Former President John Tyler’s (1790-1862) grandchildren still alive

Yahoo! News ^ | January 26, 2012 | Eric Pfeiffer

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Former President John Tyler, born 221 years ago, still has two living grandchildren. The one-term president isn't a well-known historical figure; he's probably best remembered for helping to push through the annexation of Texas in 1845, shortly before leaving office.

So, how is it possible that a former president who died 150 years ago would still have direct descendents alive today? As it turns out, the Tyler men were known for fathering children late in life. And that math is pretty outstanding when added up:

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.

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[Larry Lucido]

I guess ol’ Tyler didn’t forget how to find the little man in the canoe! (Maybe that’s where the saying came from).

[Larry Lucido]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyon_Gardiner_Tyler

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Harrison Tyler [the grandson] is a retired businessman who owns his grandfather’s Sherwood Forest Plantation in Charles City, Virginia and oversees its charitable foundation. In January 2012, he denounced Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich as a “big jerk,” citing his discomfiture with Gingrich’s three marriages.

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Oh, well.

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

He had 2 wives.
(from wiki)
With his two wives, Tyler fathered more children than any other president in history.[94] His first wife was Letitia Christian Tyler (November 12, 1790 – September 10, 1842), with whom he had eight children:[95]
1.Mary Tyler (1815–47)
2.Robert Tyler (1816–77)
3.John Tyler, Jr. (1819–96)
4.Letitia Tyler Semple (1821–1907)
5.Elizabeth Tyler (1823–50)
6.Anne Contesse Tyler (1825)
7.Alice Tyler (1827–54)
8.Tazewell Tyler (1830–74)

Tyler’s wife Letitia died in the White House in September 1842.

Tyler’s second wife, Julia Gardiner Tyler.
His second wife was Julia Gardiner Tyler (July 23, 1820 – July 10, 1889), with whom he had seven children:[96]
1.David Gardiner Tyler (1846–1927)
2.John Alexander Tyler (1848–83)
3.Julia Gardiner Tyler Spencer (1849–71)
4.Lachlan Tyler (1851–1902)
5.Lyon Gardiner Tyler (1853–1935)
6.Robert Fitzwalter Tyler (1856–1927)
7.Pearl Tyler (1860–1947)

[sit-rep]

lmao...

[SatinDoll]

My grandmother, who was Scots-Irish from Belfast, had 22 children.

[TexasTransplant]

**** “Did you know the last surviving veteran of the US Civil War died in 1959?” ****

I remember where I lived and what I was dong that day... I asked my Mom “ Do you think he knew Davy Crockett? “

TT

[Woodman]

I knew a woman (my cousin) who knew a man (her great uncle) who's father was a Revolutionary War vet who crossed the Delaware with Washington's troops. Does that count? BTW My Cousin (1st cousin once removed) was 104 in 1979 when she passed. She new quite a few Civil War vets growing up.

Funny thing is longevity runs in my family, but not particularly late childbearing. I was born in the early 60’s and all of my grand parents were born in the 1800’s.

[kenavi]

By the way, after the war all the freed slaves stayed with the family for years.

Must have been crowded!

[wardaddy]

Folks that know me here know this trait runs in my own patrifamilia

And I do get ribbed with fembot motivated old tadpoles being defective canards a bit

I’ve only fathered at 50....unlike old greatx1 grandpa and other grands who did in their 70s

[Pelham]

“John Tyler was like 4 or 5 presidents BEFORE Lincoln.”

6, actually. John Tyler was President #10.

And during the WBTS he was elected to the Confederate House of Representatives although he died before it convened.