Logan's Washington Facts

George Washington's Life: George Washington died because of a sickness called quinsy. The sickness quinsy is when you get boils in your throat, and it's hard to breathe or you can not breath at all. When George Washington died he was just lying there on his bed.

1674	John Washington, great grandfather to George, is granted the Mount Vernon homesite.
1726	Augustine Washington, father of George, acquires the Mount Vernon property from his sister, Mildred.
1732	George, first child of Augustine and Mary (Ball) Washington, born at the family place in the Potomac River in Westmoreland Country, Virginia.
1735-39	Augustine Washington in residence at Mount Vernon with his young family.
1743	Augustine Washington died. Lawrence Washington, George's elder half brother, marries and settles at Mount Vernon.
1752	Lawrence Washington dies at Mount Vernon.
1754	George Washington acquires Mount Vernon by lease from Lawrence Washington's widow.
1759	George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis, widow of Daniel Parke Custis, and settles at Mount Vernon with his wife and his two young stepchildren, John Parke and Martha Parke Custis.
1761	Inherits Mount Vernon following the death of Lawrence Washington's widow.
1775	Elected General to command all continental forces.
1781	Stops firmly at Mount Vernon enroute to and from Yorktown. John Parke Custis dies; The Washingtons take in his two youngest children, Elenor Parke and George Washington Parke Custis.
1783	Resigns his commission to Congress and retires to Mount Vernon.
1787	Presides over the constitutional convention in Philadelphia.
1789-97	Years of presidency. Visits Mount Vernon fifteen times.
1799	Dies and is entombed in the old family vault.
1802	Martha Washington dies and is entombed beside her husband. Mount Vernon passes to Washington's nephew, Bushrod Washington.
1829	Bushrod Washington dies, leaving Mount Vernon to his nephew, John Augustine Washington.
1853	Mount Vernon Ladies' Association founded by Ann Pamela Cunningham of South Carolina to purchase and preserve the home and tomb of George Washington.
1858	Mount Vernon Ladies' Association receives its final charter from the Commonwealth of Virginia and purchases Mount Vernon from John A. Washington.

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