CHARLES C. TYLER
Dec. 22, 1837
Apr. 22, 1917

OLIVE R. J. WEBSTER
Wife of C. C. TYLER
Sept. 15, 1839
Feb. 12, 1907
 

From the Gregg History of Hancock County, Illinois, 1880, pp. 837-838.
Paragraph breaks added for clarity and ease of reading, indicated by ¶.

Charles C. Tyler, though young in looks and action, is among the oldest settlers in the village of Fountain Green.  He is the son of Alvin Tyler, and the nephew of Stephen Tyler, so well known in the northeastern part of the county.

¶ The family is of English ancestry, and emigrated at an early day to Connecticut.  Alvin was born in Harwinton, of that State, in 1809; emigrated to Marietta, O., where he settled and began practicing medicine.  He raised his family here and was very successful in his business.  He visited his relatives in this county in 1846, and on his return he sickened and died at Gilead, Ill., aged 47.  The mother, whose maiden name was Adaline E. Church, was of same descent and nativity, and came West in 1854, residing with Chas. C. until her death, at the age of 46.

¶ C. C. was born Dec. 22, 1837; has one brother living, John H, an engineer of this county.  He received his education principally at Macomb College, after which he was salesman for a time for Begby and Payton, a dry-goods firm in LaHarpe; was in Northern Illinois from 1858 to 1860, at the end of which time he purchased an interest in a general merchandising store with Mathew McClaughry, father of Warden McClaughry, of Joliet.  He purchased his partner's interest in 1864, since which time he has been in business alone in the building popularly known at the "Arcade," erected in 1864.  Mr. Tyler was appointed Postmaster in 1875, and from the hosts of friends who daily compliment his management of the office, one would judge that no presidential change would be apt to affect his position.

¶ C. C. was married in June, 1860, to Johan Webster, daughter of Chauncy Webster, of Harwinton, Conn.  She is the mother of 8 children, 5 of whom are living, - 4 sons and one daughter: Charles L., George C., Albert S., Clark L., and Mary F.

Mr. Tyler and family are members of no denomination, but they make the Churches feel their friendship.  His residence, the old homestead, is both neat and tastefully arranged.  He also has a farm of 90 acres one mile north of the village.  Mr. T. is a man who enjoys the blessing of home comforts, and does much to make others do likewise.

C. C. Tyler home, built in 1901.  Click here for a larger view and more information.

One of the earliest and best known pioneers of Hancock County closed a long and eventful life of almost four score years on Sunday morning, April 22, 1917, when Mr. C. C. Tyler of Fountain Green answered the call of the Master and passed to his eternal home.

Charles Church Tyler was born in Marietta, Ohio, on December 22, 1837, and was the son of Alvin and Adeline Church Tyler, of whose family of four children there is only one surviving, a son, Mr. John H. Tyler, of Kirksville, Missouri.  The family were of English descent.

Soon after the birth of Charles his parents returned to their home in Wolcotville, Connecticut, where they resided until the death of his father in 1846.  Thus deprived of his father's love and cousel at the early age of fourteen he was sent under the care and company of Martin Hopkins to this thinly settled and uncultivated State of Illinois and to the little village of Fountain Green, to make his home with his uncle, Stephen H. Tyler, Sr.  His grandparents also having emigrated to this village the previous year.

The long tedius journey was made by rail, by boat and by state.  Upon his arrival in Fountain Green on that summer day in 1851, among the many strangers whom he met was another little boy, Robert Wilson McClaughry.  The manly and affable manner of the eastern boy attracted the admiration and love of the western lad and as a result a lifelong friendship existed.

He remained with his uncle until his nineteenth year.  During this time he attended the district school in this village, which was held in a log cabin, and later was sent to Macomb College.

Upon leaving college he secured a clerkship in the postoffice at Polo, Illinois, and afterwards a clerkship at La Harpe, Illi- [text missing] with Mathew M. McClaughry in the old store in Fountain Green.

See also:

Adeline Church Tyler

Household of Alvin Tyler
Males 0 thru 4 - 1
Males 5 thru 9 - 1
Males 30 thru 39 - 1
Females 0 thru 4 - 1
Females 20 thru 29 - 1
Total - 5
Persons employed in learned professions and engineers - 1

Adeline Fyler [sic], 38, female, born CT
Charles, 12, male, born OH, attended school within the year
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John Fyler [sic], 6, male, born IA, attended school within the year

Chauncy Webster, 58, male, farmer, value of real estate 1200, born CT
Olive, 55, female, born CT
Joan, 10, female, born CT, attended school within the year

Charles C Tyler, 23, male, merchant, value of real estate 4000, value of personal estate 500, born CT
Joana R, 20, female, born CT
Stephen H, 74, male, born CT
Hannah, 72, female, born CT
John H, 16, male, farmer, born CT

Tyler, Charles C, white, male, 42, married, merchant, born OH, both parents born CT
Olive R J, white, female, 41, wife, married, keeping house, born CT, both parents born CT
Charles S, white, male, 15, son, single, at home, attended school within the year, born IL, father born OH, mother born CT
George, white, male, 13, son, single, at home, attended school within the year, born IL, father born OH, mother born CT
Mary, white, female, 11, daughter, single, at home, attended school within the year, born IL, father born OH, mother born CT
Albert W, white, male, 8, son, single, at home, attended school within the year, born IL, father born OH, mother born CT
Clark L, white, male, 5, son, single, at home, born IL, father born OH, mother born CT

Tyler, C C, head, white, male, Dec 1837, 62, married for 39 years, born OH, both parents born CT, dry goods mkt, months not employed - 0, could read, write and speak English, owned his farm home free of mortgage, farm schedule 1

Olive, wife, white, female, Sept 1839, 60, married; mother of 9 children, 6 living; born CT, both parents born CT, could read, write and speak English

Geo, son, white, male, Aug 1867, 32, widower, born IL, father born OH, mother born CT, farmer, months not employed - 0, could read, write and speak English

Mary F, daughter, white, female, Nov 1869, 30, single, born IL, father born OH, mother born CT, typewrites, months not employed - 3, could read, write and speak English

C L, son, white, male, Aug 1873, 24, single, born IL, father born OH, mother born CT, student, at school for 3 months, could read, write and speak English

E J, daughter, white, female, Oct 1881, 18, single, born IL, father born OH, mother born CT, at school for 7 months, could read, write and speak English

Tyler, Charles C, head, male, white, 72, widower, born OH, both parents born CT, spoke English, farmer, general farm, employer, could read and write, owned his farm home free of mortgage, farm schedule 51

George C, son, male, white, 42, widower, born IL, father born OH, mother born CT, spoke English, laborer, home farm, employee, could read and write

Mary F, daughter, female, white, 39, single, born IL, father born OH, mother born CT, spoke English, could read and write