Johnson-Emanuel-Washington County GaArchives Biographies.....Jefferson Davis Tyson  1861 -  1905
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Jefferson Davis Tyson was born in 1861 in johnson County and died c1905 in 
Emanuel County.  He was the son of Stephen Tyson and Martha Williams Tyson.  
His father Stephen was killed in CSA, never got to see his son Jeff.  He was 
reared by Cass and Martha along woth the four they had together. He was half 
brother to  Sam,  Charlie, Margaret, and Shade.   Jeff  went to Augusta and 
obtained an MD degree from the Medical College of Georgia.  When he returned to 
Johnson County, he practiced medicine in a small building in the front yard of 
the Shade Hall place for just a few years and then moved his practice to 
Adrian. 

The building was still there c1995.  I can well remember as a child looking 
into it and seeing the beautiful wood for the counter, slelves, and other 
furniture.  There were many bottles of all different sizes and colors still on 
some of the shelves.  Really quite lovely.  He had a big wooden shutter type 
opening in the side of the building that could be propped ( up ) open to let in 
light and ventilation.  One of my cousins said in jest one time, " this might 
have been the first drive thru doctor office and / or pharmacy in the U.S.".   
It was also said the patients could just drive up in their buggies or wagons 
and interact with him thru this opening.
   
He had an operation ( believe Kidney operation )  and was recuperating when a 
friend gave him a "bear hug"  and caused internal injuries leading to his death 
c1905.  He is buried near Adrian.  His widow married Ansbury A Fountain. 

From The History Of Adrian by Darlene Chapman below;
The first Doctor to live in Adrian was Dr. Jeff Tyson, whose office was in his 
home. 
 
Doctor Tyson was responsible for the first telephone exchange in Adrian in 1898.

House 176  1900 census Emanuel Co Ga
Jefferson Tyson  age 38    (Dr. Jeff Tyson, son of Stephen and Martha Williams)
Nannie           age 37     born in South Carolina, her maiden name was Williams


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