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Grandson of John Tyler, the 10th President of the USA just passed away. Think about that. Holy Cow. I pulled this story from "Men's Journal"

Grandson of 10th U.S. President Has Died at 96 Years Old
Story by Kameron Duncan • 7h •
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There have been nearly 50 presidents in America's history, and one of the last living relatives of one of the first has died.

Harrison Ruffin Tyler, the grandson of the 10th president John Tyler, died on Sunday at the age of 96. Tyler was the son of the president's 13th child Lyon Gardiner Tyler.

Harrison was born on November 9, 1928 - when his father was already 75 years old. Children being born later in their parents' lives was a tradition in the family, as Lyon was born when John was 63 years old.

Tyler's presidency began under relatively unprecedented terms. He joined the presidential ticket as William Henry Harrison’ after being born into a Virginia family that owned slaves.

When Harrison died only 31 days into his term, Tyler took office. He held the presidency from 1841 through 1845, but the Whig Party did not nominate him for re-election. The party chose Henry Clay, who would go on to lose to Democrat James K. Polk.

Tyler's 15 children were the most fathered by any president. He had eight with his first wife Letitia Christian and seven with his second wife Julia Gardiner. Tyler married Gardiner during his presidency in 1844, just two years after Christian died of a stroke.


Harrison Ruffin Tyler became a minor celebrity during his life, as he was invited to meet then-sitting president Franklin D. Roosevelt at the White House at just eight years old.

Lady Nancy Astor, a former member British Parliament, paid for Harrison's college tuition at William & Mary despite the two never meeting. He was also notable for being a direct descendant of Pocahontas.

Tyler founded ChemTreat, an industrial water treatment company, with business partner William P. Simmons in the late 1960s. The company served top clients like Kraft and Philip Morris.

Later in his life, Tyler sought to restore significant historical sites and artifacts such as Fort Pocahontas and one of his grandfather's former homes. That home, Sherwood Forest Plantation, is now open to the public and operated by a foundation.

Tyler and his late wife worked to restore the plantation. He is survived by three children and several grandchildren.

Rest in peace to Harrison Ruffin Tyler, and we send condolences to his family, friends and loved ones following his death.

This is just incredible. I'd also like to know more about his lineage to Pocahontas.

Even in 2025, this shows us just how close we still are to the origins of this country.

'[Old History' is recent history.
We are such a young nation.

A whirlwind of change. All of my grandparents were born in the 1800's. My great-grandmother was born in 1872. She lived to be 103 years old. Her lifetime spread from paddle boats, steam trains, horse drawn wagons and oil lamps to electric lights, cars, flight, and man on the moon. That is a pretty wide spread in advancement.

In our own lives which spreads from the late 40's/early 50's for some of us, the spread might not be as great, but there has been a lot of change none the less.

The only constant in life is change. The only thing that seems to have changed about change is the speed at which things have and are changing. Sometimes for the good and sometimes for the bad.

It's not just that we are getting older. Studies have shown that the pace of life has been accelerating since the dawn of the industrial age.

AI is throwing an exponential monkey wrench into the equation.
Our species is not built/prepared for change at this pace... and it's not just us old phartz.

Our societies are barely past apedom... and because of science, now we have our fingers on the buttons of unimaginable change.
"Let's press this one, and see what happens-" In 1925, big changes could be absorbed. In 2025- I'm not so sure.

When I was a younger man, I was always enthusiastically optimistic about The Future.
Now, I have fewer days ahead of me than I have behind me- and that knowledge gives me some of the only existential comfort I have.

I'm sincerely concerned that we all gonna f* this up. And if we do, it will come fast, hard- and permanent.
I pray that I'm wrong... but I have zero confidence that "prayer is the answer."


It was a serendipitous coincidence and absolute privilege to have lived in America during the best days History may ever record.
If I go out tomorrow, I'm OK with that.


.02,
clem.

I feel the same way, but then again I am pretty sure past generations felt the same way. To the same extent is the question.

In an ironic sense, we are getting smarter and dumber at the same time. Take nuclear energy. We learned how to blow things up using it before learning how to use for the good of man. Now that we have learned how to harness it for the good, the push is to not use it, yet we keep it around to blow things up.

Make no sense.

seen this story a few times, and I'm always amazed by the math and chances of it. Crazy