Mildred Childe Lee

(1846-1905)

Daughter of Robert E. Lee

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Mildred Childe Lee (February 10, 1846 – March 27, 1905) was an American society hostess and the youngest child of Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Custis Lee. She was the last member of the Lee family to be born at Arlington Plantation and had a privileged upbringing typical of members of the planter class, attending boarding schools in Winchester, Virginia and Raleigh, North Carolina. A favorite of her father's, she was doted upon and given the nickname "Precious Life", often being referred to by this nickname in family letters. During the American Civil War, she sewed clothing for soldiers of the Confederate States Army and volunteered as a nurse in Confederate hospitals. Lee never married or had children, instead devoting her time to caring for her parents in their later years. After her father's death, she assisted her brother, George Washington Custis Lee, as a hostess while he served as president of Washington College.

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Born	10 February 1846 Arlington Plantation, Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.
Died	27 March 1905 (aged 59) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Zodiac	Aquarius
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Robert E. Lee · Father · 1807-1870 · American general edit info

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Mary Anna Custis Lee · Mother · 1808-1873 · Wife of Robert E. Lee edit info

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