Kent County MI Archives Obituaries.....Tyron, Friend Edward July 30, 1917
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Grand Rapids Herald 2 Aug 1917
Grand Rapids Herald, 2 Aug 1917:  KENT RESIDENT FOR HALF CENTURY DEAD - F.E. 
Tryon loaded first train of lumber on G.R.&I.
	F.E. Tryon, 73 years old, the first postmaster in Edgerton and one of 
the oldest pioneers of Kent County died suddenly Tuesday at the homestead near 
Edgerton.
	Mr. Tryon was born in 1844 in Niagara County, NY, and came to Michigan 
in 1863 where he engaged in the grocery business and later in the lumber and 
shingle business.  He loaded the first trainload of shingles when Cedar 
Springs was the northern terminal.  He was married in 1867 to Miss Adelaide 
House.
	Fraternally, Mr. Tryon was associated with the Edgerton tent, 
K.O.T.M.M., being one of its charter members.  He was also one of the oldest 
members of the Rockford L.O.O.F.
	With Mrs. Tryon he recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary 
at the homestead where they had resided since their marriage.
	Surviving besides the widow are a daughter, Mrs. J.M. Vandenberg of 
Flint, a grandson, Harold Tyron Johnson of Grand Rapids, and four half-
brothers, John, Darius and David West, who reside west of Edgerton, and Frank 
West of Whittier, California.  

Additional Comments:
Husband of Sarah E. "Adelaide" (House) Tryon.

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