His full name and birth date are confirmed by his World War I draft registration[1] and his birthplace by his World War II draft registration.[2] In 1917 he was living in Jefferson County, New York.
Wife: Maud Corey. NOTE:: Daughter's obituary gives Maude's maiden name as Covey.
Child:
Tessie Tryon b abt 1905 NY
Occupation: moulder in foundry (later in glass house)
He died in 1954 at the age of 94 of a coronary occlusion due to asthma. He was buried at Fairview cemetery, B???, New York.[3]
Sources
↑ U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; Registration State: New York; Registration County: Jefferson; Roll: 1753744; Draft Board: 3 (Ancestry.com)
↑ U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942; The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War II draft cards (Fourth Registration) for the State of Pennsylvania; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System, 1926-1975; Record Group Number: 147; Series Number: M1951 (Ancestry.com)
↑ Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1966; Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania, USA; Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1965; Certificate Number 17848 (Ancestry.com)
1880 US Federal Census; Census Place: Sodus, Wayne, New York; Roll: 944; Page: 446D; Enumeration District: 190 (Ancestry.com) NOTE: name given as Josiah V. Tryon
"New York State Census, 1892," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3X3-6CV : 11 March 2018), J B Tryon, 1892; citing , Syracuse, 09, 04, Onondaga, New York, county offices, New York; FHL microfilm 860,908.
1905 New York, State Census; City: Wilna; County: Jefferson; Page: 6 (Ancestry.com)
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M59F-8S3 : accessed 18 April 2019), Josiah B Tryon, Schenectady Ward 10, Schenectady, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 211, sheet 8B, family 172, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1078; FHL microfilm 1,375,091.
1915 New York, State Census; Election District: 04; Assembly District: 02; City: Wilna; County: Jefferson; Page: 06 (Ancestry.com) NOTE: living in household of in-laws Lorenzo and Lena Corey
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXTY-8MQ : 13 March 2018), Josiah Betties Tryon, 1917-1918; citing Jefferson County no 3, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,753,744.
1920 US Federal Census; Census Place: Champion, Jefferson, New York; Roll: T625_1116; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 16 (Ancestry.com) NOTE: mother-in-law Lenora Covey also resident in household.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHC7-DM2 : accessed 18 April 2019), Josiah Tryon, North Charleroi, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 90, sheet 11B, line 97, family 221, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2163; FHL microfilm 2,341,897.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ7N-RHD : 14 March 2018), Josiah Tryon, Fallowfield Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 63-81, sheet 1A, line 11, family 4, 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 3623.
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