Memorial dedicated to John Tyler in the Tyler Family Garden
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Sculptural Memorial
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Tyler, John
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Memorial dedicated to John Tyler in the Tyler Family Garden
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In recognition of the lasting ties between the Tyler family and William & Mary that span three centuries, a garden was dedicated at the university on April 30, 2004 just west of James Blair Hall.
The Tyler Family Garden includes bronze busts of three members of the family – Lyon Gardiner Tyler, who served as the 17th president of William & Mary from 1888-1919; his father, the 10th U.S. President, John Tyler, who served as rector and chancellor of the university; and Lyon Gardiner Tyler’s grandfather, John Tyler, Sr. who served as the 18th governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
The Tyler Family Garden is part of an endowment gift from Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Ruffin Tyler, son of Lyon Gardiner Tyler, to William & Mary’s history department. The garden is located outside James Blair Hall which houses the history department, then named the Lyon Gardiner Tyler Department of History, now named the Harrison Ruffin Tyler Department of History
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bust on a base
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JOHN TYLER
(1790 - 1862)
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 1841-1845
GRADUATE OF THE
COLLEGE OF
WILLIAM & MARY 1807
CHANCELLOR OF THE COLLEGE
1859-1862
DESCENDANTS WHO
ATTENDED THE COLLEGE
ROBERT TYLER 1833-38
JOHN TYLER JR 1835-40, 1846-47
JAMES G. TYLER 1847-48
TAZEWELL TYLER 1849 50
ROBERT TYLER JONES 1865-66
DAVID GARDINER TYLER II 1920
MARY TYLER CHADWICK 1942
DAVID GARDINER TYLER III 1955
LION GARDINER MILES 1961
GEORGE KEESEE TYLER 1966
ANNE TYLER NETICK 1967
BARBARA MARCINE TYLER 1988
ROBERT HUGH TYLER 2001
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Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Ruffin Tyler
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30 April 2004
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Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Ruffin Tyler
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