President John Tyler Still Has One Living Grandchild — Seriously

This story is crazier than you think.

Noah Nelson
The Biographical Historian
2 min readJun 23, 2021

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Photo courtesy of historybyzim.com.

You know who President John Tyler is, right? You should know he spent some time in the White House, and that even though he died in 1862 in the early days of the American Civil War, he still has one grandchild living today.

How is that even possible?

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Noah Nelson
The Biographical Historian

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Alum | Author of “Life: A Collection of Short Stories” and “Dana and Me” | Featured Writer on ILLUMINATION (23x).