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Grandson of America's 10th President (John Tyler) alive and working in obscurity at Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech Magazine ^
| Feb 2007
| Christopher J. Leahy
Posted on 03/12/2009 8:47:00 AM PDT by Edit35
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Amazing. The grandson (not great-grandson or great-great-great grandson) of the 1841 American President John Tyler is living in relative obscurity working at Virginia Tech.
John Tyler was President 20 years BEFORE Lincoln!!!
For those into presidential trivia, Tyler was the first president elected by succession.
He was vice-president to William Henry Harrison, who died 32 days into office from a cold that turned into pneumonia and pleurisy.
Tyler was only 1 of 4 presidents who never ran for the office. He was 1 one of 3 to get married while he was President (his first wife died halfway through his term). Between his two wives he had 15 children--a record for Presidents!
Amazing.
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posted on
03/12/2009 8:47:01 AM PDT
by
Edit35
To: Edit35
Amazing. I'm flabbergasted!
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posted on
03/12/2009 8:51:32 AM PDT
by
houeto
(I see Obama voters...and it's changed my tipping habits.)
To: Edit35
To: Edit35
He was vice-president to William Henry Harrison, who died 32 days into office from a cold that turned into pneumonia and pleurisy.WHH is one of my more notable ancestors, probably due to that fact alone. The two Benjamin Harrisons, did us proud.
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posted on
03/12/2009 8:53:30 AM PDT
by
P8riot
(I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
To: Edit35
My grandmother had documentation by old deeds and birth certificates that she was great great granddaghter of John Morton who signed the declaration of independence, said he started out wealthy and lost the plantation and everything he had in the revolutionary war to debtors buying weapons for the militia, died a poor man living off the land in Ohio, his sons went on to be riverboat pilots
that and $3.95 will get me a cup of coffee, and the priveledge to pay my taxes, some jackass born in Kenya becomes telepromter in chief, a mexican illegal alien gets a discount on his electric bill
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posted on
03/12/2009 8:54:50 AM PDT
by
KTM rider
(keep thy powder dry, gird thy loins, and brace for the winds of change)
To: Edit35
Do the math. This grandson must be older than dirt, or his old man is the poster boy for some forgoten natural organic viagra!
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posted on
03/12/2009 8:55:20 AM PDT
by
Beagle8U
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To: Beagle8U
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posted on
03/12/2009 8:56:28 AM PDT
by
P8riot
(I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
To: Edit35
Grandmother must have been Julia Gardner then (Tyler’s 2nd wife). His great-grandfather was Congressman David Gardner of N.Y. who was killed (1844) when Tyler took him, his fiance (Julia), the Secretary of State (Apel Upchur who was also killed), and Secrtary of Navy (also killed) Thomas Gilmer on a boat excursion down the Potomac to see a new Navy gun (it exploded).
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posted on
03/12/2009 8:57:06 AM PDT
by
meandog
(The only "Bush" sounding surname worth a damn belongs to NASCAR's Kurt&Kyle Busch--not GEORGE!)
To: Edit35
Another article from 2007:
Tyler
A Google search showed he's donated to the Virginia Republican Party in the past.
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posted on
03/12/2009 8:57:40 AM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: Edit35
If true that is amazing. I think we are not so far removed in time as we perceive with relatively recent history.
To: P8riot
That makes hid dad 75 when he was born. Like I said, some forgotten form of organic viagra!
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posted on
03/12/2009 8:59:15 AM PDT
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Beagle8U
(FreeRepublic -- One stop shopping ....... Its the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
To: Edit35
A friend of mine is the grandson of a black Civil War soldier who had been a slave. His aunt, the soldier’s daughter is still alive. She just turned 100 last year. There were two girls born to this soldier from a second marriage. The aunt was the youngest, and was just a baby when her mother died.
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posted on
03/12/2009 9:01:13 AM PDT
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mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: P8riot
WHH is one of my more notable ancestors, probably due to that fact alone. The two Benjamin Harrisons, did us proud. One was grandson of WHH the other (his great-grandfather) was governor of and among the first families of Va. I must say, I wouldn't be so "proud" of the former as I would be of the latter. President Benjamin Harrison was a YANKEE who fought against his family roots here in the Old Dominion...I doubt if his grandfather and great-grandfather would have thought much of him.
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posted on
03/12/2009 9:03:14 AM PDT
by
meandog
(The only "Bush" sounding surname worth a damn belongs to NASCAR's Kurt&Kyle Busch--not GEORGE!)
To: Beagle8U
The math says John Tyler (born 1790) was 63 when he sired Lyon Gardiner Taylor (born 1853). Lyon Gardiner Tyler was 75 when he sired Harrison Tyler (born 1928). Harrison is 80 or 81 years old (not sure of date, but year stated on Wiki was 1928. There must be some good longevity genes in that family.
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posted on
03/12/2009 9:03:21 AM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(Obama - what you get when you mix Affirmative Action with the Peter Principle.)
To: Edit35
I think there are still a handful of Civil War widows out there.
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posted on
03/12/2009 9:04:35 AM PDT
by
fso301
To: IYAS9YAS
Oops, I have a Taylor where it should be a Tyler.
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posted on
03/12/2009 9:04:51 AM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(Obama - what you get when you mix Affirmative Action with the Peter Principle.)
To: Edit35
For those into presidential trivia, Tyler was the first president by succession. Yeah, I remenber that. The previous President died in a boating accident ..... Something about his canoe tipping over. ;-)
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posted on
03/12/2009 9:07:38 AM PDT
by
Polybius
To: Polybius
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posted on
03/12/2009 9:12:24 AM PDT
by
P8riot
(I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
To: IYAS9YAS; All
“There must be some good longevity genes in that family.”
I'll betcha more than “evity” is long in that family!
They must be able to attract and keep much younger women!
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posted on
03/12/2009 9:17:40 AM PDT
by
Beagle8U
(FreeRepublic -- One stop shopping ....... Its the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
To: Free Descendant
.....we are not so far removed in time as we perceive with relatively recent history....My grandfather was born in 1867. His father in 1798! At 70, I feel connected to the 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st Centuries.
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posted on
03/12/2009 9:19:42 AM PDT
by
Kenny Bunk
(The Election of 2008: Given the choice between stupid and evil, the stupid chose evil.)
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