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Genealogy of John Tyler at Sherwood Forest Plantation (1)
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Julia Gardiner Tyler

Genealogy of John Tyler and his Descendants

John Tyler was the most prolific of all American President: he had 15 children and two wives. In 1813, Tyler married Letitia Christian, the daughter of a Virginia planter. They had eightchildren. She was an invalid when Tyler became president and made only one publicappearance, at her daughter Elizabeth's marriage in 1842.Letitia Christian Tyler, the President's first wife, died in the White House in September,1842. A few months later, Tyler began courting 23-year-old Julia Gardiner, a beautiful andwealthy New Yorker. When they were married in New York City on June 26, 1844, Tylerbecame the first president to be wed while in office. He was 30 years older than his bride. AsFIRST LADY, the new Mrs. Tyler captivated Washington with the size and brilliance of herWhite House receptions.

John Tyler (28 Mar 1790 - 18 Jan 1862)

    I. Married Letitia CHRISTIAN (12 Nov 1790 - 10 Sep 1842)
    1. Mary TYLER (15 Apr 1815-17 Jun 1847) married Henry Lightfoot JONES (1813 - 1870)
      1. John JONES unmarried
      2. Henry L. JONES (d. ca. 1890) unmarried
      3. Robert Tyler JONES (1843 - 1895) married Sally Breeden GRESHAM (1868 - 1951)
    2. Robert TYLER (09 Sep 1816 - 03 Dec 1877) married Elizabeth Priscilla COOPER (1816 - 1889)
      1. Mary Fairlie TYLER (1840 - 1845)
      2. Letitia Christian TYLER (1842 - 1927)
      3. John TYLER (1844 - 1845)
      4. Grace R. TYLER (1846 - 1919) married John Baytop SCOTT (1831 - 1894)
      5. Priscilla Cooper TYLER (1849 - 1936) married Albert Taylor GOODWYN (1842 -1931)
      6. Elizabeth TYLER (1852 - 1928) married Thomas Gardner FOSTER (1845-1915)
      7. Julia Campbell TYLER (1854 - 1884) married Henry Hewlings TYSON (1845 -1887)
      8. Robert TYLER, Jr. (1857-1937)
    3. Anne C. Tyler (died at birth) unmarried
    4. John TYLER (17 Apr 1819 - 26 Jan 1896) married Martha ROCHELLE (1820 - 1867)
      1. James Rochelle TYLER (b. 1839) unmarried
      2. Letitia Christian TYLER (1844 - 1863) married William Briggs SHANDS (1820 - 1906)
      3. Martha Rochelle TYLER (1846 - 1928) unmarried
    5. Letitia Christian TYLER (11 May 1821 - 28 Dec 1907) married James Allen SEMPLE (d. late 1870s)
    6. Elizabeth TYLER (11 Jul 1823 - 01 Jun 1850) married William Nevison WALLER (1820 -1870)
      1. William Griffin WALLER (1842 - 1894) married Jennie Kent HOWELL; married Elizabeth Hale AUSTIN
      2. John Tyler WALLER killed in action. Confederate
      3. Letitia WALLER
      4. Mary Stuart WALLER married Gen Louis G. YOUNG
      5. Robert WALLER married Emily JOHNSTONE
    7. Alice TYLER (23 Mar 1827 - 08 Jun 1854) married Rev. Henry Mandeville DENISON (1822-1858)
      1. Elizabeth Russell DENISON (1852 - 1928) married William Gaston ALLEN (1849 -1891); married Rev. WILLIAMSON
    8. Tazewell TYLER (06 Dec 1830 - 08 Jan 1874) married Nannie BRIDGES
      1. Martha TYLER (d. 1943)
      2. James TYLER married: May ?

    II. Married Julia GARDINER (23 Jul 1820 - 10 Jul 1889)
    1. David Gardiner TYLER (12 Jul 1846 - 05 Sep 1927) married Mary Morris JONES (1865 -1931)
      1. Mary Lyon TYLER (1895 -1975) married George Peterkin GAMBLE (b. 1899)
      2. Margaret Gardiner TYLER (03 Feb 1897 - ? ) married Stephen Fowler CHADWICK (1894 -1975)
      3. David Gardiner TYLER (b. 1899) married Anne Morton SHELTON (1900 - 1977); married Marion Field McWhorter WEBB
      4. James Alfred Jones TYLER (1902 - 1971) married Katherine THOMASON (1909 -1967)
    2. John Alexander TYLER (07 Apr 1848 - 01 Sep 1883) married Sarah Griswold GARDINER (1848 - 1927)
      1. ? TYLER (1876 - 1876) born Christmas at Sherwood Forest
      2. Samuel Gardiner TYLER (1879 - 1892)
      3. Lillian Gardiner TYLER (1879 -1989) married Alben N. MARGRAF; married -?- FARLOW
    3. Julia Gardiner TYLER (25 Dec 1849 - 08 May 1871) married William H. SPENCER
      1. Julia Tyler SPENCER (1871 - 1955) married George FLEUROT; married W. (or H.) Durant CHEEVER
    4. Lachlan TYLER (02 Dec 1851 - 26 Jan 1902) married Georgia Webb POWELL
    5. Lyon Gardiner TYLER (24 Aug 1853 -12 Feb 1935)
      1. Married (1) Anne Baker TUCKER (1857 -1921)
        1. Julia Gardiner TYLER (1881 -1965) married James Southall WILSON (1880 - 1963)
        2. Elizabeth Gilmer TYLER (1885 -1976) married Captain Alfred Hart MILES (1883 - 1956)
        3. John TYLER (1887 -1969) married Elizabeth PARKER (b. 1894)
      2. Married (2) Sue RUFFIN (1889 -1953)
        1. Lyon Gardiner TYLER, Jr. (b. 1924) married Lucy Jane POPE (b. 1924)
        2. Harrison Ruffin TYLER (b. 1928) married Frances Payne BOUKNIGHT (b. 1933)
        3. Henry TYLER ( 1931 - 1931)
    6. Robert Fitzwalter TYLER (12 Mar 1856 - 31 Dec 1927) married Fannie GLENN
    7. Pearl TYLER (20 Jun 1860 -30 Jun 1947) married William Munford ELLIS (1846 - 1921)
      1. Pearl Tyler ELLIS (1885 -1979)
      2. John Tyler ELLIS (b. 1887) married Helen Rogers WATSON (d. 1983)
      3. Leila MacLachlan ELLIS (b. 1888) married Ambrose Madison MARYE (b. 1887)
      4. Cornelia Horsford ELLIS (b. 1891) married Yolverton Evans BOOKER, Jr.
      5. Gardiner Tyler ELLIS (b. 1893)
      6. William Munford ELLIS (1891 -ca. 1922) married Ruth WOODS
      7. Julia Fleurot ELLIS (1898 -1988) married William K. ROBINSON (d. 1962)
      8. Lyon Alexander ELLIS (1900 - 1954 ) married Margaret NORTHCROSS

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Genealogy of John Tyler at Sherwood Forest Plantation (2024)

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Sherwood Forest Plantation has been the continuous residence of the Tyler family since the President purchased it in 1842. Known to be the longest frame house in America, it is over 300 feet long. Sherwood Forest Plantation reflects the lifestyle of this mid-19th century Presidential family.

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President John Tyler (1841–1845) had 15 children. He had 8 with his first wife and 7 with his second. His oldest children was born in 1815 (5 years before his second wife was born) and his last child was born in 1860 (two years before he died).

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John Tyler was the most prolific of all American President: he had 15 children and two wives. In 1813, Tyler married Letitia Christian, the daughter of a Virginia planter. They had eight children.

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Letitia Tyler (née Christian; November 12, 1790 – September 10, 1842) was the first lady of the United States from 1841 to 1842 as the first wife of President John Tyler.

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When the American Civil War began in 1861, Tyler at first supported the Peace Conference. When it failed, he sided with the Confederacy. He presided over the opening of the Virginia Secession Convention and served as a member of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States.

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Thomas Jefferson owned over 600 enslaved people during his lifetime, the most of any U.S. president, and he was the first president to bring enslaved people to the White House (which was built largely with the help of enslaved Black workers).

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Tyler's legacy is the modern epitome of the American dream. Born and raised in New Orleans, his childhood was marked by poverty and a household scarred by abuse.

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John Tyler had several pets during his time in the White House. He gave his wife Julia an Italian greyhound named Le Beau from Naples, and also gifted her with two giant Irish wolfhounds.

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The median age at inauguration of incoming U.S. presidents is 55 years. The youngest person to become U.S. president was Theodore Roosevelt, who, at age 42, succeeded to the office after the assassination of William McKinley. The oldest person inaugurated president was Joe Biden, at age 78.

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Which president had two wives? ›

Presidents John Tyler and Woodrow Wilson had two official first ladies; both remarried during their presidential tenures.

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John Tyler's quote, "I can never consent to being dictated to," highlights his strong belief in the importance of individual liberty and independence. As the 10th President of the United States, Tyler firmly rejected the notion of being controlled or dictated by others.

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The darling of the capital, Julia Gardiner Tyler was the second wife of the tenth President, John Tyler. She became First Lady from 1844 to 1845 after their secret engagement and wedding.

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Established in 1787 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Destrehan Plantation remains the oldest documented plantation home in the lower Mississippi Valley.

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