She was the daughter of William G. Williams and America Peter Williams
On October 2, 1877 as Martha Custis Williams, she married Samuel Powhatan Carter at the District of Columbia.
They had no children.
The Evening Star November 1, 1899
Washington, D.C., Page 16
Mrs. Martha Custis Williams Carter died yesterday at her home, 2017 Q Street, after a long illness. She was in the seventy-third year of her age. Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning at the Church of the Epiphany. The interment will be at Oak Hill. Mrs. Carter was the widow of Rear Admiral Samuel P. Carter, who died about six years ago. She was a great-granddaughter of Martha Washington and her father was Captain William George Williams of the topographical corps, U.S.A., who lost his life in the Battle of Monterrey, Mexico. Her mother was a sister of the wife of Commodore Cannon of Georgetown.
Who is Markie?: The Life of Martha Custis Williams Carter, Cousin and Confidante of Robert E. Lee by Frances Scott and Anne C. Webb
Over seventy years ago, the Huntington Library published a slim volume of the letters of General Robert E. Lee, To Markie. Who was Markie? The short answer is that she was Martha Custis Williams, a cousin of Lee's wife, Mary Custis Lee. But she is worth knowing in her own right. Hers was a life that spanned three quarters of the nineteenth century, filled with life's joys and sorrows and connected with people and events that we know well from our history books. She left us a considerable record in her correspondence and diaries. Thus she opens a new window through which we can view an important period in American history, as well as learn about the life of an articulate and accomplished woman and her response to the conditions imposed on a woman, single for most of her life, in the nineteenth century. This fascinating biography is enhanced with numerous vintage photographs and an index to full names, places and subjects.
On October 2, 1877 as Martha Custis Williams, she married Samuel Powhatan Carter at the District of Columbia.
They had no children.
The Evening Star November 1, 1899
Washington, D.C., Page 16
Mrs. Martha Custis Williams Carter died yesterday at her home, 2017 Q Street, after a long illness. She was in the seventy-third year of her age. Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning at the Church of the Epiphany. The interment will be at Oak Hill. Mrs. Carter was the widow of Rear Admiral Samuel P. Carter, who died about six years ago. She was a great-granddaughter of Martha Washington and her father was Captain William George Williams of the topographical corps, U.S.A., who lost his life in the Battle of Monterrey, Mexico. Her mother was a sister of the wife of Commodore Cannon of Georgetown.
Who is Markie?: The Life of Martha Custis Williams Carter, Cousin and Confidante of Robert E. Lee by Frances Scott and Anne C. Webb
Over seventy years ago, the Huntington Library published a slim volume of the letters of General Robert E. Lee, To Markie. Who was Markie? The short answer is that she was Martha Custis Williams, a cousin of Lee's wife, Mary Custis Lee. But she is worth knowing in her own right. Hers was a life that spanned three quarters of the nineteenth century, filled with life's joys and sorrows and connected with people and events that we know well from our history books. She left us a considerable record in her correspondence and diaries. Thus she opens a new window through which we can view an important period in American history, as well as learn about the life of an articulate and accomplished woman and her response to the conditions imposed on a woman, single for most of her life, in the nineteenth century. This fascinating biography is enhanced with numerous vintage photographs and an index to full names, places and subjects.
She was the daughter of William G. Williams and America Peter Williams
On October 2, 1877 as Martha Custis Williams, she married Samuel Powhatan Carter at the District of Columbia.
They had no children.
The Evening Star November 1, 1899
Washington, D.C., Page 16
Mrs. Martha Custis Williams Carter died yesterday at her home, 2017 Q Street, after a long illness. She was in the seventy-third year of her age. Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning at the Church of the Epiphany. The interment will be at Oak Hill. Mrs. Carter was the widow of Rear Admiral Samuel P. Carter, who died about six years ago. She was a great-granddaughter of Martha Washington and her father was Captain William George Williams of the topographical corps, U.S.A., who lost his life in the Battle of Monterrey, Mexico. Her mother was a sister of the wife of Commodore Cannon of Georgetown.
Who is Markie?: The Life of Martha Custis Williams Carter, Cousin and Confidante of Robert E. Lee by Frances Scott and Anne C. Webb
Over seventy years ago, the Huntington Library published a slim volume of the letters of General Robert E. Lee, To Markie. Who was Markie? The short answer is that she was Martha Custis Williams, a cousin of Lee's wife, Mary Custis Lee. But she is worth knowing in her own right. Hers was a life that spanned three quarters of the nineteenth century, filled with life's joys and sorrows and connected with people and events that we know well from our history books. She left us a considerable record in her correspondence and diaries. Thus she opens a new window through which we can view an important period in American history, as well as learn about the life of an articulate and accomplished woman and her response to the conditions imposed on a woman, single for most of her life, in the nineteenth century. This fascinating biography is enhanced with numerous vintage photographs and an index to full names, places and subjects.
On October 2, 1877 as Martha Custis Williams, she married Samuel Powhatan Carter at the District of Columbia.
They had no children.
The Evening Star November 1, 1899
Washington, D.C., Page 16
Mrs. Martha Custis Williams Carter died yesterday at her home, 2017 Q Street, after a long illness. She was in the seventy-third year of her age. Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning at the Church of the Epiphany. The interment will be at Oak Hill. Mrs. Carter was the widow of Rear Admiral Samuel P. Carter, who died about six years ago. She was a great-granddaughter of Martha Washington and her father was Captain William George Williams of the topographical corps, U.S.A., who lost his life in the Battle of Monterrey, Mexico. Her mother was a sister of the wife of Commodore Cannon of Georgetown.
Who is Markie?: The Life of Martha Custis Williams Carter, Cousin and Confidante of Robert E. Lee by Frances Scott and Anne C. Webb
Over seventy years ago, the Huntington Library published a slim volume of the letters of General Robert E. Lee, To Markie. Who was Markie? The short answer is that she was Martha Custis Williams, a cousin of Lee's wife, Mary Custis Lee. But she is worth knowing in her own right. Hers was a life that spanned three quarters of the nineteenth century, filled with life's joys and sorrows and connected with people and events that we know well from our history books. She left us a considerable record in her correspondence and diaries. Thus she opens a new window through which we can view an important period in American history, as well as learn about the life of an articulate and accomplished woman and her response to the conditions imposed on a woman, single for most of her life, in the nineteenth century. This fascinating biography is enhanced with numerous vintage photographs and an index to full names, places and subjects.
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