The last grandson of the tenth US President John Tyler died at the age of 96 – the end of a link to an era in American history.
His family said in a statement to CBS News that Harrison Roven Tyler died on Sunday evening, May 25. His grandfather, who was born in 1790, left the Oval Office more than 179 years ago, after serving from 1841 to 1845, before the civil war. The descendants of President Tyler lived in the modern era due to two generations of second marriages in the late wives to younger wives.
John Tyler, the owner of the slave Virgin and Democrat for Life, served as Vice President of William Henry Harrison and Become president Unexpectedly after Harrison Suddenly Three weeks after his inauguration – the first president to die while taking office.
At that time, the caliphate plans were not completely established and Tyler was initially hesitated in his assumption. According to To the National Center for Constitution. The oath performed the office in public places on April 6, 1841, saying: “I am the president, and I will be responsible for my administration.”
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John Tyler married twice and has 15 children – eight children with his first wife, Letitia, who died of a stroke, then seven others with his second wife, Julia Garderner Tyler, Who was 24 when they got married. He gave birth to most of the second group of children in the fifties and sixties of his life; His last child, a daughter named Pearl, was born when he was 70 years old, According to To Miller at the University of Virginia.
Tyler XIII, Leon, was born when his father was 63 years old. Lyon Garderner Tyler, who worked President of William College and MaryHe also married twice. With his second wife, Soo Roven Tyler, had two children in the twentieth century, when Lyon was in his seventies, according to what she mentioned. Virginia Encyclopedia.
One of these children was Harrison Roven Tyler.
Harrison Roven Tyler lived in Virginia and participated in the establishment of Chemtreat, an industrial water treatment company, in 1968. He loved history and his hometown, Charles City, Virginia, said, which led to the preservation
“It will be remembered because of its great charm, generosity, and good humor by all those who knew him.” Sherwood ForestHe said in a statement.
