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Cyrinda Foxe-Tyler (1952 - 2002)

Ex-wife of Steven Tyler (of Aerosmith). Known as the inspiration for David Bowie’s 1973 song, “The Jean Genie.” She married New York Dolls singer David Johansen in 1977, then left him after a year to marry Tyler. She is the mother of Tyler’s daughter Mia, a fashion model. She wrote a memoir of her relationship […]

Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis (1850 - 1933)

Newspaper Publisher. He founded in 1883 the magazine that became “The Ladies Home Journal”. He owned several daily newspapers in his lifetime, included in the New York Post and the Philadelphia Inquirer, and founded the Curtis Publishing Company.  Family links:  Parents:  Cyrus Libby Curtis (1822 – 1885)  Spouses:  Louisa Knapp Curtis (1851 – 1910)  Kate […]

Cyrus Wells “Doc” Shores (1844 - 1934)

‘Doc’ Shores was a famous and well-respected lawman of the early days on Colorado’s Western Slope. He served as the sheriff of Gunnison County when it was still “wild” and was noted as the lawman who captured Alferd Packer, the infamous “Colorado Cannibal.” Shores also served as a deputy U.S. marshal, a railroad detective and […]

Cyrus West Field (1819 - 1892)

Businessman. He was a entrepreneur, most noted as a pioneer in the telegraph industry. In the early 1850s, he was successful in the paper mill business when became interested in the telegraph field. With his civil engineer brother Matthew and Frederick Newton Gisborne, they worked on the project of for a telegraph across to Newfoundland […]