Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1896-10-31

has proved of value in the discharge of
his duties as register of probate and county
clerk, which he performed for nearly so
years, affording him the honor of being
the oldest register, in years Of service, in
Vermont, if not in New England. His
knowledge OF probate law was unques-
toned.
Judge Tyler was born on the I" old town
hill" directly north of what is now called
" Centerville," April 10, 1912. He was
one OF IL children, nine sons and two
daughters, of Colonel and for many wears
Chief Justice Royal Tyler and Mary
Palmer Tyler.
Judge Tyler moved to Boston when IS.
and entered the store of his brother, Gen.
John Tyler, as clerk, and it was there that
the idea was conceived to change his name
from Charles to Royal, which was finally
done by the legislature. After about two
years in the store young Royal was in
duced by his brothers, John and William,
to enter the Phillips academy at Exeter.
There he was fitted for college, entering
| Harvard in 1881 as sophomore. He was
graduated in 1884 and began studying law
in the Office Of Charles G.. Loring, one OF
the leading lawyers of his time, on Court
street in Boston. Three years aiterward
he was admitted to the bar, and the follow
ing spring returned to Brattleboro, where
his mother and sisters were living. He
was admitted to the Windham county bar
in September, 1910, on certificate from
the Massachusetts courts, and within a
year entered the Brattleboro law office as
partner, the firm name being Keyes & Ty-
Ter. The following year he married Miss
Laura b. Reyes, Oldest daughter of his
partner, and in the fall of the same year,
at the suggestion of the late Charles X
Field, he went to Newfane to take the lat
ter's business during his absence in the
west. A year later Mr.. Field returned
and resumed his practice, and Mr.. Tyler,
not finding business enough for two law
yers, returned from the county seat to
Brattleboro in 1843.
Meantime he had been elected state
attorney, an office he held two years,
retaining his own practice. He was
appointed judge Of probate for the MARI
boro district in 1916, having served as
register for two years previous, and in
1851 he was elected county clerk. Upon
his accession to the office of county clerk
he discontinued his law practice.
He represented his town in the legisla-
ture and was senior warden of St. Michael's
Episcopal church. During his incumbency,
Judge Tyler regularly attended every SEES
sion of the county and supreme courts
He built in 1857 the attractive house where
he died, at the junction Of Tyler and Ter
race streets. IIe leaves widow and one
daughter, wife Of Druggist G. w. Patt OF
Great Darlington.
Judge Tyler's life was marked by an
answering fidelity and honesty of purpose.
He was the friend of the widow and father
less and his memory will be cherished in
every household. Possessed OF strong
judicial mind, had he chosen to follow his
profession, he would easily have stood with
the foremost men of the bar. His decis-
ions were just and unprejudiced, coupled
with an honest conviction of the intent and
meaning Of the law. Charity, considera-
ton and nobility OF mind were recognized
characteristics Of Judge Tyler's familiar
public and domestic life. He will be
missed in the county court room, where he
had been an almost constant attendant
upon the sessions of the court for many
years. He was modest and unassuming
and did not care for political preferment.
The funeral was held yesterday afternoon
at 3 o'clock in the Episcopal church.