John William Tyson

   Cause of his death was Auto/train accident.

  General Notes:

1930 Olathe, KS
Isaac Tyson and wife (unnamed)
John W. Tyson with wife Mildred and son Donald

Divorced June 1935
found a marraige license for John Tyson and Mildred Tyson to remarry on 18 July 1936 in Springdale, Arkansas and stated to be a remarriage
Divorced 9 Apr 1937

1940 - found a John W. Tyson born 1903 MO who says he is widowed and lives as lodger with Amos Estes family in Wood Douglas, MO [lived in 1935 in Rural, Douglas, MO]

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Executive summary: Founder of Tyson Foods
According to company lore, truck driver John W. Tyson ran out of gas in Springdale, Arkansas, and decided to settle there. He hauled hay, fruit, and chickens for several years, and when he was unable to get enough freight work in Arkansas he spent his life savings to buy a truckload of chickens and drove them to Chicago, where they sold for a higher price. He repeated this procedure several times, then bought several more trucks, and became a leading supplier of chickens in several major cities across the Midwest. In 1935, when he was unable to purchase enough chickens to supply his route, he began raising his own chickens and milling feed. Tyson Feed & Hatchery opened its first processing plant in 1957, and went public as Tyson's Foods in 1963. Tyson and his wife were killed in 1967, when their car was broadsided by a speeding train. At the company's headquarters a replica of its founder's office is maintained, with a clock on the wall stopped at the moment of his death. The business, known as Tyson Foods since 1971, is now the world's largest beef processing firm, America's second largest chicken supplier, and a leader in pork production.

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Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame
John W. Tyson was President and founder of Tyson Feed and Hatchery, the company that was to become Tyson Foods, the nation's largest producer of meat products. Any industry that has grown as rapidly as the broiler business was certain to produce its Horatio Alger stories, but none is more interesting or inspiring than that of Mr. Tyson. He was born at Mound City. Missouri, his family moving to Kansas City when he was four years old. Like many enterprising boys who later become stalwarts in the business world, he started in business as a youth but young John Tyson didn't sell newspapers— he started peddling produce: dressed chickens, eggs, butter and other fresh farm products. In the depths of the depression John was still selling produce but was specializing in fruits and vegetables. He came to Northwest Arkansas in 1932 in an old car pulling a trailer to buy a load of apples. As he later recalled, he had eleven cents in his pocket when he arrived in Springdale. A trip to Chicago in an old truck loaded with chickens netted him $235.00 with which he purchased more chickens— a dynasty was born from a very small seed. Soon Mr. Tyson was adding better trucks, a hatchery and his own farm to his holdings. Hard work and good business judgement paid dividends and by 1950 Tyson growers were producing 500,000 broilers annually. By 1957 Tyson Feed and Hatchery produced ten million fryers. Mr. Tyson served as the Director of the National Broiler Council; he was Chairman of the Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and appointed twice to the Arkansas Racing Commission. He contributed to many civic causes, one example being a donation of 10 acres of land to the Springdale School District. Mr. Tyson was a Rotarian, a Mason and a Shriner; he was a member of the First Methodist Church of Springdale.

John married Mildred P. Ernst, daughter of Martin Otto Ernst and Melanie R. (Mildred P. Ernst was born on 7 Mar 1911 in Kansas, died on 4 Nov 1992 and was buried in Bluff Cemetery in Springdale, Arkansas.)

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John next married Helen Frances Knoll, daughter of James Knoll and Bertha Ann Bales, on 4 May 1941 in Springdale, Washington County, Arkansas. (Helen Frances Knoll was born on 8 Oct 1915 and died on 15 Jan 1967.). The cause of her death was auto/train accident.

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