Hello, I just discovered the name of McGhee-Tyson airport. I'm wondering if anyone can tell me where I can find out who it was named for. I am descended from Jacob and Rachel Lindsey Tyson. Does the name come from descendants of this family? Best wishes, Debbie

Debbie, You could contact the airport and they will tell you. Check to see if they have a web site. Good hunting Patti

Lawrence Davis Tyson was an army colonel who'd chased Geronimo's Apaches across the West, led a regiment against the Spanish in '98 and become military governor of Puerto Rico, and later still, speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives. Then, in 1917, General Tyson was leading troops into the Great War. Bettie Tyson, wife of General Lawrence Davis Tyson, wealthy heiress of Knoxville's biggest railroad tycoon of the industrial age, Charles McClung McGhee, for whom their son McGhee Tyson was named. In 1918 Tyson, as the second pilot of an aircraft, one of a crew of four. His job was to handle the gun in front. He apparently never had a chance to. Not long after takeoff, they say, the large plane spiraled into the ocean in a thick English fog. Bettie Tyson donated land for a park and an airstrip-under the condition that Knoxville's airport be named after her only son, Lt. McGhee Tyson. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie" <debsey@dsl-only.net> To: <TNSEVIER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 4:48 PM Subject: [TN-Sevier] McGhee-Tyson Airport > Hello, > > I just discovered the name of McGhee-Tyson airport. I'm wondering if anyone > can tell me where I can find out who it was named for. > > I am descended from Jacob and Rachel Lindsey Tyson. Does the name come from > descendants of this family? > > Best wishes, > Debbie > > > ==== TNSEVIER Mailing List ==== > Make a Connection - Helpful Web sites for Mailing Lists > > Genealogy Resources on the Internet, Mailing Lists: > http://users.aol.com/johnf14246/gen_mail.html > > User Mailing Lists hosted by RootsWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/ > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog >

Check out this web site for the complete scoop: http://www.tys.org/ http://www.tys.org/charles_mcghee_tyson.htm Enjoy. Richard Debbie wrote: > Hello, > > I just discovered the name of McGhee-Tyson airport. I'm wondering if anyone > can tell me where I can find out who it was named for. > > I am descended from Jacob and Rachel Lindsey Tyson. Does the name come from > descendants of this family? > > Best wishes, > Debbie -- Richard A. Mathis ramat@mindspring.com