The evening times., 1899-09-13
REUNION OF TEE TYLERS
Two Hundred Members of the Fam
lily at Willard Hall.
The Country East of the Mtssissfppi
Well Represented-Many Distin-
guished Delegates Present-VIr-
Sinia's Governor Acts ms Toast
master-A Visit to the White House

About 200 members of the Tyler family
assembled at Willard Hall, this morning
for the Fourth General American Tyler
Family Reunion. They were principally
the descendants of Job Tyler, who settled
near Amherst, Mass, in 1910; William Ty-
ler who came to Virginia in 1920; Henry
Tyler, who came to Virginia in 1910, and
Robert Tyler, who settled near Baltimore,
Nd, in 1860.
OF those present, probably half were
women, and of the entire number probably
Virginia sent more than any other State,
the number from there being estimated at
fifty. large number came from New
York and New England, quite delegation
from Maryland some from Ohio and Ken
lucky, and one or two from Louisiana and
Illinois, almost the entire attendance be-
ing from the States east of the Mississippi
River.
Among the distinguished members of the
family present were: Prof. Lyon G. Tyler,
President of William and Mary College;
w. |. Tyler Brigham, of Chicago, who mas
spent a large portion of his time for sew
eral years locking up the history Of the
Tyler family; J. Hoge Tyler, Governor of
Virginia; John Tyler Morgan, United
States Senator from Alabama, and Hon.
Henry Billings Brown Associate Justice
of the United States Supreme Court.
As fast as the Tylers arrived at the hall,
they. were registered and each given very
pretty member badge OF blue and white
ribbon TO which was attached a button on
which was the picture of John Tyler, Presi-
dent of the United States from 1S4I to
1S45 -.'s'
1t was after 10 o'clock when Caldwell C.
Tyler. of Washington, called the meeting
to order and Rev. J. 2. Tyler, of Cleveland,
Ohio. invoked a blessing upon those as
sembled and absent. H3, ~
hymn written by Miss S. Elsie Tyler.
of Athens, Ga, the music being by Prof
Abram r. Tyler, Secretary of the Ameri-
can Guild of Organists of Brooklyn, n.
Y, entitled "'Deo. Patriae, Amicis," was
sung by all present. Next followed the
welcome, hS Caldwell G. Tyler, and then
President Lyon G. Tyler took the chair.
A historical article on the Tylers of vir-
ginia and Maryland, written by w. /. Ty-
ler Brigham, of Chicago, was then read
by Rollin U. Tyler, of Tylersville, Conn.
Miss Elizabeth Tyler, of Washington, ac-
companied by Miss Jennie G.ennan then
sang solo. Mrs. Georgia Tylsr-Kent, of
Worcester, Mass. read a paper on tn =
Wives of President Tyler" and Miss Vir-
ginia Cuibertson, of Virginia, poem COM
posed for the occasion.
A short business session followed, and
Ithen majority of those present adjourned
| to the private tearoom in the Willard Ho-
| tel for dinner. Grace was said by Rev.
John Poyntz Tyler, of Philadelphia, Pa.
After the menu had been disposed Of,
| letters of regret were read from those un-
able to be present, and Toastmaster J.
Hoge Tyler, Governor of Virginia, made a
| little speech and called for toasts.
Capt. Richard Knickerbocker Tyler, of
Washington, spoke on Washington the
Citizen, the City" Miss Blanche Wood, of
Washington sang solo, the words of
which were written by President Tyler,
| and the music by his daughter, Mrs. Le-