Father: Luther Eppes TYNES b: 1808 in Halifax Co VA Mother: Mary T. ARENDALL b: 1810 in Virginia
He served in the Civil War as a teamster for the medical wagon in Company G of the 6th Virginia Cavalry, then as a private in Wright's Battery, Virginia Volunteers.
On the 1870 census, he is marked under "Male Citizens of U.S. of 21 years of age and upwards, whose right to vote is denied or abridged on other grounds than rebellion or other crime."
Children 1. Lou Ellen TYNES b: 14 Aug 1871 in Maries County 2. Julia Elvira TYNES b: 14 Jan 1873 in Maries County 3. Joel Edward TYNES b: 11 Apr 1878 in Maries County 4. Frances Elizabeth TYNES b: 30 Sep 1879 in Maries County 5. Thomas Amos TYNES b: 19 Sep 1881 in Maries County 6. Mary Jane TYNES b: 26 Dec 1884 in Maries County 7. Effie Mae TYNES b: 3 Oct 1886 in Maries County 8. John Peyton TYNES b: 1 Mar 1889 in Maries County 9. Jesse Paul TYNES b: 18 Aug 1891 in Maries County 10. Mamie Edyth TYNES b: 10 Oct 1895 in Maries County