Show IDEAL LOVE MATCH forty years year of happiness followed union of washington luton and martha custis IL hundred aldred and ad to urta 0 ONE years year ago 9 M may 22 1802 martha washington Bas hington wife of george washington wallington died at ill mount t vacuum ion at abb b age go ol of seventy years martha giusti diet at colonel washing to ton about be A year r after the death of her husband daniel parka coati ft A wealthy plant planter she waa the then near ing her twenty sixth year and wash ington was waa about abou t ator three e 0 months a her benlor I 1 she was the a d daughter s uge r of col john dandradge and had be been A we iroll ants trained in 1 the me s h of young women of bor bar I 1 elation burtion th the Ag engagement afama A t tested lasted for nearly 1 I a y year ear washington washingto a being absent for ft campaign long time on ft a military campaign 1 0 martha washington washington ashington himsel 1 afta ft A man ot of ra large Pm property vertY and ti the wedding wadding was waa one of the most moat brilliant that had bad ever been seen been in n a church 1 in virginia bride and bridegroom were attired in all the magnificence which the tha fashions A of I 1 t that hat period made possible when she was waa married to washing to ton mr mra custis had two childr cb children ildr aur or riving of the tour four ot of which she bhe had bad bee been the mother to ill these two belill dren bahm washington agton who had bad none cone ot of hla his own was a devoted father let later I 1 in life thus these children childe died and week wash ington adopted two ot of mr mra washing g ton a grandchildren mra mr washington gt a faith in the will dom dew and fir firmunn muns of her or buo husband nd a bur patriotic course preceding and during AS the Rov revolution td never of to tailed d cheug she had discovered the greatness ot of her husband long before tho the people that were so BO signally to honor him had found it out 1 in all 11 it Allan splendid did pro D peril port ioria no during the tha war washington visited M mount aunt vu vernoa only twice but mrs washington we was with him 1 in new york and philadelphia and joined him in m ma camp A whenever he it I 1 was possible in the tha years following their mar man twile and ADA previous to the Revo revolution lutio the VM Washing hISt tona lived in virginia after the style ot of the tha english arl arlston aristod racy but throughout the war mrs mra washington was waa wont went to net met an all ex AX bigas r X ft M an S 1 first presidential marston manalon now new york ample ot of economy to the women worn en of the revolution in her attire and mode do of living after independence had bad been wor won eho effie but boro herself with treat great personal dignity a befitted her station batio as aa the tha wife of the first citizen washington was approaching him hie sixty eighth year when he died mrs mra washington accepted the separation calmly only observing that she be would soon join hi him she blvd him two year and a half that he ehe could have bam at all times A visit view tt his grave on the town lawn she aha moved to m an n aatlo roo room that over even gratt loh looked the a t which job she he e occupied coupled until her own death for th the leasier easier coming and going of a favorite cat ft a he hole waa out cut near r 0 the bottom of the tha door of this apartment but before he bhe died mrs mra washington abington Wa destroyed bor bar entire correspondence correspond once with general W washington shing tom for ho he gat would not P permit ernald that the confidence they had bad shared together should be made ad public the tha marriage of george washington anamar and martha he 1 coati was an example ot of the ideal deal love 1 ove match and was waa followed by forty years year of gunild gu genuine nind happiness |