THE TYRES

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The Tyre Branch of the Welburn Family

 

Sena Ann Welburn (born 2/8/1847) married her next door neighbor Mitchell Tyre (born 1/6/1832) on February 25, 1864. He was originally from St. Martin's Neck, Worcester County, Maryland and as a small child he moved to the Baltimore Hundred of Sussex County, Delaware.

Mitchell Tyre is described as a very petite man, standing only 5' 2" in height , weighing no more than 112 lbs., with a yellow complexion and brown eyes. Before marriage Mitchell worked as a oysterman. Afterwards he sharecropped on a 30-acre farm.

Shortly after the birth of their first child, Mitchell Tyre was forcefully drafted into the Union Army for service during the Civil War. To avoid leaving his wife & child, Mitchell "...pretended to be deaf and tried to runaway from the Marshall who shot at him once or twice and then Mitchell surrendered." Witnesses testified about how "...Sena cried so when he was taken away." While in Company D of the 10th US Colored Infantry, the hardships of military life took a toll on his health, landing Mitchell in the Post Hospital on more than one occasion, and plagued him for the remainder of his life.

Together they had 14 children:

  • Lucinda Tyre-Short (born 4/1865) her child: John Henry Short
  • Mary Elizabeth Tyre-Smith (born 2/13/1867) her children: Clara Smith, Thomas Henry Smith, Mary Smith, Martha Smith-Littleton, Mabel Smith, Peter James Smith Jr., Emmanuel Smith, Verda Smith-Harper, Joel C. Smith Sr., Agnes Smith-Baker, Dorothy Smith
  • Fernettie A. Tyre (born 1868)
  • George B. Tyre (born 12/25/1869) his child: George Washington Tyre
  • Nancy Jane Tyre-Short (born 1/28/1871) her children: George Burton Short, Joshua Wingate Short, Lucinda Short-Hobson, Nettie Short-Baylis, Harvey James Short, Cyrus Edward Short, Cordie Short, Paul T. Short, Elizabeth Short-Butler, Sena Lucinda Short-McCray- Francis, Anna Short
  • Thomas A. Tyre (born 1874/1875)
  • Harvey Albert Tyre (born 1/5/1876) his children: Daisy L. Tyre, Violet S. Tyre, Lillye Marie Tyre
  • Cyrus Moore Tyre (born 9/7/1878) his children: George O. Tyre, Annie Tyre-Banks, James C. Tyre, Cora I. Tyre-Tuck, Bertha S. Tyre-Howe
  • Sallie Bertha Tyre-McCray (born 9/7/1878) her children: Emma Elizabeth McCray-Beckett, Hulda Ellen McCray-Purnell, Alice Margaret McCray-Brittingham, Anna Marie McCray-Jones-Draper, John Edward McCray III
  • Cordy Lee Tyre (born 9/171880)
  • Mitchell Tyre Jr. (born 10/29/1882) his child: Kendal Tyre
  • Eben Henry Tyre (born 4/29/1884)
  • Joshua Wingate Tyre (born 9/9/1886)
  • Harrison Benjamin Tyre (born 2/21/1888) his children: Mary P. Tyre-Beckett, Martha E. Tyre, Mitchell K. Tyre
Mitchell Tyre Sr. died August 1, 1909 and Sena Ann Welburn-Tyre died September 30, 1920. Both are buried in Union Wesley Cemetery.