HARDESTY, H.H., Historical Hand-Atlas (Paulding County) 1882



William A. Tysor



William A. Tysor - born in Clinton county, Ohio, March 25, 1842, is a son of Clarissa Tysor, who was born in Ohio. He settled in Paulding county, March 4, 1879, and was married in Clinton county, Ohio, October 10, 1867, by John Jenkins, Esq., to Violetta Sutton, daughter of John Sutton, born April 19, 1803. Mrs. Tysor was born in Greene county, Ohio, February 7, 1847. Mr. Tysor is a farmer in Crane township. He was a member of Company G., 79th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry; enlisted August 13, 1862, at Sabina, Ohio; participated in the following battles: Resaca, Ringold, Altoona, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, in the Atlanta campaign, Savannah, Sherman's March to the Sea, and many other minor battles; mustered out of service June 17, 1865, at Camp Dennison, Ohio, attached to 3d Division, 3d Brigade, 20th Army Corps. He had a brother who was in the United States Navy, and accidentally fell from a gunboat on the Ohio river, near Cincinnati, and was drowned. Business, farming. Address, Antwerp, Paulding county, Ohio.




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