MYRONMONROE TRYON -- 60th INFANTRY and 14th ARTILLERYSERIOUSLY WOUNDED AT COLD HARBOR - Myron Monroe Tryon was born inClarenceville, Quebec, just before his parents, Abel Tryon and SarahLewis, came to live in Mooers. The family whose ancestors came toConnecticut in the mid-1600s were of Loyalist stock who went to Canadaduring the Revolution. Three generations lived and were born therebefore they returned to the United States.Myron and his family were living in Mooers when he enlisted in the60th Infantry on September 27, 1861. His Muster Roll Abstract says hehad hazel eyes, brown hair, and a dark complexion and was 5' 3" tall.The regiment, known as the 1st St. Lawrence Regiment, organized inOgdensburg and Myron, in Captain James Ransom's Company H, went toWashington with 77 other privates from Clinton County.At first, they were part of General Dix's Railroad Brigade and by May1862 were at Harper's Ferry. In September, the 60th took part in theBattle of Antietam about 25 miles to the north. They returned to HarpersFerry and had a couple of engagements that fall in Hillsboro about 20miles to the south. Myron became ill while they were in winter quartersand was sent to hospital in Alexandria, VA, from where he was dischargedin February 1862.After recuperating at home, he enlisted again, this time in the serviceof the newly-formed 14th Artillery. After winter quarters, theregiment began two months of heavy fighting in May and June of 1864 withthe Army of the Potomac -- The Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House,North Anna, Totopotomoy and, at the beginning of June, Cold Harbor.Tyron was wounded at Cold Harbor on June 2nd while he was in the IXCorps under General Burnside and eventually was taken to the CentralPark Hospital in New York City to recuperate from the amputation of hisleft leg.After the war, Myron went to Michigan, married Nancy Ruen, and supportedhis family by such jobs as running a boarding house and being a justiceof the peace in Montcalm County, Michigan. He died in 1913 and wasburied in the South Lyon Cemetery in South Lyon, which is now part ofMetro Detroit.
