George Washington Parke Custis (1781–1857)

American public man, born at Mount Airy, MD, on the 30th of April 1781. He was the son of Colonel John Parke Custis, who was the first husband of Mrs. George Washington. The son was brought up at Mount Vernon, being adopted into the family of George Washington, and studied at St. John’s College and Princeton. In 1802 he left Mt. Vernon and erected Arlington House, near Washington, on a large estate derived from his father. Mr. Custis published Recollections of Washington (New York, 1860). Robert E. Lee married the daughter of Mr. Custis. Mr. Custis died at Arlington House, VA, on the 10th of October 1857.