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 * George Washington**

He was born 22th February, 1732 and was the 1st son of Augustine Washington with his 2nd wife Mary Ball. They moved to a FerryFarm in Stafford County when he was six years old. He went to home school and was educated by his father and his half brother,that died of tubercolusis in 1752. George was a survey in his youth and he got his first public office in 1749. He took over the duties as adjutant of the colony after his dead half borther, Lawrence. In 1752, he got appointer a district adjutant general in the Virginia militia and that made him then to Major Washington when he was 20 years old. One year later he became a Master Mason in the organization of Freemasons. In December 1753, he was asked by the Governor, Robert Dinwiddie, of Virginia to carry a British ultimatum to the French on the Ohio frontier. The message was about that the French had to give up their development of the Ohio country. This made a worldwide conflict and George wrote a report about this and the affair was read on the both sides of the Atlantic.

Link: __http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington__