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UrbScotty

(23,979 posts)
Thu Jan 26, 2012, 04:48 PM Jan 2012

Two of John Tyler's grandchildren still alive (Tyler born in 1790)

How is this possible? Pfeiffer explains that the Tyler men were fathers late in life.

John Tyler was born in 1790. He became the 10th president of the United States in 1841 after William Henry Harrison died in office. Tyler fathered Lyon Gardiner Tyler in 1853, at age 63. Then, at the age of 71, Lyon Gardiner Tyler fathered Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr. in 1924 and four years later at age 75, Harrison Ruffin Tyler. Both men are still alive today.

That means just three generations of the Tyler family are spread out over more than 200 years. President Tyler was also a prolific father, having 15 children (8 boys and 7 girls) with two wives.


Pfeiffer points out that the next president who has a still living grandchild is James Garfield the 20th president, who took office forty years after Tyler.


http://www.businessinsider.com/astonishing-political-fact-of-the-day-two-of-president-john-tylers-grandchildren-are-still-living-2012-1#ixzz1kbCdvOza
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Two of John Tyler's grandchildren still alive (Tyler born in 1790) (Original Post) UrbScotty Jan 2012 OP
That is really cool! Thanks for posting it! SpookyCat Jan 2012 #1
Cool! I'll bet their children had a blast in school when asked to do their 1monster Jan 2012 #2
That IS cool! Rhiannon12866 Jan 2012 #3
Alabama's last known real daughter of the Confederacy buried in Cullman eppur_se_muova Jan 2012 #4

Rhiannon12866

(202,984 posts)
3. That IS cool!
Fri Jan 27, 2012, 12:40 AM
Jan 2012

While they're both still living, someone should write a book. No doubt they know interesting personal stories about their grandfather's presidency, but they must also have a unique perception of history since their grandfather was part of it.

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