GRANT, President Ulysses S^[1]

1822 - 1885  (63 years)

• Name	GRANT, Ulysses S
  Title	President
  Birth	27 Apr 1822	Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Jul 1885	General Grant National Memorial, Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA   [2]
  Death	23 Jul 1885	Wilton, Saratoga County, New York, USA   [1]
  	18th United States President, Civil War Union Lieutenant General. Born in Point Pleasant, Ohio, his birth name was Hiram Ulysses Grant. At age seventeen he entered the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, where they misnamed him Ulysses Simpson Grant, a name he kept. After graduation, his first assignment was service in the Mexican War. After eleven years, he resigned his commission and pursued a number of failed civilian endeavors. He answered the call for service during the Civil War, quickly rising to rank of Brigadier General. Victories at Fort Henry, Fort Donelson (Stewart County, Tennessee), and Vicksburg earned him a second star. After raising the siege of Chattanooga, Grant was promoted to Lieutenant General and placed in command of all Union Armies. The Army of the Potomac under General Grant finally forced Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia to withdraw from Richmond the following spring and finally surrender on April 9, 1865. The following year, Congress awarded a fourth star, making him the first full-rank General in American history since George Washington. With his popularity at an all time high, he accepted the Republican nomination for President of the United States in 1868. After serving two terms in the White House, Grant entered business on Wall Street in New York City. He lost all his money. To help support himself, he wrote magazine articles about his military life and also his autobiography, assisted by famed author Mark Twain. He died of throat cancer in 1885. [3]
  Age	63 years
  Person ID	P2680	Dutton Ancestry
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	GRANT, Jesse Root           b. 23 Jan 1794, Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA           d. 28 Jun 1873, Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, USA (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	SIMPSON, Hannah           b. 23 Nov 1798, Whitemarsh, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA           d. 11 May 1883, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	24 Jun 1821	Point Pleasant, Monroe Township, Clermont County, Ohio, USA   [1]
  Age at Marriage	He : 27 years and 5 months - She : 22 years and 7 months.
  Children	1. GRANT, President Ulysses S           b. 27 Apr 1822, Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio, USA           d. 23 Jul 1885, Wilton, Saratoga County, New York, USA  (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F5763	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	DENT, Julia           b. 26 Jan 1826, White Haven Plantation, St. Louis, Missouri, USA           d. 14 Dec 1902, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA (Age 76 years)  [1]
  Marriage	22 Aug 1848	St. Louis City, Missouri, USA   [1]
  Age at Marriage	He : 26 years and 4 months - She : 22 years and 7 months.
  Family ID	F5764	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 27 Apr 1822 - Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio, USA Marriage - 22 Aug 1848 - St. Louis City, Missouri, USA Burial - Jul 1885 - General Grant National Memorial, Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA Death - 23 Jul 1885 - Wilton, Saratoga County, New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  18th President of the United States - My 7th Cousin 3 Times Removed. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S141] Familysearch.org. [S50] Findagrave.com. Maintained by: Find a Grave Added: 25 Apr 1998 Find a Grave Memorial #411 [S50] Findagrave.com.