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William M. Tyler, farmer, was born in Gibson County, West Tenn., in 1837, and is a son of Roderick and Tampa (Williams) Tyler, natives of North Carolina, where they were married and lived until 1845. They then went to Gibson County, and in 1858 settled in Dayton Township, this county, where their deaths occurred in 1872 and 1877, respectively. They had for many years been members of the Christian Church. The father was a carpenter by trade, and was of Irish descent, his grandfather having come to America from Ireland and located in South Carolina, where he taught school. William M. is one of a family of eight children, of whom two sons and two daughters are living. He received but a limited education, and accompanied his parents to this county, where in 1861 he married Caroline, daughter of Hansel and Louisa Caleb, who came here from Tennessee in 1856. They died in Scott County. Mrs. Tyler was born in Tennessee, and is the mother of eleven children, eight of whom are living. Since his marriage Mr. Tyler has lived near Dayton, but has only been a resident of his present farm about a year. He owns 150 acres in two farms, all of which he has become the possessor of since the war, as he lost all his property at that time. He served a short time in the Confederate army with Capt. William Oosley, under Col. William Brooks, but was discharged at Fayetteville in 1862 on account of disability. He voted for Breckinridge in 1860, and in politics is a Democrat. Himself and wife are worthy members of the Baptist Church, and he is a member of the Farmers’ Alliance. He is now a well-to-do citizen, and has given his children the advantages of good educations.