William Henry Fitzhugh Lee [SEP] father
William Henry Fitzhugh Lee
William Henry Fitzhugh Lee (May 31, 1837 – October 15, 1891), known as Rooney Lee (often spelled "Roony" among friends and family) or W.H.F. Lee, was the second son of General Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Custis. He was a planter, a Confederate cavalry General in the American Civil War, and later a Congressman from Virginia.
Early life.
Lee was born at Arlington House in Arlington, Virginia, and named for William Henry Fitzhugh, his
William Henry Fitzhugh
William Henry Fitzhugh (March 9, 1792 – May 21, 1830) was a prominent member of the Virginia constitutional convention of 1829–1830 and an officer of the American Colonization Society.
Fitzhugh was born at Chatham, in Stafford County, Virginia. His father, William Fitzhugh, was a member of the Continental Congress. His sister, the noted Episcopalian lay leader Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis, was the mother of Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee. He was married to Anna Maria Sarah Goldsborough Fitzhugh.
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