harbor and is credited for pulling Eddie Rickenbacker  from the sea onto their PT boat.

Uncle - Stanley Hunter fought on D-Day, June 4, 1944.  He also had the misfortune of watching his first cousin and best friend Horace Crowder died from enemy fire.

Father - Ed Hunter was in the Georgia National Guard.  I think Daddy loved the fellowship. In the National Guards he made friends with Leo Blackwell, then chief of the Marietta Pollice and he hired daddy as a patrolman.  Up until then Daddy worked for Glover Machinery .  Not only did the Marietta National Guard help with state disasters, go to war, when needed over see, it also served as an excellent networking tool, like Linkin is today.

Uncle -Doug Hunter was in the Army, I just don't have a picture of him in his uniform.

1st cousin - Ray Hunter, WWII

uncle & 1st cousin, once removed - I think this may be cousins Horace Crowder and Stanley Hunter before their service time, they joined together.  As mentioned above, Horace was killed.

Uncle -Leonard Petty, Navy

Uncle -William LeRoy Petty.  He was "Bill" to his friends, he was "Roy" to his family, and "L-Rod "to his service buddies. Roy was in the D-Day Invasion of  Normandy.  He killed a very big number of Germans.  At least two books mentioned him twice and heroic actions:  THE LONGEST DAY and RUDDER'S RANGERS.  He used to stand up in the audience on the Ed Sullivan show to be recognized on or near D-Day.

Me, grandmother, & me -I am in front of my Grandma Viola Ridley Petty and my uncle Osmo Petty.  Osmo was in the Navy.  His brothers, Leonard, Roy, and Wallace considered Osmo the smartest of the Petty siblings. 

I too would be in the Navy in about 20 years, mostly in the Helicopter Squadron HU-4, home station NAS Lakehurst, New Jersey 08733 (Hey look!  I still remember the zip code).

Rocky's late  father-in-law, Sabrina's father,

O'Neal Sexton was in the Army, stationed in South Korea, where he met Sabina's mother-to-be, Chong.

1st cousin - Jerry Hunter was a F-105 Pilot.  He was shot down in Vietnam,  25 May 1966,.  He gave is life.  Hunter Park in Douglasville, Georgia, is named in his memory.

Its a Small World

Yesterday evening at the GOBAG meeting Jennings Patterson was told some of us  lot by lot of the who his grandfather sold property to, who at one time owned about the whole tract of land. When he got to the corner of Rose Lane and Marble Mill he said the Ellis family lived there. My mother-in-law, as a kid, lived across Rose Lane on the other corner. Her father died in that house.


Back to the Ellis family: They had a son named Dink. Dink was in the same explorer troop I was in, that Maple Avenue Methodist Church sponsored. Dink was a studious little kid.  The bunch I belonged to was sort of rambunctious.

Years later when I was a window clerk at the Post Office I waited on Dink one time..  He looked like a middle-aged business man who was deadly serious.  At the moment he was deadly serious in rrenewing his pass port and putting a rush on it.  I tried to jar his memory  of who I was, his old co-scout in the same Explorer troop and I don’t think he actually thought about that.  I didn’t register in his memory at all – as usual.

Dink had a brother.  I forgot his first name.  When I was stationed in Lakehurst, New Jersey, a guy by the last name of Ellis checked into our squadron.   I think his name was Mike Ellis, but I am not sure.   I processed him in.  I asked where was he from.  Georgia, he said.  I said so was I, what part of Georgia.  He said it was a little town near Georgia Tech.   A little town near by the name of Marietta.  A little town near Georgia Tech?  I wondered why he didn’t just  say a little town near Atlanta? 

I told him so was I.  What part of Marietta.  He said up by the hospital.  I asked him exactly what streets and he said on the corner of Rose Lane and Marble Mill Road.  I asked him did he have a brother named Dink and he said he did.  I told him Dink and I was in the scouts together.  He was a friendly person and for the next week or two we had drinks at happy hour of the E.M. Club every evening.   Small world.

During our short friendship period I told my family via mail about the Ellis kid in Marietta.  My mother reported back to me that the Ellis guy was a cousin of mine.  I forgot how she said, but I think we are related through the Tysons.   How she could rake up kin was always amazing.   I wished I had taken notes.

He got assigned to a helicopter detachment aboard an icebreaker ship in the Arctic for six months and that was the last I saw of him.

Who Do I Think I Am? Wow! Part 41

Back to my great great great grandfather William Hargraves/Job Tyson. His father, which was my 4-greats grandfather, Job Tyson, as a teenager, played a prank of the red coats. I don’t know what the prank was but he was caught and the normal punishment for the folks to show any kind rebellion against the British was hanging. For some strange reason General Cornwallis forgave him and gave him a pardon. Which might have been a fate worth than death. It looked as if he and Cornwallis were buddy buddy. After the war, he did not want to be labeled a Tory. Tories got stripped of their land and sometimes sent to England.
Job got a petition up signed by his siblings and others stating that was a rebel against the British the same as they were.

This may be the reason that when Winston adopted her young brother she changed his name from Job, which he shared with his father, to Eugene Hargraves Tyson.
Here is what I have:

Branded a Tory? Frederick TYSON (brother) signed a petition for Job TYSON, classified as Tory.

North Carolina Colonial Records, Vol 16, pages 580-81 shows the following:
Petition from Pitt Co., NC, Martainborough, 1 Apr 1782. For pardon for Mr. Job TYSON (who broke his parole from Lord Cornwallis and went to South Carolina). Signed by numerous citizens including Aaron TISON, Frederick TISON, Cornelius TISON, William TISON, Jonathan TISON, and many others.

Leonardo Andrea File, page 6, #32:
A petition signed 1st day of April 1782 re Job TYSON, now a resident in the State of South Carolina and who desired to return to his home in Pitt Co., NC.

"Job TYSON as a very young man had taken a brave part in the Revolution with the American forces, etc., etc. When Charleston was captured, Job TYSON took a parole from Lord Cornwallis and because of that, he was now classified as a Tory"

The petition was to allow Job TYSON to visit his family in Pitt Co., NC and to take from his name the stigma of being a Tory.

"Land Deed Genealogy of Hancock County, Georgia", compiled by Helen & Tim
Marsh. Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press, Inc. c1997. page 253.

Page 159: 21st January 1800. Nicholas Huse and Ana Huse of Washington County to John Grigg of Hancock County for the sum of eight hundred dollars for a tract of land in Hancock County on a branch of Fort Creek, containing two hundred acres and adjoining William Grigg's line and along Arrington (illigible) line and by Job Tyson's line to Epps Brown's line and by Cain's
land. Signed by Nicholas Hughes and Anne Huse. Wit: Wm. Grigg and Seth
Kennedy. Reg: 2nd May 1801.
Hancock Co., Ga. Deed Book E (1798-1802)

1790 Census, Page #: 147
Pitt Co. NC
Ages in household: 01-03-02-00-00 (rethink )
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NC Colonial Records
"Petition from Pitt County.
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To His Excellency Thos. Burke, Exqr., Governor of the State of North Carolina, and the Honourable Gentlemen of the Council:
The Petition of the Inhabitants of Pitt County Humbly Sheweth: That Mr. Job Tyson having taken a Parole from Lord Cornwallis as he was passing through this State and hath not acted an Inimical part against it, so far as to take up Arms, but he being young and apprehensive, that his conduct was sufficient to bring him to severe punishment, left this State and went into South Carolina so that he being ignorant of the Several Proclamations offered to Delinquents could not Avail himself thereof.

And as the sd. Job Tyson had before taken an active part in Defence of this State and freely Turned out as a Volunteer in Defence of this State when the British first Reduced Charlestown and a person intirely young, and we doubting not but if he Should be received again as a Citizen but that he will become a useful member of Society. We, the Subscribers, do hereby recommend & Humbly Petition to your Excellency & Honour to Pardon him, not Doubting in the least but that his Conduct hereafter will prove Sufficient to merit the approbation of all good Citizens."

Martinborough, April 1st, 1782.
John Hardee, J. P., Jonathan, Aaron, Wm., Frederick Tison
James May, George Sugg 47 names in all
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New entry April 15th, 1782

"Permitted Job Tison to repair to any Continental Officer to enlist for twelve months or otherwise to furnish a substitute.

Major McCauley will be so good as to send a messenger for the County Commissioner unless he can be assured that he will be in very early in the morning.

If the Major can appoint a discreet man to borrow some provisions for the troops I will take care that the Commissary General shall replace it in kind received of an equal quantity." End for that day.

Source: Land Deed Genealogy of Hancock County, Ga. by Van Schaick 1997

Georgia Tax Digests, 1789-1799

TISON, JOB HA/ra (County/district) 1794 (Year) 033 (Page)
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Job Tyson info (con't)

Source: Some Ga. Co. Records Vol 4 by Lucas Page 296
Wills
Pages 123-125. Will of Willis Whatley dated 1 May 1799 land on Green Brier Creek in Greene Co.
Wit: Job Tison, Zerob. Williamson, Sarah (+) Basor
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Source: Some Ga. Co. Records Vol 4 by Lucas Page 327

"Pages 163-167. JOB TISON, dec'd. Inventory dated 29 Dec. 1803. Negroes named: Lucy $250, Rachel $400, Aggey $400, Edey $325, Philip $450, Wil-----$450, Isaac $450, Joel $450 Ne---$300, Dinah $250, Aaron $225, M-----$200, Fi------$75, Br-----$150, Mary $150. Several counterpins, bolsters, curtains, quilts, nice furniture and dishes, dictionary, Church Bible, books, farm equipment and animals. Book Accounts: Bryant Butler, Henderson Collier, Thos. Carrell, Joel McClendon, William Thornton. Total not given, but over $6201.60. s/D Henderson, Andrew -----, Zorl -----,appraisers. Sworn before Jno. Crowder, JP 30 Jan. 1804. Note that vouchers showing money paid out registered on page 261."

Source: Some Ga. Co. Records Vol one, Lucas Page 103
(note page 102 has Epps Brown's name as Admnrs of Lundy Huff. Brown was a land owner near Job's land)

'DELITHA TYSON, Admnx. of JOB TYSON dec'd and JOHN HERBIRT and MILLER ABERCROMBIE Security bond for $12000 dated 10 Dec. 1803."

Source: Some Ga. Co. Records Vol 4 Lucas page 670

"Index to Headright & Bounty Grants of Georgia"

JOB TYSON, grantee Hancock (location of grant) EEEEE (Grant Book)
462 (page) 37 ½ acres granted 1803 (year of grant)
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Source: Some Ga. Co. Records Vol One Lucas Page 253

"Hancock County Georgia Deed Books 1794 - 1802"
"Page 159: 21st January 1800. Nicholas Huse and Ana Huse of Washington County to John Grigg of Hancock County for the sum of eight hundred dollars for a tract of land in Hancock County on a branch of Fort Creek containing two hundred acres and adjoining william Grigg's line and along arrington (illegible) line and by Job Tyson's line to Epps Brown's line and by Cain's land. Signed by Nicholas Hughes and Anne Huse. Wit: Wm. Grigg and Seth Kennedy. Reg: 2nd May 1801."


from Ga. Archives:
a 10x14" sheet
#462 ...State of Ga by ....John Milledge (gov) etc. etc.do give and grant to
Job Tison
37 1/4 acres in Hancock
NorthWest by Job Tisons land; South East by D. Hamiltons land; North East by
John Cowders (Crowders) land; and South West by Hargraves's land"
dated signed by the Governor Nov 16, 1803....Registered 16 day of Nov 1803
"in the year of our LORD...and in the twentyeighth year of American
Independence."

My Tyson Genealogy Part 35

241. JAMES EWING9 TYSON (JOHN EWING8, URIAH7, JEHU6, JOHN5, THOMAS4, MATHIAS3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 14 Sep 1864 in Maysfield, Milam Co, Tx, and died 16 Jun 1935 in Waco, McLennan Co, Tx. He married SALLIE BEATRICE NELMS 18 Oct 1885 in Maysfield, Milam Co, Tx. She was born 26 Oct 1869 in Deanville, Burleson Co, Tx, and died 16 Jun 1935 in Waco, McLennan Co, Tx.

Child of JAMES TYSON and SALLIE NELMS is:
360. i. RAY NELMS10 TYSON, b. 19 Nov 1898, Cameron, Milam Co, Tx; d. 17 Jan 1966, Dallas, Dallas Co, Tx.


242. JAMES MADISON9 TYSON (JOHN "OSWELL"8, WILLIAM7, JEHU6, JOHN5, THOMAS4, MATHIAS3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 11 Nov 1834, and died 05 May 1928. He married EDITH M. WINFIELD. She was born 18 Jul 1835, and died 05 Apr 1909.

Child of JAMES TYSON and EDITH WINFIELD is:
361. i. JOHN WINFIELD10 TYSON, b. 27 Jun 1858, , Anson Co, NC; d. 02 May 1946, , Hamilton Co., Tx.


243. ALLEN TURNER9 TYSON (GREEN DIXON8, WILLIAM7, JEHU6, JOHN5, THOMAS4, MATHIAS3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born Apr 1850, and died 1905. He married LUCRETIA HARRIS. She was born 1851, and died 1921.

Child of ALLEN TYSON and LUCRETIA HARRIS is:
i. REDDICK HARRIS10 TYSON, b. 23 Oct 1875; d. 04 Oct 1940; m. SARAH ETHEL STEED, 24 Jun 1908.


244. MARY ANN9 TYSON (JOSIAH8, WILLIAM7, JEHU6, JOHN5, THOMAS4, MATHIAS3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 20 Jun 1844 in , Meriwether, Ga, and died 08 Jun 1923 in Harrison, Boone, Ar. She married (1) WILLIAM GOSSETT. He was born Abt. 1840, and died Unknown. She married (2) GEORGE WASHINGTON BARTON. He was born Abt. 1840, and died Unknown.

Notes for MARY ANN TYSON:
Mary Ann and her two daughters moved to Arkansas with her parents after the war. Mary Ann taught school at the Tyson School in Harrison, Ar.

More About MARY ANN TYSON:
Burial: Summer's Cem., Harrison, Ar

Notes for GEORGE WASHINGTON BARTON:
G.W. Barton was a second lieutenant in the Army of Northern Virginia, under General Jeb Stuart; near the end of the war, he was mortally wounded north of Savannah and died of blood poisoning at home in Carroll County. - Elesa Hembree.

Children of MARY TYSON and GEORGE BARTON are:
i. MARTHA JANE10 BARTON, b. 1860; d. Unknown; m. JAMES MARION CANTRELL87, 1879.

Notes for MARTHA JANE BARTON:
Martha Jane attended Sullins College in Virginia prior to marrying. - J.F. Cantrell

ii. GEORGEANNE BARTON, b. Jul 1863.


245. JOHN DIXON9 TYSON (JOSIAH8, WILLIAM7, JEHU6, JOHN5, THOMAS4, MATHIAS3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 14 Mar 1847 in , Meriwether, Ga, and died 25 Feb 1929 in Harrison, Boone, Ar. He married (1) JUDITH WOODRUFF. She was born Abt. 1850 in Rome, Flo;yd, Ga. He married (2) HELEN FRANCES ELKINS. She was born Unknown, and died 1975.

Notes for JOHN DIXON TYSON:
John was a guard at Andersonville. He deserted, caught and busted from sargeant to private.More About JOHN DIXON TYSON:
Military service: Civil War

Children of JOHN TYSON and JUDITH WOODRUFF are:
i. JOSIAH10 TYSON, b. Aft. 1867; d. Unknown.
ii. JOSEPH SAMUEL TYSON, b. Aft. 1867; d. Unknown.
iii. BURCH TYSON, b. Aft. 1867; d. Unknown.
iv. HORACE TYSON, b. Aft. 1867; d. Unknown.
v. JOHN TYSON, b. Aft. 1867; d. Unknown.
vi. ELIZABETH TYSON, b. Aft. 1867; d. Unknown.
vii. JULIET NELL TYSON, b. Aft. 1867; d. Unknown.


Children of JOHN TYSON and HELEN ELKINS are:
viii. LUCILLE10 TYSON88, b. Abt. 1897; d. Unknown; m. A WHITAKER.

Notes for LUCILLE TYSON:
In 1976, Lucille found notes her father had written in the 1920's, giving ancestors' names. These connected Josiah and Jehu as brothers. - GEORGIA TYSONS book.

Notes for A WHITAKER:
Lucile was 94 in 1991. - Elesa Hembree

362. ix. FREDERICK TYSON, b. Aft. 1897; d. Unknown.
x. SAMPSON TYSON, b. Aft. 1897; d. Unknown.
xi. FRANCES TYSON, b. Aft. 1897; d. Unknown.
xii. MARGARITE TYSON, b. Aft. 1897; d. Unknown.


246. DR. LEWIS CASS9 TYSON (JOSIAH8, WILLIAM7, JEHU6, JOHN5, THOMAS4, MATHIAS3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1)89 was born 26 Nov 1849 in , Meriwether, Ga, and died 21 Jan 1930 in Wichital Falls, , Tx. He married (1) NANCY E. KEELE 28 Jan 1871 in , Boone, Ar, daughter of DR. G.C. KEELE. She was born 1856 in , , Ar, and died 29 Aug 1895. He married (2) MARTHA CATHERINE "MATTIE" KERLEY 05 Nov 1895 in Wichita Falls, , Tx, daughter of WILLIAM KERLEY and NANCY CYPERT. She was born 02 Dec 1872 in Pocahontas, Randoph, Ar, and died 12 Jan 1968 in Wichita Falls, , Tx.

Notes for DR. LEWIS CASS TYSON:
Dr. Lewis C. Tyson was an 1883 graduate of Missouri Medical College, which became a part of Washington Universty in 1899. He had lived in Harrison, Boone County, Arkansas, before coming to St. Louis and graduated after only a year of study. He had a preceptor, or doctor, who sponsored him whoes name was Dr. G.C. Keele -Tyson Genealogy Network, Vol 8, No. 4, Dec 2003. p 8

Obituary:
Rites to day for Dr. Tyson: Body of Physican to Lie in State:
Funeral services for Dr. L.C. Tyson, a resident of Withita Falls since 1893 and one of the city's pioneer physicians will be held at 3 O'clock Wednesday afternoon from the First Christian Church... Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery with the Hines Mortuary in charge of arrangements.
Resident here 37 Years: Dr. Tyson, who has been in failing health since the death of his son, Dr. W.S. Tyson in June 1928, died at the family residence about 12:45 Tuesday afternoon. He had been confined to his home during the past 20 months.
The pioneer physician and rancher was born in Rome, Ga., Nov 26, 1849. From the close of the Civil War until 1893 helived at Harrison, Ar, and fromthere moved to Wichita Falls, where he has since made his home. Dr. Tyson retired from active practice of medicine in 1919 t the time he was able to put his practice into the hands of his son. During those years here he gained a wide-spread recognition and his friends still tell of the days when Quanah Parker, Comanche chief, brought his entire tribe here for the treatment at the hands of Dr. Tyson. After his retirement, Dr. Tyson maintained his interest in farming, stock raising, and particularly in irrigation problems. On his ranch northeast of the city he had installed a private irrigation system and his interests have included a detailed study of the problem as it is worked out in Colorado and other parts of the country.
The physician had been a member of the Christian Church for more than half a century. He was among the first members of the First Christian Church organized here, and was an elder emeritus at the time of his death.
Besides his wife, he is survived by seven daughters: Mrs. S.D. Martin of Crowell, Mrs. W.B. Calhoun of Cisco, Mrs. A.M. Johnson of Lubbock, Mrs. L.W. Hill of Dallas, Mrs. S.H. Rider, Misses Catherine and Frances Tyson, all of Wichita Falls; two sons, J.W. and J.E. Tyson, both of this city; two sisters, Mrs. S.J. Smith of Muskogee, Oklahoma, and Mrs. A.L. Woodruff of Harrison, Arkansas; one brother, W.D. Tyson of Rosebud.- Tyson Genealogy Network, Vol 8, No 4, Dec 2003, p10

More About DR. LEWIS CASS TYSON:
Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Wichital Falls, Tx
Religion: 1st Christ.

More About NANCY E. KEELE:
Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Wichital Falls, Tx

Marriage Notes for LEWIS TYSON and NANCY KEELE:
In the early part of their marriage they took an orphaned neighbor boy into their home where he for about ten years, or until he married. The boy's name was Robert Hudson, and he married Josie James.
-Tyson Genealogy Network, Vol 8, No. 4, Dec 2003. p 8

Notes for MARTHA CATHERINE "MATTIE" KERLEY:
Martha was 1 of 17 children.

Obituarly:
Mrs. Martha Tyson, pioneer resident of Witchita Falls, died early Friday morning in a Wichita Falls rest home.
A life-time member of the First Christian Church, Mr. Tyson knew 20 ministers of the church that she joined when she moved to Wichita Falls in 1895.
Born Dec.2 1872, in Pocianhontas County, Arkansas, Mrs. Tyson married Dr. L.C. Tyson in Bonham, Texas. Following the death of her husband, Mrs. Tyson lived with a daughter, Mrs. S.H. Rider, 2009 Victory. Living through two depressions in the city, the Tyson family was at Ninth and Baylor, now the site of Luby's Cafeteria.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Hampton-Vaughn Funeral home with Dr. William E. Wright, Pastor of the First Christian Church officiating. Burial will be in Riverdale Cemetery.
Survivors include a son, Joe Tyson, Wichita Falls; five daughters, Mrs. S.H. Rider, 2009 Victory, Mrs. Ross Crittenden, Alburquerque, NM, Mrs. Bryan Ashlock, Albuquerque, NM; Mrs. L.W. Hill, Dallas, and Mrs. A.M. Johnson, Fort Worth, several nieces and nephews, 12 grandchildren, and 17 great-grandchildren.
The Wichita Falls Times.- Tyson Genealogy Network, Vol 8, No 4, Dec 2003, p12

More About MARTHA CATHERINE "MATTIE" KERLEY:
Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Wichital Falls, Tx
Religion: 1st Christ.

Children of LEWIS TYSON and NANCY KEELE are:
363. i. DR. WALTER SCOTT10 TYSON, b. 24 Jul 1884, , Boone, Ar; d. 28 Jun 1928, Wichita Falls, , Tx.
364. ii. VIRGIE IRENE TYSON, b. 23 Sep 1886, , Boone, Ar; d. Unknown, Crowell, Foard, Tx.
iii. LEWIS AMOS TYSON, b. 1889, , Boone, Ar; d. Unknown, , , Ca.

Notes for LEWIS AMOS TYSON:
Six years old when his mother died.
Disappeared. He never married.

365. iv. ALICE MAHALIA TYSON, b. 07 Dec 1891, , Boone, Ar; d. 25 Sep 1958, Tyler, Smith, Tx.
366. v. GOLDIE TYSON, b. 09 Sep 1893, Wichita Falls, , Tx; d. 17 May 1974, Dallas, Dallas Co, Tx.
367. vi. NANCY ELIZABETH TYSON, b. 28 Aug 1895, Wichita Falls, , Tx; d. 04 Aug 1970, Dallas, Dallas Co, Tx.


Children of LEWIS TYSON and MARTHA KERLEY are:
368. vii. JOSIAH WILLIAM10 TYSON, b. 03 Oct 1896, Wichita Falls, , Tx; d. 11 Jan 1973, Wichita Falls, , Tx.
369. viii. FLORENCE TYSON, b. 19 Aug 1898, Wichita Falls, Wichita Co , Tx; d. 19 Feb 1984, Houston, Harris Co , Tx.
370. ix. MARTHA CATHERINE TYSON, b. 06 Sep 1900, Wichita Falls, Tx; d. 06 Jan 1987, Albuquerque, , NM.
371. x. JOHN EVERETT TYSON, b. 09 Sep 1904, Wichita Falls, , Tx; d. 01 Jul 1962, Compton, LA Co, Ca.
xi. ALEX BARTON TYSON, b. 25 Feb 1906, Wichita Falls, , Tx; d. 10 Dec 1918.

Notes for ALEX BARTON TYSON:
On a bicycle and ran over a car - killed.

More About ALEX BARTON TYSON:
Lived: 12 years.

372. xii. FRANCES LOUISE TYSON, b. 27 Nov 1912, Wichita Falls, , Tx; d. 30 Jan 1989, Baco Raton, Palm Beach Co, Fl.


247. ALEXANDER D.9 TYSON (DIXON8, WILLIAM7, JEHU6, JOHN5, THOMAS4, MATHIAS3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 17 Feb 1844, and died Unknown. He married SALLY. She was born Oct 1845, and died Unknown.

More About ALEXANDER D. TYSON:
Census: 1900, Carroll Co., Ga

Children of ALEXANDER TYSON and SALLY are:
i. ALEXANDER D.10 TYSON, JR., b. 1876; d. Unknown.
ii. RAIGIEL TYSON, b. Aft. 1876; d. Unknown.


248. EMILY FANNIE9 TYSON (CLEMENT8, WILLIAM7, JEHU6, JOHN5, THOMAS4, MATHIAS3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1)90 was born 1856 in , Carroll Co , Ga, and died 01 May 1932 in , Douglas Co, Ga. She married MOSES MORRIS91, son of MOSES MORRIS and SARAH. He was born 16 Feb 1841 in , Cobb Co, Ga, and died 16 Mar 1924 in , Douglas Co, Ga.

More About EMILY FANNIE TYSON:
Burial: New Hope Cemetery, Villa Rica, Carroll Co, Ga

Children of EMILY TYSON and MOSES MORRIS are:
i. EDWARD F. "EDDIE"10 MORRIS92, b. Abt. 1876, , , Ga; d. Unknown; m. MARY "MOLLIE" HALLMAN, 1895, , , Ga92; b. , , Ga.
ii. ISAM M. MORRIS93, b. Aft. 1878, , , Ga; d. Unknown; m. LILLA SMITH; b. 1891, , , Ga; d. Unknown.
373. iii. JESSE OWEN MORRIS, b. 30 Sep 1881, , , Ga; d. 03 Feb 1933, Douglasville, Douglas Co, Ga.
374. iv. MOSE MORRIS, JR, b. Nov 1884, , , Ga; d. 13 Jan 1935, Villa Rica, Carroll Co, Ga.
v. HENRY A. MORRIS, b. 1885, , , Ga; d. 1950, Villa Rica, Carroll Co, Ga; m. MONTIE M. SHEFFIELD; b. 1882; d. 1962.

More About HENRY A. MORRIS:
Burial: New Hope Cemetery, Vill rica, Carroll Co, Ga

More About MONTIE M. SHEFFIELD:
Burial: New Hope Cemetery, Vill rica, Carroll Co, Ga

vi. ALICE MORRIS, b. Jan 1889, , , Ga; d. Unknown.

Notes for ALICE MORRIS:
Never married.

375. vii. JACKSON AMBROSE MORRIS, b. 22 Nov 1891, , Douglas Co, Ga; d. 23 Jan 1965, , Carroll Co , Ga.
376. viii. JOSEPH "JOE" MORRIS, b. Nov 1893; d. Unknown.
ix. NANCY MORRIS, b. Nov 1895, , , Ga; d. Unknown.
377. x. CLEM MORRIS, b. 10 Jul 1898, , , Ga; d. 27 Aug 1961.


249. MARION9 TYSON (CLEMENT8, WILLIAM7, JEHU6, JOHN5, THOMAS4, MATHIAS3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 1858, and died Unknown. He married KATE MORNEY94.

Children of MARION TYSON and KATE MORNEY are:
i. NANCY A.10 TYSON95, b. Aft. 1878; d. Unknown.
ii. BESSIE TYSON96, b. Aft. 1878; d. Unknown.
iii. CLEM TYSON, b. Aft. 1878; d. Unknown.
iv. HANCE TYSON, b. Aft. 1878; d. Unknown.

My Tyson Genealogy, part 28

The bold fonts point out stuff away from the regular.

170. JAMES8 TISON (CORNELIUS7, CORNELIUS6 TYSON, MOSES5, CORNELIUS4, MATHIAS3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 1825, and died Unknown. He married MARTHA GRANTHAM. She was born 1826, and died Unknown.

Children of JAMES TISON and MARTHA GRANTHAM are:
i. JAMES9 TISON, b. 1846; d. Unknown.
ii. MARY TISON, b. 1850; d. Unknown.
iii. BARBARA TISON, b. 1851; d. Unknown.
iv. NANCY TISON, b. 1853; d. Unknown.
v. CORNELIUS TISON, b. 1856; d. Unknown.
vi. JOYEY TISON, b. 1857; d. Unknown.
vii. ADILINE TISON, b. 1859; d. Unknown.


171. SEABORN8 TISON (CORNELIUS7, CORNELIUS6 TYSON, MOSES5, CORNELIUS4, MATHIAS3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 13 Sep 1827, and died 1905. He married (1) NANCY GRINER 04 Nov 1852. She was born 14 May 1836, and died 01 Apr 1862. He married (2) RACHEL BENNETT 25 Jul 1866 in , Barrien, Ga, daughter of WILLIAM BENNETT. She was born 22 Dec 1848, and died Unknown.

Notes for SEABORN TISON:
He fathered children (17) over a period of almost thirty-seven years.
More About SEABORN TISON:
Military service: Civil War

Children of SEABORN TISON and NANCY GRINER are:
i. DANIEL WEBSTER9 TISON, b. 28 Oct 1854; d. Unknown; m. AMANDA NEWBERN, 04 Dec 1877; b. Aft. 1854; d. Unknown.
ii. JASPER C. TISON, b. 20 May 1856; d. Unknown; m. MARTHA GOODMAN; b. Aft. 1856; d. Unknown.
iii. MARTIN J. TISON, b. 10 Jul 1858; d. Unknown; m. ADELINE YOUNG, 07 Feb 1878; b. Abt. 1860; d. Unknown.
iv. ALETHIA TISON, b. 06 Nov 1859; d. Unknown.

Notes for ALETHIA TISON:
Never married.


Children of SEABORN TISON and RACHEL BENNETT are:
v. JEREMIAH9 TISON, b. 11 Aug 1867; d. Unknown; m. LAURA GASKINS; b. Abt. 1870; d. Unknown.
vi. NANCY TISON, b. 16 Feb 1869; d. Unknown; m. JOHN MALCOLM BRADFORD, 06 Oct 1887; b. Bef. 1869; d. Unknown.
vii. POLLIE ANN TISON, b. 15 Mar 1871; d. Unknown; m. JOHN W. ELDRIDGE, 22 Mar 1891; b. Abt. 1870; d. Unknown.
viii. NEWTON A. TISON, b. 14 Aug 1873; d. Unknown.
ix. MATHEW TISON, b. 18 Jan 1875; d. Unknown; m. JOSEPHINE BRAXTON; b. Abt. 1875; d. Unknown.
x. JOHN TILLMAN TISON, b. 27 May 1876; d. Unknown; m. WINNIE HUNDLEY; b. Aft. 1876; d. Unknown.
xi. EDWIN TISON, b. 18 Apr 1879; d. Unknown; m. GOLDIE LOTT; b. Abt. 1880; d. Unknown.
xii. ARCHIE TISON, b. 17 Feb 1881; d. Unknown; m. JESSIE RODGERS; b. Aft. 1881; d. Unknown.
xiii. MABLE/MAE TISON, b. 02 Nov 1883; d. Unknown; m. BARTOW HARNAGE; b. Bef. 1883; d. Unknown.
xiv. EFFIE TISON, b. 03 May 1885; d. Unknown; m. LYMAN HUGHES; b. Bef. 1885; d. Unknown.
xv. MAGGIE T. TISON, b. 03 Apr 1886; d. Unknown; m. SHERMAN HARNAGE; b. Bef. 1886; d. Unknown.
xvi. AUSTIN TISON, b. 13 Jan 1887; d. Unknown; m. JANIE SPELLS; b. Aft. 1887; d. Unknown.
xvii. WILLIAM MARCUS TISON, b. 15 Nov 1891; d. Unknown; m. ERNESTINE HYATT; b. Aft. 1891; d. Unknown.


172. SIMEON8 TISON (CORNELIUS7, CORNELIUS6 TYSON, MOSES5, CORNELIUS4, MATHIAS3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 1829 in , , Ga, and died Unknown. He married ELIZABETH J. UNKNOWN. She was born Abt. 1830, and died Unknown.

More About SIMEON TISON:
Military service: Civil War

Children of SIMEON TISON and ELIZABETH UNKNOWN are:
i. MOSES C.9 TISON, b. 1856; d. Unknown.
ii. RACHEL M. TISON, b. 1858; d. Unknown.
iii. SARAH J. TISON, b. 1859; d. Unknown.


173. LANEY LOUISE8 JOYNER (ELIZABETH7 TYSON, MOSES6, MOSES5, CORNELIUS4, MATHIAS3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1)70 was born 1819, and died Unknown. She married JOHN JOYNER TYSON Apr 1835, son of JOAB TYSON and ANNA JOYNER. He was born 1814 in , , Ga, and died 1868.

Notes for JOHN JOYNER TYSON:
Family tradition is that his parents moved the family to Georgia to work turpentine but they all died of typhoid fever except John, about 14. He came all the way back to Pitt County on a mule.
Children are listed above under (77) John Joyner TYSON.

174. LOUISA8 JOYNER (ELIZABETH7 TYSON, MOSES6, MOSES5, CORNELIUS4, MATHIAS3, JOHN2, UNKNOWN1) was born 12 Sep 1812 in , Pitt Co, NC, and died 11 Jul 1882 in , Pitt Co, NC. She married MOSES TYSON71 28 Jan 1836 in , Pitt Co, NC, son of SETH TYSON and LANEY HARPER. He was born 10 Jan 1814 in , Pitt Co, NC, and died 18 Mar 1880 in , Pitt Co, NC.

Child of LOUISA JOYNER and MOSES TYSON is:
318. i. JOEL BENJAMIN9 TYSON, b. Apr 1852, , Pitt Co, NC; d. 21 Jan 1894, , Pitt Co, NC.

Years Ago and also Years Before That

In today's MARIETTA DAILY JOURNAL there is a reprint of an article from their July 9, 1908 issue. Over 101 years ago.

The article is about the Kennesaw Chapter of the U.D.C. (United Daughters of the Confederacy) unveiling the Confederate Memorial at Marietta's Confederate Cemetery.

According to the article it was a big event. People dressed in their finest and most elite of the southern elite were the speakers.

Above is a picture of my great aunt, Lela Octavia "Tade" Tyson Carr (1886 - 1857). I am guessing she posed with the memorial very shortly after the dedication, maybe that same day.

Aunt Tade lived near Acworth Beach. As kids we would briefly visit her while waiting on daddy to pick us up after we had a day of fun on the beach. She died not too many years after that little segment of our lives.

3 Tysons in a Yard

These are three of my grandmother Minnie Tyson Hunter’s siblings. From left to right, Ed Tyson, Anne Tyson Crowder, and Will Tyson.

I think the picture was taken in the front yard of the Hunter house on Manget Street by the placement of the overhead tree foliage and the telephone pole. If I could see me dangling from a limb, I would know for sure.

3 Tyson Sisters

Three Tyson Sisters

These three sisters are Annie Alice Tyson Crowder (1893-1979), Lela Octavia “Tade” Tyson Carr 1886 – 1957), and my grandmother Minnie Victoria Tyson Hunter (1879-1948).

They were the daughters of Obediah Hargraves Tyson (1852-1919) and Nancy Elizabeth Huey (1854-1938).

See how Tade holds her head back at an angle – she appears to be judgmental and does not approve of what she sees. Don’t let it bother you, that was her natural look. She lived close to Acworth Lake Beach, only a block or two away. My sister Frances and I dropped by to visit her from time to time when we went to the beach – well, at least two times anyway.

They were all born, along with their other sisters and brothers near the intersection of Highway 92 and Bells Ferry Road in Cherokee County, just a mile or so from the Cobb County line.

In fact, I received an email today from a historical landmark researcher concerning the old Tyson property – here is part of it:

The Bells Ferry & Hwy. 92 area also has some historical significance. During June 10-12, 1864, Union General Kennard Garrard, commanding the Army of the Cumberland's 2nd. Cavalry Division, consisting of three separate brigades, was camped at the Tyson family farm near the intersection. At that time in Union reports and a map that Garrard submitted to General William T. Sherman, showed the location as "Tyson's Crossroads". From that point, the Union cavalry moved east on Hwy. 92 to Canton Road where they skirmished with Confederate cavalry of General Wheeler.

Aunt Annie

This is my great aunt Annie Tyson Crowder (1893-1979) as a teenager. She and my grandmother were sisters. The way she is holding those flowers she looks like a disenchanted teenager. She was born between Woodstock and Acworth in the area of Hwy 92 and Bells Ferry Road. She married Tom Crowder and they lived in the Fair Oaks area of Marietta. They had two children. One, a daughter, never married and her son was killed in WWII. Her son and his wife had a son named Terry which Annie had a great love for. Terry is one of those who only gets to see his birth date come around every four years. What day of what month was he born?

Terry and I were playmates in the 40s.

His mother remarried the heir of a big-name food company. And they moved away. I saw him at his aunt’s funeral in the 90s, and I am not sure he remembered me, although we played together almost every day for a couple of years.

Somebody ought to write an article about me in The Reader’s Digest under the title, “The Most Forgettable Character I Have Ever Met.”

Stanley & Kin

These two pictures were taken when my uncle Stanley returned from doing his part in WWII.

Stanley fought on the Beaches of Normandy, on D-Day, December 6th, 1944. He didn’t like to talk about it.

In one picture he has his arms around two of his aunts, who are sisters. On the left is Tade Tyson Carr and on the right is Anne Tyson Crowder.

The other picture, a couple more people have been added: Anne’s daughter Evelyn Crowder and Stanley’s nephew Jimmy.

Notice that Tade, no matter what, has a disapproving look or sneer on her face.

All in these two pictures are dead now.

Tyson Sisters

This is my grandmother with her two sisters. The one of the left is Anne, then Octavia (Tade), and my grandmother Minnie Tyson Hunter is on the far right.

Notice how Tade is looking disapprovingly at Minnie? I think Tade did that a lot: look at Minnie in a judgmental way. I wonder why.

Frank and Minnie

These were my grandparents Frank and Minnie. By their looks and the fact they are both alive, I would estimate the time the picture about 1946. Minnie died in 1948 at age 69, Frank died two years later.

You may recall a previous blog where I told of Frank saving my life after my pajamamas caught on fire. That happened after between 1948 and 1950 (Frank died in 1950).

Herbert and Ed

This is my a picture of my uncle Herbert and my great-uncle Ed on the prowl. That looks like a female on a horseless carriage (for real) or a horseless surry. Uncle Ed was born in 1888 and Herbert was born in 1901. From that, I would guesstamate that the picture was taken about 1921 or 1922.

At the time they were both single and fancy-free. What were they going to do, take the horses place to give the young lady a ride?

Brothers Ed & Will

You have met my great uncles Ed and Will before.

Ed was sporting a WWI uniform. Will was sitting in a touring car prop in a portrait studio.

They lived about 1000 feet from one another since they left their parents' household, but rarely saw each other I understand. So, this is a rare picture of them together.

I wonder what they are talking about or thinking. Each is probably scheming on how to get his hands on the other's money.

Both of them are proof that you CAN take it with you.

Speaking of Car... Carr, whatever

Speaking of old cars and Uncle Will. Here is his sister, Octavia "Tade" with her real old car.... and incidentally, that is her married name Carr.

Records show she married E.G. Carr. When I was a preteen I used use her big old house as a pickup point for either my sister or father. She lived only a block from Acworth Beach, which was a fun place to go and hangout.

Her husband died before I met him and they had no children. I remember her as an old snoot who was very judgmental but also very accommodating.