Callahan, Charles Hilliard, 1858-1944 · Washington : National Capital Press · leaf 340
gned her life into the hands of herCreator, in the seventy-first year of her age. Mrs. Washington died, after an illness of seventeen days, of aslow, debilitating fever, at twelve oclock on Saturday, May 22, 1802,and was interred by the side of her distinguished husband in thefamily vault. In 1831… … MRS. MARTHA WAPHIXGTOX I.\ OLD AGE. MARTHA WASHINGTON AND HER CHILDREN. 219 the remains of the General and his wife, encased in leaden cofl&ns,were deposited in separate sarcophagi made from solid blocks ofPennsylvania marble and placed side by side in this additon. Therethey rest to-day. The…
