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Lawrence Davis Tyson

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Lawrence Davis Tyson Famous memorial Veteran

Birth
Pitt County, North Carolina, USA
Death
24 Aug 1929 (aged 68)
Strafford, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA GPS-Latitude: 35.974611, Longitude: -83.925246
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US Congressman. During World War I, Tyson was commissioned by President Woodrow Wilson as a brigadier general. He fought in France and Belgium and was discharged in 1919. He was elected as a U.S. Senator from Tennessee in 1925, and died in office in 1929.
US Congressman. During World War I, Tyson was commissioned by President Woodrow Wilson as a brigadier general. He fought in France and Belgium and was discharged in 1919. He was elected as a U.S. Senator from Tennessee in 1925, and died in office in 1929.

Bio by: Evening Blues



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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: Evening Blues
  • Added: Oct 27, 2003
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8037507/lawrence_davis-tyson: accessed ), memorial page for Lawrence Davis Tyson (4 Jul 1861–24 Aug 1929), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8037507, citing Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.