Jesse Root Grant
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Jesse Root Grant was an American farmer, tanner, and successful leather merchant who owned tanneries and leather goods shops in several different states throughout his adult life. He was the father of
Grant in 1870
Jesse and Hannah Grant
Historical depiction Grant's home, Point Pleasant, birthplace of Ulysses S. Grant
Grant household in Georgetown
Hannah Simpson Grant
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Hannah Grant 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 P
Jesse Root Grant
…River Valley. Unable to support all his children Jesse's father arranged for his apprenticeship at farms and tanneries during his youth. Jesse married Hannah Simpson Grant and they became the parents of three boys and three girls, with Ulysses being their oldest. Raised in a poor family that was forced to split up and…
Grant in 1883
Simpson's childhood home
Hannah and Jesse Grant's home in Point Pleasant when Ulysses was born