George H Tryon (1845 - 1904)

Born 25 Nov 1845 in Albany, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Adelaide (Hathaway) Tryon — married 10 Jun 1875 in Carbondale, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States

Husband of Mary (Hathaway) Tryon — married before 1888 in Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 5 Jun 1904 at age 58 in Carbondale, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Birth date and death date confirmed by burial card.^[1]

Son of Levi D. Tryon and Priscilla Meade. Brother of Mary E. Tryon and Meade Tryon.

According to a GAR record he enlisted Aug 14,1862, in Honesdale, PA was mustered in Aug 25,1862, Harrisburg, PA. as Corporal in Company "G" 141st Pennsylvania Infantry. Transferred, Apr 28, 1864 into the Veteran Reserve Corps.^[2] He claimed a pension from 11 Apr 1870, presumably as a result of war-related disability.^[3] He also served in the 59th Company, 2nd Battalion, VRC (Veteran Reserve Corps).^[4] This was a military reserve organization created within the Union Army during the American Civil War to allow partially disabled or otherwise infirm soldiers (or former soldiers) to perform light duty, freeing able-bodied soldiers to serve on the front lines. It existed from 1863 to 1869.

According to a newspaper MARRIED notice: "June 10, 1875—In Carbondale, by Rev. D. D. Lindsley, at the residence of the bride's father, Mr. George H. Tryon of Honesdale, and Miss Adelaide Hathaway, daughter of Rev. H. P. Hathaway of Carbondale."^[5]

His widow Mary collected a widow's pension from 21 Jun 1904. Daughter Doris is named in the same record as being in receipt of a pension from that date until 9 Jul 1910.^[6]

Research Notes

It is not clear whether George was married twice or three times. Catherine Monahan is unlikely to have been his wife: reason for thinking this is that the timing doesn't fit between Adelaide having a baby Lois in Aug 1886 and Mary Hathaway having baby Leon in Aug 1888. Other than a link through a family tree, there does not appear to be any documentary support for Catherine being wife of George.

However, there is in the local newspaper a death notice for Hattie E., wife of George H. Tryon, aged 23. Given her young age and the date of death (1869) I believe they did not have any children. SHE IS NOT HATTIE HATHAWAY.

Notice: DIED. Tryon.—On the morning of the 6th inst., Mrs. Hattie E., wife of George H. Tryon, aged 23 years.^[7]

This also brings up the question of the large gap between Louise and Lois. Leon was clearly born to Mary Hathaway, as several of his records attest.

The wive's names are drawn from census and in Mary's case pension records or in one or two cases (Ruth, Doris) from the children's death certificates where these are available online. So far the only marriage record found has been a local newspaper item stating that Adelaide Hathaway and George Tryon married on 10 Jun 1875 in Carbondale. No death records for the first two wives or death records for the other children that would confirm these names.

Adelaide is the A. C. Hathaway who appears in census records. In the 1870 census she appears in a household headed by H. P. Hathaway that also includes a younger sister, Mary Hathaway. Mary was 10 years younger than Adelaide.

Adelaide was still living in the 1880 census, where she appears with George and children Mary and Louise.

Wife Adelaide Hathaway. Children:

Mary Edith Tryon EsterbrookMary E. Tryon b abt 1876

Louise Tryon b Jul 1877

Mead Hathaway Tryon abt 1881, putative child of George based on his birth location and middle name. Tryon-4242

Lois Tryon b Aug 1886 (? or child of Mary?)

Wife Mary Hathaway. Child:

Leon Tryon b Aug 1888

Ruth Tryon b Jul 1890

Doris Tryon b Aug 1894

"Contractor George H. TRYON died Wednesday in Carbondale. He was born in 1845 in Albany, New York." 17 JUNE 1904, Pittston Gazette (http://www.pagenweb.org/~luzerne/newspaper/pitts1904.htm)

Sources

1. ↑ Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1929-1990; Series Number: Series 1 (Ancestry.com)
2. ↑ See United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSXT-WYD), George H. Tryon, Corporal, Company G, 141st Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry, Union; NARA microfilm publication M554 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 124; FHL microfilm 882,459.
3. ↑ United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NHVS-TJ8), George H. Tryon, 1870.
4. ↑ "United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NH94-C5M : 24 March 2016), George H. Tryon, 1870.
5. ↑ Wayne County Herald (Honesdale, Pennsylvania) 08 Jul 1875, Thu Page 2 https://www.newspapers.com
6. ↑ United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2MK5-FH8 : 11 March 2018), George H Tryon, 1907-1933; citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,636,328.
7. ↑ Wayne County Herald (Honesdale, Pennsylvania) 02 Sep 1869, Thu Page 2 https://www.newspapers.com.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCTJ-YRM : 12 April 2016), George H Tryon in household of L D Tryon, Windsor, Broome, New York, United States; citing family 44, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• 1850 US Federal Census; Census Place: Windsor, Broome, New York; Roll: M432_477; Page: 201B; Image: 201 (Ancestry.com)

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXRY-TH1 : 12 December 2017), George A Tryon in entry for L D Tryon, 1860.

• 1860 US Federal Census; Census Place: Honesdale, Wayne, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1193; Page: 280; Image: 284; Family History Library Film: 805193 (Ancestry.com)

• 1870 US Federal Census; Census Place: Texas, Wayne, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1464; Page: 357A; Image: 233222; Family History Library Film: 552963 (Ancesty.com)

• 1880 US Federal Census; Census Place: Bradford, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1154; Family History Film: 1255154; Page: 161A; Enumeration District: 081; Image: 0031 (Ancestry.com)

• 1890 US Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K89Y-XQN), Geo A Tryon, 1890; NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 338,243. (Indicates residence Carbondale, Lackawanna, PA, 1890.)

• 1900 US Federal Census; Census Place: Carbondale Ward 1, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1418; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0007; FHL microfilm: 1241418 (Ancestry.com)

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPM-8QW5 : 13 December 2015), George H. Tryon, 1904; Burial, Carbondale, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Maplewood Cemetery; citing record ID 133838953, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Corporal George H. Tryon's Find a Grave Memorial 133838953