Somerset Cemeteries Project
Tyler Cemetery
Geanquaking Woods · historic Monie (modern Venton) · 1877 Atlas map: Dames Quarter District No. 2
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Location and Site Information
Located in the Geanquaking Woods area near the intersecting boundaries of the New Virginia, Success, and Long Meadow tracts, probably within New Virginia. The contributor notes connect the site with Edward Tyler, an oysterman enumerated in the 1850 census, and the nearby E. Tyler home shown on the 1877 Atlas.
- Latitude 38° 10' 47.4" N
- Longitude 75° 50' 33.1" W
- 1877 Atlas map Dames Quarter District No. 2
- Modern map locality Venton (historic Monie)
Transcription note: The wording, spellings, uncertain readings, and bracketed field notes below are retained from the contributor record. Obvious formatting artifacts from the old word-processing file have been removed, but uncertain text has not been silently corrected.
Graves Recorded
William H. Tyler
Transcription
[weeping willow]
William H.
Son of Edward J. & H. Tyler
Died
Nov. 18, 1865
Aged [broken here]
Henrietta Tyler
Transcription
In Memory of
Henrietta Tyler
beloved wife of
E. J. Tyler,
who departed this life
February the 4th
1863,
aged 39 years
and 4 months.
John W. Tyler
Transcription
[rose petal motif]
In memory of
John W. Son of
E.J. & Henrietta Tyler
was born Nov. 29th 1859,
and died Aug. 13th 1860.
Contributor Photographs and Maps
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Contributor Notes
Listed February 9, 2002 by Philip Goldsborough, Bob Fitzgerald, and Becky Miller.
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