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Hace 1 día · Martha Dandridge Custis, a 1757 portrait by John Wollaston On January 6, 1759, Washington, at age 26, married Martha Dandridge Custis , the 27-year-old widow of wealthy plantation owner Daniel Parke Custis .
Hace 3 días · Martha was also now responsible for her two children, John Parke Custis, known as Jacky, and Martha Parke Custis, known as Patsy, who were only 2 years and 1 year when their father died. Years later, Martha would be stricken with grief because both children would die young.
Hace 5 días · Later the Washingtons raised two of Mrs. Washington's grandchildren, Eleanor Parke Custis ("Nelly") and George Washington Parke Custis ("Washy") after their father died in 1781. Washington's marriage to a wealthy widow greatly increased his property holdings and social standing.
Hace 4 días · Arlington National Cemetery, U.S. national burial ground in Arlington county, Virginia, on the Potomac River directly opposite Washington, D.C. Located on the antebellum plantation of George Washington Parke Custis, the adopted son of George Washington, the first president of the United States, the cemetery currently occupies 612 acres (248 hect...
Hace 5 días · Two years later, on a torrid July 4, 1850, George Washington Parke Custis (1781–1857), the adopted son of George Washington and grandson of Martha Washington (1731–1802), dedicated a stone from the people of the District of Columbia to the Monument at a ceremony that 12th President Zachary Taylor (1784–1850, served 1849–1850) attended, just five days before he died from food poisoning.
Hace 1 día · Image Source: George Washington's Mount Vernon The website George Washington's Mount Vernon reports that " Martha Washington was a devout Christian, her granddaughter Eleanor 'Nelly' Parke Custis Lewis noted that she 'never omitted her private devotions, or her public duties…'" and goes on to say "Mrs. Washington regularly retired to her room between 9 and 10 o'clock in the morning 'for an ...
Hace 1 día · Henry Discher, CSN. A couple posts ago I wrote that Henry Discher had gotten excited and accidentally fired his revolver alerting the Union crew on the mailboat Fawn that something was afoot. Here's his service record according to the Register of Confederate Navy Officers: HENRY DISCHER. Appointed from Missouri.
