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Hannah Grant (née Simpson; November 23, 1798 – May 11, 1883) was the mother of Ulysses S. Grant, Commanding General of the Union Army during the American Civil War and the 18th president of the United States. She married Jesse Root Grant in Point Pleasant, Ohio, and was the mother of six children.
At age 27 Jesse married Hannah Simpson Grant. A year later, Jesse's first son, Hiram Ulysses Grant, was born. At the time, fathers often took their sons into business with them.
Hace 5 días · Excerpts about Grant's mother, Hannah Simpson Grant, as recorded in Early Records of Simpson Families, by Helen A. Simpson. Simpson family genealogy as well. From Hathitrust. Funeral service for Hannah Simpson Grant. Take note that her son instructed the presiding minister that in no way was he to be mentioned in any laudatory manner.
His quiet mother Hannah Simpson Grant came from Pennsylvania parents who were die-hard Jacksonian Democrats. The two married in June of 1821, and their first born, Hiram Ulysses Grant, was born on April 27, 1822.
Learn about the parents of Ulysses S. Grant, Jesse and Hannah Simpson Grant, who were tanners, farmers, and politicians. Jesse was a shrewd businessman who sent his son to West Point, while Hannah was a quiet and pious woman who stayed away from Washington.
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. To honor his father-in-law, Jesse named the boy "Hiram Ulysses", though he would always refer to him as "Ulysses". [8]
Hiram Ulysses Grant was born on April 27, 1822 in Point Pleasant, Ohio as the first child of Jesse R. Grant, a tanner and leather merchant, and Hannah Simpson Grant. As a young boy, Grant developed a great skill with horses, and was hired to break and train them for neighbors.
