William N. (William Nelson) Tyler

Born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on July 23, 1838, William Nelson Tyler later made his home in Illinois. Genealogy and census records place him in Boone, Henry, and Rock Island counties over the course of his life.

Those records show a life shaped by hard work and change. At different times he was listed as a farmer, a coal miner, a grocer, and later a laborer, suggesting the kind of flexibility many families needed in the 1800s. He was married to Caroline Adelaide Stafford, and together they raised a large family.

Tyler died on October 5, 1910, in East Moline, Illinois, and was buried in Rapids City Cemetery in Rock Island County. No clearly verifiable portrait image was confirmed from the available sources during this search, so none is included here.