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The house to the north is the home of Nellie Parke Custis, George Washington's ward, who married his nephew, Major Lawrence Lewis. After her husband's death in 1839, Nellie Custis Lewis settled here, and here she died in 1852.
1948 text, presented as a historical document.
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Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)
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