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Letitia Christian Tyler |
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| Index for First Ladies Martha Washington |
Note: There were two Mrs. Tylers who served as first lady. John Tyler was president from 1841-1843, His first wife died in 1842. Tyler remarried in 1844 to Julia Tyler.
Letita was born on November 12, 1790 on her parents' plantation near Richmond, Virginia. On the plantation she learned to run a large household. She was very shy and religious. She and John were engaged for five years. John told his friends that he didn't even kiss her hand until a few weeks before they were married. On March 29, 1813 she and John Tyler were married. She was 22. It was John's birthday and he turned 23 that day. Mrs Tyler avoided the public life. She only went to Washington once when John was a Senator. In 1838 Letitia had a stroke and was paralyzed. After her stroke she was confined to a wheel chair. When John Tyler became president in 1841, Mrs. Tyler moved to Washington. She lived on the second floor of the White House and only came down for one social occasion. She attended her daughter's wedding to William Waller in 1842. She died on September 10, 1842 in Washington D.C. She was 51.
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