Tyler Town
Tyler Town

Very little information has surfaced so far about this section of the township; in fact the only mention I find of it so far is in the two Poll Books from the elections of 1892 and 1894, in which the names below are mentioned as living there.
1892 1894
John W. Nichols John W. Nichols
Elsworth Nichols George Ford
William Patten Alonzo Nichols
Howard A. Nichols
Isaac E. Nichols Isaac E. Nichols
Julius Gerber Julius Gerber
Frank Nichols

According to an interview with a former resident of the area provided by fellow researcher Jerilyn, some other residents of this town were:

It was also said that Will and Alonzo lost their home to a fire sometime around 1943. The Julius Gerber mentioned above was probably a member of the Gerber family that our informant described as the Gerber family that was notorious for always leaving their Christmas tree up until Easter!

Another researcher I just met has told me that his grandfather was born in Tyler Town; his name was Richard Gerber but what his relation was to the Julius Gerber mentioned above I am not yet certain.

TylerTown in 1910
According to the Federal Census, there were only 7 occupied homes here in 1910. Julius Gerber lived in one of them. Eventually I will have all the residents listed here.

TylerTown in 1920
The Federal Census for 1920 can be found here. There were 9 occupied homes in Tylertown in that year.

I was recently contacted by a descendant of one of the families from the 1920 census, who had this information to share:
James Patten age 30.(1889-1966?)
His wife's maiden name was Gertrude Ford(1900-1988).
I'm not sure the year of their marriage. Gertrude grew up in Bulltown on Bulltown Rd. They had 12 children:


This is so far all of the information I have, if and when more comes to light it will be posted here as well

This page was last updated on October 18th, 2004.