Tenth President of the United States. Was United States representative 1817-21, governor of Virginia 1825-27 and a United States senator 1827-36. Reluctantly supported Andrew Jackson but broke with the Democrats and joined the new Whig Party. In 1840, was Whig nominee for vice president, running with William Henry Harrison and the slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler too." Harrison died after one month as president, and Tyler became the first vice president to succeed to the presidency. Never close to the Whig leadership, he alienated the party, and Henry Clay was nominated by the party in 1844. When Tyler vetoed a bill to create a Bank of the United States, his entire Cabinet (except the Secretary of State) resigned in protest. Because he succeeded to the presidency on the death of Harrison, he was referred to jokingly as "His Accidency." On one occasion, the Whigs introduced a resolution of impeachment against him.
Tyler established the principle that a vice president who succeeds to the presidency is president and not merely acting president. To emphasize this, he refused to open or acknowledge any letter which came addressed to him as "acting president."
On one occasion, when a mob was descending on the White House, Tyler armed the household servants and protected the house.
Texas was annexed and Florida was admitted as a state during his administration. Other highlights of his administration included the end of the Seminole War in Florida and a treaty with China which opened the Far East to U. S. traders. Was a member of a commission that attempted to prevent the Civil War, but when the war started, he was loyal to Virginia. He was elected to the Confederate Congress but died before taking office. He served as rector and chancellor of the College of William and Mary.
In his memoirs, President Harry Truman wrote: "President Tyler's brother was the father of my great-grandmother, and the whole Tyler family is mixed up with both sides of my father's family." In a letter dated 11 September 1997, Randy Sowell, archivist at the Harry S. Truman Library at Independence, Missouri, wrote, "Mr. Truman was mistaken in believing that President John Tyler was Nancy (Drusila or Drucilla Tyler's] uncle. We have not been able to verify that the two presidents were related."
The director of the Virginia Historical Society said, "It becomes apparent that Mr. Truman erred in claiming that 'Tyler's brother was the father of my great-grandmother, and the whole Tyler family is mixed up with both side of my father's family.' I find no relationship between Mr. Truman's Tyler forebears in Virginia, who are indeed numerous, and the family of President John Tyler."
A 1945 newspaper clipping (no date or name of paper) said that Miss Ethel Noland of Independence, a cousin of President Truman, said she had established that Mr. Truman's lineage included John Tyler.
Letitia Christian had suffered a stroke and was paralyzed at the time of John Tyler's succession to the presidency. Her only formal White House appearance as first lady was at her daughter Elizabeth's wedding.
Marriage Notes for John Tyler and Letitia CHRISTIAN-87524
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Tenth President of the United States. Was United States representative 1817-21, governor of Virginia 1825-27 and a United States senator 1827-36. Reluctantly supported Andrew Jackson but broke with the Democrats and joined the new Whig Party. In 1840, was Whig nominee for vice president, running with William Henry Harrison and the slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler too." Harrison died after one month as president, and Tyler became the first vice president to succeed to the presidency. Never close to the Whig leadership, he alienated the party, and Henry Clay was nominated by the party in 1844. When Tyler vetoed a bill to create a Bank of the United States, his entire Cabinet (except the Secretary of State) resigned in protest. Because he succeeded to the presidency on the death of Harrison, he was referred to jokingly as "His Accidency." On one occasion, the Whigs introduced a resolution of impeachment against him.
Tyler established the principle that a vice president who succeeds to the presidency is president and not merely acting president. To emphasize this, he refused to open or acknowledge any letter which came addressed to him as "acting president."
On one occasion, when a mob was descending on the White House, Tyler armed the household servants and protected the house.
Texas was annexed and Florida was admitted as a state during his administration. Other highlights of his administration included the end of the Seminole War in Florida and a treaty with China which opened the Far East to U. S. traders. Was a member of a commission that attempted to prevent the Civil War, but when the war started, he was loyal to Virginia. He was elected to the Confederate Congress but died before taking office. He served as rector and chancellor of the College of William and Mary.
In his memoirs, President Harry Truman wrote: "President Tyler's brother was the father of my great-grandmother, and the whole Tyler family is mixed up with both sides of my father's family." In a letter dated 11 September 1997, Randy Sowell, archivist at the Harry S. Truman Library at Independence, Missouri, wrote, "Mr. Truman was mistaken in believing that President John Tyler was Nancy (Drusila or Drucilla Tyler's] uncle. We have not been able to verify that the two presidents were related."
The director of the Virginia Historical Society said, "It becomes apparent that Mr. Truman erred in claiming that 'Tyler's brother was the father of my great-grandmother, and the whole Tyler family is mixed up with both side of my father's family.' I find no relationship between Mr. Truman's Tyler forebears in Virginia, who are indeed numerous, and the family of President John Tyler."
A 1945 newspaper clipping (no date or name of paper) said that Miss Ethel Noland of Independence, a cousin of President Truman, said she had established that Mr. Truman's lineage included John Tyler.
Originated the custom of playing "Hail to the Chief" when the President of the United States enters.
Marriage Notes for John Tyler and Julia GARDNER-87525
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According to Frank Connell, this Daniel Shields, a survivor of the Battle of Boyne, buried his father and brother after the battle and returned to County Tyrone, where he married the daughter of a Captain Morris after saving her from drowning in a boating accident on Lough Neagh.
Marriage Notes for Daniel Shields and Unknown MORRIS-92115
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1. Ken Parker web site
"Email dated 29 Dec 1999 in which he cites his source as an email from "Terri."."
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1. Ken Parker web site
"Email dated 29 Dec 1999 in which he cites his source as an email from "Terri."."
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Addendum to a History of the Shields Family by John Edgar Shields, page 21: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971, Call Number US/CAN Film Area 0875371, item S.
Marriage Notes for John Shields and Margaret FINLEY-87521
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1. Ken Parker web site.
"Email dated 29 Dec 1999 in which he cites his source as an email from "Terri."."
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1. Ken Parker web site.
"Email dated 29 Dec 1999 in which he cites his source as an email from "Terri."."
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1. Ken Parker web site.
"Email dated 29 Dec 1999 in which he cites his source as an email from "Terri."."
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1. Ken Parker web site.
"Email dated 29 Dec 1999 in which he cites his source as an email from "Terri."."
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1. Ken Parker web site.
"Email dated 29 Dec 1999 in which he cites his source as an email from "Terri."."
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1. Ken Parkers web site
"Email dated 29 Dec 1999 in which he cites his source as an email from "Terri."."
JAMES BOONE (son of Georges), born 7 July (0. S.) or 18 July (N. S.) 1709; died 1 Sept., 1785 in the 77th year of his age, and was interred in the
Friends' burying-ground at Exeter. (a)
Married 1st, 15 May, 1735, Mary Foulke, (b. 5 Dec., 1714 at North
Wales, Philadelphia Co., d. 20 Feb., 1756, in her 42nd year), daughter of Hugh and Anne Foulke. He married 2nd, 20 Oct., 1757, Anne Griffith
(b. 29 Jan., 1713). She left no children.
The land warrants of Pennsylvania show that one James Boone was
granted 500 acres of land in Lancaster Co., 11 Apr., 1737. James is said to have inherited and occupied the homestead of his father George Boone
III. (b)
On Dec. 29, 1737, James Boone was appointed an overseer of Exeter
Meeting.
Both James and his second wife Ann left wills, record of which may be found in "Abstracts of Berks Co., Wills" Vol. 1, pp. 155 and 443. In the library of the Historical Society of Berks Co., Pa., at Reading, is an old document entitled "Letters Testamentary to the Estate of James Boone", which contains his will, as copied below.
Will of James Boone.
In the name of God, Amen, I James Boone, Sen., of the Township of Exeter in the County of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, Yeoman, being Sick and Weak in Body but of Sound and perfect Mind and Memory Blessed be God for the Same, do make and publish this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following. That is to say First, my will is that my Body be decently buried and all my just Debts and funarel Expences paid out of my Estate, by my Executors herein after named.
2ndly, I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Ann Boone the sum of two hundred pounds lawful money of Pennsylvania State, to be paid to her (and if she should require it, a Bond given for payment thereof) within six months after my decease, to be at her free disposal, also I Give and bequeath unto her, all the Household Goods and Furniture that I received with her, Together also with all other the household Goods and Furniture standing in the New Addition to my Dwelling House wherein we now live; and also, a good Riding Horse, Saddle and Bridle and two Good Milch Cows, which said Creatures my Son Moses Shall keep for her, with his own, both Winter and Summer, during her Natural life and at the expiration thereof, The said Creatures, with all the Household Goods and Furniture to her Given, Shall returne, and be equally divided among all my own children now living, to wit, James, Judah, Joshua, Moses, Anne, Mary, Martha and Rachel.-And further, it is my will, that my said wife Shall have free liberty and privilege of the Use of my whole Dwelling house during her natural life (but yet, not so as to hinder my Son Moses and his Family from peacably living therein) except the back Room above Stares and the Kitchen under the Same, in the new Addition on East end of my House, which is reserved for my Grand Daughter Hannah Boone, So long as she remains in an unmarried State, and afterwards the said Room and kitchen Shall be for the use of my Son James Boone during his natural life, and my Son Moses Shall from Time to Time provide and bring to the Door so much Firewood, as Shall be sufficient and necessary for my Sd. Wife.
3rdly, I give and bequeath unto my Son James Boone the Sum of four hundred pounds in like money, aforesaid, to be paid to him within a year after my decease; he having already received a Deed from me for a Tract of Land Situate over the blue Mountains in part of his Portion.
4thly, I give and devise unto my Son Judah Boone, a moiety or one full equal and undivided half part of all that Tract of Land which I bought of George Sowerbeer, situate in Elcess Township (the whole into two equal parts to be divided) To hold the Same with the Appurtenances to him his Heirs and Assigns forever, but in such manner nevertheless, that he the said Judah Boone, or his heirs, Shall not have power to sell the same, unless his Brother Moses, who is to have the other Moiety, shall be willing to Sell his part also, he the Said Judah, has received a Deed from me for a Tract of Land as part of his Portion already.
5thly, I give and bequeath unto my Sone Joshua Boone the sum of five Shillings, he having received a Deed from me for Lands Situate over the blue Mountains for part of his portion already.
fithly, I give and Bequeath unto my Son Moses Boone, all that Messuage Plantation, and Tract of Land with the Appurtenances, whereon we now live, Containing two hundred and twelve, Acres more or less, except the Liberty of the House herein before Referred and excepting also the Mine thereon, which if upon Trial Should be found worth Diging after, my Will is that the Profits thereof Shall be divided among all my aforesaid Children now Living to wit, James, Judah, Joshua, Moses, Anne, Mary, Martha and Rachel, in proportion to the Expe-nee each one is at in Diging the Same; and that neither of them Shall Sell their Right to the said Mine, and Such of them as refuse to assist in Diging, and carrying on the Work, Shall have no Share Therein, and if they all refuse, then it shall wholy and entirely belong to Moses,-To have and to hold the said Messuage plantation and Tract of Land with the Appurtenances, and the said Mine, unto the said Moses Boone, his Executors, Administrators and Assigns untill his eldest son John Boone Shall arrive to the full age of twenty one years, and then I give and devise the same to him my said Grand Son John Boone his heirs and Assigns forever, but if my Said Grand Son John Boone Should die before he comes to the age of twenty one years, or if he Should die without Lawful Issue, then in Such Case I give and devise the Same to my Said Son Moses Boone, and to his Heirs and assigns forever. I do also Give and devise unto my son Moses Boone, and to his Heirs and Assigns, the other Moiety, or half part of all that Tract of Land which I bought of George Sowerbeer, To hold the same with ye appurtenances to him his Heirs and Assigns forever, but in Such manner that neither he nor his heirs shall have power to sell the Same unless his Brother Judah who has the other Moiety thereof Shall be willing to sell his part also.
7thly, I give and bequeath unto my Daughter-in-law, Sophia Biddle, the sum of five Shillings, my Son John Boone deceased (being her former
Husband) having in his life Time received his full Portion of me.
8thly, I give and bequeath unto my four Daughters, Anne Lincoln, Mary Lee, Martha Hughes and Rachel Wilcockson, each the Sum of five Shillings they having received part of their Portions of me in Land already, as by Several Deeds delivered to their husbands may appear, and I do hereby acquit and forever Discharge them and their Husbands of all Money Goods and Creatures that they have already had of me, and Stand Charged with in my Book of Accounts.
9thly, I give and bequeath unto my Grand Son James Boone (son of my said Son John Boone deceas'd) the Sum of one hundred Pounds and to his Sister Susannah Boone, I give the Sum of fifty Pounds to be paid unto them Severally as they arrive to the age of twenty one years; or at the Descretion of my Executors.
10thly, I give and bequeath unto my Grand Daughter Hannah Boone the Sum of fifty Pounds, to be paid to her when She becomes to the Age of twenty-one years.
llthly, I do hereby Authorize and Impower my Executors, hereinafter named to Sell my two Tracts of Land, Situate on Schuylkill over the blue Mountains, one of them Containing one hundred and eighty three Acres, Situate on one Side, and the other containing one hundred and fifteen Acres Situate on the other opposite Side of the Sd. Creek, in Order to pay Nicholas Waln and whatever Shall remain over and above paying him Shall go towards paying the aforesaid Legacies. And I do further Authorize and Impower my Sd. Executors, to make Sale of all my other Lands not herein before bequeathed, wheresoever they may lie or be and the Money ariseing Shall go towards paying the afore-mentioned Legacies.
12thly, Whereas my Son James Boone did on the eleventh Day of June last give me his bond for fifty-five Pounds; and my Son Judah Boone on the Same Day gave me his Bond for seventy-five Pounds, and my Son Joshua his Bond for one hundred and five Pounds and my son-in-law Abraham Lincoln at the Same Time gave me his Bond for twenty Pounds, and whereas it is intended, that my two Son-in-laws, George Hughes, and Thomas Lee, should give me their Bonds of the Same Date each for the Sum of thirty-five Pounds; Now I do hereby certify and it is my Will that unless I should have occasion to receive and use the Money in my life Time, that all those Bonds Shall be Void and of none Effect, immediately after my decease.
13thly, It is my Will that all the residue and remainder of my whole Estate both Real and Personal, after all my just Debts, and the aforementioned Legacies are paid, Should be equally Divided betwixt all my aforesaid Children now living, to wit, James, Judah, Joshua, Moses, Anne, Mary, Martha and Rachel, after the best manner that they can.
And lastly, I do hereby Ordain, Constitute and appoint my two Sons James and Joshua Boone, Sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former Wills by me made, and confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand & Seal this 12th Day of July in the Year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred and eighty-five.
JAMES BOONE (Seal)
Witnesses:
JOHN BOONE
ISAAC LEVAN
THOMAS CHERINGTON46 Anne Boone, b. 3 Apr., 1737 (0. S.)
47 Mary Boone, b. 17 Jan., 1738-9 (0. S.) or 28 Jan., 1739 (N. S.); d. 20 Aug., 1823,
48 Martha Boone, b. 30 June, 1742 (0. S.) or 11 July, 1742 (N. S.); married George Hughes (No. 62).
49 James Boone, Jr., b. 26 Jan., 1743-4 (0. S.) or 6 Feb., 1744 (N. S.); d. 16 Oct., 1795; never married. He taught school and was a mathematician and scholar. He was the author of the Old Boone Genealogy (manuscript) which is preserved in the library of the Wisconsin State Historical Society, and of various other family records still preserved. Several of his school-books and note books are now in possession of the Historical Society of Berks Co., Pa. (at Reading), where may also be found his death notice reading as follows:
+50 John Boone, b. 10 Nov., 1745. (0. S.)
+51 Judah Boone, b. 10 Dec., 1746. (0. S.)
52 Dinah Boone, b. 8 Mar., 1747-8; d. 17 July 1748. +53 Joshua Boone, b. 24 Mar., 1748. (0. S.)
54 Rachel Boone, b 10 Apr., 1750 (0. S.), or 21 Apr., 1750 (N. S.);55 Moses Boone, b. 23 July, 1751.
56 Hannah Boone, b. 14 June, 1752; d. 15 Aug., 1752.
57 Nathaniel Boone, b. 1753; d. aged 5 weeks.
Anne Griffith
(b. 29 Jan., 1713). She left no children.
According to John A. Shields, Reuben left North Carolina and for a time lived near his cousins near Sevierville, Tennessee, later settling in Indiana.
After his marriage to Grace Johnson, Reuben and his bride left North Carolina and, for a short time, lived near his cousins around Sevierville. Reuben, Grace and the first five children moved to Washington County, Indiana, probably in the spring of 1818. Reuben, Grace and some of the children returned to North Carolina for a brief time around 1826, and Reuben Jr. was born 1 July 1827, while they were in North Carolina. This child died in Kentucky while the family was en route back to Indiana.
Reuben Shields is buried at Hicksite Cemetery in Washington County, Indiana.
Marriage Notes for Reuben Shields and Grace JOHNSON-89988
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(1) YELVERTON COAT OF ARMS:
Argent, three lions rampant and a chief gules.