George washingtons life story biography

By Mark Mastromarino

George Washington (), the most celebrated individ in American history, was born on 22 February on his father&#;s plantation on Pope&#;s Creek in Westmoreland county, Virginia. His father, Augustine, a third-generation English colonist firmly established in the middle ranks of the Virginia gentry, was twice married. He had two sons, Lawrence and Augustine, in and , before his first wife, Jane Butler Washington, died in In Augustine married Mary Ball (), and George was born a year later. fem other children followed Samuel, Elizabeth, John Augustine, Charles, and Mildred (who died in infancy). About the Washington family moved from Westmoreland County to Augustine, Sr.&#;s plantation on Little Hunting Creek, and lived there until they moved to a farm on the Rappahannock river opposite Fredericksburg in

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George Washington: Life in Brief

George Washington was born to Mary Ball and Augustine Washington on February 22, As the third son of a middling planter, George probably should have been relegated to a footnote in a history book. Instead, he became one of the greatest figures in American history.

A series of personal losses changed the course of George’s life. His father, Augustine, died when he was eleven years old, ending any hopes of higher education. Instead, Washington spent many of his formative years under the tutelage of Lawrence, his favorite older brother. He also learned the science of surveying and began a new career with the help of their neighbors, the wealthy and powerful Fairfax family. Lawrence’s death in again changed George’s plans. He leased Mount Vernon, a plantation in northern Virginia, from Lawrence’s widow and sought a military commission, just as Lawrence had done.

Washington served as the lieutenant colonel of the Virginia regiment and led several mi