The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-31
Body to BE Laid 10 Rest at Cedar
Grove. the Ancestral Home OF
the Tylers.
FUNERAL VERY BRIEF ONE
Bishop satterlee Conducted tile
Service at the Louise
Home.

WASHINGTON. D. c., December 40
The funeral of Mrs. Letita Tyler Sem
pie. daughter of President John Tyler.
and once mistress of the White House.
was held this morning at the Louise
Home. where she passed the later years
of her life. Bishop Sat terlee read the
Episcopal ritual for the dead and made
a brief prayer. which closed the service
Banked about the casket were a large
number of floral tributes. The honor
AIRY pall-bearers were General DANGER
field Parker. Hilary A. Herbert. former
Secretary of the Navy; Mr.. Beverly K
Mason. Mr.. William A. DeCaindry, DR..
Samuel Waggaman, DR.. G.. Wythe Cooke
and Justice Hagner. Mrs. Williams,
daughter Of the deceased, and the Rev.
John Poyntz Tyler, a cousin Of Mrs.
Semple.i We're in attendance.
The body was taken to Richmond.
Va. and thence to williamsburg. Va.
where the interment will be made to-
morrow at Cedar Grove. the ancestral
home of the Tylers. The Rev. DIR.
at the grave
Last Of tile Family.
Mrs. Semple was the only one OF
her immediate family left. all her
brothers and sisters being dead She
In the South and in California Thn
last visit she made to the White House
was during the administration Of
President Pierce, in whose family sh.
was an intimate friend. She had been
invited many times since then. but had
put the invitations all aside.
Letitta Tyler was just nineteen years
old when she became the bride of a
Wealthy and handsome young lieute-
nant In the United States Navy. Ii was
just about this time OF tho year tha,
the wedding took place. the early roses
were in bloom and the Tyler home WIS
the gayest In all Virginia. And fares,
OF all the bright-eyed girls and most
hopeful for the future was Letitia rs
ler the bride. S
Queen of the White House.
Hardly two years passed when Mrs.
Tyler died. and the President called
upon his daughter, Mrs. Semple, then
living In Richmond. to come to Wash
ington and take her place as first lady
In the land. With rare grace and tact
she occupied this exalted position until
the first shadow came into her Young
life. President Tyler married second
time, and that was one of the Incidents
hat the daughter did not like to talk
about she quietly retired to her hus-
bands plantation In Virginia.
Years passed. adding to her the
charm that comes with maturity Then
the echo of the shot at Fort Sumter
reNerberated through the halls OF the
mansion, and Captain Semple resigned
from the United States Navy and took
/ his chances with the confederacy. He
was a rich man then, and his wife
WAS a queen. She had her servants
and her: horses, and herBeyery Wish was
lgratified. III
In four years this daughter Of Pres
|sldent Tyler was without money and
without lands. Her home was ruined
| her husband broken In health and spir-
ut. She was a brave woman, aud, gath
Iering together what things were left
Mrs. Semple wentsto Baltimore, where
| she opened a private school for girls
| In modest way she was successful
and she conducted 1t for many years
Finally her husband, who remained in
I Virginia doing his best to re-establish
himself, died. a
Realizing that she was getting too
| old to carry on the school, Mrs. Sem
pie one day sold out, moved to Wash
lington and boarded with friends. One
day her friend, Mr.. Corcoran made her
promise that should the time come
| that she would be unable to support
herself she should occupy a room In
1.-The home dedicated to the memory OF
his daughter There she spent the re-
naming years of her life and died.
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