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Edmund Leighton Tyler

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Edmund Leighton Tyler Veteran

Birth
Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, USA
Death
11 Oct 1906 (aged 68)
Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Anniston, Calhoun County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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Maj. Edmund Leighton Tyler, son of Brig. Gen. Daniel Tyler and Emily Lee, b. May 2, 1838 at Norwich, Conn. He d. testate Oct. 11, 1906 at the City of Anniston, Alabama. Edmund's sister Gertrude Elizabeth (Tyler) Carow was the mother of Edith Kermit (Carow) Roosevelt, second wife and First Lady of U.S. Pres. Theodore Roosevelt.

On Mar. 16, 1906 at Washington, DC, Edmund m. as his only known wife, Belle Alston Webb, dau. of Lewis N. Webb and Lucy Mason, by whom he had two children possibly born at Savannah, GA - Lucy Mason (Tyler) Willett and Nellie Osgood (Tyler) Turner, both named by their full maiden name in Edmund's will dated Sept. 13, 1904 at Anniston, Alabama.

"The Atlanta Constitution," 14 October 1906, p. 23

FUNERAL OF MAJOR TYLER

Anniston, Ala., October 13 [Special] – Funeral services of the late Edmund L. Tyler were held this afternoon at 3 o'clock at Grace Episcopal church of which the deceased was a member. Rev. G. Glass, rector, assisted by the Rev. J. H. Blacklock, of St. Michael and A. H. Angels, officiated. The body was laid at rest in Hillside cemetery.

Revised 3/28/2016
Maj. Edmund Leighton Tyler, son of Brig. Gen. Daniel Tyler and Emily Lee, b. May 2, 1838 at Norwich, Conn. He d. testate Oct. 11, 1906 at the City of Anniston, Alabama. Edmund's sister Gertrude Elizabeth (Tyler) Carow was the mother of Edith Kermit (Carow) Roosevelt, second wife and First Lady of U.S. Pres. Theodore Roosevelt.

On Mar. 16, 1906 at Washington, DC, Edmund m. as his only known wife, Belle Alston Webb, dau. of Lewis N. Webb and Lucy Mason, by whom he had two children possibly born at Savannah, GA - Lucy Mason (Tyler) Willett and Nellie Osgood (Tyler) Turner, both named by their full maiden name in Edmund's will dated Sept. 13, 1904 at Anniston, Alabama.

"The Atlanta Constitution," 14 October 1906, p. 23

FUNERAL OF MAJOR TYLER

Anniston, Ala., October 13 [Special] – Funeral services of the late Edmund L. Tyler were held this afternoon at 3 o'clock at Grace Episcopal church of which the deceased was a member. Rev. G. Glass, rector, assisted by the Rev. J. H. Blacklock, of St. Michael and A. H. Angels, officiated. The body was laid at rest in Hillside cemetery.

Revised 3/28/2016


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