Mary Custis Lee

1835 - 1918  (83 years)

• Name	Mary Custis Lee  [1]
  Birth	12 Jul 1835	Arlington, Arlington Co, Virginia   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Record ID	120289
  Death	22 Nov 1918	Hot Springs, Bath Co, Virginia   [1]
  	Mary was the second child and first daughter of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and his wife, Mary Anna Custis Lee and she outlived all of her siblings. Mary was recorded as being the most aloof and outspoken of the Lee children and she assumed little, if any, of the responsiblity of helping to run the large Lee household; she was also regarded as "stern" and "bossy" and preferred to be "away from home" much of the time. She loved to travel so much that, in her later years, she roamed the globe almost continuously, collecting visiting cards from nobility and was overseas when World War One began. Mary has the distinction of being partially responsible for her father's move to Lexington, VA and his acceptance of the Presidency of Washington College there and she also has the distinction of being the first person to be cremated and interred in Lexington. After the deaths of her brothers and sisters, Mary was proud to announce to anyone who would listen that she was "the last surviving child of General Robert E. Lee."
  Burial	Lee Chapel Museum, Arlington, Lexington City, Virginia   [1]
  Person ID	I120289	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	Gen. Robert Edward Lee,   b. 19 Jan 1807, Stratford, Westmoreland Co, Virginia d. 12 Oct 1870, Lexington, Lexington City, Virginia (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Randolph Custis,   b. 1 Oct 1808, Arlington, Arlington Co, Virginia d. 6 Nov 1873, Alexandria, Virginia (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	1831  [2]
  Family ID	F21364	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S2259] Findagrave.com, (https://www.findagrave.com), https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8090458/mary-custis-lee, 2259. [S1036] Arlington Foundation, Inc., Arlington Foundation, Custis Genealogy Chart, (Arlington Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 336, 16388 Courthouse Road, Eastville, VA 23347), 1036.