Background
Tyree, Evans was born on August 19, 1854 in DeKalb Company, Tennessee, United States. Son of Harry and Winnie Tyree.
Tyree, Evans was born on August 19, 1854 in DeKalb Company, Tennessee, United States. Son of Harry and Winnie Tyree.
Received theological and medical education. (Doctor of Divinity, Livingstone College, 1897).
Converted August 19, 1866. Licensed to exhort, April 9, 1869. Local preacher soon after.
Ordained deacon, 1874.
Elder, 1876; bishop African Methodist Episcopal Church, since May 23, 1900. Address: 15 North. Hill Saint, Nashville, Tennessee.
Married Ellen Thompkins, of Smith Company, Tennessee, January 12, 1871.