A biographical record of Schuyler County, New York . WASHINGTON, the first president of the Unit-ed States, called the Fatherof his Country, was one ofthe most celebrated charactersin history. He was born Feb-ruary 22, 1732, in Washing-ton Parish, Westmoreland county, father, Augustine Washington, firstmarried Jane Butler, who bore him fourchildren, and March t, 1730, he -marriedMary Ball. Of six children by his secondmarriage, George was the eldest. Little is known of the early years ofWashington, beyond the fact that the housein which he was born was burned during hisearly child
A biographical record of Schuyler County, New York . WASHINGTON, the first president of the Unit-ed States, called the Fatherof his Country, was one ofthe most celebrated charactersin history. He was born Feb-ruary 22, 1732, in Washing-ton Parish, Westmoreland county, father, Augustine Washington, firstmarried Jane Butler, who bore him fourchildren, and March t, 1730, he -marriedMary Ball. Of six children by his secondmarriage, George was the eldest. Little is known of the early years ofWashington, beyond the fact that the housein which he was born was burned during hisearly childhood, and that his father there-iip(jn moved to another farm, inherited fromhis paternal ancestors, situated in Staffordcounty, on the north bank of the Rappahan-nock, and died there in 1743. From earliestchildhood George developed a noble charac-ter. His education was somewhat defective,being confined to the elementary branchestaught him by his mother and at a neighbor-ing school. On leaving school he residedsome time at Mount Vernon with his half. brother, Lawrence, who acted as his guar-dian. Georges inclinations were for a sea-faring career, and a midshipmans warrantwas procured for him; but through the oppo-sition of his mother the project was aban-doned, and at the age of he wasappointed surveyor to the immense estatesof the eccentric Lord Fairfax. Three yearswere passed by Washington in a rough fron-tier life, gaining experience which afterwardsproved very essential to him In 1751,when the Virginia militia were put undertraining with a view to active service againstFrance, Washington, though only nineteenyears of age, was appointed adjutant, withthe rank of major. In 1752 LawrenceWashington died, leaving his large propertyto an infant daughter. In his will Georgewas named one of the executors and as aneventual heir to Mount Vernon, and by thedeath of the infant niece, soon succeeded tothat estate. In 1753 George was commis-sioned adjutant-general of the Virginia
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