Darcus Delany Tyson

Brief Life History of Darcus Delany

When Darcus Delany Tyson was born on 1 September 1854, in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States, her father, Wiley Mason Tyson, was 32 and her mother, Catharine Mercer, was 29. She married William M Gossett on 15 April 1875, in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in District 1, Spencer, Kentucky, United States in 1860. She died on 9 October 1926, in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Unity Cemetery, Graham, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

William M Gossett
1851–1916
Darcus Delany Tyson
1854–1926
Marriage: 15 April 1875
Eugene Marshall Gossett
1879–1936
Arthur Floyd Gossett
1882–1953
Ernest Columbus Gossett
1882–1961
Dennis Virgil Gossett
1885–1926
Harvey Washington Gossett
1887–1942
Blanche Bernice Gossett
1889–1964
Otto Gossett
1892–1931
Ollie M Gossett
1896–1905

Sources (36)

  • Dorcas D Gosset in household of Virgil Gosset, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Dorcas Tyson, "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960"
  • D D Tyson, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

World Events (8)

1861

Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Dyson (see Dye ).

English: nickname from Old French tison ‘firebrand’, perhaps for someone with a fiery temperament.

Americanized form of German Theissen or Theisen .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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