Wednesday, February 16, 2011

A fecund family

Cotton Boll Conspiracy reveals that President John Tyler, who was born in 1790 and died in 1862, has two living grandchildren.

The best I can claim is my paternal grandfather died in 1947.

3 comments:

  1. My maternal grandfather was born in 1879 and lived until 1961, but I can't imagine having a grandparent who was born before the last of the Thirteen Original Colonies had ratified the Constitution.

    I'd say it would be like having a living history lesson, but, of course, Tyler died 60-plus years before some of his grandchildren were born.

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  2. The last of his children died in 1948. I can't imagine telling people, "My dad was born 158 years ago."

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  3. Such a good post in terms of history! I have read the related article on this post and it seems that the grandchildren of President John Tyler are not mentioned in the news. Hopefully, I can find more information about this issue.


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