David Gardiner "Gardie" Tyler
Born: July 12, 1846
Birthplace: East Hampton, New York
Father: President John Tyler 1790 – 1862
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Mother: Julia Gardiner 1820 – 1889
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Wife: Mary Morris Jones 1865 – 1931
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Children:
Mary Lyon Tyler Gamble 1895 – 1975
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Margaret Gardiner Tyler Chadwick 1897 – 1981
(Buried: Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Washington)
David Gardiner Tyler Jr. 1899 – 1993
(Buried: Westover Parish Church Cemetery, Westover, Virginia)
James Alfred Jones Tyler 1902 – 1972
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Tyler)
John Tyler 1905 – 1907
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Education:Attended Washington College until dropping out to join the Army
1865 – 1867: Attended School in Europe
1869: Graduated from Washington College law department
Civil War Career:Served in the Home Guard Artillery in the Defense of Richmond, Virginia
Some evidence shows he was a Private in Rockbridge Artillery
Present at the Surrender of General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox
Occupation after War:
Attorney in Richmond, Virginia
1884 – 1887: Director of Virginia State lunatic asylum
1891 – 1892: Virginia State Senator
Member of Board of Visitors for the College of William & Mary
1893 – 1897: U.S. Congressman from Virginia
1897 – 1900: Attorney in Virginia
1900 – 1904: Virginia State Senator
1904 – 1927: Judge of Fourteenth Judicial Circuit of Virginia
Died: September 5, 1927
Place of Death: Sherwood Forest Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia
Age at time of Death: 81 years old
Burial Place: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
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