Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-12-26
GEN. r. f. LEES FAMILY
BRIEF SKETCHES OF THE CoNFsO-
crate COMMANDERS CHILDREN
Mrs. Lee and Her Daughters During tho
War-privations of the Dark Days
-Arlington-A Youthful Confed-
crates Last Message.

crates Last Message.
lNcw York Herald
At the recent opening of the Mctropoli-
tan musyum of art | saw among the many
notable people there Miss Mary Lee, the
second daughter of Gen. Robert +. Lee
She is a plan-loolling lady of 80, and,
ike her father, is altogether unprctcn.
tious. She wore Il heavy cashmere wrap,
and was in company with n lady similarly
attircd. Miss Mary Lee resembles her
mother in appearance more than her
father. 1t is a remarkable fact that the
only one OF Gen. Lees children who mt
all resemble him is his oldest son, Gen. G..
". Gusts Lee, now the president Of
Washington and Lee uni crsity, at Lex
ington, Va.
There are five of the Lee children
three sons and two daughters They
were all born at Arlington the old Custis
homestead near Washington where Mrs.
Lee continued TO reside after her mar.
riage. The eldest daughter, Mildred has
Travelled a great deal since the war, spend
ing much Of her time in Europe, but
when here makes her home with her
brother Gusts at Lexington. Miss Mary,
the next sister, also lives with him
Agnes, the youngest sister, died during
the war at Il health resort in North Caro-
lima. None Of the daughters married
and Gusts Lee is also single but Runey
! Lee and Robert f., .r, are both married
and are both Virginia farmers One of
them only has children, and the proba
bilities are that it is through him alone
that the Lee family and the Gus
lis family are to be perpctuated.
Mrs Robert +. Lee was the only child
of George Washington Park Curtis, who
was the only son and heir of Martha
/ Washington. 1t was from George Wash
ington and Martha Washington that Gusts
obtained Arlington, which, at the opening
OF the war, was one of the finest pieces Of
country property Of the south. 1t was
the ideal southern homestead. The Union
forces took possession OF it at the very
opening of the ho,tilitics in 1861
and during the war il was con.
vcrtcd into II national cemetery
According TO the lroyso Of the will of
George y Washington Park Gusts the en-
tire property was to 90 to The eldest son
Of Mrs. Lee. That eldest son was the
present Gen c. ". C. Lcr and he oh.
tanned $4,000 from the government in
payment for Arlington last winter, there
having been long contest AT law about it,
That money represents the bulk of the
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