Christian County MO Archives Biographies.....Tyndall, Isaac A. 1856 - 
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Author: Goodspeed Brothers (1894)

    ISAAC A. TYNDALL. The gentleman who occupies the honorable position of
assessor of Christian County, Mo., was first elected to that office in 1890, and
reelected two years later. He is one of the most prominent citizens, and has
held many official positions of trust. Mr. Tyndall was born in Christian (then
Greene) County, May 10, 1856. His parents, William V. and Hannah (Huff) Tyndall,
were natives of Georgia and Arkansas, respectively, the father born April 19,
1818, and the mother in Fulton County. Our subject's great-grandfather came from
England to this country at an early date, and settled at Baltimore, Md. His son,
the grandfather of our subject, was a soldier in the War of 1812. William V.
Tyndall, father of the subject, remained in his native State until three years
of age, and, when grown, or in 1841, he emigrated to Missouri. He first settled
in Christian County, about two miles southeast of Sparta, and bought a farm, on
which he remained for eight years. Thence he moved to a farm four miles
northeast of that town, and on this passed the remainder of his days, dying
February 15, 1893, of pneumonia. He was a hearty, strong man up to the time of
his death. He was also a good man, for his career was marked by uprightness and
truth, and his life was filled with acts of usefulness. He was one of the
pioneers of this section, and a man highly esteemed by all. He came to this
county on horseback, and after settling here married Miss Huff, daughter of
Samuel Huff, who was a native of Tennessee. The latter was the first man to
settle in Greene County, and was about the only white man who knew anything
about the county in 1812. He died in Douglas County in 1868, when eighty-seven
years of age. Mrs. Tyndall was a consistent member of the Christian Church, and
the family has ever been highly respected. In his political principles, Mr.
Tyndall was a Whig and later a Republican. He voted for William H. Harrison and
for Benjamin Harrison for presidents of the United States. When the Civil War
broke out, he enlisted in the Home Guards, and served about ninety days, but was
then too old to be a soldier. The war made great inroads into his resources, and
he was obliged to start anew. The children born to this most worthy couple were
named as follows: Charlotte, wife of E. G. Friend, a pioneer of this country;
Sarah, the wife of J. M. Washburn of Ozark County, deceased; Rhoda, married to
Daniel Pipkin, and after his death was married to Thomas F. Layton. She is now
deceased; Mollie married W. B. Cummings and resides in Texas; Isabella, married
E. G. Friend, Jr., and resides in this county; Annie married Lewis Leonard of
Montana; May is the youngest of the family and single. The sons were named as
follows: Isaac A., our subject; John B., single, resides near Sparta; W. T.,
teacher in the public schools of Sparta, and is postmaster of that town; and
Martin V., who is living in Ozark, has an office under the Government. The
parents of these children passed through all the privations and trials of
pioneer life, and the old homestead is one of the first settled farms in the
county. Isaac A. Tyndall, the eldest son, was born in Christian County, Mo., May
10,1856, as above stated, and, like the average country boy, his time was
divided in assisting on the farm and in attending the district school. Later he
attended college at Arno, Douglas County, Mo, and Henderson College, Webster
County. In 1878 he embarked in business for himself as an agriculturist, and
during the fall and winter seasons taught the schools of his county. He has now
given up teaching and devotes his entire time to his farm. The position he now
holds, assessor of the county, is the first he has ever aspired to, and he was
elected by a good majority. He fills this position in an able and efficient
manner and is a popular official. Socially, he is a member of the I. O. O. F.,
Sparta Lodge No. 424, and has held office in the lodge. At present Mr. Tyndall
is farming the home place, is the owner of 240 acres, and makes a success of
farming, as he does of any other enterprise to which he gives his attention.
Martin V. Tyndall is also a native of this county, born March 7, 1864, on the
old farm. He supplemented a good common-school education by attending the Normal
at Sparta and the Academy at Henderson. Possessed of an unusual amount of
ambition and the courage and strength to push it along, he went to Montana in
1883, and was the first settler in the town of Anaconda. He worked in the copper
mines until 1886, and then returned to Missouri, where he engaged in teaching
school, following this for three or four years. In 1890 he was appointed U. S.
S. & G., and has held that position up to the present. Like his brother Isaac,
he is single and is a prominent young man of the county. Socially he is a member
of the Masonic order of Sparta, Lodge No. 296, and politically he is a
Republican, taking a deep interest in the welfare of his party. He is another of
the county's most worthy citizens, and is a liberal contributor to all worthy
movements. William T. Tyndall, a successful teacher in the High School of
Sparta, was born on the old home place of the Tyndall family, three miles east
of Sparta, January 16, 1862, and there grew to mature years. Early in life he
was trained to the arduous duties of the farm, and his first experience as a
pupil was in the primitive log school house with clay and stick chimney, of
those days. Like his brothers, he attended Henderson Academy, and took an
academic course. Leaving school in 1886, he began his career as an educator,
teaching first in Douglas County, but subsequently he confined his teaching to
this county, mostly in or near Sparta. He is one of the most successful and
prominent young educators of the county, and he has done much to further the
cause of education. Sparta has excellent schools, and thanks are due Mr. Tyndall
for their progress and improvement. By teaching school he educated himself, and
after studying law during his vacations, was admitted to the bar in February,
1893. He was married at Sparta, to Miss Lillie M. Nelson, a native of Pierce
City, this State, and the daughter of W. H. Nelson, a farmer. One child has
blessed this union, a daughter, Renda J. Mr. Tyndall is a prominent Mason and a
member of Sparta Lodge, of which he is master. In politics he is to be found in
the Republican ranks. He was appointed postmaster at Sparta under President
Harrison, and has filled that office very satisfactorily up to the present. He
and Mrs. Tyndall are members of the Christian Church.

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A REMINISCENT HISTORY OF THE OZARK REGION

COMPRISING A CONDENSED GENERAL HISTORY, A BRIEF DESCRIPTIVE HISTORY OF EACH
COUNTY, AND NUMEROUS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PROMINENT CITIZENS OF SUCH COUNTIES.

ILLUSTRATED.

CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS.
1894.

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