John TylerAge: 71 years17901862

Name
John Tyler
Given names
John
Surname
Tyler
Birth March 29, 1790 43 29
Birth of a brotherWilliam Tyler
1791 (Age 9 months)

Birth of a sisterChristiana Booth Tyler
1795 (Age 4 years)

Death of a motherMary Marot Armistead
1797 (Age 6 years)

Death of a sisterAnne Contesse Tyler
1803 (Age 12 years)

MarriageLetitia ChristianView this family
March 29, 1813 (Age 23 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Tyler
1813 (Age 22 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Mary Tyler
April 15, 1815 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Robert Tyler
September 9, 1816 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#3
John Tyler
April 27, 1819 (Age 29 years)

Birth of a daughter
#4
Letitia Tyler
May 11, 1821 (Age 31 years)

Birth of a daughter
#5
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Tyler
July 11, 1823 (Age 33 years)

Death of a sisterElizabeth Armistead Tyler
1824 (Age 33 years)

Birth of a daughter
#6
Ann Contesse Tyler
April 5, 1825 (Age 35 years)

Birth of a daughter
#7
Alice Tyler
March 23, 1827 (Age 36 years)

Birth of a son
#8
Tazewell Tyler
December 6, 1830 (Age 40 years)

Marriage of a childHenry Lightfoot JonesMary TylerView this family
December 14, 1835 (Age 45 years)

Marriage of a childJohn TylerMartha Rochelle View this family
October 25, 1838 (Age 48 years)

Marriage of a childJames A. SempleLetitia TylerView this family
February 1839 (Age 48 years)

Marriage of a childRobert TylerPriscilla (Elizabeth) CooperView this family
September 12, 1839 (Age 49 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam Nevison WallerElizabeth (Lizzie) TylerView this family
January 31, 1842 (Age 51 years)
Death of a wifeLetitia Christian
September 10, 1842 (Age 52 years)
Death of a sisterChristiana Booth Tyler
1842 (Age 51 years)

Death of a sisterMaria Henry Tyler
1843 (Age 52 years)

MarriageJulia GardinerView this family
June 26, 1844 (Age 54 years)
Birth of a son
#9
Gardiner (David) Tyler
July 12, 1846 (Age 56 years)
Birth of a son
#10
John Alexander Tyler
April 7, 1848 (Age 58 years)
Death of a daughterMary Tyler
June 17, 1848 (Age 58 years)
Birth of a daughter
#11
Julia Gardiner Tyler
December 25, 1849 (Age 59 years)
Death of a daughterElizabeth (Lizzie) Tyler
June 1, 1850 (Age 60 years)

Marriage of a childHenry Mandeville DenisonAlice TylerView this family
July 11, 1850 (Age 60 years)
Birth of a son
#12
Lachlan Tyler
December 2, 1851 (Age 61 years)
Birth of a son
#13
Lyon Gardiner Tyler
August 24, 1852 (Age 62 years)
Death of a daughterAlice Tyler
June 8, 1854 (Age 64 years)

Death of a sisterMartha Jefferson Tyler
1855 (Age 64 years)

Birth of a son
#14
Robert Fitzwalter Tyler
March 12, 1856 (Age 65 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Tyler
1856 (Age 65 years)

Marriage of a childTazewell TylerNannie BrydgesView this family
1857 (Age 66 years)

Birth of a daughter
#15
Pearl Tyler
June 13, 1860 (Age 70 years)
Death of a brotherWat Henry Tyler
1862 (Age 71 years)

Occupation
US President No. 10
yes

Death January 17, 1862 (Age 71 years)
Burial
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elder brother
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himself
21 months
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Family with Letitia Christian - View this family
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Marriage: March 29, 1813Cedar Grove, New Kent Co., Virginia
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Family with Julia Gardiner - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: June 26, 1844Ch Of Ascension, New York City, New York
2 years
son
Gardiner (David) Tyler
Birth: July 12, 1846 56 26East Hampton, New York
Death: September 1, 1927Sherwood Forest, Charles City Co., Virgini
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  1. Generation 1
    1. John Tyler, uS President No. 10, son of John Tyler and Mary Marot Armistead, was born on March 29, 1790 in Greenway, Charles City Co., Virginia and died on January 17, 1862 in Richmond, Virginia at the age of 71. He married 2 times. The first time he married Letitia Christian on March 29, 1813 in Cedar Grove, New Kent Co., Virginia. She was born on November 12, 1790 in Cedar Grove, New Kent Co., Virginia and died on September 10, 1842 in White House, Washington D.C. at the age of 51. The second time he married Julia Gardiner on June 26, 1844 in Ch Of Ascension, New York City, New York. She was born on May 4, 1820 in Gardiners Island, New York and died on July 10, 1889 in Richmond, Virginia at the age of 69.

      Children of John Tyler and Letitia Christian:

      1. Mary Tyler (18151848)
      2. Robert Tyler (18161877)
      3. John Tyler (18191896)
      4. Letitia Tyler (18211907)
      5. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Tyler (18231850)
      6. Ann Contesse Tyler (1825)
      7. Alice Tyler (18271854)
      8. Tazewell Tyler (18301874)

      Children of John Tyler and Julia Gardiner:

      1. Gardiner (David) Tyler (18461927)
      2. John Alexander Tyler (18481883)
      3. Julia Gardiner Tyler (18491871)
      4. Lachlan Tyler (18511902)
      5. Lyon Gardiner Tyler (18521935)
      6. Robert Fitzwalter Tyler (18561927)
      7. Pearl Tyler (18601947)
  2. Generation 2back to top
    1. Mary Tyler, daughter of John Tyler and Letitia Christian, was born on April 15, 1815 in Charles City Co., Virginia and died on June 17, 1848 in New Kent Co., Virginia at the age of 33. She married Henry Lightfoot Jones on December 14, 1835. He was born in 1813 in North Carolina.

    2. Robert Tyler, son of John Tyler and Letitia Christian, was born on September 9, 1816 in Charles City Co., Virginia and died on December 3, 1877 in Montgomery, Alabama at the age of 61. He married Priscilla (Elizabeth) Cooper on September 12, 1839 in Bristol, Pennsylvania. She was born on June 14, 1816 in New York and died on December 29, 1889 in Montgomery, Alabama at the age of 73.

    3. John Tyler, son of John Tyler and Letitia Christian, was born on April 27, 1819 and died in 1896 at the age of 76. He married Martha Rochelle on October 25, 1838. She was born on January 23, 1820 and died on January 11, 1867 at the age of 46.

    4. Letitia Tyler, daughter of John Tyler and Letitia Christian, was born on May 11, 1821 and died on December 28, 1907 in Baltimore, Maryland at the age of 86. She married James A. Semple in February 1839.

    5. Elizabeth (Lizzie) Tyler, daughter of John Tyler and Letitia Christian, was born on July 11, 1823 and died on June 1, 1850 at the age of 26. She married William Nevison Waller on January 31, 1842 in White House, Washington D.C..

    6. Alice Tyler, daughter of John Tyler and Letitia Christian, was born on March 23, 1827 and died on June 8, 1854 at the age of 27. She married Henry Mandeville Denison on July 11, 1850 in Charles City Co., Virginia. He was born in 1822 in Wyoming, Pennsylvania and died in 1858 at the age of 36.

    7. Tazewell Tyler, son of John Tyler and Letitia Christian, was born on December 6, 1830 and died on January 8, 1874 in California at the age of 43. He married Nannie Brydges in 1857.

    8. Gardiner (David) Tyler, son of John Tyler and Julia Gardiner, was born on July 12, 1846 in East Hampton, New York and died on September 1, 1927 in Sherwood Forest, Charles City Co., Virgini at the age of 81. He married Mary Morris Jones on June 6, 1894 in Richmond, Virginia. She was born on June 1, 1865 and died on August 30, 1931 in Sherwood Forest, Virginia at the age of 66.

    9. John Alexander Tyler, son of John Tyler and Julia Gardiner, was born on April 7, 1848 in Sherwood Forest, Virginia and died on September 1, 1883 at the age of 35. He married Sarah Griswold Gardiner.

    10. Julia Gardiner Tyler, daughter of John Tyler and Julia Gardiner, was born on December 25, 1849 in Sherwood Forest, Virginia and died on May 8, 1871 at the age of 21. She married William H. Spencer on June 26, 1869 in New York.

    11. Lachlan Tyler, mD, son of John Tyler and Julia Gardiner, was born on December 2, 1851 in Sherwood Forest, Virginia and died in 1902 at the age of 50. He married Georgia Powell in 1876.

    12. Lyon Gardiner Tyler, son of John Tyler and Julia Gardiner, was born on August 24, 1852 in Sherwood Forest, Virginia and died on February 12, 1935 at the age of 82. He married 2 times. The first time he married Annie Baker Tucker on November 14, 1878. She was born on April 8, 1855 in Charlottesville, Virginia and died on November 2, 1921 in Richmond, Virginia at the age of 66. The second time he married Sue Ruffin on September 12, 1923. She was born on May 5, 1889 in Charles City Co., Virginia and died on May 2, 1953 at the age of 63.

    13. Robert Fitzwalter Tyler, son of John Tyler and Julia Gardiner, was born on March 12, 1856 in Sherwood Forest, Virginia and died in 1927 at the age of 70. He married Fannie Glinn.

    14. Pearl Tyler, daughter of John Tyler and Julia Gardiner, was born on June 13, 1860 in Sherwood Forest, Virginia and died in 1947 at the age of 86. She married William Mumford Ellis in 1894. He was born in 1846 and died in 1921 at the age of 75.

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Was never elected to office; attained the presidency through the death of his predecessor William Henry Harrison, whose vice-president he was. Samuel L. Southard, president pro tempore of the Senate served as his vice-president.