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Henry A. Tyler Sr

10 Jan 1834 – 5 Oct 1895

Birth	10 Jan 1834
Death	5 Oct 1895
Cemetery	Linwood Cemetery Columbus , Muscogee County , Georgia , USA
Added by	Michael Dover on 06 May 2008
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26619055

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Surname on one threshold of this lot is GRAY, and on another threshold, TYLER.

Bio

Not originally buried in Linwood Cemetery. There's no record of his being interred here in October 1895. The sexton's ledger book shows: Henry A. TYLER, born in Columbus, Georgia, was reinterred 13 MAR 1897, in Section 2, Lot 1013. "Remanes brought here from Piniopolis [= Pinopolis, Berkley County], S.C.; died Oct. 4, 1895, near Monk Co [= Monck's Corner, Berkley County], S.C." Death of Mr. Henry A. Tyler, of Middle Saint Matthew's Mr. Henry A. Tyler was taken ill at his home, Camaron, SC last spring with complicated heart trouble, and dropsy of the chest. Dr. Pou and Dr. Anerum, of Abbeville, were summoned and give him temporary relief. His case was hopeless from the beginning, but he rallied and was requested to try the mineral waters and Artesian baths at Chicora, SC. There he went to his brother, John S. Tyler, to be treated. The waters proved beneficial for a limited time, but he began to grow worse. Dr. Joseph P. Cain, of Pinopolis attended him and handled his case well until he began to sink rapidly, when the end came suddenly at the above place, on the morning of the 5th of October, 1895. He was interred there, but will be reinterred at the family lot in the Cemetery at Columbus, GA, later. Mr. Tyler was the eldest son of John Alonzo Tyler and Margaret Elizabeth Jamison, and was born at his father's plantation, "White Hill," near Orangeburg, fifty-eight years ago. He was connected with the oldest families of South Carolina and Virginia, being descended from Gen. Jacob Rumph, of the Revolutionary War, and the Prince William County, Tylers, who settled at Williamsburg, VA in 1646. He was the granson of Dr. V. D. V. Jamison and was a nephew of Gen. D. F. Jamison. Mr. Tyler's father removed to Columbus, GA and he was then adopted by his relative, Col. I. D. Wilson, of Society Hill, where he spent his boyhood days, and after obtaining his education, he went Charleston, and entered the mercantile business until the war came on. He then entered the war, and fought bravely for the Confederate cause. At the beginning of the war he went out with the Edisto Rifles, of Orangeburg, then in command of Gen. James F. Izlar. But afterwards he joined the Darlington Grays in Virginia and was at the first battle of Manassas and in all the principal battles of Virginia. He served as orderly for Col. Cash and on the staff of Gen. D. R. Jones, of Macon, as sergeant major. At the close of the war he returned to Charleston, but soonabandoned his mercantile life and afterwards married Miss Julia Zimmerman, daughter of the lated John H. Zimmerman, one of the wealthest cotton planters of Middle St. Matthew's. He then became engaged in planting, and remained in that occupation until his death. He leaves a wife and four promising sons to mourn his death. NOTE: Henry A. Tyler's obituary was contributed by his nephew, David A. Tyler (1894-1971), Cross, SC. to the Georgia Archives (date unknown). The son of John S. and Bertha (Cross) Tyler. Son of John Alonzo and Elizabeth M. (Jamison) Tyler Husband of Julia (Zimmerman) Tyler, daughter of John H. (#95171094 and Ann Rachel Elizabeth (Miller) Zimmerman (#95171142). Their children were ... 1. Harry Alonzo Tyler 2. St. Julian Augustus Tyler 3. Albert Lesseline Tyler 4. Henry A. Tyler, Jr.

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A Confederate Civil War Veteran, he was in the battle of Ft. Sumter in 1861 and surrendered with J. E. Johnston in 1865

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Julia Zimmerman Tyler 1844–1926 FaG

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