George Washington's Mother

George Washington, "father of his country," was a Christian gentleman, of whom Thomas Jefferson said, "He was, indeed, in every sense of the word, a wise, a good, and a great man." George Washington's father died when
he was just 11, but a Christian mother, Mary Ball Washington, molded his character with Bible reading, and with CONTEMPLATIONS MORAL AND DIVINE by Sir Matthew Hale.

He wrote later: "All that I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual, and physical education I received from her."