March 31, 1850 - July 12, 1930
(son of Perry Cotten Tyler and Celia Creecy Rice)
(husband of Martha Adelia Capehart)

Oaklana, home of the Tyler family since 1825 stands in the center of a well-landscaped
five acre grove of oak trees on the north side of North Carolina secondary state road
1249 on the outskirts of the village of Roxobel The west side of the grove is bordered
by cultivated farmland while a ditch seperates the grove from a wood on the north and
east.
Oaklana is a frame, two-and-a-half story five-bay structure of the Federal period with
an original two story all to the rear. The double doorway with transom is sheltered by
a small pedimented porch supported by four turned, columns.

Originally there were many outbuildings located in the grove around the house but only
the large plank smokehouse and the small dairy survive. Tc the east of the house was
the carriage house and to the west a school house; directly behind the house was the
kitchen and the surviving smokehouse and The privies were. located near the
ditch on the north side of the grove. In the northwest corner of the grove was the
flower and vegetable garden with a large grape arbor. Beyond this was & large barn,
the stables and slave cabins,