Eugenia Washington
| Eugenia Scholay Washington | |
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| Born |
Eugenia Scholay Washington June 27, 1838 "Megwillie," near Charles Town, Virginia (now West Virginia), United States |
| Died | November 30, 1900 (aged 62) Washington, D.C., United States |
| Resting place | "Glencairne," Falmouth, Virginia, United States |
| Residence | 813 13th Street, Northwest Washington, D.C. 5706 Berwyn Road Berwyn Heights, Maryland |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship |
United States of America Confederate States of America |
| Occupation | American historian and civil servant |
| Employer | United States Post Office Department |
| Known for | co-founding the Daughters of the American Revolution and founding the Daughters of the Founders and Patriots of America |
| Home town |
Charles Town, Virginia (now West Virginia) Falmouth, Virginia |
| Parent(s) | William Temple Washington (father) Margaret Calhoun Fletcher (mother) |
| Relatives |
Samuel Washington (great-grandfather) George Washington (great-great-uncle) George Steptoe Washington (grandfather) Lucy Payne Washington Todd (grandmother) Dolley Payne Todd Madison (great-aunt) John C. Calhoun (great-great-uncle) Thomas Fletcher (grandfather) |
Eugenia Scholay Washington (June 27, 1838 – November 30, 1900) was an American historian, civil servant, and a founder of the lineage societies, Daughters of the American Revolution and Daughters of the Founders and Patriots of America.
Washington was born in 1838 near Charles Town, Virginia, in present-day West Virginia. She was the daughter of William Temple Washington, through whom she was a great-grandniece of George Washington, first President of the United States, and a grandniece of Dolley Payne Todd Madison. Following her family's relocation to Stafford County, she and her family witnessed the Battle of Fredericksburg first hand during the American Civil War.
Due to her family's limited financial resources after the war and her father's illness, Washington accepted a position as a clerk within the United States Post Office Department in Washington, D.C., to support her family. There, Washington was one of the four co-founders of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (with Mary Desha, Mary Smith Lockwood, and Ellen Hardin Walworth). Washington had reportedly been inspired by her experiences during the American Civil War to found an organization for preserving the shared heritage of women from the North and South of the United States. Washington was the DAR's first Registrar General, and was made "number one" on the "grand roll" of the society's membership. In 1898, Washington founded another lineage society, the National Society of Daughters of the Founders and Patriots of America, with the broader goal of preserving the history of the American colonial era.
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