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Sarah Shannah Roney Tyler

16 Nov 1816 – 26 Jul 1892

Birth16 Nov 1816
Death26 Jul 1892
CemeteryGreenwood Cemetery
Decatur , Macon County , Illinois , USA
Added bykpet on 30 Jul 2010
FaGhttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32422474

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Sarah Roney is the daughter of James and Mary 'Eakin' (Aiken) Roney. She married John W Tyler. John and Sarah had 11 children: Benjamin Bushrod, Susan Frances, James Alexander, Barton Stone, Charles Willis, Joseph Zachery, Henry Clay, Mary Edna, Elizabeth Ann, Charles Henry and Alice Sarah. Mrs. Sarah Tyler died yesterday morning at 9 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. A. Meriweather, 430 West Main street. Her death was not altogether unexpected. For some time it has been known that she could not recover, but it was thought she would live much longer. Two days ago, however, she got much worse, and anxious friends saw that the end was near. Last May the family saw that Mrs. Tyler was far from well. In the hope that a change of climate would help she went to Denver to spend the summer with a daughter. She got worse there steadily and returned early in June. For some time her ailment was a mystery. Last Friday the physicians decided it was cancer of the stomach. Sarah Roney was born in Shelby county, Ky., November 16, 1816 and came to Illinois with a father in 1832, settling in what is now Moultrie county. On Feb. 28, 1839, she was united in marriage to the late Rev. J. W. Tyler. Eleven children were born to them; eight of whom survive. They are Rev. B. B. Tyler of New York, Rev. J. Z. Tyler of Cleveland, O., Mrs. S. D. Cook of Denver, Col., Mrs. Sue F. Odor, B. S. Tyler, Mrs. J. A. Meriweather, C. H. Tyler and Miss Alice Tyler of this city. James A. Tyler died in 1876. There are three step-children, Theodore Tyler, who died in August, '69, John W. Tyler of this city, and Nancy J. Housley, of Grove City. Rev. Tyler passed from this life on the morning of July 16, 1888, at the age of 79 years, 8 months and 28 days, from the effect of injuries received the previous day. Mr. and Mrs. Tyler, at their marriage, settled upon what is known as the Tyler farm in Long Creek township, where they resided until 1872, when they purchased the Tyler homestead, at the corner of Main and North street. Rev. Tyler was the pioneer minister of the Christian church in Central Illinois, living to assist in celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of some of the organizations. During the absence of her husband upon the duties of the ministry, Mrs. Tyler superintended the management of their farm and assumed the care and responsibility of a large family, and grandly and cheerfully did she perform the work that fell along her pathway. The death of Mrs. Tyler marked the close of a rarely useful life. No one was ever known to speak ill of Mrs. Tyler, and no woman had as many friends in the city. She was held in the greatest respect by her children, and though all were grown and many were hundreds of miles away from her, all were perfectly devoted to her. They came back to her and looked back to her with a fondness that is rare. To the very last Mrs. Tyler's intellect was clear. The same thoughtful regard for others that has marked her whole life characterized her last days. She was one woman among a thousand. The time of the funeral will not be announced till the arrival of her sons, Rev. B.B. and J. Z. Tyler. Decatur, IL Daily Review, July 27, 1892, p 3 Further information on children: Charles Henry married Arabella Saxton (or Massinger) 18 Nov 1903 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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