Source: Confederate Veteran, Vol XXXVIII, Nov 1931, No. 11, page 424 John Fulmore McTyer John F. McTyer died in Dothan, Ala., October 31, 1930, and was buried in the cemetery at Columbia, Ala., after funeral services at his home there. He was of Scotch-English ancestry, the son of Robert Adair and Caroline Fulmore McTyer, and was born at Bennettsville, S. C., February 5, 1849, his parents removing to Barbour County, Ala., when he was four years old. Young McTyer was going to school in Eufaula during the War between the States. Though too young to join the army, the call of his country was so strong within him that he ran away and enlisted in Hobbs' Battery, where he served until the close of the war. He located in Columbia, Ala., in 1908, and there resided until his death. He was engaged in farming, and several times served as Mayor of his town, being always active and interested in the political and civic betterment of his community. He was a member of the legislature from Barbour County during Felk's administration. Comrade McTyer was a man of stanch character and unimpeachable integrity, educated, kindly, with a keen and sympathetic understanding of human nature. He had many warm and loyal friends, and his passing left a lingering sadness over the community. He was a deacon in the Presbyterian Church, of which he had long been a member, and his daily life was the Christian life. He was married twice, and had five children.