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2. Mai 2022 · Mary Anna Randolph Custis George Washington Parke Custis Mary Anna Randolph Custis, the only surviving child of George Washington Parke Custis and Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis, was born at Annfield, in , Virginia. Her birth year was thought to be 1808, but contemporary documents show that she actually was born on October 1, 1807. Read more about: Mary Randolph Custis Lee (1807–1873)
George Washington Custis Lee was the first child to bless this marriage and was naturally named for his grandfather, who looked upon him as the future master of Arlington. Custis Lee did not long reign as an only child, as before he was fourteen he shared his throne with four sisters and two brothers, but by his grandfather he was always looked on as an only grandchild. During the three years ...
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 ...
Mary Custis Lee's "Reminiscences" 305 After her husband's departure, Mary Lee remained at home with her old-est son, George Washington Custis Lee (1832-1913), and two of her daugh-ters, Mary Custis Lee (1835-1918) and Eleanor Agnes Lee (1841-1873). Custis Lee was an 1854 graduate of West Point and was then a first lieutenant
This black and white photograph shows George Washington Custis [known as Custis] Lee, the first son of Robert and Mary Lee shortly after the end of the Civil War. In mid-summer 1865, the family moved into a cottage outside of Richmond and lived there until Robert E. Lee accepted the position of president of Washington College. The Lees moved to ...
Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee, née le 1 er octobre 1808 à Annfield, Virginie et morte le 5 novembre 1873 à Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginie, est l'épouse de Robert E. Lee, le chef de l'armée confédérée durant la guerre civile américaine.
When she was five years old, her parents and brothers moved to St. Louis, and Lee stayed behind at Arlington with her grandparents, George Washington Parke Custis and Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis. She did not spend much time at home in her youth, instead traveling to visit family friends and extended family members. Adult life
