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10 de abr. de 2024 · Letitia Christian Tyler was the first wife of 10th President John Tyler. Suffering a debilitating stroke prior her husband taking office, Letitia’s health prevented her from exercising the traditional duties of First Lady. In 1842, she became the first Presidential spouse to die in the White House.
Letitia Tyler. By 1841, Letitia Christian Tyler, victim of a paralytic stroke, was an invalid. Yet her poor physical health, which she had endured for two years, did not prevent her from overseeing the finances of her family's successful Virginia plantation. In fact, it was Letitia's business acumen that allowed husband John Tyler to pursue his ...
LETITIA CHRISTIAN TYLER. Born: 12 November 1790. Cedar Grove Plantation, New Kent County, Virginia. Father: Robert Christian, born 5 May, 1760, planter, member of the Virginia House of Delegates, candidate for Federalist Party presidential elector, died 1814. Mother: Mary Eaton Browne Christian, born 1764, James City County,Virginia; married 2 ...
Letitia Christian Tyler spent most of her married life raising seven children and managing a busy plantation household east of Richmond, Virginia. In 1839, a stroke left her partially paralyzed, requiring the use of a “rolling chair.” Two years later, her husband, Vice President John Tyler, became president after William Henry Harrison’s sudden death. At the White House, she spent most ...
Letitia Christian Tyler Gravesite. Fascinating details. Letitia is the youngest first lady to die and one of the only three first ladies to pass away in the White House (along with Caroline Harrison and Ellen Wilson). Amid a myriad of health struggles and especially following Letitia Tyler’s stroke in 1839, her daughter-in-law, Priscilla ...
Letitia Christian Tyler. Lived: 1790-1842 Mrs. John Tyler . Letitia Tyler had been confined to an invalid's chair for two years when her husband unexpectedly became President. Nobody had thought of that possibility when he took his oath of office as Vice President on March 4, 1841; indeed, he had planned to fill his undemanding duties from his ...
31 de may. de 2023 · Very little is known of Letitia Christian Tyler as none of her letters have survived. The daughter of a wealthy and politically prominent family, she was born at Cedar Grove Plantation, just outside Richmond, Virginia, on November 12, 1790. On March 29, 1813, she married John Tyler at Cedar Grove. The Tylers used an inheritance from her parents ...
