CS Tyler, Robert

Robert Tyler​

Born: September 9, 1816

Birthplace: Charles City County, Virginia

Father: President John Tyler 1790 – 1862

(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)​

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Mother: Letitia Christian 1790 – 1842

(Buried: Cedar Grove Plantation Cemetery, Roxbury, Virginia)​

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Wife: White House Hostess Elizabeth Priscilla Cooper 1816 – 1889

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama)​

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Children:

Mary Fairlei Tyler 1840 – 1845​

(Buried: Cedar Grove Plantation Cemetery, Roxbury, Virginia)​

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Letitia Christian Tyler 1842 – 1924​

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama)​

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John Tyler 1844 – 1845​

(Buried: Saint James Episcopal Churchyard, Bristol, Pennsylvania)​

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Grace Rae Tyler Scott 1845 – 1919​

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama)​

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Priscilla Cooper Tyler Goodwyn 1849 – 1936​

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery Montgomery Alabama)​

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Elizabeth Tyler Foster 1852 – 1928​

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama)​

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Julia Campbell Tyler Tyson 1854 – 1884​

(Buried: Green – Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York)​

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Robert Tyler Jr. 1857 – 1939​

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama)​

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Occupation before War:

1839: Author of "Poems comprising the Last man"​

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1841 – 1845: Private Secretary to his father President John Tyler​

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Attorney in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania​

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Sheriff's Solicitor in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania​

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Chief Clerk of Pennsylvania State Supreme Court​

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One of the leaders of the Democratic Party in Pennsylvania​

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Promoter of the Career of James Buchanan in Pennsylvania​

Civil War Career:

Antisouthern mob in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Attacked his house​

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1861 – 1865: Register of the Confederate Treasury​

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His Signature appears on Confederate Dollar Bills​

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Occupation after War:

Attorney in Montgomery, Alabama​

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Editor of Montgomery Advertiser Newspaper​

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Leader in the Alabama State Democratic Party​

Died: December 3, 1877

Place of Death: Montgomery, Alabama

Age at time of Death: 61 years old

Burial Place: Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama

 

[Pollaco]

I've seen his signature on old Confederate money and bonds and have been sort of familiar with his career as register. I had no idea what he looked like though. Is that a fair likness of him? Surely a real photo of him exists.

 

[gentlemanrob]

I've seen his signature on old Confederate money and bonds and have been sort of familiar with his career as register. I had no idea what he looked like though. Is that a fair likness of him? Surely a real photo of him exists.

This is the photo that exist.

 

[Pollaco]

This is the photo that exist.

Is that a photo off a portrait, drawing,pencil or charcoal sketch. Etc.Just what is it?

 

[Pollaco]

His engraved signature on a 50 cent note