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Below is a family biography included in the book, The History of Haywood County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1886. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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John E. Tyus, a prosperous farmer and citizen of Haywood County, was born in the county May 2, 1844, and is the son of Ben. S. and Sarah A. (Davis) Tyus. The father was a native of Virginia and born February 8, 1800. In early life he came to Haywood County and taught school for a number of years, then sold goods at Brownsville until 1835, when he settled on a farm six miles west of Brownsville, where he died August 26, 1852. The mother was a native of South Carolina, born May 6, 1826. While still an infant, her parents moved to Haywood County. She died July 10, 1853. John E. Tyus was chiefly educated at the military university at Frankfort, Ky. Contrary to his wishes he left school in 1861 and entered the Confederate service enlisting in Company D, Thirty-first Tennessee Infantry, and was placed in B. F. Cheatham’s division, where he remained until the close of the war, participating in the battles of Perryville, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and in the retreat from Dalton to Atlanta and at Franklin and Nashville and returned home in 1865 and settled on a farm in Haywood County. In 1869 he moved to Brownsville and for four years was in the livery stable business, but in 1873 he returned to his farm. November 29, 1865, he married Miss Fannie M. Jarratt, a native of Haywood County, born October 6, 1844. Two daughters and three sons have been born to this marriage, but two of the sons are dead. Mr. and Mrs. Tyus belong to the Methodist Church and he is a Democrat.
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This family biography is one of 82 biographies included in the book, The History of Haywood County, Tennessee published in 1886 by Goodspeed. The History of Haywood County was included within The History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood, and Crockett Counties, Tennessee
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