Charles William Tryon (1877 - 1955)

Born 26 Apr 1877 in Blencoe, Monona, Iowa, United States

Ancestors

Died 23 May 1955 at age 78 in Lyons, Burt, Nebraska, United States

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Biography

Charles was the first child and first son of John Tryon and Mary Newton. His full name and birth date are attested by his draft registration.^[1]

He married May Prucker in Oklahoma. By the time of the 1910 census he was widowed.

By 1930 he was married to Mary Bucy. It is unknown whether she was previously married and whether Bucy is a married or maiden name. She died in 1956 and is buried in the same cemetery as Charles.

Obituary

CHARLES W. TRYON

LYONS, Neb.—Special: Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Piper chapel for Charles W. Tryon, 78, who died unexpectedly on Monday while working at his sawmill. Rev. J. B. Barnett will officiate. Burial will be in the family plot at Blenoe, Ia.

Mr. Tryon was born in Blencoe, the family moving to Nebraska when he was a boy. They lived on the Tryon ranch west of Lyons. He married May Prucker in Oklahoma. Some years after her death, he married Mrs. Mary Bucy. Mr. and Mrs. Tryon retired from the farm in 1919. Mr. Tryon operating a threshing machine for many years, and recently a sawmill at the north edge of Lyons.

Survivors are the widow, and a stepdaughter, Mrs. Irving Roscoe.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918: Registration State: Nebraska; Registration County: Burt; Roll: 1711450 (Ancestry.com)
2. ↑ Sioux City Journal (Sioux City, Iowa) 26 May 1955, Thu Page 13 https://www.newspapers.com

Additional Sources

• 1880 US Federal Census; Census Place: Sherman, Monona, Iowa; Roll: 357; Family History Film: 1254357; Page: 78A; Enumeration District: 155; Image: 0157 (Ancestry.com)

• "Iowa State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HDF6-XPZ : 11 March 2018), Charles W Tryon in household of John Tryon, Sherman, Monona, Iowa; citing p. 9, 1885, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,021,499.

• 1895 Iowa State Census, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTQ3-FY3), John H Tryon, Monona, Iowa, United States; p. 553, 1895, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,022,085.

• 1900 US Federal Census; Census Place: Blencoe, Monona, Iowa; Roll: 449; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0073; FHL microfilm: 1240449 (Ancestry.com)

• 1910 US Federal Census; Census Place: Everett, Burt, Nebraska; Roll: T624_839; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0027; FHL microfilm: 1374852 (Ancestry.com)

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:29JD-TD8 : 13 March 2018), Charles William Tryon, 1917-1918; citing Buffalo County, Burt County, Butler County, Nebraska, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,711,450.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQV5-F2X : accessed 8 April 2019), Charles Tryon, Lyons, Burt, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 5A, line 15, family 126, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1266; FHL microfilm 2,341,001.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KM1K-72K : 15 March 2018), Charles Tryon, Lyons, Everett Township, Burt, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 11-7, sheet 13A, line 17, family 305, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2238.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV21-F32V : 13 December 2015), Charles W. Tryon, 1955; Burial, Blencoe, Monona, Iowa, United States of America, Graceland Cemetery; citing record ID 86809862, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Charles W. Tryon's Memorial