Ida Ethel was raised by her grandparents Tyler after the death of her mother. She married very young and developed Tuberculosis at a very young age. The family had gone to Lubbock so that she might be cured by the dry air to be found there. She died in 1926 a few days short of her 19th birthday. Her body was taken by train back to the family cemetery at McCraw's Chapel in Fannin Co. TX where she was laid to rest. Her two boys were taken into the household of their paternal grandparents Graves to be reared. The youngest boy Durward survived only a few months. An interview in 1994 with one of the surviving members of the Tyler family brought forth the information that the Tylers had always felt that the reason that Durward had died was because Granny Graves had refused to give the baby water when he was sick with a high fever. She didn't believe that it was good to give a child water when they were ill. This same relative said that Ida Ethel was the apple of her grandparents Tylers eyes. They had her sleep in a room over their own bedroom which could only be reached by climbing a ladder through their room. This was to protect her from some of the less than savory itinerant workers who came to work at the family farm or trade at the family store which was near the house. The Tylers were fairly well to do and had battery stored electricity when no one else in rural Fannin Co. even dreamed about it.
Ethel was descended from several Revolutionary War Patriots through both her Tyler and Culbreath ancestors. Through her g.g.grandmother Edith Bradford Tyler, Ethel was descended from Gov. William Bradford of the Mayflower & Plymouth, MA.
Ethel was descended from several Revolutionary War Patriots through both her Tyler and Culbreath ancestors. Through her g.g.grandmother Edith Bradford Tyler, Ethel was descended from Gov. William Bradford of the Mayflower & Plymouth, MA.
Ida Ethel was raised by her grandparents Tyler after the death of her mother. She married very young and developed Tuberculosis at a very young age. The family had gone to Lubbock so that she might be cured by the dry air to be found there. She died in 1926 a few days short of her 19th birthday. Her body was taken by train back to the family cemetery at McCraw's Chapel in Fannin Co. TX where she was laid to rest. Her two boys were taken into the household of their paternal grandparents Graves to be reared. The youngest boy Durward survived only a few months. An interview in 1994 with one of the surviving members of the Tyler family brought forth the information that the Tylers had always felt that the reason that Durward had died was because Granny Graves had refused to give the baby water when he was sick with a high fever. She didn't believe that it was good to give a child water when they were ill. This same relative said that Ida Ethel was the apple of her grandparents Tylers eyes. They had her sleep in a room over their own bedroom which could only be reached by climbing a ladder through their room. This was to protect her from some of the less than savory itinerant workers who came to work at the family farm or trade at the family store which was near the house. The Tylers were fairly well to do and had battery stored electricity when no one else in rural Fannin Co. even dreamed about it.
Ethel was descended from several Revolutionary War Patriots through both her Tyler and Culbreath ancestors. Through her g.g.grandmother Edith Bradford Tyler, Ethel was descended from Gov. William Bradford of the Mayflower & Plymouth, MA.
Ethel was descended from several Revolutionary War Patriots through both her Tyler and Culbreath ancestors. Through her g.g.grandmother Edith Bradford Tyler, Ethel was descended from Gov. William Bradford of the Mayflower & Plymouth, MA.
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