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Hace 4 días · While Lee was stationed at Fort Monroe, he married Mary Anna Randolph Custis (1807–1873), great-granddaughter of Martha Washington by her first husband Daniel Parke Custis, and step-great-granddaughter of George Washington, the first president of the United States.
- 1829–1861 (U.S.), 1861–1865 (C.S.)
Hace 2 días · April 20, 2024 - Clearwater, Florida. Editor’s Note: Below is the content of Mr. Edgerton’s Keynote address to the Mary Custis Lee Chapter and the Augusta Jane Evans Wilson Chapters of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Hace 4 días · By Kevin M. Hymel, Historian on 5/20/2024. To commemorate the 160th anniversary of the establishment of a military cemetery at Arlington, ANC’s History Office led a public tour in Section 27 on May 13, 2024. Command Historian Dr. Stephen Carney and Senior Historian Dr. Allison Finkelstein described how the Civil War led to the cemetery’s ...
Hace 3 días · Her maternal great-grandfather, Thornton Gray, was an enslaved person, owned by Mary Custis Lee, wife of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, in Arlington, Virginia.
Hace 1 día · Memorial Day, in contrast to November’s Veterans Day, is set aside to honor men and women who died in service to their country. This day is for the fallen, those men and women who made the ...
Hace 4 días · On January 6, 1759, Washington, at age 26, married Martha Dandridge Custis, the 27-year-old widow of wealthy plantation owner Daniel Parke Custis. The marriage took place at Martha's estate; she was intelligent, gracious, and experienced in managing a planter's estate, and the couple had a happy marriage. [46]
Hace 1 día · George and Martha had no children together, but Martha had children from her previous marriage. Mary Custis Lee was Martha's step-great-granddaughter.
