Louvenia (Ingram) Tyson (1848 - 1930)

Born 27 Aug 1848 in Jackson County, Missouri, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Olin Valton Tyson — married 3 Mar 1867 in Jackson county, Missouri, USA

Died 18 Jul 1930 at age 81 in Van Buren Township, Jackson, Missouri, United States

Biography

Louvenia (aka "Lavinia") Ingram was born on her parents' farm in Jackson County, Missouri on 27 August 1848. She was the daughter of Elverto Ingram and Hannah Powell. On the 1850 US Census, as Lavinia Ingram, she was recorded as a white female, age 2, b: Missouri, now living with her parents on their farm in Van Buren Township, Jackson County, Missouri, USA. Her parents were "Acon Ingram," age 27, and "Hannah Ingram," 22 years old. Both were natives of Tennessee. Their 1850 household included "Jno. H" [John Hiram] Ingram, a white male, 6 months old (mistranscribed as "Ina Ingram, male, 0 yrs."), born 7 September 1850 in Missouri.^[1]

After the US Civil War, on 3 March 1867, Louvenia Ingram married Olin Valton Tyson (1838-1920) in Jackson County, Missouri. On the 1 June 1870 US Census, as "Lavinia Tyson," she was recorded as being 22 years old, born in Missouri. She was married to O.V. Tyson, 32, born in Georgia, and they had 2 small sons: Orsso Tyson, age 2, and Aiken Deloss "L" Tyson, 5 months old (Jan '70). Olin was a "Farmer" and his farm was next-door to that of his next older brother, Thomas Stanley Tyson (1830-1911), near Lees Summit, Township 47 [now called "Prairie Township"], Jackson County, Missouri, USA. ^[2]

Between 1868 and 1889 Olin and Louvenia had 11 children, all on their farm near Lees Summit, Jackson County, Missouri:

1. Orson Antonio Tyson, 1868–1957
2. Aikin Deloss Tyson, 1870–1911
3. Clifford Crawford Tyson, 1871–1934
4. Harvey Thornton Tyson, 1874–1957
5. Peach Tyson, 1875–1969
6. Herschel Sidney Tyson, 1876–1972
7. Pearl Alice Tyson, 1878–1937
8. David Rice McNally Tyson, 1880–1931
9. Odom Venson Tyson, 1882–1971
10. Walter Granville Tyson, 1884–1970
11. Grady Crofton Tyson, 1889–1961

On the 1 June 1900 US Census, Olin V. Tyson was recorded as 61 years old, b: Georgia; he had been married to Luvenia Tyson, age 52, for 33 years (1867). They were living on a farm they now owned in Van Buren Township, Jackson County, Missouri, USA. Their farm household included 5 sons and 1 daughter, ranging in age from 24 to 11 years old. Olin was a "Farmer" and his older sons were "Farm Laborers: Home Farm," helping him. The 2 youngest sons, ages 16 and 11 years old, were "At School". The Census also reported that Olin's wife Luvenia Tyson had had 10 children and that all 10 were still living as of June 1900. ^[3]

Olin V. Tyson passed away on his farm in Prairie Township (Lees Summit), Jackson County, Missouri on 14 June 1920 at 82 yrs., 3 months, 12 days old. His Missouri Death Certificate stated that he died from Uremia, due to an Obstruction by [an enlarged] Prostate. He had lived in Jackson County, Missouri, for 47 years [sic= 53 yrs. since March 1867]. ^[4] He was buried at Lee's Summit Historical Cemetery, Lee's Summit, Jackson County, Missouri, USA. ^[5]

Luvenia (Ingram) Tyson survived her husband's passing for 10 years. She lived on the Van Buren Twp. farm of her youngest son: Grady C. Tyson.^[6] She died there on 18 July 1930 in Van Buren Twp., Jackson County, Missouri, USA. She was 81 years old and was buried next to her late husband at Lee's Summit Historical Cemetery, Lee's Summit, Jackson County, Missouri, USA. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZZ-132 : 22 December 2020), Lavinia Ingram in household of Acon Ingram, Van Buren Township, Jackson, Missouri, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Note: The Census was not enumerated locally until October 1850.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M46C-VFP : 29 May 2021), O V Tyson, 1870.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3Z7-6WK : 11 March 2022), Olin V Tyson, 1900.
4. ↑ Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1969 for Olin V Tyson, Jackson, 1920; on Ancestrylibrary.com. Free view at a US Public Library.
5. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #64631857 Olin Valton Tyson
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHFJ-2HW : accessed 7 May 2022), Luvenia Tyson in household of Grady G Tyson, Van Buren, Jackson, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 279, sheet 10B, line 51, family 227, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1204; FHL microfilm 2,340,939.
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #64644640 Luvenia (Ingam) Tyson