George Washington Custis Lee [SEP] father
George Washington Custis Lee
George Washington Custis Lee (September 16, 1832 – February 18, 1913), also known as Custis Lee, was the eldest son of Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Custis Lee. His grandfather—George Washington Custis—was the step-grandson and adopted son of George Washington. He served as a Confederate general in the American Civil War, primarily as an aide-de-camp to President Jefferson Davis, and succeeded his father as president of Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia
Notable civilians C.
- Leslie Coffelt, White House police officer killed fighting off would-be assassins of President Harry S. Truman in the 1950 assassination attempt at Blair House
- George Washington Parke Custis, founder of Arlington Plantation; grandson of Martha Washington; step-grandson and adopted son of President George Washington; father to Mary Anna Custis Lee
- Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis, wife to George Washington Parke Custis; daughter of William Fitzhugh and Ann Bolling Randolph Fitzhugh; mother to Mary Anna Custis Lee
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