John Tyler was busy having children of his own and, plenty of them. His first wife died during his administration in September 1842, and he remarried a woman thirty years his junior in 1844. In all, he fathered 15 children in his life, some at the age of 70.
One of his sons was an assistant secretary of war for the Confederacy. Another was the register of the Confederate Treasury. At least three other sons served in the Confederate Army.
From Find a Grave
Robert Tyler-- Register of Treasury
John Tyler, Jr. Colonel in Confederate Army and Assistant Secretary of War
Tazewell Tyler served as a Confederate surgeon
David Gardiner Tyler was a private in the Confederate Army
--Old Secesh
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