branch death_date children allegiance birth_date term_end alma_mater death_place profession battles order term_start spouse image name predecessor birth_place party office successor article_title
gadsden flag.svg continental army 6 january 1813 anne , john , william , christina , elizabeth , martha , maria , wat united states of america 1777 28 february 1747 january 15 , 1811 college of william and mary charles city county , virginia lawyer , planter american revolutionary war 15th december 1 , 1808 mary armistead -lrb- 1761-1797 -rrb- john tyler sr.jpg john tyler , sr. . william h. cabell charles city county , virginia democratic-republican governor of virginia james monroe john tyler , sr. .

john tyler , sr. .

john tyler sr. -lrb- february 28 , 1747 -- january 6 , 1813 -rrb- was a virginia planter , judge , 15th governor of virginia -lrb- 1808 -- 1811 -rrb- and the father of the tenth president of the united states , john tyler .
born in york county , virginia , tyler attended the college of william and mary and read law under judge nicholas in williamsburg to enter the bar .
he practiced in the county courts , and was a planter in charles city county , virginia .
