John Tyler III
Born: April 27, 1819
Birthplace: Charles City County, Virginia
Father: President John Tyler Jr. 1790 – 1862
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Mother: Letitia Christian 1790 – 1842
(Buried: Cedar Grove Plantation Cemetery, Roxbury, Virginia)
Wife: Martha Frances Blow Rochelle 1820 – 1867
(Buried: Rochelle Cemetery, Southampton, Virginia)
Children:
Lt. James Rochelle Tyler 1839 – 1902
(Buried: Rochelle Cemetery, Southampton, Virginia)
Letitia Christian Tyler Shands 1844 – 1863
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Courtland, Virginia)
Mattie Rochelle Tyler 1846 – 1929
(Buried: Rochelle Cemetery, Southampton, Virginia)
Education:
Attended University of Virginia and University of Pennsylvania
Occupation:
1841 – 1845: Private Secretary to President John Tyler
Defended his father in a duel in Richmond, Virginia
Newspaper Contributor for public journals and periodicals
Newspaper Contributor for De Dow's Review Newspaper
Attorney and Writer as well as politician
1856: Campaigner for James Buchanan for President
Military Career:
Captain in the Virginia Volunteers during Mexican – American War
Civil War Career:
Colonel and Assistant Secretary of War for the Confederacy
Occupation after War:
Supporter of Republican Political Party Politics
Declined appointment at United States District Attorney
Declined appointed as United States Postmaster
Served with the Internal Revenue Service in Tallahassee, Florida
1882 – 1887: Worked for United States Treasury Department
1887 – 1896: Suffered from Paralysis Resident of Washington, D.C.
Died: January 26, 1896
Place of Death: Washington, D.C.
Age at time of Death: 76 years old
Original Burial Place: Congressional Cemetery Public Vault, Washington, D.C.
Burial Place: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
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