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24 mag 2024 · Ulysses S. Grant Information Center: Jesse Root Grant Information about General and President Ulysses S. Grant and resources for doing research. Includes material suitable for the K-12 audience.
- Marie Kelsey
- 2013
3 giorni fa · Jesse Root Grant Ulysses S. Grant was a devoted family man. He and his wife Julia had four children and were fortunate not to lose any of them to an early death, as was so often in the case in those days of untreatable diseases and lack of medical care we take for granted today.
- Marie Kelsey
- 2013
1 giorno fa · Grant's father Jesse Root Grant was a Whig Party supporter and a fervent abolitionist. Jesse and Hannah Simpson were married on June 24, 1821, and their first child, Hiram Ulysses Grant, was born on April 27, 1822. The name Ulysses was drawn from ballots placed in a hat.
6 giorni fa · Grant was the son of Jesse Root Grant, a tanner, and Hannah Simpson, and he grew up in Georgetown, Ohio. Detesting the work around the family tannery, Ulysses instead performed his share of chores on farmland owned by his father and developed considerable skill in handling horses.
24 mag 2024 · Parents: Jesse Root Grant (1794-1873) and Hannah Simpson Grant (1798-1883). USG was their first child. Brothers: Samuel Simpson Grant, 1825-1861. Orvil Lynch Grant, 1835-1881 (obituary). Sisters: Rachel Clara Grant, 1828-1865. Virginia Paine Grant Corbin, 1832-1913. Mary Frances Grant Cramer, 1839-1905.
15 mag 2024 · Grant married Julia Boggs Dent (1826–1902) on August 22, 1848. They had 4 children: Frederick Dent Grant, Ulysses S. (Buck) Grant, Jr., Ellen (Nellie) Grant, and Jesse Root Grant. Posted to the 4th Infantry, since there were no vacancies in the Dragoons, Grant served as regimental quartermaster during most of the Mexican War.
14 mag 2024 · Ulysses S. Grant was born to Jesse Root Grant and Hannah Simpson in 1822. Grant was born and raised in Georgetown, Ohio, where refined his horse handling skill throughout his childhood. After succumbing to his father’s pressure, Grant was appointed to and attended West Point Military Academy.
