Mays Family Tree - Person Sheet
Birth Date24 Aug 1853
Birth PlaceSherwood Forest Plantation, Charles City Co., VA, USA
Death Date12 Feb 1935 Age: 81
EducationUniversity of Virginia, 1875
OccupationPresident of the College of William and Mary 1888-1919
FatherU.S. President John TYLER Jr. (1790-1862)
MotherJulia GARDINER (1820-1889)
Misc. Notes
The son of U.S. President John Tyler, Lyon is widely credited for restoring the college's [William and Mary] financial condition following the deterioration which took place in the wake of the American Civil War.
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Harrison Tyler's father [Lyon Gardiner Tyler] died when he was 5 and Lyon was 9, but Harrison remembers him as a prolific author who wrote all kinds of books and was responsible for reopening the College of William and Mary in 1888 after the Civil War. Lyon Sr. eventually went on to be the president of the college for 31 years.5346 [If his son’s were the age above indicated then Lyon would have died in about 1933 rather than the indicated 1935.]
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Harrison Tyler's father [Lyon Gardiner Tyler] died when he was 5 and Lyon was 9, but Harrison remembers him as a prolific author who wrote all kinds of books and was responsible for reopening the College of William and Mary in 1888 after the Civil War. Lyon Sr. eventually went on to be the president of the college for 31 years.5346 [If his son’s were the age above indicated then Lyon would have died in about 1933 rather than the indicated 1935.]