1790 - 1862 (71 years)
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Name |
TYLER John [1, 2] |
Prefix |
President |
Suffix |
IV |
Birth |
29 Mar 1790 |
Greenway, Charles City County, Virginia [1, 2] |
Gender |
Male |
Alt. Death |
18 Jan 1861 |
Charles City County, VA [2, 3] |
Death |
Occupation |
10th US President [2, 4] |
Death |
17 Jan 1862 |
Charles City County, VA [2] |
Burial |
Richmond, Virginia, USA [2] |
Notes |
- President John Tyler had 15 children, still a record.
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/presidents_and_first_ladies/45005
When Tyler was just seven years old, his mother, Mary, died from a stroke. At the age of 12 he joined the College of William and Mary like his father before him, and later enrolled in the collegiate program of the college. He graduated in 1807 when he was 17 years old.
After that, Tyler studied law, first under the tutelage of his father, then under his cousin, and finally under Edmund Randolph, the first US Attorney General. Tyler was admitted into the Bar in 1809 and, in 1840, became the Vice President under William Henry Harrison. Harrison died after just a month in office which made John Tyler the president.
John Tyler's Executive papers primarily consist of incoming correspondence during his two one-year terms as governor between 12 December 1808 and 15 January 1811. The correspondence in this collection relates to a variety of topics including appointments & recommendations for state positions; the Virginia Manufactory of Arms; the Virginia Penitentiary; amendments to the U.S. Constitution; arms and ammunition; the militia; French inhabitants expelled from Cuba; the embargo; public improvements; resignations; extraditions; state expenses & revenue; elections; and others. In addition to correspondence, there are resolutions from the Virginia Senate & House of Delegates; accounts; oaths; contracts; pardons; proposals; receipts; election returns & certificates; qualifications; lists; proclamations; petitions; pay rolls; reports; appointments; resignations; bonds; commissions; orders; proceedings; opinions; and other sundry items.
The Governor received correspondence from three main sources: the Federal government, Virginia State government, and Governors from other states. Federal government correspondents include President Thomas Jefferson; Robert Smith, Secretary of State; Henry Dearborn & William Eustis, Secretaries of War; and Virginia's delegates in Congress. President Thomas Jefferson writes Governor Tyler on 20 Jan. 1809 regarding a letter from Henry St. John Dixon offering the services of his company of volunteer riflemen of the 105th Regiment. On 10 Aug. 1810, Robert Smith, Secretary of State, transmits copies of the laws of the 1st & 2nd session of the 11th Congress. As Secretary of War, Henry Dearborn, writes the Governor regarding the appointment of an officer of the militia near each point of entry to assemble a sufficient force to maintain the authority of the laws respecting the embargo (1809 Jan. 18). Dearborn also writes on 4 Feb. 1809 regarding Virginia's quota of militia. On 17 April 1809, William Eustis writes the Governor regarding pensioners. Eustis also encloses pay rolls and a letter from Robert Brent, Pay Master for the U.S. Army, regarding money paid by the U.S. to detachments of the Virginia Militia called into service in 1808 (1809 Dec. 7). Lastly, Eustis writes regarding land warrants issued by the state on lands already surveyed and sold to individuals by authority of the United States between the Little Miami & Scioto Rivers (1810 Dec. 19). In addition, there is a letter from William Simmons, War Dept., Accountant's Office, regarding tents furnished the militia during the Chesapeake Affair (1810 Jan. 11). William B. Giles & Richard Brent, Virginia's senators in Congress, write on 10 June 1809 regarding the French inhabitants expelled from Cuba and the importation of their slaves. Giles & Brent also write concerning a machine exhibited at the Capitol (1810 Feb. 6). Finally, Giles encloses the proceedings of a Committee of the U.S. Senate regarding the resolutions of the Virginia General Assembly on the subject of bounty lands to officers & soldiers of the Virginia State Line (1810 Nov. 1). There are also letters from both Wilson Cary Nicholas and John G. Jackson resigning from their seats in the U.S. House of Representatives (1809 Nov. 27 & 1810 Sept. 28).
The majority of correspondence in John Tyler's Executive Papers originates from Virginia State government. Significant correspondents from Virginia State government include John Clarke & John Staples, Superintendents of the Virginia Manufactory of Arms; Abraham Douglas, Keepers of the Penitentiary; Philip Norborne Nicholas, Attorney General; Daniel L. Hylton, Clerk of the Council; Samuel Coleman, Assistant Clerk of the Council of State; James Pleasants, Jr., Clerk of the House of Delegates; Theodosius Hansford, Clerk of the Senate; and Samuel Shepard, Auditor of Public Accounts.
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Person ID |
I1857 |
Booth Family |
Last Modified |
4 Feb 2016 |
Father |
TYLER John, III, b. 28 Feb 1747, James City County, Virginia d. Abt 1813 (Age 65 years) |
Mother |
ARMISTEAD Mary Marot, b. Abt 1761, York County, VA d. 5 Apr 1797, Charles City County, VA (Age ~ 36 years) |
Marriage |
1776 |
York County, VA [1] |
Family ID |
F609 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 |
CHRISTIAN Letitia, b. 12 Nov 1790, Cedar Grove, New Kent County, Virginia d. 10 Sep 1842, Washington, DC (Age 51 years) |
Marriage |
29 Mar 1813 |
Cedar Grove, New Kent County, Virginia [1] |
Children |
| 1. TYLER Letitia "Lizzie", b. 11 May 1821 d. 28 Dec 1907, Baltimore, Md (Age 86 years) |
| 2. TYLER Mary, b. 15 Apr 1815, Charles City County, VA d. 17 Jun 1848, New Kent County, VA (Age 33 years) |
| 3. TYLER Robert, b. 9 Sep 1816, Charles City County, VA d. 3 Dec 1877, Montgomery, Alabama (Age 61 years) |
| 4. TYLER John, b. 17 Apr 1819 d. 1896 (Age 76 years) |
| 5. TYLER Elizabeth, b. 11 Jul 1823 d. 1850 (Age 26 years) |
| 6. TYLER Anne Contesse, b. 5 Apr 1825 d. Jul 1825 (Age 0 years) |
| 7. TYLER Alice, b. 23 Mar 1827 d. 8 Jun 1854 (Age 27 years) |
| 8. TYLER Tazwell, b. 6 Dec 1830 d. 8 Jan 1874, California (Age 43 years) |
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Family ID |
F610 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
31 Mar 2006 |
Family 2 |
GARDINER Julia d. Yes, date unknown |
Marriage |
26 Jun 1844 |
New York, NY [1] |
Children |
| 1. TYLER Gardiner David, b. 12 Jul 1846, East Hampton, Suffolk, New York, USA d. 1 Sep 1927, Sherwood Forest, Charles City, Virginia, USA (Age 81 years) |
| 2. TYLER John Alexander, b. 7 Apr 1848, Sherwood Forest, Charles City, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown |
| 3. TYLER Julia Gardiner, b. 25 Dec 1849, Sherwood Forest, Charles City, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown |
| 4. TYLER Lachlan Tyler, b. 2 Dec 1851, Sherwood Forest, Charles City, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown |
| 5. TYLER Lyon Gardiner, b. 24 Aug 1852, Sherwood Forest, Charles City, Virginia, USA d. 24 Feb 1935 (Age 82 years) |
| 6. TYLER Robert Fitzwalter, b. 12 Mar 1856, Sherwood Forest, Charles City, Virginia, USA d. Abt 1927 (Age 70 years) |
| 7. TYLER Pearl, b. 13 Jun 1860, Sherwood Forest, Charles City, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown |
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Family ID |
F619 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
1 Apr 2006 |
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Sources |
- [S251] Gary Lewis Family Tree, Gary Lewis Family Tree.
- [S1130] Lythgoe, Darrin, Lythgoe, Darrin (Reliability: 3).
- [S254] Family Trees of Thomas Jefferson and Other Famous Americans, Family Trees of Thomas Jefferson and Other Famous Americans, (http://www.ishipress.com/pafg59.htm#3873).
- [S251] Gary Lewis Family Tree, Gary Lewis Family Tree (Reliability: 1).
This has not been confimed in writing, other than Gary Lewis's tree.
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