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