Grandson of President John Tyler died this week at age 96

The VP who succeeded the first president who died in office,

John Tyler, only had a one-term Presidency but did leave

behind 15 descendants 

when he was himself 72 at

the time of his death in 1862.

John T. died in Virginia opposing

the then-POTUS Abraham

Lincoln's efforts to end slavery

and put down the Confederacy

which had as its capital,

Richmond Virginia.  Youngest

of John Tyler's 15 children was

Lyon Gardiner Tyler and his 

own son,

Harrison Ruffin Tyler, died

this week in the 21st century.

Sunday evening, May 25, 2025

at the age of 96.

Harrison's death comes 163 years

after his grandfather John's death  

in 1862.