Person:Richard Tyner (5)

JAMES NOBEL TYNER was born January 17, 1826, at Brookville, Indiana, the son of Richard Tyner, a merchant and general dealer in produce. The founder of the Tyner family was a Welshman, who emigrated to South Carolina, and settled in the last half of the eighteenth century near Columbia, the present capital of the State.

Richard Henry Tyner was the son of Richard and Martha Sedgwick Willis Swift (Nobel) Tyner and was born in Brookville, Indiana, September 2, 1831, being one of twelve children. His father was a son of William E. Tyner, a pioneer Baptist preacher of Indiana, who had emigrated to this state from South Carolina and who built one of the first Baptist churches in the state, wouth of Brookville, in 1812. His wife, Elizabeth Hackleman, was an aunt of Pleasant A. Hackleman.

Richard Tyner was one of the early settlers of Brookville, where he was an important factor in the business life of the community, conducting an extensive mercantile establishment. Afterwards he moved to Davenport, Iowa. His wife was a member of the Noble family that emigrated from Virginia to Kentucky, thence to Indiana. She was a daughter of Dr. Thomas Noble, a surgeon in the Revolutionary war, who was related to Richard Henry Lee, of Virginia, whence comes the name Richard Henry Tyner. She was a sister of James and Noah Noble.

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...his parents were Richard and Martha Sedgwick Willis Swift (Noble) Tyner, his father having been born in Abbeville Dist, SC, 11/3/1798, son of Rev. William Tyner, a Baptist
clergyman. ... The children of the Rev. William Tyner by his first marriage were: Harris,
Mary Ann, Martin, Richard, John, Melinda, Solomon, Ezekiel, and Silas; and
by a second marriage he had five others. About the year 1800 he removed to
Indiana territory, being one of the first preachers to locate there. He
settled at Brookville, where his son Richard, on reaching maturity,
established himself in a general mercantile business, at the same time
conducting successfully large flouring mills and an extensive pork house. In
1852 the freshets (??? transcription error???) in the Whitewater valley swept away the two latter enterprises, causing a loss of ninety-six thousand dollars. In 10/1854,
Richard Tyner moved with his family to Davenport, Ia, where he engaged in
the grocery and drygoods business, which he conducted until 1864, when he
retired from active cares. He was a thoroughly capable business man, and would never accept public office, preferring to devote his energies to his own private pursuits. His
wife, whom he married in Campbell Co, KY, 10/22/1823, was the daughter of Dr. Thomas Noble, and was born 5/13/1803. ... The father [Richard] died 4/2/1868, the mother 5/21/1864; and their graves are in Oakdale Cemetery, Davenport, IA. They were members of the Methodist church.