Thomas M Tyson (1838 - 1904)

Born 11 Nov 1838 in Pitt County, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Biography

Thomas was born November 17, 1838 in North Carolina, the son of George Tyson and Sarah Taylor. ^[1]

His siblings were:

• Frances Ann L Tyson (1837–1859)
• Nancy Jane V. Tyson (1841–1865)
• Rachel Louisa Tyson (1843–1861)
• Andrew Jackson Tyson (1846–1910)
• George Washington Tyson Jr. (1846–1887)
• John Orem Tyson (1849 – 1869)

The 1850 U.S. Census shows Thomas at 11 years of age, living with his parents and six siblings while attending school in the Falkland District of Pitt County, North Carolina. Living with the family is a 40 year old mulatto woman named Tempy Evans.^[2]

Thomas M Tyson was married to Mahala A. Edwards, the daughter of Levi and Celia Edwards, on January 31, 1864 in Nash County, North Carolina.^[1][3]

The children of Thomas and Mahala were:

• Lemuel Edward Tyson (1866 - 1933)
• Rachel Louise (Tyson) Abernathy (1867 - 1943)
• John Thomas Tyson (1869–1933)
• Patsy A (Tyson) Pridgen (1872–1896)
• Joshua Lawrence Tyson (1874–1949)

Thomas is listed at the age of 33 in the 1870 U.S. Census with his 25 year old wife Mahala and three young children, Samuel (4), Rachel (3), and John (1), living on a farm in Union Township of Nash County.^[4]

Mahala is believed to have died October 16, 1874. Thomas remarried to Harriet Viverett the daughter of Micajah Viverett on October 3, 1877 in Nash County, North Carolina.^[1][5]

Together Thomas and Harriet had one known son: Charly R. Tyson (b. 1882)^[1]

In the 1880 U.S. Census, Thomas is listed with his second wife Harriett and five of the children from his earlier marriage living on a farm in Cooper's Township of Nash County.^[6]

He passed away November 10, 1904.The specifics of his death and burial are yet unknown.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Pitt County Family Researchers, Inc., Pitt County Genealogical Quarterly, Volume XVI, 2009, Pg 65.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BF-MT2 : 24 December 2020), Thomas M Tison in household of George W Tison, Pitt, North Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP91-BZY9 : 10 March 2021), Thomas M Tyson and Mahala Ann Edwards, 30 Jan 1864; citing Nash, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW8P-MY7 : 29 May 2021), Thomas Tyson, 1870.
5. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ9-YDTL : 9 March 2021), Thos M Tyson and Harriett Viverett, 03 Oct 1877; citing Nash, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 1,220,856.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCX8-CTH : 14 January 2022), T. M. Tyson, Coopers Township, Nash, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .