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Last Surviving Grandson of President John Tyler, Who Took Office in 1841, Dies at 96
When Harrison Ruffin Tyler's grandfather was born 235 years ago in 1790, George Washington had just become the nation's first ...
Harrison Ruffin Tyler, final living grandson of 10th President John Tyler, died at 96
The birth of President John Tyler and the death his grandson, Harrison Tyler, were separated by only 235 years.
Harrison Ruffin Tyler died Sunday. His grandfather was the 10th U.S. president and born in 1790.
The cause of Tyler’s death on Sunday was not immediately released. John Tyler was 63 years old when Harrison Tyler’s father, ...