William Tyler Page

William Tyler Page (1868 – October 19, 1942), was best known for his authorship of the American's Creed. He was born at 111 Record Street, in downtown Frederick, Maryland, in Frederick County, and was a descendant as the great great grandson of Carter Braxton, (1736-1797), member of the House of Burgesses of the Province of Virginia, and a signer representing further south across the Potomac River in Virginia of the Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776. Page also descends from the tenth President John Tyler (1790-1862), who served 1841-1845, finishing the term of William Henry Harrison who died shortly after his inauguration (also later served in the Congress of the Confederate States). In 1881, at the age of 13, Page travelled to the National Capital, Washington D.C., to serve as a page in the U.S. Capitol, thus beginning a 61-year-long career as a national public servant.

In 1917, at age 49, Page wrote the "American's Creed" as a submission to a nationwide patriotic contest suggested by Henry Sterling Chapin of New York, inspired by a fervor at the beginning of the American entry into the First World War, the goal of which was to have a concise but complete statement of American political faith. Inspired by the thoughts on his way home from church in May 1917, having just recited the Apostles Creed, used in most Christian churches for two thousand years as a statement of belief, Page drew on a wide variety of historical documents and speeches, including the Declaration of Independence, the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution, President Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address", a speech made by U.S. Senator and orator, Daniel Webster of Massachusetts, plus text from Edward Everett Hale's patriotic short story from 1863 of a military officer condemned to exile, "The Man Without a Country" and various others, and proceeded to craft a simple yet profoundly moving expression of American patriotism.

William Tyler

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William Tyler (bishop)

William Tyler (June 5, 1806 – June 18, 1849) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the first Bishop of Hartford (1844–1849).

Biography

One of eight children, Tyler was born in Derby, Vermont; his father was a farmer, and his mother was the sister of Daniel Barber and aunt of Virgil Horace Barber, both Protestant ministers who converted to the Catholic Church. The family moved to Claremont, New Hampshire, when William was a child. He converted to Catholicism at age fifteen or sixteen. He completed his classical course at the academy founded by his cousin Virgil in Claremont, and became a member of the household of Bishop Benedict Joseph Fenwick, S.J., in 1826 at Boston, Massachusetts, where he studied theology.

Tyler was ordained to the priesthood by Fenwick on June 3, 1829. He then served as a curate at Holy Cross Cathedral and did missionary work in Aroostook County, Maine, before becoming vicar general of the Diocese of Boston.

On November 28, 1843, Tyler was appointed the first Bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Hartford by Pope Gregory XVI. He received his episcopal consecration on March 17, 1844 from Bishop Fenwick, with Bishops Richard Vincent Whelan and Andrew Byrne serving as co-consecrators, at Assumption Cathedral in Baltimore, Maryland. Upon Tyler's arrival in Hartford the following April, the diocese included the entire states of Connecticut and Rhode Island, containing nearly 10,000 Catholics. Since there were only 600 Catholics in Hartford, he soon moved his residence to Providence, which had 2,000 Catholics. He designated Sts. Peter and Paul Church as his cathedral.

William Tyler (musician)

William Armistead Tyler (born December 25, 1979, in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American musician and guitarist, who plays Folk, Indie folk and Pop rock, and is currently signed to Merge Records. He is a member of Lambchop and Silver Jews.

His debut studio album Behold the Spirit was released on November 22, 2010, and Adam Bednarik produced the album along with Tyler on Tompkins Square Records, and the release became universally acclaimed. The second studio album Impossible Truth released on March 19, 2013 by Merge Records, and produced by Mark Nevers.

Background

Tyler was born to Daniel E. "Dan" Tyler and Adele B. Tyler on December 25, 1979, in Nashville, Tennessee. His father is a noted songwriter in his own right who wrote the songs: "The Light in Your Eyes" by LeAnn Rimes, co-wrote "Baby's Got a New Baby" by S-K-O, co-wrote "Modern Day Romance" by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and lastly both of his parents co-wrote "Bobbie Sue" by The Oak Ridge Boys. In addition, Tyler has a younger sister named Elise. William and Elise Tyler are the owners and founders of The Stone Fox in Nashville, Tennessee, which is a music restaurant/café/bar, and it opened on September 20, 2012. William is a 1998 graduate and his sister Elise is a 2002 graduate of University School of Nashville.