John Celum was born George Martin Tyler in about 1853 in Giles County, Tennessee, to Henry Thomas Tyler and Nancy Beal. He married Harriett Caroline Tyler on Jul. 19, 1872, in Giles County.
On Sep. 26, 1881, he shot and killed James Grigsby at Bethel, Tennessee, in a dispute over a cotton crop. Wanted by the law, he fled out west. He had adopted the name John Celum (pronounced Kell-um) by about 1883. He sent for his wife and children to join him in Arizona, but when tipped that lawmen were following his family west, he joined them and making his way eastward. They stopped near San Elizario, in El Paso County, Texas, where he settled with his family by 1885.
He and family were enumerated in 1900, 1910, and 1920 censuses in El Paso County, Texas. Harriett died in 1919, and John followed 3 years later. He left instructions for his children to let no one know when he died, and told them to never tell anyone of his true identity.
On Sep. 26, 1881, he shot and killed James Grigsby at Bethel, Tennessee, in a dispute over a cotton crop. Wanted by the law, he fled out west. He had adopted the name John Celum (pronounced Kell-um) by about 1883. He sent for his wife and children to join him in Arizona, but when tipped that lawmen were following his family west, he joined them and making his way eastward. They stopped near San Elizario, in El Paso County, Texas, where he settled with his family by 1885.
He and family were enumerated in 1900, 1910, and 1920 censuses in El Paso County, Texas. Harriett died in 1919, and John followed 3 years later. He left instructions for his children to let no one know when he died, and told them to never tell anyone of his true identity.
John Celum was born George Martin Tyler in about 1853 in Giles County, Tennessee, to Henry Thomas Tyler and Nancy Beal. He married Harriett Caroline Tyler on Jul. 19, 1872, in Giles County.
On Sep. 26, 1881, he shot and killed James Grigsby at Bethel, Tennessee, in a dispute over a cotton crop. Wanted by the law, he fled out west. He had adopted the name John Celum (pronounced Kell-um) by about 1883. He sent for his wife and children to join him in Arizona, but when tipped that lawmen were following his family west, he joined them and making his way eastward. They stopped near San Elizario, in El Paso County, Texas, where he settled with his family by 1885.
He and family were enumerated in 1900, 1910, and 1920 censuses in El Paso County, Texas. Harriett died in 1919, and John followed 3 years later. He left instructions for his children to let no one know when he died, and told them to never tell anyone of his true identity.
On Sep. 26, 1881, he shot and killed James Grigsby at Bethel, Tennessee, in a dispute over a cotton crop. Wanted by the law, he fled out west. He had adopted the name John Celum (pronounced Kell-um) by about 1883. He sent for his wife and children to join him in Arizona, but when tipped that lawmen were following his family west, he joined them and making his way eastward. They stopped near San Elizario, in El Paso County, Texas, where he settled with his family by 1885.
He and family were enumerated in 1900, 1910, and 1920 censuses in El Paso County, Texas. Harriett died in 1919, and John followed 3 years later. He left instructions for his children to let no one know when he died, and told them to never tell anyone of his true identity.
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