Former President John Tyler, born 221 years ago, still has two living grandchildren. ... He became the 10th president of the United States in 1841 after William Henry Harrison died in office.

John Tyler was the 10th president of the U.S., and the first vice president to ascend to the presidency. He took office in 1841 after William Henry Harrison died just a month into his term.

President Tyler, born in 1790, has two living grandsons; his family once lived in West Brighton. Updated: Feb. 01, 2012, 1:42 p.m. ... named for the 10th president of the United States.

She would say, ‘I think that boy is going to be president of the United States. He’s reaching for the sky,’” Tyler told a crowd in Williamson County in 2010, according to the Williamson ...

Harrison Ruffin Tyler, 89, is one of two living grandsons of President John Tyler, who was born in 1790, one year after George Washington was sworn in as president.

Tyler was sworn in as Vice President in March of 1841. He returned to his home in Virginia not expecting to return to Washington until the Senate convened that June. But something unexpected happened.

Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr., the grandson of the nation’s 10th president, died Sept. 26 in Franklin, Tennessee, according to his obituary. He was 95.