Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-01-29
OBITUARY.
REV. THOMAS p. TYLER. D. D.

REV. THOMAS p. TYLER. d. d.
Thomas Pickman Tyler, who died at his
residence on Tyler street on Monday last,
was the eighth son and tenth child of the late
Hon. Royal Tyler, Judge of the supreme
court of Vermont from 1901 to 1906, and
chief judge from 1907 to 1872. His mother
was Mary Palmer. lie was born in Brattle-
boro Nov. 20, 1915, in the cold Tyler house
up on the hill, - and his boyhood was passed
in this village He was pupil in the High
school and finished his educational course
in Trinity college, Hartford, from which
he was graduated i'm 1898. He at once be-
came a candidate for holy orders, and was
ordained deacon and priest in succession
within the shortest time allowed by the
canons of the Episcopal church. His first
parish was at Canton. n. Y. In Novem-
Der, 1871, he married Mary Ann, daughter
of Rufus Clark of Brattleboro and soon
after took charge of the parish in FredOnia,
| n. y. Here he made deep impression
| upon all with whom he was thrown in CON
tact, rs is evident by the fact that CORE
| spondence has been maintained with nu-
merous members of his congregation, grow
ing less as i'm TIN course of nature their
numbers have decreased. On Christmas
last he received a remembrance from one of
the few remaining FredOnia friends, and
one lady writing not long since from New
York city said, "All the old Frelonia
friends come to see me when they are in
New York, and they often and often speak
of You. Very few men were ever so loved
and so remembered by the friends of their
early years as you have been. You made
deep mark on the character and ideas of
| all those young people in your charge
After this successful pastorate he was called
to Columbus. Ohio, but his wife's health
not being good he soon returned to FredO-
mia, and not long after he was called to Ba-
tavia, y. Y. where he remained until 1862,
receiving the degree of ID. ID. i'm 1857. Dur
ing this time his wife died, and he after
ward married Diana widow of Hon. Joshua
l.. Brown of Batavia. His resignation,
which was caused by inability to perform
his duties by reason of i'll health, was "a
source of much grief to his Batavia friends,
who were quite as much attached to him
as were those of his former parish In a
letter written only last week to Mrs. Tyler
a lady says: GLOW wish | had one of
DIR. Tyler's good sermons to read" When
his health was sufficiently restored he took
charge of the parish i'm Brownville, Jeffer-
son county, y. Y, whence he removed to
Hamilton in the same state. In 1870 he
was p'll-'h W ltSlEu lDl TIE SAINT ItdSOll
as before, and then removed to Brattleboro,
where he has since lived. He had been
gradually failing for the last two or three
years, but his remarkable vitality preserved
him beyond the allotted threescore years
and ten.
BY his first wife he had three sons, John
=, colonel OF the Second Regiment Yer
mont Volunteers, who died in New York
i'm Nav 1854 from the results of wounds
received in the Battle of the Wilderness:
Rufus c., who was an officer of the volun-
teer navy during the civil war and was aft
crwards lost at sea; Hanson r.. now lieu
tenant in the navy and at present attached
to the Mohican, and a daughter who died
in infancy. Two brothers, Rev. George p.
Tyler of Lansingburg, and Hon. Royal
Tyler of this village. survive him.
The funeral, which took place on Wednes-
day last, was private, owing to illness in
the family and the desire of Mrs. Tyler to
prevent the exposure of their friends to the
inclemency of the weather.