F. D. Tyler Biography


	This biography appears on page 1892-1893 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	F. D. TYLER, one of the well-known and honored farmers of Davison 
county, was born in Jefferson county, Wisconsin. When he was but five 
years of age his father was killed by accident, and he was but nine 
years of age when his mother likewise passed away. His educational 
advantages were meager, but he availed himself of school privileges 
whenever his self-sustaining labors permitted him to attend school for 
even a short interval, and this limited training has been effectively 
supplemented by the lessons gained in the broad school of experience. 
Mr. Tyler left Wisconsin when a lad of fourteen years and went, to 
Iowa, where he grew to manhood and where he remained until coming to 
Dakota territory. He settled in Davison county, where he took up a tree 
claim and forthwith set about to improve the same and bring it under 
cultivation. He developed a good farm and made excellent improvements 
on the same, and has here maintained his home during the intervening 
years, the place being devoted to diversified agriculture and to the 
raising of live stock of excellent grade. In politics he maintains an 
independent attitude, but takes a proper interest in local affairs and 
has been called upon to serve in positions of public trust and 
responsibility. He is at the time of this writing a member of the board 
of township trustees and also of the school board of his district. He 
is identified with the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and both he and 
his wife hold membership in the Congregational church.