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John Tyler

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)

Letitia CHRISTIAN

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)
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)
Anne C. Tyler (died at birth) unmarried
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
Letitia Christian TYLER (11 May 1821 - 28 Dec 1907) married James Allen SEMPLE (d. late 1870s)
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
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
Tazewell TYLER (06 Dec 1830 - 08 Jan 1874) married Nannie BRIDGES
1. Martha TYLER (d. 1943)
2. James TYLER married: May ?

II.

Julia GARDINER

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)
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
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
Lachlan TYLER (02 Dec 1851 - 26 Jan 1902) married Georgia Webb POWELL
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)
Robert Fitzwalter TYLER (12 Mar 1856 - 31 Dec 1927) married Fannie GLENN
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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