primitive points out John Tyler's grandchildren still alive

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1103422

Oh my.

The things we wouldn't know if the primitives didn't tell us.

UrbScotty (21,075 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

Two of John Tyler's grandchildren still alive (Tyler born in 1790)

How is this possible? Pfeiffer explains that the Tyler men were fathers late in life.

John Tyler was born in 1790. He became the 10th president of the United States in 1841 after William Henry Harrison died in office. Tyler fathered Lyon Gardiner Tyler in 1853, at age 63. Then, at the age of 71, Lyon Gardiner Tyler fathered Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr. in 1924 and four years later at age 75, Harrison Ruffin Tyler. Both men are still alive today.

That means just three generations of the Tyler family are spread out over more than 200 years. President Tyler was also a prolific father, having 15 children (8 boys and 7 girls) with two wives.

Pfeiffer points out that the next president who has a still living grandchild is James Garfield the 20th president, who took office forty years after Tyler.

http://www.businessinsider.com/astonishing-political-fact-of-the-day-two-of-president-john-tylers-grandchildren-are-still-living-2012-1#ixzz1kbCdvOza

[GOBUCKS]

On the other side of the coin, DUmmy grasswire Judy claims five generations since the Korean War, a record matched only by gerbils.

[Carl]

Not that strange,My father was born in 1905 and his father in 1841.
Only 171 years between us.

[franksolich]

On the other side of the coin, DUmmy grasswire Judy claims five generations since the Korean War, a record matched only by gerbils.

Yeah, I was kind of wondering about the other side of the coin there, and Judy popped into mind.