Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-21
THE TYLEnS CELEBRATE
THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING
Veteran of War Between
States and Wife Welded
ialf.Ccnturv.
WAS MEMBER or mow,rzr,us.
Did His nit mt Outbreaks ar HOSTILE
tics. by believing Father on Guard
Duty. Though oniy sixteen Ecurs
az iEr.

| Having PASSED through The EruclI-
! ing DAYS Of the early SIXTIES. and the
! almost AS hopeless days Of Recon
| structior. ANA observed his loved
/ Southland grow into It's stride OF the
| good old days when chivalry and
/ patriotism ran arm iu arm. Erastus
/ q. Tyler. veteran OF the War Between
the states. an Mrs. Tyler are today
/ merriIN ceicbratin. their golden an
adversary.
Niol"ts ana honcysucklo grew pro-
/ fuseiy, III" fields were CAV with
daisies the birds sang in tho ,r.es
the brooks flowed 10 the sea, when
on May u. 1872. young Erastus and
his hlUshius and happy Matte. stood
h'i"r" Key John \. Dearborn and
pledged their jr"th. Hut the birds
didnt SinS half aS swcctly then as
they d" today Nor did the flowers
smell ." sweet, nor the brooks flow
SO sauc'lN as they do today. as the
~" stand Welcoming their friends
WIN the silv"rn locks. mingling with
the golden and the brown Of thci,
children. Ana that is saving n lo,
for TIA" wedding day is about the
happ'eSi Of all other days
EraStnS q. Taylor was born i'm
S'"ttSNill" Va, sevcnty-six wears
ago. tn" Youngest son Of John TYLER
and Emily Grove Tyler. At an cnr,y
ar" n" cam" with his family to Rich
m""h' wh"r" for many years before
,'' war John Tyler and Sons con-
Quoted "a commission house ON (,orv
S're"t His education was had i,
tn" iichmoud schools
R"ii"N"s Pnrcnt on Guard Dur,
" non the cannon began Ia ROM a,
IN" outbreak Of hostilities yor,,,
N''f Was Just Is years old. ~.
"phht" i cap and bore II musket. and
contributed his bit by relieving his
I"tncr on guard duty In the local
t,'.'t'"' AS he grew griny with the
r1i"hc OF grim war and his years
80 on hc Vent into the soldier
business on MS own hook. and ioincd
company Il. OF the Third RnttnIion
81 l"Ehl infantry, under Captain F,,l-
''' ana was baptized into the Grim
H"'' order at Ben Green's farm mo
"'-ht OF pahlSrcn's raid He took
part IN the Seven Days Fight, oncr
"'lnE at Cold Ilarhor. Malvern IN,
anu seven Pines. He was in tho lin.
"i hF"hStworks around Richmond tba
I.'.o".nE winter. at Fort Harrison.
f"tt elmer and 1T Little Bethel
I'm Aug. II. 1861, he enlisted in IN.
Hlrh company. Richmond Howitz.rs
me h"'dhway Battalion, First vir.
Ehia ARTILLERY. under CaD,ain 10,
smith. and served with the Howi,zars
IN IN" battles around Richmond A,
f"rt Gilmar, while the batterv wa
coming into action. young TYLER was
knocked from his gun and suffered
a dlSl"cat"d shoulder, from which he
Ms never recovered. lie was takcn
90 IN" S"abrook Hospital. and lator
''"hSte erred To Chimhoraao, where he
renamed i've weeks. III. suffered ,ho
suspense Of young man anxious ~
get l" IN" front where shot and sbcl
f"ht' aud Where the noise Of cannon
maze MS fee! that his comrades vera
making good hight for their cause
Joins Wrciched Marcher,.
rs III" end drew near. ho,revar
an" VaEn" ruincrs. doubtful! OF heir
source ana not confirmaiory Of any
liIhE Hohni'c. yet sim bearing
gloomy echo az despair. reached III.
ears OF the defenders OF the c,usr
young Tyler joined the wrc,rh.d
h"rrhNrS on she hopeless tram
through Richmond to the South Sjda
'h"nc" TO Appropriations. One or his
cherished possessions is his paroIn
n'p'r given him on April 10. 1865 nm
~" Held Of Appomat,ox. when Tho
@ ont ed an, To-