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George Washington Tyner

Birth	:	3 Dec 1832 Hancock County, Indiana, USA
Death	:	19 Aug 1896 Henry County, Iowa, USA
Burial	:	Salem East Cemetery, Salem, Henry County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.8569000, -91.6120500
Plot	:	Row 10
Description	:	s/o Elijah & Sarah Ann 'Sally' (Halberstadt) Tyner h/o Mary Frances Bartlett (m. October 17, 1855, Henry County, Iowa) f/o Elijah P. Tyner, Sarah C. (Tyner) Rogers, William Tyner, John Tyner, Melvin Tyner, Oliver H. Tyner, James Tyner, & Elbert G. Tyner ===== George Tyner GEORGE W. TYNER, farmer, and President of the Salem Bank. Indiana has contributed many enterprising men to the Western States, and Iowa has shared largely in securing them. The fertility of her soil, the facilities for raising stock and for the production of cereals, are a boon of which she is justly proud. Our subject was born in Hancock County,... Read More	s/o Elijah & Sarah Ann 'Sally' (Halberstadt) Tyner h/o Mary Frances Bartlett (m. October 17, 1855, Henry County, Iowa) f/o Elijah P. Tyner, Sarah C. (Tyner) Rogers, William Tyner, John Tyner, Melvin Tyner, Oliver H. Tyner, James Tyner, & Elbert G. Tyner ===== George Tyner GEORGE W. TYNER, farmer, and President of the Salem Bank. Indiana has contributed many enterprising men to the Western States, and Iowa has shared largely in securing them. The fertility of her soil, the facilities for raising stock and for the production of cereals, are a boon of which she is justly proud. Our subject was born in Hancock County, Ind., in 1832, and is a son of Elijah and Sarah A. (Halberstout) Tyner. Elijah Tyner was born on Little River, Abbeyville District, S. C., March 21, 1799, and was the second son of Rev. William Tyner, a Baptist minister who removed with his family to Kentucky in 1802, and three years later to the Territory of Indiana, locating near where Brookville has since been built. In 1854 he removed to Decatur County, Ind., where his death occurred, Elijah Tyner was thrice married. The first wife was Martha McCune, who had one son, William H. The second wife was Mary Nelson, whose children were Martha A., Mary J., Robert N. and Charlotte. Sarah A. Halberstout was the third wife, and had seven children—George W., our subject, John H., Oliver H., James M., Elbert, Alonzo and Missouri. Before the first marriage of Elijah Tyner, he took a claim in Hancock County, Ind., where there was no road but Indian trials to guide the chance trapper or occasional squatter to and from his humble cabin, and here Elijah opened a small stock of general merchandise in a log cabin. As long as he lived he was engaged in the mercantile trade, and upon his original claim, which he finely improved, he lived and died. He was a very exemplary and successful business man, and by reference to clippings from Indiana journals we learn that he was one of the wealthy and highly respected citizens of that county. At the time of his death he owned over 1,000 acres of land in one body. His wife still resides on the Indiana homestead, and has reached the ripe age of eighty years. In 1854 George W. Tyner left Indiana and located in McDonough County, Ill., where he began the business of stock-breeding and farming. In 1855 he took a survey of Southeastern Iowa, and purchased his present farm on section 33, Jackson Township, in the autumn of that year. While a resident of Illinois, Mr. Tyner first met the lady who is now his wife, and the occasion was the removal of her parents from Indiana with the intention of locating in this county. They stopped during the winter in the village of Olena, in Illinois, opposite Burlington. It was agreed that they should be wedded, and after a few months, by mutual agreement our subject followed the young lady to this county, and in the autumn of 1855 Miss Mary F. Bartlett became his wife, the ceremony being performed at the home of her parents, John W. and Catherine (Carmichael) Bartlett, in Jackson Township. The Bartlett family are yet extensively represented in the county, one son, William A., being in the clothing business in Salem, and Jesse D. residing on a farm near Mt. Pleasant. The parents of Mrs. Tyner lived for many years after they came to this county, the mother dying Aug. 4, 1879, the father, May 22, 1885. During his early life John W. Bartlett resided in Virginia, and when a young man removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, and learned the coach and carriage making trade, which he afterward carried on in that city. He was married at Lawrenceburg, Ind., and when the family removed to Iowa they came from Rush County, Ind. Mrs. Tyner was born in Harrison, Dearborn County, in that State, Nov. 3, 1832. She is the eldest living of the ten children. Her birth was followed by those of William, Jesse D., Kate and Maggie, who are all living and married. Five others died in infancy. The domestic life of Mr. and Mrs. Tyner was begun under the most favorable circumstances upon their present farm. Their union has been one of the happiest, their successes the most continuous, and their social qualities so well known as to win for them the respect and good-will of their neighbors. They are the parents of eight children, of whom six are living—Elijah, Sarah C., Melvin, Oliver, James and Elbert; and William and John, deceased. Two of the children are married. Elijah is the husband of Emma Geese, and resides in Tippecanoe Township, this county, and Sarah C. is the wife of Dr. A. J. Rodgers, a physician of Hastings, Neb. The four eldest children were educated at Whittier College prior to its destruction by fire. Melvin has been engaged in teaching in this county, and is another of the many teachers educated in the old college which has fitted many of the youth of this county for a successful business life. Aside from his farm duties, Mr. Tyner finds time to attend to other business of importance. He was for two years Township Clerk, and for four years has been a member of the School Board. The Salem District Fair owes much of its success to the efforts made by him, Mr. O. H. Cook and Mr. Z. H. Arnold, to whose enterprise the successful exhibitions of 1886 and 1887 are largely due. From its beginning he has been one of the principal promoters and supporters of the enterprise, he has been Treasurer of the association since its organization, and no debt remains unpaid. The society is now fully organized and future meetings will probably be even better than the past. As a successful farmer, his well-tilled fields give evidence. To be assured of their courtesy, it is only necessary to visit the Tyner home, and to judge of their social and business life, the praise of neighbors is sufficient. For several years Mr. Tyner has been connected with the Bank of Salem, as a stockholder, and since 1882 has been its President. For a term of fourteen years he has been in partnership with J. L. Bennett in the purchase and shipment of stock. Mr. Tyner is widely known in a business and social way, and is one of the most successful farmers and business men in the county. He and his family are distinguished for their social qualities, and he is justly regarded as one of the leading and estimable citizens of the county. (Portrait and Biographical Album, Henry County, Iowa; Acme Publishing Company, Chicago, 1888, pp 272-273) =========== 1/16/2014 - Little Calamity added - "Find these and many other Tyners at ANCESTORS OF BURL LOUIS LEAVELL/Leavell.html."

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Where is George Washington Tyner's memorial?
George Washington Tyner's memorial is located at: Salem East Cemetery, Salem, Henry County, USA.
When did George Washington Tyner death?
George Washington Tyner death on 19 Aug 1896 in Henry County, Iowa, USA
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Latitude: 40.8569000
Longitude: -91.6120500

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Mary Frances Bartlett Tyner

(1843 - 1892)

Siblings

John Henry Tyner

(1835 - 1907)

Children

(1856 - 1908)

(1859 - 1862)

(1861 - 1862)

(1867 - 1949)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Salem East Cemetery
Salem, Henry County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8569000, -91.6120500

2. Salem South Cemetery
Salem, Henry County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8470001, -91.6210022

3. McDowell Cemetery
Salem, Henry County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8959330, -91.5894990

4. Cedar Creek Cemetery
Salem, Henry County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8983002, -91.6307983

5. East Grove Cemetery
Salem, Henry County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8329050, -91.5468410

6. Hunting Cemetery
Salem, Henry County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8632250, -91.5386870

7. Pickard Cemetery
Mount Pleasant, Henry County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8959330, -91.5578480

8. Carnahan Pioneer Cemetery
Mount Pleasant, Henry County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8860500, -91.5366880

9. Faulkner Cemetery
Oakland Mills, Henry County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9207000, -91.5966000

10. Saint Johns Cemetery
Houghton, Lee County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7855000, -91.6010000

11. Oakland Mills Cemetery
Oakland Mills, Henry County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9340000, -91.6183000

12. Short Family Burials
Henry County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9352500, -91.6019800

13. Hillsboro Cemetery
Hillsboro, Henry County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8310400, -91.7145000

14. Boyleston Cemetery
Lowell, Henry County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8390250, -91.5051910

15. Greenwood Cemetery
Lowell, Henry County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8605640, -91.5004920

16. Old Pilot Grove Cemetery
Pilot Grove, Lee County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7935670, -91.5382150

17. Abraham Cemetery
Henry County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9082830, -91.5149970

18. Bayles Cemetery
Lee County, USA
Coordinate: 40.7990600, -91.7025700

19. Hicks Cemetery
Lowell, Henry County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8210840, -91.5004920

20. Pleasant Point Cemetery
Henry County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9448000, -91.6545000

21. Barton Cemetery
Henry County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9480000, -91.5800000

22. Abbe Cemetery
Lowell, Henry County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8611480, -91.4830680

23. Beery Family Cemetery
New London, Henry County, USA
Coordinate: 40.8755570, -91.4801070

24. Lambirth Cemetery
Henry County, USA
Coordinate: 40.9230995, -91.7149963