Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-04-03
TURNER GIRL WRITES /
ESSAY ON WASHINGTON
BY EDITH MICKEY
(An essay by Turner School girl of
the Fifth Grade.)

Gan essay by Turner School girl of
the Fifth Grade.)
George Washington was the son Of
Augustine and Mary Washington. Mary
Ball was Washington's mothers maiden
name. Georges father had married
two times. The first wife had ski
children, and his second wife had four.
Washington was the youngest of the
second wife's children. They owned
many slaves, both black and white.
Augustine was an old time planter.
Those people were thought to be very
rich in those days, but they would be |
very poor compared to today.
Washington was born not far from
the Potomac river at Pope's creeks,
Westmoreland county, Virginia. HeE
was born February 20, 1882. He lived
in a wooden house, it had four rooms
on the ground floor and an attic above.
This house had large chimney at
each end, and shopping roof. The
house burned down when he was three,
then the family moved to another
plantation on the Rappahannock river
This was another plantation of Wash
ington s father. Washington s faith
er died when he was eleven, and he
went to live with his half-brother
Augustine. This place was on the
Rappahannock river. Washington saw
the boats 60 by on the river and he
wanted to be sailor. SO he packed
up his trunk and took it down to the
wharf. He saw his mother crying in
the door, and he came back and told a
black servant standing by the door, to
go down to the whalf and tell the sail
ors not to put his trunk on the boat,
for he had changed his mind, and he
was going to stay with his mother.
Washington had very good schooling.
He went to man named Mr.. Hobby
after his father died. He was his first
teacher. The schoohouse was in an
old field. He could work arithmetic
and write very well but he was a poor
speller. He quit school when he was
fifteen, and then he went to live with
his half brother Lawrence at Mount
Vernon. This house was a very fine
and large one, and George liked it very
much. 1t was large plantation.
George Washington's first occupa-
ton was surveying When he was six.
teen he was engaged by Lord Fairfax
to survey. He did his work in the
Blue Ridge mountains. He surveyed for
Lord Fairfax three years.
When George Washington was nine.
teen he was appointed assistant general
in the Virginian army, and when he
was twenty-one he was colonel Of the
Virginian army, and when he was
twenty-three he was elected to be com.
mander of all the armys Of America
During the war when the people did
not quite know which would win, Q
Quaker, one day, heard voice in the
woods and as he drew nearer he sav
Washington in the woods down on hii
knees praying Then he went home Il
, his wife and said to her, "Hannah, VI
8 are going to win,'' and she asked
"Whyf" He said, "Well | say
: George Washington out in the fores
: praying and know God will answe
. his prayer" So that shows how mucl
the people had faith in Washington
He was elected president when he wa
g fifty;seven. Everybody voted for him
] He was elected twice by every vote
: The people tried to elect him the thir,
g time but he refused, and that is VIII,
$ the presidents only serve two terms
l In 1897 George Washington returne
2 to Mount Vernon. He thought to stay
: but the people called him back for the
/ were having tsouble among themselves
. Afterwards he returned to Noun
0 Vernon again and then he lived ther
3 two years, and one day he came j
]. with n chill and bad cold and som
V doctors were called in and they BILE
i him to death.
3 George Washington is said to be tn
J. nobest figure that ever stood. He
c the father of our country. We celC
brate the 22d Of February becaus
v Washington was such a great man, an
f we love him so well because he save
5 our country.