Of the various works by the descendants of Asa and Chloe [Andrews] Tyrer, I have never seen a wedding date more specific than the year 1810, with her oldest son being born in Sept. 1810, so if things proceeded in the non-scandalous way, they likely married in or before January 1810.

Interview with Gerald Elsmere Fieldhouse by William G. Tyrer, at the Fieldhouse residence in Dodgeville, WI on 8 Aug. 1983:
"Now, about Chloe Andrews, the mother of Edward. Chloe was Asa's wife, of course. To check on her shouldn't be too difficult. We know she had money because she went back there twice on inheritances. I checked in Vermont. Andrews was one of the early families."

There is a memoir in the possession of the Wisconsin State Historical Society which was written by James Roberts, in the collection donated by Eleanor Sanford, file MAD 4/14/SC 326, which contains the following information concerning Asa and Chloe Tyrer:

"…During the weeks that followed, my father and brother-in-law were attended by no regular physician [for cholera], but were waited on by "Old Man Tyrer" as he was called, who lived about a mile west of the present NW Depot. He had remarkable success with the cases he treated. I think it was said that all those he treated recovered. He waited on my father and Matthew Rogers and both recovered. His treatment was medicated steam inhaled through the nose. Soon after, those [who] had gone away returned, when the plague ceased."

Elva Power Fieldhouse, of Elkton MD, gives the Tyrer family recipe for this medicated steam in the following article "Thomas Bolton Shaunce and the Helena Shot Tower on the Wisconsin River". Don Fieldhouse submitted it for publication to the Iowa County Historical Society Newsletter for publication:

"In 1850-1851 when the cholera was so serious, Thomas Shaunce went with his father-in-law and mother-in-law (Asa and Chloe Tyrer) and helped people wherever people had the disease. They tried to comfort the living and helped lay out the dead. They often prepared food for those too frightened to think of food. Asa Tyrer and Chloe had a prescription for steaming and hydrating the victims, which did not fail if they arrived in time. This often involved steaming and using wet sheets for the hydration.

"Steam Medicine (as written by Chloe Tyrer especially for her descendants): To one-quart whiskey, drown ten or twelve live coals of fire in it, then strain it. Add three tablespoonfuls of salt-petre and three of sulphur. Directions: This steam is preferable over the cold cholera medicine, and preferable to whiskey, but for the inflammatory you should use whiskey and set it afire and let it burn as long as it will burn. Chloe was very opposed to whiskey, but for medical purposes, it was accepted." While Chloe was home fighting the cholera, her son George Tyrer was traveling in a wagon train in the California Gold Rush. At least one other of her sons, William Tyrer, was already there, and some of her adopted nephews, Hiram Tyrer, and possibly Elisha. It had to be a time of great anxiety for her, and it is likely that she prepared her boys with her cholera recipe for their trek across the continent.

Handwritten letter written by wife of James D. Tyrer, Sarah Lane Tyrer, photocopy sent to me from Jan Howard:
"Vermont, IL, Apr 4, 1882
My Dear Sister,
Mrs. Mahala Shaunce, I write a line to you to inform you of the death of my dear husband and your dear brother. He departed this life last Thursday, March the 30th, 1882, 9 o'clock, buried Saturday in the Astoria Cemetery. He was taken with a chill on Sunday, went to bed, never was up anymore and we are [?]like Brother Harston[?] and in very poor circumstances. Mother [Chloe Tyrer] will stay with me, for she is too feeble to go to you. I always told my husband if his mother survived him, I should not turn her away."

"Will is married and living in Astoria. He says she can stay with them some of the time. Now we have to give [word left out...give up?] the house we are in, in a few days and I have been sick ever since last September. Now I have the rheumatism all the time so that I cannot scarcely walk and we are left without money and if you can send some, make up some, all of you and send immediately, for we are neither one able to work or hardly take care of ourselves and have two children to take care of. Jimmie is getting old enough to earn his own money unless he would get sick. Mrs. J. D. Tyrer."

From: "Dodgeville Chronicle," issue of June 27, 1883:
"Mrs. Chloe Tyrer died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Shaunce, on the Survey, last Sunday morning at the advanced age of 83 years and 10 days. Deceased was a native of New York state, from whence she came west with her husband, Asa Tyrer in 1822, first settling at Quincy, IL, but afterwards coming to Wisconsin, Mr Tyrer and his sons, William and Simon having been among the earliest settlers of this part of the territory. The old folks, however, returned to Quincy several years ago, where Mr. Tyrer died in 1874, and where Mrs. T. continued to reside until about 13 months ago, when she came to Dodgeville to end her days among her children--Mr. Wm. Tyrer, Mrs. Thos. Shaunce, Mrs. M. B. Persons, and Mrs. Thos. W. Parry--who, with their families, have done everything possible to minister to her comfort."

Obituary of Chloe Tyrer, wife of Asa Tyrer from: "The Quincy Daily Herald," August 18, 1883:
"Intelligence has just reached Quincy of the death of one of Quincy's oldest settlers, Chloe Tyrer, (wife of Asa Tyrer, who died ten years ago), died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Shaunce, near Dodgeville, Wisconsin, July 22, 1883, at the age of 93 years. Deceased was born in the state of New York in sight of the Hudson River. She, with her husband was one of the first three of four families that settled where Quincy now is. Mr. Tyrer was the first and only blacksmith here for years. They raised a family of twelve children; six sons and six daughters, three sons and three daughters survive their parents. Earl P. Tyrer who died seven years ago and who was well known in Quincy, was a son and first white child born in Adams County. Doctor James Tyrer formerly of Quincy, was also a son of Mrs. Tyrer. She was living with the Doctor's family when he died two years ago. Mrs. Tyrer had living at the time of her death, forty-seven grandchildren, which are not more than half of the original number, many of them having died in the last ten years. There were eighty-five great-grandchildren, two or three years ago, but as they are scattered all over the United States the exact number cannot be ascertained."

"Grandma Tyrer was known by many. Was kind, sympathetic, and charitable woman, and has made happy the homes of many. Few persons live to see so many children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, as she did."