Milam County Pioneer Dies at Ripe Age - M. V. Tyson, age 73, died at 3 a.m. last Wednesday, Feb. 25th, at his home in Maysfield. He was born in Tennessee and came to Texas from Arkansas about 43-years ago. He was the father of 11 children, eight of whom survive: Mrs. Dr. Elza of Goodnight, Tex.; Mrs. M. B. Beard of Calsbad, NM; Mrs. L. O. Walker of Branchville; Mrs. Cleveland Eads of Bell county; R. R. Tyson, Van Tyson, O. A. Tyson all of Milam county and C. W. Tyson of Calvert. Funeral services were held at the graveside at Pebble Grove cemetery on Thursday, Feb. 26th at 11 a.m. Calvert Picayune [lengthy article]
(Obit provided by Barbara Lintner, FAG Member # 47217091)
During the Civil War he first served in Company F, 3rd AR Infantry, from which he was discharged after twelve months service on account of rheumatism. In the spring of 1863, he enlisted in the 5th Missouri Cavalry, commanded by General Sterling Price, with which regiment he served both east and west of the Mississippi, and was actively engaged on the skirmish line till the close of the war, his regiment disbanding at Shreveport, LA, in May 1865.
Milam County Pioneer Dies at Ripe Age - M. V. Tyson, age 73, died at 3 a.m. last Wednesday, Feb. 25th, at his home in Maysfield. He was born in Tennessee and came to Texas from Arkansas about 43-years ago. He was the father of 11 children, eight of whom survive: Mrs. Dr. Elza of Goodnight, Tex.; Mrs. M. B. Beard of Calsbad, NM; Mrs. L. O. Walker of Branchville; Mrs. Cleveland Eads of Bell county; R. R. Tyson, Van Tyson, O. A. Tyson all of Milam county and C. W. Tyson of Calvert. Funeral services were held at the graveside at Pebble Grove cemetery on Thursday, Feb. 26th at 11 a.m. Calvert Picayune [lengthy article]
(Obit provided by Barbara Lintner, FAG Member # 47217091)
During the Civil War he first served in Company F, 3rd AR Infantry, from which he was discharged after twelve months service on account of rheumatism. In the spring of 1863, he enlisted in the 5th Missouri Cavalry, commanded by General Sterling Price, with which regiment he served both east and west of the Mississippi, and was actively engaged on the skirmish line till the close of the war, his regiment disbanding at Shreveport, LA, in May 1865.
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Georgia Tennessee Tyson Ellzey
1864–1935
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James LeRoy Tyson
1867–1883
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Marian Frances "Marium" Tyson Baird
1869–1943
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Clyde Montgomery Tyson
1871–1890
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Emma Viola Tyson Porter
1873–1935
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Oscar Augustus Tyson
1875–1937
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Randolph Roy Tyson
1877–1940
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Conway Woodson Tyson
1878–1930
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Martin Van Buren Tyson Jr
1881–1947
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Bernice Olivia Tyson
1885–1890
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Mary Eunice Tyson Edds
1888–1976
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