Background
Tye, John Lewis was born on March 4, 1859 in McDonough, Georgia, United States. Son of Lewis M. (Doctor of Medicine and Mary Ann (Crockett) T.
Tye, John Lewis was born on March 4, 1859 in McDonough, Georgia, United States. Son of Lewis M. (Doctor of Medicine and Mary Ann (Crockett) T.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Georgia, 1876. Bachelor of Laws, Columbian (now George Washington University, 1880.
Bar, 1880, practiced at Atlanta, since 1880. Senior member firm Tye, Thomson & Tye. Division counsel Nashville, Chattanooga & Saint Louis Railway.
District attorney L.&North. Railroad Director Georgia Savings Bank & Trust Company, Georgia Marble Company.
Member firm Tye, Thomson & Tye.
Married Carrie Wilson, June 8, 1883. Children: Myrtle, Benjamin West., Ethel (Mistress John M. Gilchrist), Carolyn (wife of I. A. Ferguson, Doctor of Medicine), Carroll, William West., John L.