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Mary Custis Lee, the Lee’s eldest daughter, was born on July 12, 1835, at Arlington House. At the time of her birth, Andrew Jackson was president and the nation’s flag had 24 stars to represent a largely rural population of fewer than 20 million. When she died 83 years later, that flag would have 48 stars, and there would be over 100 ...
Custis also volunteered in the defense of Washington, D.C., during the War of 1812. In 1802, he began the construction of Arlington House on land he had inherited from his natural father. He married Mary Lee Fitzhugh in 1804, and they had four children, but only one, Mary Anna Randolph Custis, survived.
12 de ene. de 2023 · In 1802, Custis started the construction of Arlington House on land that he had inherited from his natural father. When completed in 1818, he intended the house to serve as not only a home but also a memorial to his stepfather, George Washington. In 1804, Custis married Mary Lee Fitzhugh.
George Washington Parke Custis, b.04/30/1781, Mount Airy, Carroll Co, MD, son of John Jacky Parke Custis + Eleanor Calvert; + Mary Lee Fitzhugh, b.04/22/1788, Arlington Co, VA
When Mary Lee Fitzhugh was born in January 1863, in Gloucester, Virginia, United States, her father, Col Rufus King Fitzhugh Sr, was 46 and her mother, Henrietta Ellen Baytop, was 33. She married Frederick Baytop Jones in August 1893. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters.
Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis, an Episcopal lay leader and the wife of George Washington Parke Custis, the stepgrandson of George Washington, is dressed in a checked dress and a bonnet in this hand-tinted daguerreotype.
Signature. George Washington Custis Lee (September 16, 1832 – February 18, 1913), also known as Custis Lee, was the eldest son of Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Custis Lee. His grandfather George Washington Custis was the step-grandson and adopted son of George Washington and grandson of Martha Custis Washington. He served as a Confederate ...
