I don't know why but this fascinates me. President John Tyler, born in 1790 and sometimes referred to as His Accidency, still has two living grandchildren!

(01-27-2012 03:56 PM)Baconator Wrote:  I don't know why but this fascinates me. President John Tyler, born in 1790 and sometimes referred to as His Accidency, still has two living grandchildren!

Fascinating is right - interesting perspective on our connection to history - we're really not that far removed from the past.

Boy, the Newt is having a bad week, even grandchildren of past presidents are piling on - ouch.

Wow, that is kinda crazy. Also amusing since Newt often talks about how Dems/Obama don't love "classical America" (whatever that means) and he does. But this guy with a pretty direct connection to "classical America" says Newt's a jerk.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7399328n

(01-27-2012 03:56 PM)Baconator Wrote:  I don't know why but this fascinates me. President John Tyler, born in 1790 and sometimes referred to as His Accidency, still has two living grandchildren!

That's incredible.

Wow. That is amazing. Here's some more reading ...

Here are two articles on the grandson published in his alma maters' magazines -- William & Mary (Harrison's father, the U.S. president's son, was president of the college) (Winter 2008) and Virginia Tech (Winter 2007).

And here's a profile of his company, ChemTreat.

One former ChemTreat employee didn't much like his management, however (related by his son, in this comment)

Quote:Yes, my father worked for Harrison Tyler at Chemtreat for 2 decades and met him on more than one occasion. Can't say my dad has a high opinion of the man and I know when my father and many others lost a good deal of their retirement money thanks to company mismanagement and underhanded "cost cutting" tactics, Tyler was pretty mum so forgive me if I don't fawn.

Here's a Virginia Living article (February 2009) about the Tyler presidential house and the family.

A little OT, and it might be stretching things to call a one month old baby a "witness." But still historical.

http://now.msn.com/living/0306-last-to-see-titanic.aspx

Sounds like it's about time for Harrison and Lyon to get settled down and think about having a family...