Characters from Washington: A Life

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

George Washington - He trained as a surveyor as a young man and would nourish a lifelong love of land, coming to own a great deal of land in Virginia as well as the Ohio valley.

Martha Dandridge Custis Washington - Although Washington was possibly in love with another woman at the time, he selected this woman for a marriage that would last multiple decades.

Lawrence Washington - He was George Washington's older, half brother, and upon their father's death, was given a small farm near the Potomac River.

Sarah 'Sally' Cary Fairfax...
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