Leon D Tryon (1912 - 1960)

Born 12 Nov 1912 in Sandy Creek, Oswego, New York, United States

Ancestors

Died 31 Jan 1960 at age 47 in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States

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Biography

Leon was the fourth child, third son, of Daniel Tryon and Nora Fancher. In 1925 he was living with his father. In 1940 he was living in the household of his sister Dorothy Fisher. He apparently never married, and died in Watertown, New York.

Obituary

Leon Tryon, 47 Dies in Hospital

The funeral of Leon Tryon was held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Weston & Woodard Funeral Home, Sandy Creek: the Rev. E. Kendall Scouten, pastor of the First Methodist church, officated. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Sandy Creek, in the spring.

Mr. Tryon, who was 47, died Sunday night, January 31, 1960 in the House of the Good Samaritan, Watertown, where he had been a patient since December 14.

He was born in the town of Sandy Creek November 15, 1912. His parents were Daniel and Nora Tryon. He attended the Sandy Creek school and later was employed on Ellisburg area farms.

Mr. Tryon is survived by a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Fisher of Syracuse; two brothers, Elvin and Earl Tryon of R. D. Pulaski.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Sandy Creek News, February 04, 1960, Page 4 http://www.nyshistoricnewspapers.org

Additional Sources

• 1920 US Federal Census; Census Place: Sandy Creek, Oswego, New York; Roll: T625_1254; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 187; Image: 394 (Ancestry.com)

• 1925 New York State Census; Election District: 03; Assembly District: 01; City: Sandy Creek; County: Oswego; Page: 8; New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules (Ancestry.com)

• 1940 US Federal Census; Census Place: Sandy Creek, Oswego, New York; Roll: T627_2715; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 38-74 (Ancestry.com)

• Leon Tryon's Memorial