Family Notes

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Often portrayed as a slovenly drunkard, Grant was actually a modest and moral man, uncommonly devoted to his wife and children. Possessing a keen and understated sense of humor, his droll wit made him something of a raconteur with his friends.
Grant was an outstanding military figure and the savior of the Union during the Civil War, as well as the 18th President of the United States from 1869-77. He was an author of unusual ability and his Memoirs are widely regarded as one of the great books written in the English language. He was also a complex individual with uncommon virtues.


Ulysses S. Grant (named Hiram Ulysses Grant, but erroneously called Ulysses Simpson Grant), son of Jesse Root and Hannah Simpson Grant, was born at Point Pleasant, Ohio, on April 27, 1822.
Grant married, on August 22, 1848, Julia Boggs Dent, daughter of Frederick Tracy Dent of St. Louis, and Ellen Bray (Wrenshall) Dent. She was was born in St. Louis on January 26, 1826, and died in Washington, D.C. on December 14, 1902.
Children: 1. Frederick Dent 2. Ulysses, Jr. 3. Ellen Wrenshall 4. Jesse Root.