Which US President was the earliest to have one of his grandchildren live into the 21st century?

queproblema

Well, I tried John Tyler, that father of a multitude who had daughters die 100 yrs. apart from each other, but ran out of time. I pass the baton. Nov 14 07, 7:39 PM

queproblema

Wow! I wonder what's on TV Wed. night....over an hour without a post! Here's Tyler's daughter, Pearl. She was born in 1860, so could have had a child at the turn of the century....who could have lived till the turn of the next century. I kinda doubt it, though. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6654950 Nov 14 07, 8:46 PM

gmackematix

You had the answer there QP, but let it slip away... The 10th US President John Tyler, born back in 1790, was father of several children. One of the later ones he sired at the age of 63 in 1853 was Lyon Gardiner Tyler. Lyon had a son at the ripe old age of 75 in 1928. That son and John Tyler's grandson, named Harrison Ruffin Tyler, is still alive and on course for his 80th birthday next year. http://randysmusings.blogspot.com/2007/02/john-tylers-grandson-is-still-alive.html Whether Harrison is still fathering children I don't know. Nov 15 07, 8:11 PM

queproblema

Well, bless my buttons! Here's a link with a picture of each man and a pretty good history. If you want to know what he has to do with Jamestown, you'll have to click! http://www.visionforumministries.org/events/jq/001/marshal.aspx It's right there in the Wiki article on John Tyler I too quickly scanned, too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tyler Nov 15 07, 10:35 PM