Summary of Life: Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743 and died on July 04, 1826. Jefferson was born into a good family. Jefferson’s mother was Jane Randolph Jefferson, was from an English and Scottish royalty and his father was Peter Jefferson, a great farmer.

Jefferson went to Virginia to learn law. The collage he attended was College of William and Mary. He won many cases and was very good at his job. He soon married Martha Wayles Skelton, a widow who was the richest woman. They had six children to care for.

As you all know, Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. He also was the third president of the United States, and a government official. You may know that he had slaves, and might not like him. The truth is that he did have slaves, but he promised that one day they would soon be free.

Summary of Life: George Washington

George Washington was born on February 22 in the year of 1732. He died on December 14, 1799. This was before the French and Indian War. Lawrence Washington, Washington’s grandfather, moved to Virginia. There were no records on who lived there, until Washington’s father, Augustine Washington, was born.

Augustine Washington was born in 1694. His first wife was Jane Butler, who gave birth to three children. In 1729, Jane died and Augustine married his second wife, Mary Ball, two years later in 1731. George was the eldest of both Jane’s and Mary’s children. The family lived in Westmoreland County, Virginia near Pope's Creek. They were known as the “middle class.”

Little is known about the childhood of George Washington. There is an event that you might hear about Washington. One day, Washington took an ax and went to his father’s prize cherry tree. He took the ax and chopped it down. It is unknown why he did so, but he confessed he chopped the tree down. The rest you all probably know.