Letter, Paris, to John Augustine Washington [manuscript], 1832 August 8.

Washington family

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Prominent Virginia families of Stafford and Spotsylvania counties. Augustine Washington (1694–1743) was a Virginia planter and the father of George Washington. He had a total of ten children by two wives. His son Augustine II (1720-1762) had four children but only one son, William Augustine (1759-1810). William Augustine had nine children, among them his eldest son Augustine (1780-1798); his sixth child, George Corbin Washington (1789-1854), was a Congressman from Maryl...

Clemson, Thomas G.

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Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...

Washington, John Augustine, 1736-1787

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John Augustine Washington was the brother of President George Washington and the third son of Mary Ball and Augustine Washington. John Washington married Hannah Bushrod (1735-1801) in 1756 and lived with her in the Washington family estate, Mount Vernon, until 1759 when her father John Bushrod became ill. ...