s/o William & Elizabeth (Hackleman) Tyner

h/o (m.1) Martha McCune (m. April 7, 1818, Franklin County, Indiana)

f/o William Harris Tyner & Eliza Ann Tyner


h/o (m.2) Mary Nelson (m. September 8, 1822, Franklin County, Indiana)

f/o Martha Ann (Tyner) Keith, Mary Jane (Tyner) Wolfe, Charlotte (Tyner) Miller, & Robert Nelson Tyner


h/o (m.3) Sarah Ann 'Sally' Halberstadt (m. January 18, 1832, Franklin County, Indiana)

f/o George Washington Tyner, John Henry Tyner, Oliver H. Tyner, James Monroe Tyner, Elbert Shirk Tyner, Alonzo Tyner, & Missouri A. Tyner

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The subject of this sketch was born in Abbeville District, South Carolina, in 1797. He was the second son of the Rev. William Tyner, a Baptist minister, who removed from South Carolina to Kentucky in the year 180:, and from thence to Indiana in 1805, near Brookville; thence to Decatur county. At the age of twenty one Mr. Tyner was married to Martha McCure, of Franklin county. In 1820 he came to Hancock county, or the territory now comprising the county, which the reader will remember was not organized till eight years afterward; and even Madison, from which Hancock was struck off in 1828, was not organized till 1823. In 1821, September 19, he entered eighty acres of land in Blue river township, being the third entry made in the county. The first entry was made August 10. 1821. by Harmon Warrum, and the second August 23. by James Tyner. In 182: Mr. Tyner married Mary Nelson, who died in 1830. In 1832 he was again married, this time to Sarah Ann Hollerston. Mr. Tyner was one of the staunch pioneers, coming into the county within two years from the first settlement made by the pale-face." As a merchant, he was honest and accommodating, and thereby gained the esteem of all who knew him. Elsewhere we have shown that he was not only a pioneer merchant, stock trader and farmer, but he was the first in the county to give any attention to horticulture, having set out an orchard in the year 1822, according to the best information now at hand. Mr. Tyner also acted as a kind of common carrier between the early settlers and the market. As a father, he was kind-hearted and gentle. Ht: raised a large family, and provided well for them. As a neighbor, he was highly respected on account of his many amiable qualities. In politics, he was a whig and republican, but liberal in his views. He was a Baptist in faith, but by no means a bigot- He liberally supported the church, and every good cause found in him a friend and substantial encouragement. His remains lie buried in Shiloh cemetery, near his home, where loving hands have erected a stately monument to mark his last resting place.
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