Nathan A. Tyler - Confederate Soldier - Sutton Cemetery

Nathan A. Tyler is one of at least two Confederate soldiers buried in the Sutton cemetery (Leonard Jarrett).

He advertised his tree business in The Sutton News in early 1919.

Nathan Tyler's grave flies a Confederate banner on memorial occasions. He enlisted as a Sergeant in Company D, North Caroline 1st Infantry Regiment on 13 June 1861, two months after the attack on Fort Sumner. He was mustered out 6 April 1862, early in the Civil War.

Tyler's tombstone does not indicate the date of his death. He appeared in the 1920 census, but not in 1930. Other research puts estimates of his death around 1928.

Nathan Tyler listed his occupation in the 1920 census as janitor at the telephone company. His entry for 1910 was "monuments" suggesting that he sold, and/or inscribed monuments, likely tombstones, for instance. Do you suppose that he continued that business into the 1920's and may have still been the local monument supplier at the time of his death? If so, could that be the explanation of why the date of his death did not get inscribed on his own tombstone?

History is not an exact science.