George Washington Parke Custis

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American plantation owner human orator writer

George Washington Parke Custis was an American plantation owner, writer, and orator best known as the step-grandson of George and Martha Washington and the builder of Arlington House, later Arlington National Cemetery.

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Observed surface forms (3)

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Custis 1
Daniel Parke Custis 1
George Washington Custis Lee 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American plantation owner ⓘ
human ⓘ
orator ⓘ
writer ⓘ
birthDate 1781-04-30 ⓘ
built Arlington House plantation ⓘ
surface form: Arlington House
burialPlace Arlington House plantation ⓘ
surface form: Arlington estate
child Mary Anna Custis Lee ⓘ
surface form: Mary Anna Randolph Custis
collected George Washington memorabilia ⓘ
conflict War of 1812 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1857-10-10 ⓘ
education St. John’s College, Annapolis ⓘ
ethnicGroup English American ⓘ
surface form: English Americans
familyName Custis ⓘ
fatherInLawOf Robert E. Lee ⓘ
fullName George Washington Parke Custis self-link ⓘ
genre historical writing ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
givenName George ⓘ
knownFor builder of Arlington House ⓘ
step-grandson of George Washington ⓘ
step-grandson of Martha Washington ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Virginia planter class ⓘ
militaryService United States Army ⓘ
notableFor preserving and promoting the memory of George Washington ⓘ
notableWork Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington ⓘ
occupation orator ⓘ
planter ⓘ
writer ⓘ
parent Eleanor Calvert ⓘ
John Parke Custis ⓘ
placeOfBirth Mount Airy, Maryland ⓘ
placeOfDeath Arlington, Virginia ⓘ
politicalActivity supporter of the Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
property Arlington House plantation ⓘ
surface form: Arlington estate
rank civilian aide and militia officer ⓘ
relative Robert E. Lee ⓘ
residence Arlington House plantation ⓘ
surface form: Arlington House

Mount Vernon, Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Mount Vernon
spouse Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis ⓘ
stepGrandparent George Washington ⓘ
Martha Washington ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arlington Heights → associatedWith → George Washington Parke Custis ⓘ
John Parke Custis → child → George Washington Parke Custis ⓘ
Mary Anna Custis Lee → child → George Washington Parke Custis ⓘ
this entity surface form: George Washington Custis Lee
Mary Anna Custis Lee → familyName → George Washington Parke Custis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Custis
John Parke Custis → father → George Washington Parke Custis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Daniel Parke Custis
Mary Anna Custis Lee → father → George Washington Parke Custis ⓘ
George Washington Parke Custis → fullName → George Washington Parke Custis self-link ⓘ
John Parke Custis → notableRelative → George Washington Parke Custis ⓘ
Arlington House plantation → originallyOwnedBy → George Washington Parke Custis ⓘ
Arlington Estate → ownedBy → George Washington Parke Custis ⓘ
Arlington Estate → significantPlaceFor → George Washington Parke Custis ⓘ
Martha Washington → stepChild → George Washington Parke Custis ⓘ