Suchergebnisse
Suchergebnisse:
George Washington Parke Custis, born in 1781 at Mount Airy, Md., was the son of John P. Custis, George Washington's stepson, and the father-in-law of General Robert E. Lee. Custis won fame as a writer and producer of plays. His best known work was Pocahontas, or the Settlers of Virginia. He died at Arlington in 1857. George Washington Parke ...
George Washington Parke Custis (nephew) Martha Parke Custis (1756 – June 19, 1773) was the stepdaughter of George Washington who died from an epileptic seizure at the age of 17, fifteen years before he was elected as the first president of the United States. She was the youngest child of Martha Custis, who later became known as Martha ...
Robert E. Lee was related to Custis’ wife and was a frequent visitor to Arlington from childhood until 1831 when, at Arlington House, he married Mary Anna Randolph Custis, the only surviving child of George Washington Parke Custis and his wife. For 30 years, the Arlington House estate was the anchor for Lee, his wife, and their seven children ...
12. Jan. 2023 · Born in 1781, George Washington Parke Custis was the grandson of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington through her first marriage. After his natural father, John Parke Custis, died in 1781, G.W.P. Custis went to live at Mount Vernon where George and Martha Washington raised him as their own son. During his childhood, Custis became very attached to ...
George Washington Parke Custis and his wife, Mary Lee Fitzhugh, lived at Arlington House until their deaths in 1857 and 1853, respectively. They are buried in what is now Section 13 of Arlington National Cemetery. The Custis's only child, Mary Anna Randolph Custis, married her childhood friend and distant cousin, Robert E. Lee, in June 1831. A ...
Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (June 2, 1731 O.S. – May 22, 1802) was the wife of George Washington, the first president of the United States.Although the title was not coined until after her death, she served as the inaugural first lady of the United States, defining the role of the president's wife and setting many precedents that future first ladies would observe.
George Washington Parke Custis ( Mount Airy, 30 aprile 1781 – Arlington, 10 ottobre 1857) è stato uno scrittore, autore e proprietario terriero statunitense . Nipote abiatico di Martha Washington e nipote abiatico adottivo (poi figlio adottivo) del primo presidente statunitense, George Washington, con sua sorella Eleanor crebbe alla tenuta ...
