He was the last of three generations spanning nearly the entire history of the United States: When his grandfather was born, ...

When Harrison Ruffin Tyler's grandfather was born 235 years ago in 1790, George Washington had just become the nation's first ...

Harrison Ruffin Tyler, a former Richmond business leader and a benefactor of the College of William & Mary, was the last ...

Harrison Ruffin Tyler was just three generations from the White House, since his father and grandfather both fathered ...

Harrison Ruffin Tyler was just three generations from the White House, since his father and grandfather both fathered ...

Tyler had eight children with his first wife, Letitia, who died of a stroke in 1842. Two years later, he married Julia Gardiner, a New York socialite 30 years his junior. While Gardiner initially ...