Richard Tyner
Col. John Tyner, father of the subject of this sketch was the fourth son of Rev. William Tyner, and active and zealous minister in the Old Regular Baptist Church, and was born on Little River, Abbeville, District, S.C., August 18, 1800. He was married, September 3, 1818, to Miss Nancy Saylors, also a native of South Carolina, born December 10, 1799. The children born of this marriage were Jacob, William S., Elijah (deceased); Richard, Lewis J., Beverly W., and John Tyner (deceased).