George W. Tyler Biography


	This biography appears on pages 856-859 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. V (1915) and was 
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				GEORGE W. TYLER. 

	George W. Tyler, one of the progressive and representative 
agriculturists of South Dakota, is the owner of ten hundred and eighty 
acres of rich and productive land in Lyons township, Minnehaha county, 
all of which he cultivates with the aid of his sons. His birth occurred 
in Decorah, Iowa, on the 17th of November, 1861, his parents being 
George and Mary Lucy Tyler, both of whom are deceased. The father was a 
farmer by occupation. 

	George W. Tyler acquired his early education in the public 
schools and subsequently attended Decorah Institute, a normal school, 
from which he was graduated in 1884. The following year he came to 
South Dakota, teaching in the country schools of this state until 1892 
and also operating a farm at the same time. His first purchase of land 
embraced one hundred and sixty acres and to this he has added from time 
to time until his holdings now comprise ten hundred and eighty acres in 
Lyons, Benton and Hartford townships, Minnehaha county. He cultivates 
all of this with the assistance of his sons and also devotes 
considerable attention to the care of registered stock for breeding 
purposes, having now a hundred head of cattle and more than two hundred 
head of hogs. Mr. Tyler has all modern farm machinery to facilitate the 
work of the fields, keeps his property in model condition and follows 
the most progressive and resultant methods in the conduct of his 
agricultural interests. He was one of the organizers of the Farmers 
Elevator Company of Crooks, Ellis and Lyons; is a member of the board 
and a stockholder in the Farmers Elevator Company of Hartford and the 
Crooks Lumber Company; and is now president of both the Crooks Lumber 
Company and the Crooks Elevator Company. 

	On the 10th of July, 1887, he was united in marriage to Miss 
Jessie Lyman, a daughter of Louis and Harriet L. Lyman, residents of 
Sioux Falls. The children born to them are as follows: Clarence Ray, 
who is attending college at Mitchell, this state; Louis L., a farmer of 
Hartford township, who married Mina, daughter of Martin McLeod of that 
township; Ernest S.; Arthur W.; M. Gerald; Floyd E.; George W.; Harry 
C.; and Donald J. 

	In politics Mr. Tyler is a stanch republican, loyally supporting 
the men and measures of that party at the polls. He has served as a 
member of the school board and held the office of township assessor for 
eight years, making a creditable record in that connection. His 
religious faith is that of the Methodist church, while fraternally he 
is identified with the Masons, belonging to Lodge No. 136, A. F. &; A. 
M., at Hartford, this state; El Riad Consistory, S. P. R. S.; and the 
Eastern Star, with which his wife is also affiliated. He is likewise a 
member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Modern Woodmen of 
America and the Modern Brotherhood of America. The period of his 
residence in Minnehaha county covers about three decades and he has 
long been numbered among its most prosperous agriculturists and 
respected citizens.