When William Tyra was born in 1843, in Breathitt, Kentucky, United States, his father, John Tyra, was 28 and his mother, Sarah Gibbs, was 21. He had at least 6 sons and 3 daughters with Lucinda Pence. He lived in Magisterial District 1, Lawrence, Kentucky, United States in 1860 and Kentucky, United States in 1870. He died after 1880, in Breathitt, Kentucky, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
Polish: nickname from tyrać ‘to work hard; to get tired’, Old Polish ‘to sold, to chide’.
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