Gorge Washington
Biography by: Lesly H
Early Life
Gorge Washington Personal life
Washington married Martha Dandridge Custis on January 6, 1759. Although the couple had no children, Washington adopted Martha's son and daughter from her previous marriage.
Events that shaped his life
Gorge Washington career
Washington also succeeded to Lawrence's militia office. Governor Robert Dinwiddie first appointed him adjutant for the southern district of the colony's militia, but soon conferred on him Lawrence's adjutancy for the Northern Neck and Eastern Shore. And so it happened that in 1753 the governor sent 21-year-old George Washington to warn French troops stationed north of the forks of the Ohio River (modern Pittsburgh) that they were encroaching in territory claimed by Virginia.
Gorge Washington died
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