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JAMES P. TYLER, Fulton County, was born March 18, 1837, in Fulton County, Ky., and is the seventh of nine children born to James P. and Martha (Willis) Tyler, natives of Virginia and Kentucky, respectively. The father came to Fulton County, 1825, where he died in 1852 aged fifty-two years. After his father’s death, James P. Tyler began life for himself as a farm hand at $75 per year. In 1855 he came to Hickman, where he began clerking and remained there until 1860, when he turned his attention to farming. In May, 1861, he enlisted in Lauderdale’s Guards. At the battle of Shiloh he was promoted to second lieutenant. In 1862 he re-enlisted in the Fifth Tennessee Regiment, and was elected second lieutenant. Among the battles in which he participated were Perryville, Missionary Ridge, Chickamauga, Murfreesboro, Jonesboro and Franklin. At the last battle he was wounded in the shoulder. He was subsequently promoted to captain and served under Gen. Cheatham until Gen. Johnston’s surrender to Sherman, when he was paroled. He returned to Hickman and began clerking in a dry goods store. At the end of one year he went to Union City, where he engaged in the dry goods business for five years; in 1873 he came to Fulton and opened a grocery store, in which business he is still engaged with considerable success. Mr. Tyler was married in November, 1867, to Miss Puss Lawson, a daughter of Horace and Tabitha (Alexander) Lawson. This lady died in August, 1868, and he was next married to Miss Catherine Alexander, a daughter of Dr. J. M. and Mary (Mott) Alexander, natives of Sumner County, Tenn., and Jessamine County, Ky., respectively. The result of this marriage has been four children, viz.: John, Mary B., Alice M. and James M. Mr. Tyler and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. He is a member of the K. of H. He has served as village trustee several terms, is village treasurer, and one of the directors of the Bank of Fulton.