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BENJAMIN A. TYLER, M. D., the popular surgeon and physician of Royersford, was born in Cumberland county, New Jersey, July 5, 1868. He was reared on a farm and attended the common schools and the Salem high school. Later he took a business course at the Palms National Business College and graduated March 31, 1888. In 1891 he took up the study of medicine at the Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia, Dr. B. A. Waddington being the preceptor, afterwards riding with his teacher in the rounds of his practice. After three terms he graduated, in 1894. For sixteen months he continued in the hospital of that institution, and then spent two years in the Municipal Hospital, of Philadelphia. At the end of that time, in May, 1897, he removed to Royersford and began the practice of his profession. He has given it all his time and attention, and his work has been crowned with success, as he has an extended practice in Royersford and the vicinity. His experience in the hospitals of Philadelphia gave him an insight into contagious diseases, in the treatment of which he is an expert.

In 1898 he was married at Philadelphia to Miss Margaret Hornby of that city. She was born in Philadelphia in 1869 and is the daughter of Robert Hornby. Both Mr. Hornby and his wife are natives of Philadelphia, where he has lived retired since the Civil war, when he served as a soldier. He has filled some city offices and is a prominent man. They are members of the Baptist church. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Hornby: Margaret (Mrs. Tyler); Nelly (Mrs. R. Strider); Clara, still unmarried, and Daniel, a painter.

Dr. and Mrs. B. A. Tyler have one son, Ben jamin A., born May 23, 1900. Mrs. Tyler is a member of the Baptist church. He is a thirty-second degree Mason. In politics he is a Republican.

Benjamin and Melicent (Busby) Tyler, parents of Dr. Tyler, were both natives of New Jersey, and Benjamin Tyler was the son of John and Beulah (Griscomb) Tyler (grandparents of Dr. B. A. Tyler). The Tyler family came from England during the colonial days. There were three brothers, one of whom settled in Virginia, one in New Jersey and one in Massachusetts. Ex-President Tyler was a descendant of the brother who settled in Virginia, while Dr. B. A. Tyler traces his ancestry from the one in New Jersey. This branch of the family were all members of the Society of Friends, and consequently never aspired to notoriety.

Benjamin Tyler (father) was a farmer in New Jersey and by honest dealing and hard work acquired a competency for old age, which he is still enjoying at Salem, New Jersey. In politics he is a Republican, but never held office. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Tyler: Hannah (Mrs. Reeves), who resides with her husband at the old homestead at Salem, New Jersey; and Dr. Benjamin A. Tyler.

Isaac and Hannah Perry Clunn Busby were the maternal grandparents of Dr. Tyler. He was an accountant, bookkeeper and real estate dealer, who acquired a fortune. His political beliefs were those of the Republican party. His wife’s mother was a sister of Commodore Perry, of war fame, and both the Perry and Clunn families were identified with the early wars of the United States. The Tylers never participated in war, on account of their principles as members of the Society of Friends.

The children of Isaac Busby (maternal grandfather) were: Hannah (Mrs. S. Busby); Melicent (mother); Anna (Mrs. Peniel), both she and her husband being deceased; Isaac, a business man. The Busby family were also members of the Society of Friends.