# President Tyler's Grandson Dies

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**Created:** [October 10, 2020, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-tylers-grandson-dies/922609 "2020-10-10T06:06:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-tylers-grandson-dies/922609/1 "2020-10-10T06:06:28Z")

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I read the most interesting obit in the Times that I’ve seen in quite a while. The grandson of John Tyler, the first VP to become president on the death of a president, just died at 95. The grandson is Lyon Tyler.

Since the Times is paywalled [here](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/10/09/president-john-tylers-grandson-lyon-gardiner-tyler-jr-dies-95/5935788002/) is the USA Today obit.  
John Tyler was born in 1790, just a year after George Washington took office.

Even scarier - Lyon has a younger brother, who is still alive.

Even scarier

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**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-tylers-grandson-dies/922609/2 "2020-10-10T06:10:04Z")

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It always strikes me that the USA is a surprisingly young nation. It’s only about the age of three 80-year olds put end on end.

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**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-tylers-grandson-dies/922609/3 "2020-10-10T06:45:33Z")

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Stolen from another website and not fact-checked by me:

One of the two living grandsons of the 10th President of the U.S. John Tyler (1790-1862) passed away on September 25th. It’s crazy how both Tyler and his son, Lyon Gardiner Tyler (1853-1935) perpetuated this by fathering children at 63 and 72 years, respectively. The surviving son, Harrison Ruffin Tyler, was born in 1928, meaning that LGT fathered him at 75.

Fascinating!

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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-tylers-grandson-dies/922609/4 "2020-10-10T06:56:46Z")

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It said in the Times that this family was already well-known for being long lived, and for having children late in life.  
I wonder if some grandchild out there now is named Lazarus Long.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2020, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-tylers-grandson-dies/922609/5 "2020-10-10T08:21:22Z")

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> [@Voyager](#):
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> I wonder if some grandchild out there now is named Lazarus Long

That would be silly…Because his given name is Woodrow Wilson Smith.