28 January 1902
Esteemed Resident of Prince William
LEESBURG, VA., January 27 --(Special)--Captain Robert H. Tyler, of Haymarket, Prince William county, died on Friday night, and his funeral took place yesterday.
Captain Tyler was one of the most gallant soldiers of the Confederacy, serving during the war in the Eighth Virginia Infantry, in Hunton's Brigade.
While a prisoner of war he was at one time with General W. H. F. ("Rooney") Lee put into solitary confinement, to be executed in case certain prisoners held by the Confederate authorities were put to death. But as this did not occur, they were eventually exchanged.
Captain Tyler served at one time in the Virginia House of Delegates, and had all his life been prominent in the affairs of his part of the State. He leaves a widow and a large family of children, all of whom are grown. He was about 63 years of age, and was a son of the late Bailey Tyler, farmer and lawyer, and was born in Leesburg, the family removing about fifty years to to "The Shelter," their beautiful farm in Prince William county.
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