Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781-1857
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George Washington Parke Custis
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George Washington Parke Custis
Custis, George Washington Parke (Arlington House, Va.)
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Custis, George Washington Parke (Arlington House, Va.)
Custis, George Washington Parke (American architect, 1781-1859)
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Custis, George Washington Parke (American architect, 1781-1859)
Author of The recollections, 1781-1857
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Author of The recollections, 1781-1857
Recollections, Author of the 1781-1857
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Custis, George Washington, 1781-1857
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Custis, George Washington, 1781-1857
Custis, Mr. 1781-1857 (George Washington Parke),
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Custis, Mr. 1781-1857 (George Washington Parke),
Custis, George W. P. 1781-1857 (George Washington Parke),
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Custis, George W. P. 1781-1857 (George Washington Parke),
Custis, G. W. Parke 1781-1857 (George Washington Parke),
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Custis, G. W. Parke 1781-1857 (George Washington Parke),
Custis, George Washington Park, 1781-1857
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Custis, George Washington Park, 1781-1857
Custis, G. W. Parke 1781-1857
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Custis, G. W. Parke 1781-1857
Custis Mr 1781-1857
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Custis, George W. P. 1781-1857
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Grandson of Martha Washington.
Virgil David was president of the Lawrenceville Lyceum in Western Pennsylvania.
George Washington Parke Custis was the son of John Parke Custis who was the stepson of George Washington. Custis' mother was Eleanor Calvert. He grew up at "Mount Vernon" after the death of his father. He married Mary Lee Fitzhugh and lived at "Arlington." His daughter Mary Anna Randolph Custis married Robert E. Lee. George Washington Parke Custis was a playwright and agricultural reformer.
American playwright; son of John Parke Custis, Martha Washington's son by her first marriage.
Playwright, step-grandson of George Washington.
Playwright.
Jay Winston Johns, Jr. was a coal industrialist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who moved to Virginia and became a leader in preserving homes of renowned Virginians. He married Helen Lambert (1881-1964). Johns became blind in the late 1950's.
He and his wife owned "Ash Lawn," Albemarle County, Virginia which had been the home of James Monroe and designed by Thomas Jefferson. Johns was founder of the Lee-Jackson Memorial, Inc., a foundation dedicated to preserving the memory of Robert E. Lee, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson and the South's part in the Civil War; and a founder of the Virginia Trust for Historic Preservation, an organization whose main purpose was that of purchasing, restoring, and maintaining for the public, homes of renowned men specifically, the Lee-Fendall House in Alexandria, Virginia.
Johns, himself was a strong Democrat and corresponded with and publicly supported all of the prominent Virginia political figures of his time. He was a spirited supporter of the Virginia Military Institute as a member of the Board of Visitors, and as an honorary member of the Alumni Association; a charter member, and later trustee of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; and a member of the Virginia Chapter of the Society of the Cincinnati. He also received an honorary degree from the College of William and Mary in 1967.
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Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial (Va.)
Ash Lawn (Virginia : Estate)
Bridges
Farm management
Hunting trophies
Learned institutions and societies
Manuscripts, American
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Railroads
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Sheep
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White House (Va. : Estate)
White House (Washington, D.C.)
Wine and wine making
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Virginia
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United States
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Potomac River
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Smith Island (Md. and Va.)
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United States
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Potomac River
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United States
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Southern States
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United States
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Virginia
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Smith Island (Md. and Va.)
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Long Bridge (Washington, D.C., and Va.)
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Pennsylvania
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