Peter Tryon (abt. 1813 - 1892)

Born about 2 Apr 1813 in Greenville, Greene, New York, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Ann (Stevens) Tryon — married 11 Apr 1833 in New York, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Mar 1892 at about age 78 in Huntsville, Randolph, Missouri, United States

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Biography

The following children are noted elsewhere and fit the obituary record. Further documentation is forthcoming:

Sophia Tryon, 1834–1899

Peter Gilbert Tryon, 1835–1904

Catherine Tryon, 1837–1905

Simon Peter Tryon, 1840–1904 ​​

John James Tryon, 1842–1912​​

Lewis Tryon, 1844–1918 ​​

Clarissa Tryon, 1847–1926

Sarah Jane Tryon, 1849–1876

Obituary

"Tryon-Near Huntsville, Randolph couty, Missouri, Bro. Peter Tryon, in the seventy-ninth year of his age. Bro. Tryon was born in Greenville, Green county, New York, April 2d, 1813, and married Sarah Ann Stevens April 11th, 1833. He united with the church about the year 1835, having been baptized in New York by Elder Uzziel Stevens. About the year 1843, having then a family of five children, he removed from the Empire State to Ohio, passing through Kirtland on the way, which was found to have been deserted by the Saints with the exception of a few families. After living eleven years in Huron county, Ohio, there being then eight children, the family again moved westward, settling in Knox county, Illinois in 1854. On Christmas, 1889, he and his aged companion, with the family of his son Lewis, moved to Huntsville, Missouri, where he died on the morning of March 10th, 1892. During the dark and cloudy day his faith continued firm and unshaken. Holding aloof from the various factions, in 1862 he united with the Reorganization on his original baptism. He leaves a widow and seven children four sons and three daughters, his youngest daughter having preceded him to the great beyond over sixteen years ago. His confidence in the latter day work increased with his years, and at last he was gathered home as a shock of corn fully ripe. Although he had been ailing for some time the end came rather suddenly and unexpectedly, but the grim messenger found him well prepared, and his surviving relatives mourn not as those who have no hope. Funeral services were conducted on the 11th by Elder Duncan Campbell, using the text, "Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord," etc., Rev. 14:13." ^[1]

Research Notes

This profile once had a middle name for him of Drury. There is no evidence for that and may have resulted from some mix-up as his sons Simon Peter and Peter Gilbert married Drury sisters.

Sources

1. ↑ The Saints' Herald, Lamoni, Iowa, March 26, 1892, #13, Vol 39, 208

• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTN-T1H : 2 March 2021), Petter Tryon, Candor, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 30, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXQX-2VZ : 12 April 2016), Peter Tryon, Ridgefield, Huron, Ohio, United States; citing family 366, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "Illinois State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:618H-MW2 : 11 March 2018), Peter Tryon, Henderson, Knox, Illinois; citing Henderson, Knox, Illinois, 10, p. 412, Illinois State Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXH4-Q3K : 18 February 2021), Peter Pryor, Henderson, Knox, Illinois, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M64T-MVD : 12 April 2016), Peter Tryon, Illinois, United States; citing p. 29, family 209, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,739.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXV7-7LD : 19 February 2021), Peter Tryon, Henderson, Knox, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 138, sheet 204B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,220.