George Steptoe Washington | |
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| Born | August 17, 1771 |
| Died | January 10, 1809 (aged 37) Augusta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Planter, Militia officer |
| Spouse |
Lucy Washington (m. 1793) |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) | Samuel Washington Anne Steptoe |
| Relatives | Washington family |
George Steptoe Washington (August 17, 1771 – January 10, 1809) was a Virginia planter and militia officer who died at the age of 37 of tuberculosis.
He was a nephew of the first President of the United States George Washington, and one of the late President's seven executors. He was the grandfather of Eugenia Scholay Washington (1838–1900) who founded the lineage societies Daughters of the American Revolution and Daughters of the Founders and Patriots of America.[1][2]
- ^ Glover, Lorri (2014). Founders as Fathers: The Private Lives and Politics of the American Revolutionaries. Yale University Press. p. 278. ISBN 9780300210750. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ Eugene E. Prussing, The Estate of George Washington, Deceased, (Boston: Little Brown, and Company 1927) p. 68