[Lonesome in Massachussets]

My great-great grandfather was a member of the Harrison County Militia (western Virginia) during the War of 1812.

My great-great-grandfather was a police captain in New York during the Civil War, and the men in my family married late. Of course President Tyler, who born in 1790, has two grandsons who are still alive.

[Inyo-Mono]

The men in my family married late too. I had three great-grandfathers in the Civil War, on both sides.

[Inyo-Mono]

I was puzzled by your post until I realized my mistake, it was my great-great-great grandfather (born 1789 died 1863) who fought in the War of 1812. His grandson (my great-grandfather) was in a Confederate division in the Civil War.