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Martha Washington was born on
June 2, 1731. When she first got married she was
seventeen. She had four children, two of them died
young. Her first husband died in 1757. He was Dan
Cusist.
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Two years later Martha met George
Washington. No one knows where she met George, but in
January 6 of 1759 she married George Washington. They moved
to Mt. Vernon. Then Martha became First Lady when George
became president. He used to call her Patsy. She did not
enjoy being first lady at all. While being first lady she
held a reception every Friday at the church. She also
organized a women's sewing circle and mended clothes. Martha
traveled in the Revolutionary War to help to share the
hardships. In 1780 she went to New Jersey with George in
camp at Morristown N.J. When they left Martha's husband got
ill. After George died, Martha burned all the letters that
he wrote her. In 1802 Martha Cusist Washington died. Martha
will always be remembered as America's first First
Lady
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