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Brockholst Tyler, farmer and stockman, was born in the “Empire State” (Columbia County), October 29, 1825, being a son of Major M. and Edith (Bradford) Tyler, who were born in Columbia County, N. Y., and Windom County, Conn., in 1791 and 1793, respectively. Three Tyler brothers came to America in the “Mayflower,” one settling in the New England States, one in Virginia, and the third was lost track of. The father of our subject was a cousin of President Tyler, and during the War of 1812, when two men were needed to make up a company, he was one of three to cast lots, but fortune was in his favor, and he remained at home. He was a farmer and trader, and was commissioner of Columbia County, and held minor offices. He was captain of a company of New York militia in muster days, and was a prominent man of his time. His wife, whom he married in 1810, was a descendent of Gov. Bradford, of Virginia. They moved to Kansas about 1860, and the father died in 1883, in Barton County, having Been a Democrat, Whig and Republican in politics, his wife dying in Massachusetts about two years later, having been a member of the Congregational Church for many years. Thirteen of their fifteen children lived to be grown, Brockholst Tyler being the tenth child. His boyhood days were spent in Columbia County, N. Y., and his education was received in the common schools and Austerlitz Academy. When nineteen years of age he began farming for himself, and the 15th of August, 1848, he was married to Cornelia A. Baker, a native of Berkshire County, Mass., born September 3, 1829. In 1856 they moved to Anderson County, Kan., and Mr. Tyler was engaged in merchandising for ten years. Since 1866 he has resided in Barton County, Mo., being the owner of a fertile and well-tilled farm. He has been a successful financier, and is one of the well-to-do residents of the county. He has always sided with the Republican party, and his wife is a member of the Methodist Church. Their children are: Isador J., John F., Harriet A, (deceased), Edwin C., George F., Mary E., Erastus L., Jennie (deceased), James M., Mattie (deceased), Rosa N., William G., Joseph B. and Ernest U.