Roland Gooch Tyson

Descendants of Roland Gooch Tyson

Generation 3

1. ROLAND GOOCH³ TYSON^{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8} (William², Ezekiel¹) was born on February 20, 1864⁹ in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. He died on February 18, 1943 in Mortons Gap, Hopkins County, Kentucky (Greene Cemetery, Graham, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky^{9, 10}). He married Della Cash, daughter of Reason C. Cash and Eliza Jane Spinks on June 16, 1889 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. She was born on February 11, 1871 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky⁹. She died on September 21, 1936 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Greene Cemetery, Graham, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky^{9, 11}).

Roland Gooch Tyson and Della Cash had the following children:

i. JENNIE ETHEL⁴ TYSON^{4, 6, 7, 8, 12} was born on February 02, 1891 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. She died on May 23, 1954 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Greene Cemetery, Graham, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky). (Never married).

ii. PEARL EULA TYSON^{12, 13, 14, 15} was born on November 03, 1892 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. She died on January 17, 1978 in Graham, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery, Anton, Hopkins County, Kentucky^{16, 17}). She married Edgar Harrison Matheny, son of William Eli Matheny and Anne Mariah Loney on March 04, 1910 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. He was born on February 21, 1889 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky¹⁸. He died on August 16, 1973 in Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky (Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery, Anton, Hopkins County, Kentucky^{19, 20}).

iii. JAMES HANSON TYSON^{4, 7, 21} was born on November 17, 1901 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. He died on August 25, 1949 in Christian, Hopkins County, Kentucky (Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery, Anton, Hopkins County, Kentucky²²). He married Gala Leora Matheny, daughter of William Eli Matheny and Anne Mariah Loney on May 19, 1919/? in Greenville County, Kentucky²³. She was born on August 16, 1891 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. She died on November 05, 1951 in Hopkins County, Kentucky (Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery, Anton, Hopkins County, Kentucky²⁴).

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Sources

1. Tyson, William, 1880 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Summers (United States. Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census.), Ancestry.com, NA Roll Number: T9_435; Page: 63A; ED.: 134.
2. Tyson, William C., 1870 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Summers (United States. Bureau of the Census. Ninth Census.), Ancestry.com, NA Roll: M593_490; Page: 533; Post Office: Earles
3. TYSON-hca.GED, Date of Import: Nov 13, 2002.
4. Tyson, Gooch, 1920 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg, West Court House, (United States. Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, NA Roll No. T625_593; Page: 2B; ED: 97.
5. Tyson, Elizabeth; and Gooch; Steward, James E., 1900 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Summers (United States. Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: 545; Page: 9B; ED: 0071; FHL Film: 1240545.
6. Tyson, Gooch, 1930 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 5 (United States. Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: 772; Page: 10A; ED: 0027; Image: 209.0; FHL Film: 2340507.
7. Tyson, Gooch, 1910 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Summers (United States. Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: T624_496; Page: 9B; ED: 0088; FHL Film: 1374509.
8. Tyson, Gooch, 1940 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County (United States. Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census.), Roll: T627_1344; Page: 30A; ED: 89-25.
9. TYSON-hca.GED, Date of Import: Nov 13, 2002.
10. Muhlenberg GEDCOM.
11. Cash, Della (Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953), Ancestry.com, Certificate of Death, File No.: 25562; Registration No.: 2D, Image.
12. Tyson, Elizabeth; and Gooch; Steward, James E., 1900 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Summers (United States. Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census.), Ancestry.com, NA Roll Number: T623 545; Page: 9B; ED: 71.
13. Matheny, Edgar, 1910 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Summers (United States. Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: T624_496; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0088; FHL Film: 1374509.
14. Matheny, Edgar, 1920 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, West Court House (United States. Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: T625_593; Page: 3A; ED: 97
15. Matheny, Edgar, 1930 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 5 (United States. Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: 772; Page: 10A; ED: 0027; FHL Film: 2340507.
16. Matheny, Eula Pearl Tyson, SSDI.
17. Matheny, Pearl Eula Tyson (Mother Murphy’s Textware, 1996.), Jeff Murphy, Death Certificate: #07312.
18. Melanie McDowell Sookey, Family Group Sheet, supplied by Sookey, 1998.
19. Matheny, Edgar Harrison – Death Date, SSDI.
20. Matheny, Edgar Harrison (Mother Murphy’s Textware, 1996.), Jeff Murphy, Death Certificate: #21317.
21. Tyson, Hanson, 1940 – Kentucky, Hopkins County (United States. Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census.), Roll: T627_1318; Page: 13A; ED: 54-32.
22. Tyson, James Hanson (Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953), Ancestry.com, Certificate of Death, File No.: 17970; Registration No.: 506, Image.
23. Patty Tyson Willson, Tysons of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Greenacres Publishing Company, 2003), Family History, Page 58.
24. Tyson, Gala Matheny (Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953), Ancestry.com, Certificate of Death, File No.: 51 –343; Registration No.: 312, Image.

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