Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 8th ed., 1888, Jefferson Co. S. M. HOOPER TYLER, M.D., was born in Jeffersontown, Ky., April 10, 1856, and is a son of William D. and Laura D. (Hooper) Tyler, natives of Kentucky and Virginia. His grandfather Tyler emigrated from Virginia, and was a relative of President John Tyler. The doctor was reared in the city, and was educated in the city schools. He read medicine with Drs. Corrigan and Kelly, and graduated from the Louisville Medical College in 1860, having taken one course, and subsequently from the Kentucky School of Medicine. He was married, in November, 1879, to Miss Sarah A. Wilson, of Louisville. Tyler Hooper Wilson = VA http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/jefferson/tyler.smh.txt