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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.
Apr 7, 2023 · His mother, Hannah Simpson Grant, was born November 23, 1798, in Montgomery, Pennsylvania. He was born Hiram Ulysses Grant and became known as Ulysses Simpson Grant when U. S. Congressman Thomas L. Hammer of Ohio mistakenly erred on his application in securing Grant admission to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1839.
May 1, 2022 · For well over a century, Hannah Simpson Grant, mother of U. S. Grant has been portrayed as cold and unfeeling; an uncaring woman and mother. However, a recent search of several of the major Grant biographies and several works of his closest friends raise the question of how Hannah Grant got this reputation.
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.
Mother of Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War Union General and 18th President of the United States. She married Jesse Root Grant on June 25, 1821 in Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio, and died of old age at her home on No. 582 Pavonia Avenue in Jersey City, New Jersey.
May 11, 2019 · One such woman whose guidance left a lasting impression not only on her son, but an entire nation, was Hannah Grant. Hannah Simpson was born near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1798 to a second-generation American family of Scotch-Irish descent.
If Jesse Grant loved talking to the press, his wife, Hannah Simpson Grant, hardly talked to anyone. Relatively little is known about Hannah. She was born in 1798 to John and Rebecca Simpson, a...
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.
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.
This obituary for Grant's mother, Hannah Simpson Grant, describes her as "a woman of uniform gentleness and amiability, and yet of firm character."
