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John Tyler Sr.
(1747–1813)
BIRTH
February 28, 1747
PLACE
James City County, Virginia
DEATH
January 6, 1813
PLACE
Greenway, Charles City County, Virginia
FAMILY
FATHER
John Tyler
(1790-1862)
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AWARDS
John Tyler Sr. was a Virginia lawyer, planter, legislator, governor, and judge and the father of U.S. president John Tyler. He and Mary Marot Armistead had eight children.
EARLY LIFE
He served in the Virginia House of Delegates, governed Virginia from 1808 to 1811, and then sat on the federal district court.
CAREER
DEATH
Contracted pneumonia while serving as a federal judge and died at Greenway; he was buried beside his wife on the estate.
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