Ralph Waldo Tyler (1860 - 1921)

Born 13 Mar 1860 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Carrie A (Mason) Tyler — married 29 Oct 1890 in Gallia, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 2 Jun 1921 at age 61 in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States

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Biography

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Ralph Waldo Tyler was an African-American journalist, war correspondent, and government official. He was the only accredited black foreign correspondent specifically reporting on African-American servicemen stationed in France during World War I.^[1]

Ralph Waldo Tyler was born in free in 1860. He was the son of James Tyler and Maria Macafee.

Ralph married Carrie Mason on 29 October 1890 in Gallia, Ohio, United States.^[2]

The 1900 Census enumerated the young family living in a house with a mortgage at 1028 East Rich Street in Columbus, Ohio. They had been married 9 years and had three children.^[3] By 1910, they had relocated to Washington, D.C., where Ralph was employed as an auditor for the US Treasury Department and they were renting a house at 928 7th Street, NW.^[4] They returned to Columbus before the 1910 Census, where they were living with their two younger sons in a rented house at 175 Champion Drive, and Ralph was employed as Associate Editor for a newspaper.^[5]

He died in Columbus, Ohio, in 1921^[6] and is buried in Green Lawn Cemetery in Columbus, Ohio.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Ralph Waldo Tyler," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ralph_Waldo_Tyler&oldid=970640257 (accessed September 1, 2020).
2. ↑ Marriage: "Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993"
   Marriage Records. Ohio Marriages. Various Ohio County Courthouses
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry ca Record 61378 #1887184 (accessed 13 August 2022)
   Ralph W Tyler marriage to Carrie Mason on 29 Oct 1890 in Gallia, Ohio, USA.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900": Ralph Tyler household; ED 71 Ward 7 Columbus City, Franklin County, Ohio; 4 June 1900; Dwelling 87/Family 91, Lines 69-73 FamilySearch (Image 8 of 33)
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910": Ralph W Tyler household; ED 155 Precinct 8, Washington, District of Columbia; 18 April 1910; Stamped Sheet #4, Dwelling 61/Family 68, Lines 33-37 FamilySearch (Image 7 of 43).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920": Ralph W Tyler household; ED 89 Ward 5, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio; 9 January 1920; Sheet 6-B, Dwelling 140/Family 168, Lines 92-95 FamilySearch (Image 13 of 17)
6. ↑ Death "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953": Death Certificate for Ralph Waldo Tyler; b 13 Mar 1859 [sic]; d 2 Jun 1921; Franklin County Certificate #32738 FamilySearch (Image 488 of 3310)
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 02 September 2020), memorial page for Ralph Waldo Tyler (13 Mar 1859–2 Jun 1921), Find a Grave Memorial no. 21204156, citing Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Dave M (contributor 46499754) .

• "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5B-XCJ9 : 16 March 2018), Ralph W Tyler, 1918; citing Passport Application, District Of Columbia, United States, source certificate #31705, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925, 573, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).