Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 171 years ago |
Date of birth | April 22,1788 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Chatham Manor |
Virginia | |
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Date of died | April 23,1853 |
Died | Arlington County |
Virginia | |
United States | |
Spouse | George Washington Parke Custis |
Parents | William Fitzhugh |
Children | Mary Anna Custis Lee |
Siblings | William Henry Fitzhugh |
Grandchildren | George Washington Custis Lee |
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ID | 476111 |
Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis Life story
Mary Lee "Molly" Fitzhugh Custis was an Episcopal lay leader in Alexandria County. She was the mother of Mary Anna Randolph Custis who was the wife of Robert E. Lee. Early in the 1820s, Molly Custis helped form a coalition of women who hoped to eradicate slavery.