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Lachlan Tyler

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(1851-1902)

BIRTH

December 2, 1851

PLACE

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DEATH

January 26, 1902

PLACE

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FAMILY

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FATHER

John Tyler

(1790-1862)

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MOTHER

Julia Gardiner Tyler

(1820-1889)

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SISTER

Mary Tyler Jones

(1815–1847)

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BROTHER

Robert Tyler

(1816-1877)

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SISTER

Julia Gardiner Tyler

(1820-1889)

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SISTER

Letitia Tyler Semple

(1821-1907)

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SISTER

Elizabeth Tyler Waller

(1823-1850)

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SISTER

Ann Contesse Tyler

(1825-1825)

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SISTER

Alice Tyler Denison

(1827-1854)

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BROTHER

Tazewell Tyler

(1830-1874)

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BROTHER

David Gardiner Tyler

(1846-1927)

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BROTHER

John Alexander Tyler

(1848-1883)

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BROTHER

Lyon Gardiner Tyler

(1853-1935)

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BROTHER

Robert Fitzwalter Tyler

(1856-1927)

HOMES

RELIGIOUS VIEWS

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AWARDS

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Lachlan Tyler (1851–1902), a son of John Tyler and Julia Gardiner, became a physician in Washington, D.C. His family correspondence discusses medical studies, financial difficulties and his marriage to Georgia Powell in 1876. In 1887 he presented a paper on diphtheria and tracheotomy to the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, published in JAMA. William & Mary preserves his medical articles, personal papers and a notebook bearing his name.

EARLY LIFE

Lachlan Tyler was born on Dec 2, 1851. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.

No distinct public profession or office for Lachlan Tyler is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Lachlan Tyler died on Jan 26, 1902. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.

CAREER

DEATH

Lachlan Tyler died on Jan 26, 1902. Lachlan Tyler, a son of John Tyler and Julia Gardiner, became a physician in Washington, D.C. His family correspondence discusses medical studies, financial difficulties and his marriage to Georgia Powell in 1876. In 1887 he presented a paper on diphtheria and tracheotomy to the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, published in JAMA. William & Mary preserves his medical articles, personal papers and a notebook bearing his name. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.

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