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Tyson family

 Family

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Knight Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-081
Overview

The Knight family was a Quaker family from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The collection contains chiefly legal and business papers of Jacob P. Tyson, his wife, Mary B. Michener Tyson, and others. Also contains family correspondence, wills, deeds, estate papers, biographical and genealogical materials, marriage certificates, memorabilia, printed material, and pictures. Includes material relating to the Michener and Warner families.

Dates: 1737-1895

Moore-Tyson Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-206
Overview The Moore and Tysons were Maryland Quaker families. Robert Rowland Moore (1863-1934) was married in 1886 to Margaret Gittings Tyson (1859-1937). The collection contains secondary and genealogical information, photographs, diaries, and some miscellaneous papers descending in the Moore, Townsend, Ellicott, and Tyson families. It includes writings about Elisha Tyson and the Tyson family, a copybook and other material concerning Joseph Townsend, Mary EllicottÂ’s diary of a journey to State of...
Dates: 1803-1986

Moore-Tyson family photographs

 Collection — Othertype PA-153
Identifier: SFHL-PA-153
Overview

The Moores and Tysons were Maryland Quaker families. Prominent family members include abolitionist Elisha Tyson, George Ellicott of Ellicott City, Maryland, and Swarthmore College founder Martha Ellicott Tyson.

Dates: 1803 - 1986

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Quakers -- Social life and customs 2
Montgomery County (Pa.) -- Genealogy 1
Montgomery County (Pa.) -- History -- Sources 1
Pennsylvania -- Genealogy 1
Pennsylvania -- History -- Sources 1