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After retiring, George Washington



            took over his father’s plantation




            and became a producer of  crops. He



            married a wealthy widow named



            Martha Custis, who was experienced




            in the managing of  a plantation.



            They raised Martha’s offspring



            from her previous marriage.




            George Washington and Martha



            Custis never had any children, the




            reason probably being the fact that



            Washington had suffered from




            smallpox in 1751, and the disease



            rendered him sterile.
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