Margaret Ellen Tyler

1865 - 1961  (95 years)

• Name	Margaret Ellen Tyler  [1]
  Birth	23 Aug 1865	Poulson, Accomack Co, Virginia   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Census with parents	1870	Metompkin District, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  	She was shown as Margaret Tyler, age 4 in HH#MT598 headed by John Tyler, a 37 year old carpenter.
  Marr Name	Margaret Ellen Mears
  Marr Name	Margaret Ellen Spence  [3]
  Record ID	54393
  Death	26 Jul 1961	Accomack County Nursing Home, Parksley, Accomack Co, Virginia   [2]
  	She was shown as Margaret Mears Spence, age 95, a widowed housewife, who died 26 July 1961, a resident of Mears, VA, the daughter of John Tyler & Mary Hall, born at Poulson, VA, 23 Aug 1865. She was buried at Grotons Cemetery in Hallwood, VA.
  Burial	Groton Cemetery, Hallwood, Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [4]
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Jabez Tyler, Sr.,   b. Abt 1765, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 15 May 1839  (Age < 74 years)  (Great Grandfather)  Dany Trader,   b. Abt 1780, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  (Great Grandmother)
  Siblings	2 brothers and 1 sister
  > 1. John William Tyler,   b. Abt 1857, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Ida White,  m. 8 Jun 1882 + 2. Margaret Ellen Tyler,   b. 23 Aug 1865, Poulson, Accomack Co, Virginia d. 26 Jul 1961, Accomack County Nursing Home, Parksley, Accomack Co, Virginia  (Age 95 years) ╚═ John Henry Clay Mears,  m. Abt 1885 ;   John Coleburn Spence,  m. Abt 1932 + 3. Martha A. Tyler,   b. 1872, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 1947  (Age 75 years) ╚═ John W. Davis,  m. 26 Dec 1888 + 4. Emory Jackson Tyler,   b. 3 Sep 1873, Poulson, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 1964  (Age 90 years) ╚═ Cincinatti or Cynthia 'Cincy' Marshall,  m. 30 Dec 1896
  Person ID	I54393	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	John R. Tyler,   b. Abt 1831, Saxis, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Mary Hall,   b. Abt 1831, Pig Point, Sanford, Accomack Co, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1 Jun 1855	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [5]
  	He was shown as John Tyler a 21 year old oysterman, born at Sexes Island and she was shown as Mary Hall, age 20 and born at Pig Point, the daughter of Robt. Hall. They were married by George H. Ewell at his residence. Samuel T. Taylor said both were over 21.
  Family ID	F1069	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	John Henry Clay Mears,   b. Abt 1861, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1885  [6]
  Children	+ 1. Bruce Littleton Mears,   b. 1886, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 1967 (Age 81 years) ╚═ Verna Mary 'Marie' Ellis  (Age 72 years)  m. 27 Oct 1910   2. Eulah Blanche Mears,   b. Abt 1888, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown + 3. John Hundley Mears,   b. 9 May 1891, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 27 Mar 1954, Pocomoke City, Worcester Co, Maryland (Age 62 years) ╚═ Mary Gaskins Lankford  (Age 68 years)  m. 18 Aug 1910 + 4. Lottie Mears,   b. 1893, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 1982 (Age 89 years) ╚═ Daniel Killmon  (Age 70 years)  m. Abt 1915   5. Percy Talmage Mears,   b. Abt 1895, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown   6. Melvin Cecil Mears,   b. Abt 1899, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown + 7. Maggie Mears,   b. Abt 1901, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ (--?--) Solum  m. Abt 1918 + 8. Earl Preston Mears,   b. Abt 1908, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Estella Read  m. Abt 1928
  Family ID	F16949	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

  Family 2	John Coleburn Spence,   b. Abt 1862, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 21 Aug 1936, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age 74 years)  Other Partners: ╚═Alexine 'Ellie' Kellam,   b. Abt 1859, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 16 Nov 1931, Quinby, Pungoteague, Accomack Co, Virginia  (Age 72 years)  m. 26 Jul 1882
  Marriage	Abt 1932	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [3]
  Family ID	F41227	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Marriage - Abt 1932 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Burial - - Groton Cemetery, Hallwood, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S675] Gail M. Walczyk, 1870 Accomack Co, VA, Census, Part 1, Accomack Parish, (Coram, NY: Peter's Row, 1999), 675. [S802] Ancestry.com, Margaret Mears Spence in the Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014, 802. [S706] Mr. Phil R. 'Wes' Mears, Mears Research Files (Wes), 706. [S503] Mary Frances Carey, M.K. Miles & Barry W. Miles, Tombstones Inscriptions of Upper Accomack County, Virginia, (Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD, 1995), 503. [S17] Accomack County, Virginia, Marriage Register #3, 1853-1896, 17. [S890] Mary Frances Carey, Carey, Mears - Bartholomew Mears, (New Church, VA: Self Published via Photo Copy, 1989), p. 45, 890.