Joseph Tyson

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Research of James W. Straw

Frontier Life on the Prairie: Life and Times of Jim Tyson 1843-1937
By Robert Tyson
Joseph was the third child of Thomas Tyson and _____[I believe him to be the s/o John Tyson and Jennie Cookson]
His farm was 1800 acres with 600 in cultivation; 1600 Merinao sheep and some purebred shorthorn cattle plus Poland China hogs; a fruit bearing orchard of 500 apple trees and 200 peach tress an some other fruit bearing trees

1860 Subdivision 66, Shelby County, IL [all born England]
Joseph Tyson 55
Anne 41 and ch: Jane, Mary, John, James, Joseph, Isaac, Thomas and Wm

1870 Okaw (Shelbyville), Shelby, IL
Joseph and Ann Tyson are living in a multiple dwelling..also in HH are sons John, Isaac and William

1880 Dale, Atchison, Missouri Joseph Tyson 1805 England Ann 1817 England Isaac 1848 England Thomas 1850 England Wm 1852 England

(Research of Douglas Henry on Rootsweb) Joseph Tyson, his wife, Anne Fleming Tyson, and their children settled the land and were joined by other families, Huggins, Holtom, WillCock, Jackson, Close and Bowness. Some of these settlers even drove a flock of sheep from Illinois, crossing the New bridge Over the Mississippi River. The nearest Anglican church was in Saint Joseph, Buchanan county, Missouri , 50 Miles away, and the families in the community longed for their mother church. The congregation of St. Oswald's was organized at a meeting in Mound City, Holt county, Missouri, on October 31, 1891, and the cornerstone was laid July 17, 1892. The building was modeled after the founding families' home church, St. Oswald's in Grasmere, England. It was said by the Early founders of the church, that if the church did not continue it would made a Good sheep shed! St. Oswald's was built using the gable front variant of the shingle style, first used in the suburbs on the east coast at the end of the 19th century. Many churches in the north of England are dedicated to the Sainted King Oswald, including the one at Grasmere, of which the Missouri St. Oswald's is the namesake. Today, traditions are maintained, including Harvest Festival, which began in 1897. During the tenure of Rev. Arleigh W. Lassiter in 1945-48, he suggested the name St. Oswald's include "in-the-field". It was presented to the Diocesan convention and adopted, and has been the name since then. In 1992, St. Oswald's was named to the National Register of Historic Places. In 1993, a copper cornerstone box was placed in the church's foundation to be opened in 2091. In 1997, St. Oswald's became a part of the Sacred Hills Regional Ministry, along with St. Mary's of Savannah, MO, and Saint Paul's of Maryville, Nodaway county, Missouri Family and friends of St. Oswald's return each fall for his special service and the sanctuary is decorated with flowers and produce. This year's Harvest Festival will be held on Sunday, October 12, beginning at 11 a.m. Everyone is invited to this special service. Those choosing to stay for the potluck dinner after the service are asked to bring table service and a dish for the dinner. St. Oswald's is located in southeast Atchison County. It can be found in the rolling countryside 10 Miles north of Mound City on Route N and Keystone Drive. From Maryville the church is 19 Miles West on Highway 46 and then four Miles south on EE. From Fairfax take Highway 46 east seven Miles and then four Miles south on EE.

https://www.dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/91001959.pdf
Historic background of St. Oswald's Protestant Episcopal church built in 1892 in Skidmore, Atchison County, MO:
In 1855, Joseph and Anne (Fleming) Tyson and their eight children Jane, Mary, John, James, Joseph, Isaac Thomas and William left their native Westmorland County, England seeking a better life in the United States.Anne Tyson's uncle Isaac Fleming had settled at Todd's Point, Shelby County, Illinois, prior to this time, and Joseph and Anne first rented land from Fleming and specialized in raising the Merino sheep which had been a mainstay of their English lifestyle. By the end of the I860' s the family was ready to find land of its own. Joseph Tyson Jr. made a trip to northwest Missouri in about 1869 looking for that land and returned to Illinois with the report that the southeast corner of Atchison County was fertile and that it reminded him of England. 1) The family had done well financially on. their Illinois farm and Anne had inherited 600 pounds from her father. With money saved from the Illinois farming operation and Anne's inheritance, the couple and their sons were able to buy almost three sections of land in Dale Township, Atchison County, Missouri in 1870. establishing residence the following year. 2) In the summer of 1871, Isaac Tyson and Anthony Close, a Yorkshireman, and the Tyson's Chief Herdsman drove 1500 head of Merino sheep overland from Shelby County, Ilinois to Atchison County. (The Tysons put 600 acres of land under cultivation, reserving the rest of the acreage for pasture.) 3) Anthony Close, bought a quarter section of land adjacent to his employer. At Anthony's urging, his elder brother Joseph also moved from Illinois to Missouri, also buying a quarter section of land. Both brothers eventually returned to England, but Anthony's son, Charles William, bom in 1885, returned to the land his father had purchased, married Beatrice Huggins and became a pillar of the community. Beatrice was the daughter of Edward Huggins, a native of Cumberland County, England who had married Jane, the eldest daughter of Joseph and Anne Tyson. Edward and Jane (Tyson) Huggins came to Atchison County with her parents. Attracted by the presence of the Tysons, Closes and Huggins and the "English countryside" ambiance John and Mary Jackson, their son and two daughters and 17 year old William Bowness came from Westmorland County to join the growing community. In 1885 Bowness and Hannah Jackson were married. Two of William Bowness' brothers also joined the community . 4) In England, the Tysons had been active in the Church of England and they had also joined the Episcopal Church in Illinois. When they arrived in Missouri it was to discover that the nearest Episcopal Church was in St. Joseph, some fifty miles away by -rail. The families held "cottage" services from the Book of Common Prayer and journeyed to St. Joseph for baptisms and marriages. John Jackson, aged 39, died in 1877, and in 1887 Joseph Tyson Sr. aged 84 also died. Both gentlemen were buried in the nearby Walkup's Grove cemetery. This cemetery had been dedicated by property owner James Walkup in the 1860's "to be a burying ground to be a public or neighborhood graveyard". The first two burials at Walkup's Grove are two children from a passing wagon train whose parents asked permission of Mr. Walkup to bury their children in the grove of trees on his land. 5) It is not recorded whether either the Jackson or Tyson families had the consolation of an Episcopal burial service. It seems probable, that Mrs. Anne Tyson's recorded passion for having a church for the English community began with the fact that she was unable to bury her husband from the church of their heritage. Because early community burials had already taken place at Walkup's Grove, when St. Oswald's was built no cemetery was dedicated adjacent, to the church. In September of 1889, Edward and Jane Tyson Huggins made the long trip to St. Joseph to have their two younger daughters baptized at Christ Episcopal Church. While in St. Joseph the couple told the clergy of Christ Church that there were 10 or 12 families in and around Mound City (the railroad access point for the area) who "longed for their mother church". The clergymen promised that they would visit the Mound City area at the earliest possible moment. 6) On October 31, the Mission Committee met and selected the name St. Oswald's for their new congregation. The church at Grasmere, Westmoreland County, England where the Tysons had been members was also named for St. Oswald.

Joseph married Anna Fleming, daughter of James Fleming and Mary Ashburner, on 9 Sep 1838 in Grasmere, Westmoreland, England. (Anna Fleming was born in 1814 in England, christened on 5 May 1816 in Underhow, Grasmere, England, died on 8 Dec 1896 in Tyson Farm near Mound City, Missouri and was buried in Walkups Grove Cemetery in Fairfax, Missouri.)