Joshua B. TYE

Family Card - Person Sheet

NameJoshua B. TYE

Birth Date21 Dec 1788

Birth PlaceHawkins County, Tennessee

Death Date22 Mar 1870 Age: 81

Death PlaceWhitley County, Kentucky

Burial PlaceCarpenter, Whitley County, Kentucky, Carpenter Cemetery

Spouses

1Elizabeth CUMMINGS

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Birth Date24 Jul 1788

Birth PlaceGuilford County, North Carolina

MemoU.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current

Death Date18 Dec 1846 Age: 58

Death PlaceCarpenter, Whitley County, Kentucky

MemoU.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current

Burial PlaceCarpenter, Whitley County, Kentucky, Carpenter Cemetery

FatherJohn Charles CUMMINGS Sr. , 130 (1762-1826)

MotherNancy Ann TURNER , 131 (1764-1843)

Family ID6562

Marr Date12 Mar 1805

Marr PlaceKnox County, Kentucky

Marr MemoKentucky, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850

Notes for Joshua B. TYE

This bio for Joshua Tye was emailed to me from Mike Bowen whose wife is from the Tye Line in Carpenter Cemetery.

Joshua Tye
wife, Elizabeth Cummins (Cummings)
children:
George Washington Tye
Nelson Rogers Tye
Andrew Smith Drury Tye
Wiley Tye
Henry Harrison Tye
Rebecca Elizabeth Tye

On Find A Grave.

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Notes for Elizabeth (Spouse 1)

This tombstone was carved by the famous Roswell Hubbard of Whitley County, Kentucky.

On Find A Grave.

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