TILER, Ransom Hebbard, author, born in Leyden, Franklin County, Massachusetts, 18 November, 1813; died in Pulton, Oswego County, New York, 27 November, 1881. At an early age he removed with his parents to Oswego county, was educated at Mexico academy, New York, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practised his profession in Fulton, where he was also president of a bank. He held various local offices, including those of district attorney and county judge for Oswego county, and was also a general in the New York state militia. He travelled in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Hamilton gave him the degree of M.A. in 1853. Judge Tyler edited the "Oswego Gazette," contributed to magazines, law-journals, and newspapers, and published "The Bible and Social Reform, or the Scriptures as a Means of Civilization" (Philadelphia, 1863) ; "American Ecclesiastieal Law" (Albany, 1866) ; "Commentaries on the Law of Infancy and Covertures" (1868); "Ejectment and Adverse Enjoyment" (1870) ; "Tyler on Usury, Pawns, and Loans" (1873): "Tyler on Boundaries, Fences, and Window-Lights" (1874) ; "On Fixtures" (1877) ; and biographical sketches of early settlers of Oswego county.