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Josiah Tryon (1798 - 1886)

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    Josiah Tryon was born May 06, 1798 in Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA, the son of Josiah Tryon and Mary Warner.

Josiah moved to Lewiston with his wife, Mary, in 1835 and opperated a tailor shop.

Josiah Tryon was believed to be the Lewiston station master of the Underground Railroad.
Josiah used his skills as a tailor to make brightly colored jackets, He reportedly befriended bounty hunters and slave catchers and gave them jackets as gifts. Friends and supporters of the Underground Railroad could easily identify anyone wearing the jackets as slave hunters.

Josiah died in 1886 and is buried in Lewiston New York.


On November 14, 2024 we commemorate the anniversary of the following events that occurred in the history of the Tryon Family and descendents:

1906 - Arleen Hodgdon was born.
1858 - William Harry Tryon was born.
1844 - Ruth Stevens passed away.
1843 - Mary Jane Levi was born.
1792 - George T Harding was born.
1781 - Abiah Southmayd passed away.
1754 - Reuben Clark married Mary Tryon
1741 - Thomas Tryon was born.
1722 - William Gillette married Elizabeth Welch


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