In 1838 he moved to Central Indiana, where his wife died in 1853. In 1859, he was married to Nancy Nay. In 1873 he moved to Nebraska, where he died December 8, 1882.
"As an expounder of the gospel, Elder Willett Tyler was a man of more than ordinary ability. He was a rapid speaker and a very earnest defender of the truth as he believed. His address was pleasing and impressive, all of which made him a man much admired by his friends, whether in the church or out."--Primitive Monitor.
During his early manhood he engaged in teaching, and it is said he was distinguished for his ability and success as a teacher. In 1868 he was recorder of Johnson county, and doubtless held other offices of trust of which there is no record. Willett Tyler came from fine ancestry from both his parents, and he had a proud and manly way about him of which no amount of hardship or privation could rob him.
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