George Washington Parke Custis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Adopted son of George Washington
Date of Birth: 30-Apr-1781
Place of Birth: Maryland, United States
Date of Death: 10-Oct-1857
Profession: writer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About George Washington Parke Custis
- George Washington Parke Custis (April 30, 1781 – October 10, 1857) was a Virginia plantation owner, antiquarian, author, and playwright.
- The grandson of Martha Washington and step-grandson and adopted son of George Washington, he and his sister Eleanor grew up at Mount Vernon and in the Washington presidential households.
- Upon reaching age 21, Custis inherited a large fortune from his late father, John Parke Custis, including a plantation in what is now Arlington, Virginia.
- High atop a hill overlooking the Potomac River and Washington, D.C., he built the Greek Revival mansion Arlington House (1803-18), as a shrine to George Washington.
- There he preserved and displayed many of Washington's belongings.
- Custis wrote historical plays about Virginia, delivered a number of patriotic addresses, and was the author of the posthumously-published Recollections and Private Memoirs of George Washington (1860). His daughter, Mary Anna Randolph Custis, married Robert E.
- Lee.
- They inherited Arlington House and the plantation surrounding it, but the property was confiscated by the federal government during the Civil War.
- Arlington House is now a museum, interpreted by the National Park Service as the Robert E.
- Lee Memorial.
- The remainder of Arlington plantation is now Fort Myer and Arlington National Cemetery.
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Mathew Brady
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| Description | American photographer, war photographer, photojournalist and journalist | ||
| Date of birth/death | 18 May 1822 | 15 January 1896 | |
| Location of birth/death | Warren County | Manhattan | |
| Work period | from 1844 until circa 1887 | ||
| Work location | New York City, Washington, D.C. | ||
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