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7 de abr. de 2022 · Timeline: Jesse Root Grant, Ulysses S. Grant’s Father. Ulysses S. Grant’s father, Jesse Root Grant, was a self-made man. He held strong abolitionist views. He provided well for his family, could be publicly outspoken and opinionated, and at times proved exasperating, including for the adult Grant. Clearly, Grant’s success as a Civil War ...
Discover life events, stories and photos about Jesse Root Grant (1784–1873) of Greensboro, Orleans, Vermont, United States.
Is this your ancestor? Compare DNA and explore genealogy for Jesse Grant born 1794 Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States died 1873 Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, United States including ancestors + descendants + 1 photos + 5 genealogist comments + questions + Y-chromosome DNA + more in the free family tree community.
6 de feb. de 2022 · Ulysses Grant's father Jesse could pinch a penny as well as any man alive. Born near Greensburg, Pennsylvania, on January 23, 1794, Jesse learned the hard lessons of poverty as a boy. In 1805 ...
Here are the recollections of Jesse Root Grant (1858-1934), the youngest son of Ulysses S. Grant.
Jesse Root Grant emerged from poverty to become owner of successful leather goods stores in Illinois, Ohio, and Kentucky. He taught his son Hiram that slavery was wrong and needed to be phased out, and that his Southern relatives "had depended too much on slave labor to be trained in self-reliance." Grant’s choice to marry into the slaveholding Dent family significantly worsened tensions ...
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