Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Marion County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Tyler. Married to Lydda Tyler. Father of John Tyler, Sarah Tyler, Mary Tyler, and James Tyler. Clerk in Jefferson County in 1850. Farmer in Marion County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in 1860.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District no. 2, p. 202. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District no. 1, p. 558. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Marion County, District no. 1, p. 489-490. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, Precinct 2, p. 218.

Citation

Tyler, James W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213906 (November 12, 2026).

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Petition
T. J. Clark to James F. Robinson
1862-11-18

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