Lewis Washington, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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American hostage
Date of Birth: 30-Nov-1812
Date of Death: 01-Oct-1871
Profession: slave owner
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Lewis Washington
- Lewis William Washington (November 30, 1812 – October 1, 1871) was a great-grandnephew of President George Washington, who is principally remembered as a hostage of abolitionist John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia and as a prosecution witness in the subsequent trial of Brown. Lewis Washington was the son of George Corbin Washington, the grandson of William Augustine Washington, and a great-grandson of Augustine Washington, half-brother of George Washington.
- Lewis Washington inherited Beall-Air near Halltown, West Virginia through his mother, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Beall.
- He made his home at Beall-Air from 1840 until his death in 1871.
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