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smendyka
Sep 22, 2017

Robert E. and Mary Lee had 7 children from 1832 though 1846:

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From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Lee

Robert E. married Mary Anna Randolph Custis in 1831. Mary was a great-granddaughter of Martha Washington by her first husband Daniel Parke Custis, and step-great-granddaughter of George Washington, the first president of the United States. Robert and Mary eventually had seven children, three boys and four girls:

  • George Washington Custis Lee (Custis, "Boo"); 1832–1913; served as Major General in the Confederate Army and aide-de-camp to President Jefferson Davis, captured during the Battle of Sailor's Creek; unmarried
  • Mary Custis Lee (Mary, "Daughter"); 1835–1918; unmarried
  • William Henry Fitzhugh Lee ("Rooney"); 1837–91; served as Major General in the Confederate Army (cavalry); married twice; surviving children by second marriage
  • Anne Carter Lee (Annie); June 18, 1839 – October 20, 1862; died of typhoid fever, unmarried
  • Eleanor Agnes Lee (Agnes); 1841 – October 15, 1873; died of tuberculosis, unmarried
  • Robert Edward Lee, Jr. (Rob); 1843–1914; served as Captain in the Confederate Army (Rockbridge Artillery); married twice; surviving children by second marriage
  • Mildred Childe Lee (Milly, "Precious Life"); 1846–1905; unmarried
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