- President John Tyler's grandson, Harrison Ruffin Tyler, died on Sunday, May 25
- His death comes 163 years after his grandfather died in 1862
- President Tyler died 66 years before Harrison was born in 1928
Grandson of 10th U.S. President John Tyler, Whose Term Ended in 1845, Dies at 96
President John Tyler's grandson, Harrison Ruffin Tyler, died on Sunday, May 25. He was 96 years old.
Harrison Ruffin Tyler, grandson of 10th U.S. president and longtime Richmonder, dies at 96
The Richmond resident, preservationist and chemical engineer, for whom William & Mary’s history department is named, also had the distinction of being the grandson of a man who became U.S. president in 1841.
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