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George Washington Parke Custis died at Arlington House on October 10, 1857, at age 76. The Lee family laid him to rest in present-day Section 13, not far from Arlington House and next to his beloved wife, Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis (d.1853). Judged by early cemetery photos and engravings, the Custis graves were surrounded by a white picket fence ...
George Washington Parke Custis Full view - 1860. Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington, Volume 1 George Washington Parke Custis Full view - 1860.
As a result, George Washington became Jacky's legal guardian. Following the death of his sister Martha Parke Custis in 1773, Custis became the sole heir of the Custis estate. Jacky's education began at Mount Vernon under the eye of his mother, but became more serious in the fall of 1761 with the arrival of a Scottish tutor named Walter Magowan.
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.
Elizabeth Parke Custis Law. Elizabeth Parke Custis Law ( née Elizabeth Parke Custis; August 21, 1776 – December 31, 1831), [1] sometimes known as Eliza Law, was the eldest granddaughter of Martha Dandridge Washington and a step-grandchild of George Washington. She married Thomas Law, the youngest son of the late bishop of Carlisle, England ...
Another great-grandchild, George Washington Parke Custis Peter was born on November 18, 1801. In total Martha Washington had 21 great-grandchildren, but most did not survive childhood. Martha Washington added a codicil to her will bequeathing Elish, the only enslaved person she owned outright, to her grandson, George Washington Parke Custis.
George Washington Descendant, Author. He gained historical recognition as the step-grandson of George Washington, the first President of the United States, and had literacy accomplishments. Born at Mount Airy, Maryland, to John Parke Custis and Eleanor Calvert Custis. He was the grandson of Martha Washington by her...
