Percival Jacob Tryon (1828 - 1881)

Born 31 May 1828 in Rehrersburg, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States

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Died 30 Jul 1881 at age 53 in Hamburg, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Percival appears in the list of matriculants from the medical school of the University of Pennsylvania for 1848/9.^[1] His perceptors were named as Trion (presumably his father) and Royer (his uncle by marriage). He appears again in the list for 1850/1, but his preceptor is now J. Trion, presumably his father Jacob.^[2]

Wife: Sophia S. Seyfert. Children:

1. Alice Elliot, nee Tryon,
2. Lloyd Tryon,
3. Amie Tryon
4. Minnie Goodman, nee Tryon,
5. Lewis Tryon, stated in probate documentation as being a minor, having been born 22 March 1870.

His surviving children were named as heirs-at-law in his uncle John Treon's probate documents.

Eldest son of Jacob Tryon, "… Dr. Percival J. Tryon, deceased, was born May 31, 1828. He received a liberal education and was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1850. Soon after his graduation he settled at Hamburg, Berks County, where he acquired a large practice, which he held up to the time of his death, which occurred on the 30th day of July, A. D. 1881.^[3]

Obituary

Death of Dr. P. J. Tryon.

SKETCH OF A BERKS PHYSICIAN OF THIRTY YEARS' PRACTICE.

Dr. P. J. Tryon, an honored and highly respected citizen of Hamburg, died on Saturday morning at one o'clock, after an illness of four weels of nervous affliction of the brain and general debility. He was a practical physician for over thirty years, had a large field of labor, and was well known throughout Berks, Schuylkill, Lehigh, MOntgomery and adjoining counties. He was married in 1852 to Miss Sophia S. Seyfert, oldest daughter of the late Joseph Seyfert, at Seyfert's forge, near Shartlesville. Their union was blessed with eight children, three having died years ago. Of the remaining children two sons, Lloyd J. and Lewis R., and three daughters, Alice, intermarried with Henry A. Elliot, Amy B. and Minnie F. Tryon, survive their loving father.

Dr. Tryon was born in Rehrersburg, Berks county, May 31st, 1828, attended the subscription schools at Rehrersburg (there were no public or free schools at that time) at an early age, after which he attended a select school at the Trappe, Montgomery county. He then attended Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, and advanced as far as one session into his Junior class. He took up the study of medicine and surgery in the office of, and under the instruction of his father, and attended lectures at the University of Pennsylvania, at Philidelphia, and received his diploma in 1851.

He was the oldest son of Dr. Jacob Tryon, the oldest practicing physician in Berks county, of Rehrersburg; a brother of Dr. John S. Tryon, Rehrersburg; J. Warren Tryon, Esq., of Reading; Isabella, wife of Hon Lewis Royer, the present Senator of Montgomery county, Pa., Trappe, Montgomery county; Celicia, wife of Henry Walborn, Prystowe; Rebecca, wife of Owen Laubach, and Hannah M., wife of John B. Barnet, Rehrersburg. The funeral will take place on Thursday morning at ten o'clock, at the St. JOhn's Church. Reb. Messrs. B. D. sweizig and C. K.. Drumheller will officiate.

The doctor practiced medicine a short time with his father at Rehrersburg, but shortly after he was married he moved to Hamburg, where he practiced until 1866, when he purchased the farm upon which Doctor Kern lived in Amity township, Berks county. In 1869 he sold this farm and again removed to Hamburg, where he resided up to the time of his death.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ List of University of Pennsylvania medical school matriculants 1848/9, page 26
2. ↑ List of University of Pennsylvania medical school matriculants 1850/1, page 26
3. ↑ Montgomery, Morton L. (1886) History of Berks county in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia : Everts, Peck & Richards, p. 606. https://archive.org/stream/cu31924028852196#page/n689/mode/1up/search/Tryon
4. ↑ Reading Times (Reading, Pennsylvania) 01 Aug 1881, Mon Page 4 https://www.newspapers.com

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXP8-9SL : 30 December 2015), J P Tryon, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZL2-222 : 17 October 2014), Perceville P Tryon, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 99, family 173, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,807.

• 1880 US Federal Census; Census Place: Hamburg, Berks, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1101; Page: 428C; Enumeration District: 073 (Ancestry.com)

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL3-YPVJ : 13 December 2015), Percival Jacob Tryon, 1881; Burial, Hamburg, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Saint Johns Cemetery; citing record ID 80263439, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Find A Grave Memorial# 80263439