Col. George Gale
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Col. George Gale 1671-1712 About 2 miles southwest is "Tusculum" on Monie Creek, plantation where Gale lived and lies buried. (Not open to the public.) Born in Whitehaven, England, he settled in Maryland in 1701. His 3 vessels traded regularly between his native and adopted lands. His first wife was Mildred Warner Washington, widow of Lawrence Washington and Gen. George Washington's grandmother.
She died on trip with Col. Gale to Whitehaven, England, and is buried in St. Nicholas's churchyard there. Gale was a devoted parent to his Washington stepchildren. Maryland Bicentennial Commission and Maryland Historical Society
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