John Tyler , the 10thU.S. president , was turn out in 1790 . He took bureau in 1841 , afterWilliam Henry Harrisondied . And he still has one living grandchild : Harrison Ruffin Tyler .
Not great - great - gravid - grandchild . Harrison ’s dada was President Tyler ’s son .
How Is this Possible?
The Tyler man had a drug abuse of having kids very late in life . Lyon Gardiner Tyler , one of President Tyler ’s 15 children , was comport in 1853 when the former president was 63 year old .
elect to Virginia ’s state legislative assembly in 1887,Lyon Gardiner Tylerarranged for the restoration of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg , which had been neglected during theCivil War , and became its president in 1888 . He also published books and magazines about Virginia history and upgrade the significance ofJamestownin the story of the United States ’s introduction .
Lyon Gardiner Tyler hook up with his 2nd married woman , Sue Ruffin , who wasexactly half his age , in 1923 . They had two Son , Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr. in 1925 ( when Tyler Sr . was close to 72 ) , and Harrison Ruffin Tyler in 1928 ( when he was about 75 ) . Tyler Sr . died in 1935 at eld 81 .
Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr.followed in his father ’s and grandfather ’s footstep and practice legal philosophy in Richmond , Virginia . He also earned a PhD in account and taught military account at several universities in the state . On September 26 , 2020,Tyler Jr. passed awayat the age of 95—175 years after his grandfather left the White House in 1845 .
That leavesHarrison Ruffin Tylerto keep this amazing oddity of longevity alive . He graduate from William and Mary and base a successful industrial water system treatment company . As of 2021 , he resided in a nursing menage in Tennessee near his son and daughter - in - law of nature .
On the Case
In 2012 , we placed a somewhat awkward call to the Charles City County History Center in Virginia to check in on the Tylers , at which point Lyon and Harrison were still with us .
Then we share , on Twitter , the fact that two of Tyler ’s grandchild were still living . New Yorkmagazine jumped at the chance to publish aninterview with Harrison Tyler , Lyon Tylerspoketo the Daughters of the American Revolution , and both brothers wereprofiledbyThe Times of Londonin 2018 . Snopes alsoconfirmedthe fact .
This account has been update for 2024 .
