Dandridge genealogy and family history notes and papers, 1812-1960.

Custis (Family : Virginia)

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John Custis was born August 1678 in Northampton County, Virginia, and was educated in England. He lived in Williamsburg, Virginia, where he served as a vestryman for Bruton Parish. Custis was also successful planter, merchant, colonel in the Virginia militia, burgess, and member of the Governor's Council. He married Frances Parke (1687-1715) in August 1705. His son, Daniel Parke Custis was born 15 October 1710 in James City County. He was a successful planter in New Kent County, Vi...

Jones family.

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Buchanan family.

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Laird family.

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Dandridge, Mary Elizabeth Taylor, 1824-1909

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Zachary Taylor was the twelfth president of the United States. Born in Orange County, Va., and raised on the Kentucky frontier, Taylor had a 40-year military career in the U.S. Army, serving in the War of 1812, the Black Hawk War, and Second Seminole War before achieving fame leading U.S. troops to victory at several critical battles of the Mexican-American War. A slaveholder himself, Taylor opposed the spread of slavery to the territories. Largely uninterested in politics, he was recruited by t...

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Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850

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Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), the twelfth president of the United States. In 1841, he was appointed to the command of the Sourthern Division of the United States. In the spring of 1845, Taylor appointed to command the Army of Occupation stationed in Corpus Christi. In May 1846, Taylor led his army into north Mexico. Following the battle of Monterey, Taylor was ordered to join General Winfield Scott at the siege of Veracruz. Taylor's victory at at the Battle of Buena Vista made him a national hero....

Taylor family.

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Dandridge, Philip P. (Philip Pendleton), 1817-1881

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Pendleton family.

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Edmondson family.

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Lawson family.

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Rogers family.

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Kenner family.

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Bliss, William Wallace Smith, 1815-1853

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Lingan, James Maccubin, 1752?-1812

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DuPont family.

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Wood family.

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Crook family.

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Edmonson family.

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Du Pont family.

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Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781-1857

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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 in Virginia 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....