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TYLER, LOREN S., of the firm of Brown & Tyler, auction and commission merchants, Main st., between Sixth and Seventh; Mr. Tyler was born in Boston, Mass., April 21, 1845; came to Keokuk in 1856. Enlisted as drummer in Co. H, 15th I. V. I., Dec. 20, 1861; was mustered out at Vicksburg, Miss., Dec. 31, 1863; re-enlisted as veteran in Co. H, 15th I. Vet. I., Jan. 1, 1864; was mustered out with regiment July 24, 1865; was in all the battles his regiment participated in, from the first at Shiloh, April 6 and 7, to the last at Bentonville, N. C., in March, 1865. In June, 1870, he engaged with his father in the furniture business under the firm name of A. S. Tyler & Son. In May, 1872, he was mustered into Torrence Post, No. 2, G. A. R., and was appointed Post Adjutant, rank of 1st Lieutenant on the 17th of September, and was re-appointed in December for the ensuing year; was elected Post Commander, rank of Colonel, in 1873; In 1874, was appointed Assistant Adjutant General, with rank of Colonel. At the organization of the Keokuk Battery, he was appointed 2d Lieutenant of that organization. In December, 1875, he formed a partnership with I. L. Brown, under the firm name of Brown & Tyler, and engaged in the auction and commission business. Served as Assistant Adjutant General of Department of Iowa, G. A. R., to second annual encampment, convened at Keokuk, January, 1876; in February, 1876, he was elected Adjutant and Commander with rank of 1st Lieutenant, of the 2d Regiment Infantry, Iowa State Guards; was a delegate to the State Military Convention held at Des Moines in 1878; was elected Vice President of the same; in April of the same year, he was appointed Major and Assistant Inspector General of the 1st Brigade, 1st Division I. N. G.; appointment was approved and he was commissioned by Gov. John H. Gear and John H. Looby, Adjutant General of Iowa, to rank from June 8, 1878.