22 Facts About Eugenia Washington

Eugenia Scholay Washington 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.

Eugenia Washington 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.

Eugenia 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.

Eugenia Washington was the DAR's first Registrar General, and was made "number one" on the "grand roll" of the society's membership.

In 1898, Eugenia 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.

Eugenia Washington later converted to Roman Catholicism from her Episcopal faith, after which she became a prominent lecturer of the Catholic faith.

Eugenia Washington was interred beside her mother at the Moncure family burial ground of her sister's estate, "Glencairne", in Falmouth, Virginia.

Eugenia Scholay Washington was born on June 27,1838, at "Megwillie" plantation near Charles Town in Jefferson County, Virginia, to William Temple Washington and his wife, Margaret Calhoun Fletcher.

Eugenia Washington was the great-granddaughter of Samuel Washington and his wife Annie Steptoe, and the great-grandniece of George Washington.

Eugenia Washington's grandfather, George Steptoe Washington, was a "favorite nephew" of George Washington and was left an inheritance following Washington's death.

Eugenia Washington's grandmother, Lucy Payne Eugenia Washington Todd, was a sister of First Lady of the United States Dolley Payne Todd Madison.

Around 1859, William Eugenia Washington relocated his family to a plantation at Falmouth in Stafford County, Virginia, located on the north side of the Rappahannock River across from Fredericksburg.

Eugenia Washington's father suffered from paralysis, and she cared for him from a young age.

Eugenia Washington was one of the four co-founders of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Eugenia Washington was the DAR's first Registrar General, and her name appears as member "number one" on the "grand roll" of membership.

Eugenia Washington served as secretary general, vice president general, and in 1895 she became honorary vice president general, an office which she held until her death.

Eugenia Washington ardently carried out the duties of her offices at DAR, despite suffering with a serious eye condition that made it difficult for her to write.

Eugenia Washington founded another lineage society, the National Society of Daughters of the Founders and Patriots of America, in June 1898.

Eugenia Washington established this organization with the broader goals of preserving the history of the American colonial era, as well as encouraging appreciation of American history and fostering patriotism.

In 1892, Washington purchased a second residence at 5706 Berwyn Road in Berwyn Heights, Maryland, from James E Waugh; she owned it until her death.

Eugenia Washington died at the age of 62 on Friday, November 30,1900, at her home on 13th Street.

Eugenia Washington was mentioned at the groundbreaking of the Memorial Continental Hall on October 11,1902, by Cornelia Cole Fairbanks.