Tade and Car

Octavia "Tade" Tyson Carr of Acworth

Tade is our grandmother Minnie Victoria Tyson Hunter's (1879-1948) sister. 

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Annie

This is Aunt Annie Tyson (1893-1979). She is our grandmother Minnie Tyson Hunter's sister. She married Thomas Orlando Crowder. They had two children, Evelyn and Horace. They lived in the Fair Oaks area of Marietta.

In this picture Annie looks to about 12 or 13. By her expression she looks as though her boyfriend might have just jilted her.

Ruby Laura Tyson

Meet Ruby Laura Tyson. A new old picture of a relative. Ruby was born 1904, in Gordon, Palo, Texas. Her parents are John Forrest Tyson (1863-1936) and Ida Judson Gilbreath (1863-1907). From the dates I have, Ruby was only about 3 years old when her mother died. She married Frank Williams born 1902). I do not have any information yet of their destiny. I think it is a good picture.

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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.   

Tysons on Hwy 92

2015.  James Tyson and his aunt Ann Tyson Brown in the Bascomb Methodist Cemetery, Cherokee County,  to attend the burial of Billy Tyson (1927-2015).  Billy is James's father and Ann's brother.

Billy owned Tyson's Garage at the corner of Hwy 92 and Wade Green Road. 

The last time I spoke to Billy, at the funeral of our aunt Ann Tyson Crowder,  he told a group of Asian Investors wanted some Tyson land on Hwy 92 and they gave him something like $100,000 to hold it for them a certain time period.  The ending date came and passed.  He never heard a word from them again.   $$$$$

This is James Ephrah Kuykendall (1848 - 1915) and his wife Eliza Frances "Fannie" Tyson (1844-1927)   James is the son of John Kuykendall (1817-1890) and Matha "Mattie" Tate (b abt 1820). 

James and Fannie are Anna's great great grand parents.  Fannie is the daughter of Robert Cabel Tyson (1821-1864) and Sarah Moody (1815-1896), my great great grandparents. Small world!

  The young Adults are Avie and Arch Kuykendall.

James and Fannie Tyson Kuykendall had the following children:

Louisa "Lula Kuykendall (1868-1923) m. Henry Gable Wright
William Obediah Kuykendall (1870-1935) m. Sarah Elizabeth Morris.
Levi A. Kuykendall (1872- ?  ).
Sarah A. Kuykdendall (1875-1899).
Robert A. Kuykdendall (1877 -  ?  ) m. Georgia Wheeler
A.A. Kuykendall (1877 -   ?  ).
Ola E. "Ollive" Kuykendall (1879 -   ?   ) m. D. F. Sheffield.
George Ephram Kuykendall (1880-1960) m. Leola Cook.
Arch F. Kuykendall (1883 -  ?  ).
Avis E. Kuykendall (1890-1974) m. Talmadge Guinin. 

Arch Kuykendall

George Kuykendall

Rob Kuykdendall

D.F. Sheffield & Ollive Kuykendall

William Kuykdendall

Tysons in History Like Forest Gump

Above: My great grandparents Obediah Hargraves Tyson (1852-1919) and Nancy Elizabeth Huey (1854-1938).  Some times when doing family research if someone has a surname as a middle name it is a clue of another family line to look for.  As you can see Obediah's middle name is Hargraves, which is probably a family surname.  I  have looked all over and only found the name Hargaves one time close to the Tyson family:  Obediah grandfather was named Eugene Hargraves Tyson.  But he was not named this by his parents Job Tyson and Frances Eliza Herring; They named him Job Tyson, Jr.  After they died Eugene's oldest sister Winston Tyson adopted him and  changed his name from Job Jr to Eugene Hargraves Tyson.   The only Hargraves I found was somebody in their father's militia unit last name was Hargraves.   He must have been an impressible guy.

During the Revolutionary War Job Tyson, a young man played a teenage prank on the British and was caught.  He was sentenced to hang.  However, the general , Lord Cornwallis,  pardoned him, saying he was just doing a harmless mischievous prank and boys will be boys and he admired young Job's courage.

It was like the kiss of death.  To get high praise from the enemy's leader was a curse of the Devil.  He was considered a traitor to the cause.  He spent some time and effort showing he still hated the British, as much as they did.

I think his own daughter was still spiteful of him because of that, and when he died, she changed Job, Jr.'s name.

Speaking of Winston Tyson, she was a school teacher.  She saw to it that  her adoptee went to best college in Georgia, Franklin College in Athens, which later change its name to the University of Georgia.

Also Winston might have  altered the course of history by being hired as a teacher on the Mulberry Plantation, near Savannah.   The Mulberry Plantation was a gift from the state of Georgia to General Nathan Greene and his heroic effort in the Revolutionary War, but he died before Winston was hired there as a teacher.

Have you hear the story of Eli Whitney going to the Mulberry Plantation to apply for a teacher but found that the position had already been filled?   Mrs Green invited him to stay a few days as a guest before he went on his journey back to wherever he came from.  While there, he invented the Cotton Gin, with the help of Mrs. Green's comb.

I think maybe Winston Tyson was the one that beat him to the job....the time fits.

Ruby Laura Tyson (1904-? )

Meet my 2nd cousin, twice removed,  Ruby Laura Tyson.   A new old picture of a relative.  Ruby was born 1904, in Gordon, Palo, Texas.  Her parents are John Forrest Tyson (1863-1936) and  Ida Judson Gilbreath  (1863-1907).  From the dates I have, Ruby was only about 3 years old when her mother died.  She married Frank Williams born 1902).  I do not have any information yet of her their destiny. 

I think it is a good picture.

Tade's Body Language

The Confederate Memorial at the Confederate Cemetery in Marietta, Georgia.  

The lady on the right is my great aunt Octavia "Tade" Tyson Carr (1886-1957).  Although in the picture her face is not clear, I know it is her by the body language.  She held her head high and  appeared to be judgmental. 

Tade looking at her sister (my grandmother) Minnie Tyson Hunter.  To the left is their sister Annie Tyson Crowder.

Tade as a teenager.

Randy Newman Sings KING FISH

On my walk this morning I listened to Randy Newman.  One of the songs was King Fish, which is about Louisiana Governor Huey Long.   I paid attention to the words Huey Long is a distant Tyson relative.  I remember reading something about the Long family of Louisiana.  Interesting, Huey Long was tried to help out the little man when doing such a thing was frowned upon by the elite- well, it still is.     He even tried to give blacks equal rights and because of  that his wife tried to have him declared  insane.  True!  

Take it away Randy!

Gerald Flinchchum's Book

Gerald Flinchum

In Monday's Marietta Daily Journal and the Cherokee Tribune there was an article about  Gerald Flinchum and his book CROSSROADS, CREEKS, AND CLASHES: CIVIL WAR SKIRMISHES IN CHEROKEE IN NORTH COBB COUNTIES: 1864.  It looks like an interesting book if you have a historical interest in the area.

In 2004 on my blog chick-fat I published pictures of the Tyson Cemetery near Hwy 82 and Bells Ferry Road.  It is a small cemetery with only 4 marked graves and 3 or 4 unmarked graves.  Gerald Flinchum emailed and called me.  We set up a meeting place in a close business parking lot near the cemetery and I took him to see it.  He took detailed pictures because he told me he believed that some of Sherman's horsemen came through the area a few months before The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain.

Months after our meeting and looking at the  Tyson Cemetery he called me told me something to the effect there was a big skirmish in of Yankee Calvary men and Rebels  in the cemetery itself.

I am more than curious, it appears that my great  great grandfather Robert  Graves Tyson (1821-1864) ( died about the same time the skirmish happened.  Maybe this book will open up new facts.

Tyson Cemetery:

Eugene Hargraves Tyson

Frances Herring Tyson

Robert Cabel Tyson

Sarah Moody Tyson

Paul Everett Foster Taking a Spin in a Studio

The one closest to the camera is Anna's grandfather, Paul Everett Foster, Sr (1895 1936).

I commented on another photo a few weeks ago that back in the early 1900s  one of the props in portrait studios was the new fangled automobile.  See!  

These Jones men are brothers and cousins, also on Anna's side, her mother's mother's side.

This is Will Tyson.  He is on my side.  He is my father's mother's brother.  He knew how to pinch a penny until until it pleaded for mercy.

SUNDAY FUNNIES!! FLYING TIGERS AND TYSON GENEALOGY

Just a week or so ago I  said one of my Tyson relatives, Col Orlando Waller Wood was in the famous FLYING TIGERS.  flying unit in World War II.

Then, while flipping through EC Comics ACES HIGH I came across a story about the FLYING TIGERS illustrated by Wally Wood.   It was published in the 1950s. 

Here it is:

Octavia "Tade" Tyson Carr

My great aunt Octavia "Tade" Tyson Carr (1886-1957).  By the body language I think the lady on the right is Tade.   Tade was prideful,  and strong personality- Bellowing personality comes to find..  By her pictures she also appeared judgmental.   We used to use her house as a pickup and drop off point when we went to Acworth Beach.  I was either too young or just didn't care to let her judgmental way interfere with my loose way.  Here she is at the Confederate Memorial in the Confederate Cemetery in Marietta.

Lula Kuykendall Wright

Louisana "Lula" Kuykendall Wright (1868 -1923)

Lula was the first of ten children to James E. and Eliza "Fannie" Frances Tyson Kuykendall.  Fannie's father was Robert C. Tyson, my g-g-g grandfather and Fannie was Anna's g-g-g- grandmother, is why my wife and are distant cousins.

Fannie married Henry Gable Wright (1857-1936) Jan 13, 1880.

Allen Moody (1820 1872)

It is always nice and relaxing to read someone else's mail;  You  get to pry into the lives of other people without actually being involved..  Just ask a former Postal employee.    That is also why it is so nice to be a family reseacher.


Allen Moody (1820 - 1872)  

Allen Moody [5173], son of Allen Moody [141] and Nancy Murphy [142], was born on 29 Oct 1820 in Pendleton Dist, Pickens Co, SC, died on 23 Feb 1872 in Tunnel Hill, Whitfield Co, GA at age 51, and was buried in West Hill Cem., Dalton, Whitfield Co, GA.

General Notes: A letter written to William Moody from M.J. Moody:

New Orleans, La, Nov 16 1903

Dear Uncle,

     I have been a long time find out your post office and when I was at home in Dalton a few days a just learned that ya was still alive and got you mail at Jockey and nowI will write you a letter so I am proud to have the chance as writing you again.  How I learned that your post office was Jockey your son Alfred is at work for a R.R. co at contracting co. near Rockmart, Ga., and my brother William's son Bedney is at work for the same company near Rockmart and the boys found out each other and through Bedney I found out your post office and I want to come out and see you next summer when I come home and I want you to write me as often as you can for I am always pleased to hear from you and I hope everything will be so I can come and see you next summer.  I am still on the Railroad.  I am a conductor on a passenger train run from New Orleans to Vicksburg, Miss.  Have a good job an am doing well.  Have a very good start.  My wife and children live in Dalton, Ga., and my oldest girl is most grown and the second one is a good large girl.  I have 4 girls.  The 2 oldest have a very good education and play the piano.  I want to give them a fine shcooling and if nothing happens to me I will give them all a good education.  Now uncle write to me soon as you get this and I will write you often.  You can send my letters to Dalton, Ga., and my wife will forward them to me as she always know just where I am.  Uncle I will close for this time hoping that you and all the family are well and getting along alright.

     I remain as such, Your Nephew,

                M. J. Moody

               #1416 Peniston Street

                 New Orleans, La

Noted events in his life were:

•  He served in the military. Mexican War (applied for a pension)

Allen married Elizabeth J. Nichols [5174] [MRIN: 1877] on 21 Mar 1848. Elizabeth was born on 1 Mar 1824 in Greenville, , SC, died on 22 Feb 1901 in Tunnel Hill, Whitfield Co, GA at age 76, and was buried in West Hill Cem., Dalton, Whitfield Co, GA. They had eight children: Ora, Mary Bell, John Allen, Chloe Jane, William Christopher, Henry Bedney, Minnie, and Monroe Jackson.

This Date, March 14th, in History:

1794 Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin.

Do you know the story of background story of Eli Whitney inventing the cotton gin? Have you heard my version? If not, then I know you are a newcomer to this blog. Here, I’ll tell it again: General Nathan Greene, Revolutionary War hero, was given Mulberry Grove Plantation , close to Savannah, by the state of Georgia for their appreciation of him. After they got the plantation running the General died and his wife, Catharine “Caty” Littlefield Greene, was left in charge.

She had three rather famous visitors, at different times: One was George Washington to visit his old comrade. Another one was General “Lighthorse Harry” Lee, also a General of the Revolutionary War, who apparently came for the same reason , and both not learning of Nathaniel’s death until their arrival. “Lighthorse Harry” was Robert E. Lee’s father. Also, “Lighhorse Harry” died on his visit there.


The third visitor, apparently knew of Nathaniel’s death. He came to apply for a teacher’s job that Caty ran an ad in the papers. He didn’t get the job, because it had already been filled. Caty invited Eli to stay for a few days before his long journey back. While there, he invented the cotton gin and he needed one more item which he was going to have to make and Caty thought of her comb and gave it to him, and walla! The cotton gin was born.

Now, back to Eli arriving and finding out the teacher job had already been filled. I believe there is a strong possibility the person who filled that job was Winston Tyson, sister of my great-g-g grandfather Eugene Hargraves/Job Tyson. It is recorded that was a teacher for the Greene children at Mulberry Grove Plantation – I just can’t find the exact dates she taught there.



1879 Albert Einstein Ulm Germany, was born.(E=mc²/Theory of Relativity, Nobel 1921).

If Einstein stayed in Germany he would have probably been killed by the Nazis because of what he was, not who he was. I wonder how many very gifted people the United States Government let slip through their fingers because of what they were.

WHO DO I THINK I AM? WOW! Part 46

above- Drucilla Wilson Huey, wife of John T. Huey

My grandmother Minnie Victoria Tyson Hunter’s parents, or my great grandparents, were Obediah Hargraves Tyson (1852-1919) and Nancy Elizabeth Huey (1854-1938).

Nancy Parents were John T. Huey (1826-1891) and Drusilla Wilson (1825-1905).

John T. Huey was a large land owner and farmer. Those kind were exempted from fighting in the Confederate Army. That kind of people were the class that would gain the most but yet as far as fighting, not their problem – how fair is that?

But John went to war anyway. Money is money. And it was allowable for men obligated to fight to pay someone else to go to war for them.

John T. Huey enlisted in the CSA., as a substitute for John B. TIPPINS.

Here is his war timeline:

12 June 1862 - Confederacy, Co., B., 43rd Regiment, Reg Vol., Infrant Army of Tn.

April 1863 - Court marshaled in Vicksburg, Ms.

Jul 1863 - Federal captured his unit, signed an Oath of Allegiance to U.S.A.

Oct 1863 – Vicksburg - Back with Confederacy.

10 Dec 1863 – 13 Jan 1864 – AWOL.

I wish I could know what was not recorded. I’m sure it was interesting.


Another interesting fact:




1883 – John T. Huey donated 2.75 acres to Bascomb Methodist Church for their cemetery. John and a lot of his off spring is buried in the Bascomb Methodist Church Cemetery. Also his father James Buchannan Huey (1796-1862).

Notice James death year? 1862? 30 March 1862. That was just a couple of months before John enlisted into the Confederacy in the place of John B. Tippens. I wonder if the death of his father had any influence of John wanting to go to war.

Back to James B. Huey and the death year of 1862. He is buried at Bascomb, but the land for the cemetery was not there until 1883, about 21 years later after James’ death.

Is it feasible to say that the cemetery came to James?

You may have noticed that James Buchannan Huey and John T. Huey both had wives named Druscilla. Yep. I wondered about too, if there were some kind of cross-up but since they both have different living dates, I don’t think so.

WHO DO I THINK I AM? WOW! Part 45

Huey "Kingfish" Long
Earl Long
Follow this Eddie Hunter/Tyson Trail:

Edwin Tyson Hunter, Jr. (me) & Annemarie Paulette Prance
Edwin Tyson Hunter, Sr (1911-1988 & Ethel America “Janie” Petty
Minnie Victoria Tyson (1879-1948 & Frank Paris Hunter
Obediah Hargraves Tyson (1852-1910) & Nancy Elizabeth Huey
Robert Cabel Tyson (1821-1864) & Sarah Moody
Eugene Hargraves/Job Tyson (1798-1868) & Frances Eliza Portress Herring
Job Tyson (d1803) & Delitha Stanton
John Tyson (1723-1767) & Bethany Hines
Thomas Tyson (d1780) & Sabra Mason
Mathias Tyson (1836-1683) & Susanika Tyson.

Mathias and Susanika had 12 children. Among those children were Moses Tyson.
Lets follow this Tyson line down:

Moses Tyson(abt 1686 – abt 1710)
Aaron Tyson (1710-1781) & Mary Leath
John Tyson (1737-1791) & Mary May
William Tyson (abt 1783-1860) & Sarah Vince
James Edward Tyson (1811-1872) & Caroline Charlotte Albright

Caledonia Palestine Tyson (1860-1913) & Huey Pierce Long.

Huey and Caladonia Tyson Long had 10 children.
Two of them were:

Huey Pierce "Kingfish" Long (1893 – 1935) and Earl Kemp Long (1895-1960).

Here is what I have on Kingfish:

He had been a farm boy with little formal education beyond high school, but became governor of Louisiana and a United States senator. Long gained high office by calling for social reforms to benefit poor farmers and workers. He adopted the slogan "Every Man a King."
He was elected governor in 1928. As governor, he built roads and hospitals, provided free school- books, and established night schools to teach adults to read. In 1929, the Louisiana House of Reprensentatives voted to impeach Long on the charge of misusing state funds. But the state Senate aquitted him.

Long was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1930. He refused to resign as governor until 1932, when his handpicked successor was elected to the office and began to carry out Long's programs according to his orders.
Long organized the Share-the-Wealth Society, which promised homestead allowances and a minimum annual income for every American family. In 1935 he became a candidate for President. His candidacy threatened to split the Democratic Party.
But Long was shot on Sept. 8, 1935, in the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge by Carl A. Weiss, a physican. Long's bodyguards killed Weiss immediately. Long died two days later.
-The World Book Encylopedia, L, p395-396

Here is what I have on Earl:

He served three times as governor of Louisiana - from 1939 to 1940, from 1948 to 1952, and from 1956 to 1960. He was elected to the United States House of Represenatives 10 days before he died.
Earl and his brother Huey became polical foes in 1932 after Huey refused to name Earl as his organization's candidate for lieutenant governor.
He studied law at Tulane and Loyola universities.

His wife tried to get him legally declared insane and incompetent when he tried to get equal rights for blacks.

What these two connecting Tyson lines digest to is that I am 6th cousin, twice removed to the Long brothers.

To give you an idea how closely the relation is, it has been figured out that about almost every native commoner in England is at least 4th cousin to each other.

WHO DO I THINK I AM? WOW! Part 44

Job Tyson's parents were John Tyson (1723-1767) and Bethany Hines (1725-1780). Here is what I have under John's name:

John Tyson (ours, I presume, judging by the date) had a "wife or sister"
named Sibbey who was mean to the slaves. Two of them (Shade & Rose)
murdered her. One slave was valuable and was sent off and sold. The other
(useless, presumably) was convicted of murder and burned at the stake "by
the sheriff at or near the town of Martinborough!"

I don't see a Sibbey on my list (probably not her official name) but I
would be interested in finding this person. The article says that this was
supposed to have happened about 1783.
-David Warren (Sept 1999).

*****The Robbins line ,many of whom consider themselves Tyson descendants,
connects with my Tyson line and this will be explained in the narrative.
Although there's a strong oral history and many-many clues that tie both
lines to Tyson descendancy, there are no major document(s)which have been
uncovered that conclusively prove descendancy. Of course, this is typical of
genealogy involving the enslaved. What is exciting though, is that this is
the first time that the Robbins family will meet as an ENTIRE family. One
line of the family is extremely fair in complexion ;in fact, they can pass
for white, although most in the younger generation aren't trying and it's
not their mind set. In previous years, this line would not associate with
the Robbins lines which had more colour. So, the two lines had separate
reunions, because the elders of both lines denied being related to one
another and taught their children to have the same attitudes . Fortunately
today, most in the younger generations think this is all so silly and now
want a meeting of the entire family. After all, this does not change who
anyone is or how anyone chooses to identify oneself. The family photo will
surely resemble a mini United Nations.
- Judy Tyson Raymond - 1999

John was a justice, coroner, and colonel for the Pitt County Militia. - Elesa Hembree.