Comfort Tyler
Comfort Tyler | |
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| Born | February 22, 1764 |
| Died | August 5, 1827 (aged 63) |
| Burial place | Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York |
| Occupation(s) | Early settler, surveyor and engineer, instrumental in the development of Onondaga County |
| Spouse(s) | Deborah Wemple (died 1785) Elizabeth "Betsey" Brown (died October 21, 1827) |
Comfort Tyler (February 22, 1764 – August 5, 1827), one of the original settlers of modern Syracuse, New York, brought his family in the spring of 1788 to what became the hamlet of Onondaga Hollow on the future Seneca Turnpike, south of the city's center today. He joined Asa Danforth and Ephraim Webster, the first whites to settle there, who had obtained permission to live there from the Onondaga. Tyler built the more ambitious house in Onondaga Hollow and contributed his engineering skills to the development of Central New York.
Tyler was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1796[1], representing Onondaga County, and an unsuccessful Federalist candidate for the 16th congressional district in 1802, losing to John Patterson.[2]
External links
[edit]- Colonel Comfort Tyler at Onondaga
- Comfort Tyler Memorial Pyramid in Oakwood Cemetery
- Colonel Comfort Tyler memorial
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- ^ "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
- ^ "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2025-01-07.
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- 1764 births
- 1827 deaths
- Military personnel from Syracuse, New York
- American pioneers
- Burials at Oakwood Cemetery (Syracuse, New York)
- People from Ashford, Connecticut
- People from Manlius, New York
- People from Onondaga County, New York
- New York (state) Federalists
- Candidates in the 1802 United States elections
- Members of the New York State Assembly