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WAYNE CO., IL

1884 BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES

FOUR MILE TWP

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JOHN TYLER., merchant Wayne City, was born December 10, 1852, in Barnhill Township, Wayne Co., Ill., son of Henry Tyler, a native of Wayne County, Ill.

He is a farmer by occupation, and has been connected with the township offices of Barnhill Township, and at present is Township Corn missioner. He is well known as a successful farmer, and an active member of the General Baptist Church.

His father, Henry Tyler, Sr., was of Irish descent. He came from Virginia, settling in this county about 1820, and may be classed among our pioneers. His wife, Betsey (Miller) Tyler, of Dutch descent, reared a large family, of whom only Jahalon and Henry Tyler are now living. The mother of our subject, Sarah (O'Neal) Tyler, was a native of White County, III. She was the mother of eight children - Alice Caudal, deceased; John, Charles, William, Edward B., Samuel, George W. and Laura L., who are twins.

Our subject, John Tyler, went to school in Wayne County. In early life, he tilled the soil on his father's farm. At the age of twenty-one, he went to White County, where he worked four years for George Hunsinger, and one year for Ezekiel Hunsinger, and then went to Ellis County, Texas, where he worked two years on a farm for Ira Green, and then went to Southwest Missouri, where he worked one year in a flouring mill for McDaniel & Co., . in Carthage.

On August 19, 1880, he once more returned to his native county, where he worked at the carpenter trade three years, and then came to Wayne City, where he bought lots and built a house himself, in which he keeps a hardware store, supplying a long-felt want in the town and country. Mr. Tyler is well known for his steady habits and strict attention to business. He is identified with the Democratic party in polities, and is a member of the I. O. O. F., Wayne City Lodge, No. 558.