Ancestry of Eleanor Parke Custis (submitted by John Custis Ross). Contrary to her usual biographical information Eleanor Parke Custis was not a direct descendant of Martha Custis Washington. The... Read full biography
Ancestry of Eleanor Parke Custis (submitted by John Custis Ross). Contrary to her usual biographical information Eleanor Parke Custis was not a direct descendant of Martha Custis Washington. The confusion probably arises because she shared the same name as Martha Washington's granddaughter,... Read full biography
Ancestry of Eleanor Parke Custis (submitted by John Custis Ross). Contrary to her usual biographical information Eleanor Parke Custis was not a direct descendant of Martha Custis Washington. The confusion probably arises because she shared the same name as Martha Washington's granddaughter, "Nellie" Custis. Eleanor Parke Custis was born 28 July 1897 in Washington, DC the only child of Dr. Marvin Ashdowne Custis and Francis Henshaw (Baden) Custis. Her father was a DC physician but more notably a... Read full biography
Ancestry of Eleanor Parke Custis (submitted by John Custis Ross). Contrary to her usual biographical information Eleanor Parke Custis was not a direct descendant of Martha Custis Washington. The confusion probably arises because she shared the same name as Martha Washington's granddaughter, "Nellie" Custis. Eleanor Parke Custis was born 28 July 1897 in Washington, DC the only child of Dr. Marvin Ashdowne Custis and Francis Henshaw (Baden) Custis. Her father was a DC physician but more notably a DC bank executive. He was born in DC on 11 Nov 1866 and died while visiting his daughter in Gloucester on 3 Jun 1956. Eleanor's grandfather was Lemuel Wheeler Custis a blacksmith and farmer born in DC in 1834 who married Elizabeth Ashdowne on 11 Feb... Read full biography
Ancestry of Eleanor Parke Custis (submitted by John Custis Ross). Contrary to her usual biographical information Eleanor Parke Custis was not a direct descendant of Martha Custis Washington. The confusion probably arises because she shared the same name as Martha Washington's granddaughter, "Nellie" Custis. Eleanor Parke Custis was born 28 July 1897 in Washington, DC the only child of Dr. Marvin Ashdowne Custis and Francis Henshaw (Baden) Custis. Her father was a DC physician but more notably a DC bank executive. He was born in DC on 11 Nov 1866 and died while visiting his daughter in Gloucester on 3 Jun 1956. Eleanor's grandfather was Lemuel Wheeler Custis a blacksmith and farmer born in DC in 1834 who married Elizabeth Ashdowne on 11 Feb 1858. He died on his farm home in Maryland on 8 Sep 1883 and his wife died at the home of her son, Dr. Mar... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (16)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
The Sellars Collection: Art by American Women (Exhibition catalog)
2001
Rice, Sue Sellars
12 pages (color)
Small Masterpieces: The Joy of Collecting North Shore Arts Association (Exhibition catalog)
2001
Tysver, Ted
12 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Things of Beauty/Floral Still Life Art by American Women (Exhibition catalog)
1992
Sternberg, Paul E
38 pages (color)
Art by American Women Collection Louise and Alan Sellars (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Sternberg, Paul E
146 pages (color)
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Art by American Women (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Sternberg, Paul E
17 pages (color)
Centennial Exhibition 1889-1989 Members National Assoc Women Artists (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Sternberg, Paul E
62 pages (color)
Paintings by American Women The Collection of Louise and Alan Sellers (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Sternberg, Paul E
56 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900
1985
Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie
851 pages
Artists in Virginia Before 1900: An Annotated Checklist
1983
Wright, R Lewis
200 pages
Women Artists in America: Eighteenth Century to Present