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          Family of Mary Lee Fitzhugh  
    MARY LEE2 FITZHUGH (WILLIAM COLVILLE1)1,2,3 was born April 02, 17884, and died April 23, 18535. She married GEORGE WASHINGTON PARKE CUSTIS6,7 July 07, 1804 in Alexandria, Virginia8. He was born April 30, 1781 in "Abingdon," Fairfax County, Virginia9, and died October 10, 185710.
  
  
  More About MARY LEE FITZHUGH:
  Appearance: Attractive, with kind eyes and a firm chin11
  Personality: Intelligent; solid, practical approach to life; regular habits; pious; unassuming12
  
  
  More About GEORGE WASHINGTON PARKE CUSTIS:
  Appearance: Handsome13
  Education: College of New Jersey(later Princeton); St John's College, Annapolis, Maryland14
  Personality: Witty; intelligent; indolent; spoiled, self-centered adolescent15
  Residence: Mount Washington (renamed Arlington), Virginia; Arlington House, Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia16,17,18,19
  
  
  Children of MARY FITZHUGH and GEORGE CUSTIS are:
  i. INFANT3 CUSTIS, b. May 15, 1805, Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia20; d. May 15, 1805, Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia20.
  ii. MARTHA ELIZABETH ANN CUSTIS, b. May 15, 1806, Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia20; d. March 10, 1807, Alexandria, Fairfax County, Virginia20.
  iii. MARY ANNA RANDOLPH CUSTIS21,22,23, b. October 01, 1808, "Annefield," Clarke County, Virginia24,25; d. November 05, 1873, Lexington, Frederick County, Virginia26,27; m. GENERAL ROBERT EDWARD LEE, SR28,29,30, June 30, 1831, Arlington, Virginia31,32; b. January 19, 1807, "Stratford Hall," Westmoreland County, Virginia33; d. October 12, 1870, Lexington, Frederick County, Virginia34,35.
  
  
  More About MARY ANNA RANDOLPH CUSTIS:
  Appearance: Sharp nose and chin36
  Burial: 1873, University of Virgina College Chapel, Lexington, Virginia37
  Interests: Painting38
  Personality: Charming; thoughtful; vivacious39
  
  
  Notes for GENERAL ROBERT EDWARD LEE, SR:
  
  
  "IN HONOUR KEEP THE MEMORY OF LEE.
  
  [Memoriam Epitaph of Gen'l Robert E Lee. Copyrighted, 1900, by Charles Patton Dimitry.]
  
  
  THE GRAVE AND THE MONUMENT.
  Beneath thy sod, Virginia's Lexington,
  In hopeful slumber rests the honoured Dust
  Of Robert Edward Lee,
  Somethime General-in-Chief of the Armies
  Of the Confederate States of America
  In Heaven's peaceful Courts, remote from all alarm,
  His Spirit lives;
  His Effigy in perpetuating Bronze surmounts
  This marble column
  Reared by the Citizens of New Orleans, Louisiana's Chief City,
  In lasting Honour to his deathless Name and Fame.
  Its Iron face seems ever turned
  To Richmond on the James, Behold!
  By mighty Mississippi's murky flood
  The Virginia City's true knight keeps his Vigil Still!
  
  
  THE APOSTROPHE AND THE EULOGY.
  
  
  Virginian of the Virginians, and Cavalier of the Cavaliers,
  Soldier incomparable, Just and Considerate to all thy Subordinates,
  To the Foe in War, distressed, most merciful,
  The very Flower of Knightly Courtesy,
  Thou wast Virginia's other Washington.
  A Christian man, thou fearest the Lord,
  And from the sensitive Soul of Honor thou didst draw
  The inspirations of thy noble Life.
  In war, true Soldier
  Thou Welcomest Victory without Ostentation;
  In peace, calm Councillor,
  Thou didst bear Misfortune's Stroke with Dignity and Patience;
  For Prosperity could not elevate,
  Nor could Adversity depress
  The ever steadfast Poise of they majestic character.
  Thou, whose Achievements, as Commander
  Of the invincible Army of Northern Virginia,
  Revealed thee, the premier Captain of thine age,
  In a cruel Civil War.
  The reverberating Thunders of whose Cannon
  Shook the World.
  In that great War Victory long walked with thee,
  Till the Last,
  By numbers overwhelmed, and not by valour marred,
  Hope exhausted, Victory reluctant, abandoned thee
  In Tears.
  Though Honour and Valour still remained with thee,
  And at Petersburg, Virginia, April 9, 1865,
  Surrounded by thy faithful, valiant few,
  O'erbourne, but still dangerous in their Reverse,
  Thou didst fall grandly, in all the pride of Martial Place.
  Wonder of the wounded bleeding, innumerable Foe,
  Hero of the Warlike South.
  The Praise and admiration of the world.
  Thy Master Sword forever sheathed--Behold!
  On cloistered Learning of peaceful shrine,
  Thou layedst the Tribute of thy closing years.
  Pray good Men and Women, pray for him,
  Weep for him thou dear Virginia, his Mother State,
  Ye gentle Daughters of the South, weep for him;
  Mourn, ye Widows and ye Orphans, mourn for him,
  Lament him all ye Warriors of the Cause that failed!
  Shed tears for him, ye brave of every Clime.
  And thou, O proud and unforgetful South, which lovedst him,
  Treasuring amid the high hopes of Peace and Prosperity
  The Recollection of thy heroic and beloved Sons,
  Who oft had marched and fought
  Where Valour led the Front.
  Still to the ever crowding children
  Of the happy Nations say:
  Your Flag, your Country, love on Land and Sea,
  In Honour keep the Memory of Lee.'"
  
  
  [Pecquet du Bellet, Louise, Some Prominent Virginia Families, Volume III, J P Bell Company Publishers, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1907, pp. 144-146.]
  
  
  More About GENERAL ROBERT EDWARD LEE, SR:
  Burial: 1870, University of Virgina College Chapel, Lexington, Frederick County, Virginia40,41
  Cause of Death: Rheumatic inflammation of the sack enclosing the heart42
  Education: West Point43
  Epitaph: By Charles Patton Dimitry44
  Graduation: July 01, 1829, United States Military Academy45
  Interests: Indifferent to culture46
  Military service: Served in the Confederate States Army47
  Occupation: Teacher; President of Washington College48,49
  Personality: Gentleness of manner50
  Residence: "Arlington House," Fairfax County, Virginia51
  
  
  iv. EDWARD HILL CUSTIS, b. October 14, 180952; d. October 19, 181052.
  
   

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