Richmond Enquirer
October 5, 1838

Died, at his residence, in the county of spottsylvania, on Friday, the 14th inst., after an unusually painful illness of abut thirty six hours, Mr. Edward G. Hill, in the 68th year of his age. By the death of this exemplary man, society has been deprived of one whose life of strict integrity was well worthy of imitation. Besides a truly afflicted and bereaved wife, he has left a large and tenderly attached circle of reltions and friends to mourn his loss (long eulogy). He was without children, but he bestowed the tender care and solicitude of a parent on a number of orphan children (eulogy continues, no names mentioned)

Submitted by: Dena Whitesell

Richmond Enquirer
February 7, 1833

Deaths (Communicated. )--Another Revolutionary Office has paid the last debt to nature.--On Friday, the 18th January, 1833, Capt. George Tyler, at his own residence in Spottsylvania county, aged 78 years.--In presenting the small tribute of respect to the memory of a departed friend, the writer is not induced by a disposition to eulagize the dead nor to garnish the sepulchte of a much loved acquaintance, but morely from a desire to exhibit his virtues, and hold up his character for the imitation of those whom he has left behind him. Few men have lived so long as Geo. Tyler, and very few retired to the grave, with a reputation so desirable, and a charater so irreproachable. Mr. Tyler was of a mild and cheerful disposition, and beloved by all who knew him--in truth it may be said, if he had an enemy on earth, that enemy was ashamed to make known his hostility. He never was known to speak evil of any man, and on that ???? no person could be offended. He was industrious and economical, and therefore peace and plenty always crowned his abode--temperate and active in his life, by which means, a very weakly constitution was sustained for almost four score years. He was married in early life, and, under the blessing of heaven, raised eleven children, all of whom are left to feel adn to lamant the loss of a kind and indulgent father--but the kindness of the deceased was not by no means confined to his family--he was particulary hospitable to strangers, and the sick and distressed were never neglected by him; and an disease, however contagious and dangerous, was never known to prevent him from visiting the sick in his neighborhood, and the abode of poverty was gladdened by his liberality. The loss of Mr. Tyler will be deeply felt in the large circle of his acquaintances, and especially the poor, for he was indeed the poor man's friend. He was a man of uncommon fortitude, and bore all the pain and inconvenience of his last illness without a murmur escaping his lips, and after taking affectionate leave of his weeping family, seemed to commit his soul to the hands of God. Mr. Tyler made no public profession of religion, exteeming that as a master of private comcernment between God and his own soul--and his conduct and life would have adorned the christian name.

Submitted by: Christina Anthony