Presidents, soldiers, statesmen... with a prefix giving a compendium of the history of the United States and history of the Declaration of independence (1889) (14777526814)

Identifier: presidentssoldie02hard (find matches)
Title: Presidents, soldiers, statesmen... with a prefix giving a compendium of the history of the United States and history of the Declaration of independence
Year: 1889 (1880s)
Authors: Hardesty, Hiram H., 1834-1898, pub. 2n
Subjects: United States
Publisher: New York
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center



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er father to Washingtonthe was with him among the invited guests upon the Princeton, onFebruary 28, 1*44. President Tyler had invited a number of distin-guished persons to visit the boat with him to witness the trial of herpowers and armament. A lunch was served in the cabin, and the gen-tlemen of the party were called from the table to see one of the largestguns fired. The President remained with the ladies, but most of thegentlemen were on deck about the gun when it exploded, killing several,and mortally or severely wounding others. Among the killed was Mr.Gardiner. The solicitous attentions of Mr. Tyler to the daughter in hersudden and terrible bereavement touched her heart, while with him pitysoon grew into love. On June 26, 1*44, they were married at the Church of the Ascension.New Y rk city, then repaired directly to Washington, where they held agrand reception at the White House. For the mouths that remained ofMr. Tylers tenure of office, his young wife made a verv graceful and
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408 PRESIDENTS, SOLDIERS, STATESMEN. gracious hostess as first lady of the land. In March, 184o, they repairedto Sherwood Forest, his residence in Charles City county, which was theirhome until his death in 1862. The cares of a large family engaged Mrs.Tylers time through these years. The children of Mr. Tylers first mar-riage were tour daughters and three sons and of the second marriage fivesons and two daughters, fourteen children in all. fie lost a great part ofhis means before the war, and what was left was swept away in thatbloody struggle in which Virginia and Virginians lost so much. In thewinter of 1878-9 Congress granted Mrs. Tyler a pension, upon which shelived in comfort until her death at the age of sixty-nine years, on July10, 18*9. For many years she made her home in Washington and inGeorgetown, District of Columbia, but she died in Richmond, while vis-iting a son in that city. Several of her children achieved honorableeminence. One son, Lyon Gardiner Tyler, has been for