Born in St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Frederick Fayette Dent
and Ellen Bray (Wrenshall) Dent
Sister of
John Cromwell Dent, George Wrenshall Dent, Frederick Tracy Dent, Lewis T. Dent, Julia Boggs (Dent) Grant, Mary J. Dent and Emily Marbury (Dent) Casey
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Ulysses S. Grant Sharp and Julia Grant (Sharp) Nolan
Died
at age 76
in District of Columbia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Nov 2017
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Biography
She married Alexander Sharp, (Doctor and Major U.S.A., son of Alexander Sharp and Betsy Bryson, born in Pennsylvania, July 29, 1824, died in Calif., Nov. 2, 1901). She died Dec. 26, 1904, Wash., D. C.[1]
Children [2]
- Alexander, born Nov. 8, 1855 (naval officer) married Josephine Hand of Yankton, Dakota, had issue.
- Frederick Dent, born Aug. 3, 1857, (army officer), married Ellen Beverly, died Sept. 27, 1900, had issue.
- Emma Dent, born Mar. 29, 1859, died Aug. 25, 1860.
- Bessie Bryson, born Apr. 20, 1861, married James Sumner Pettit, Colonel U.S.A. (born Ohio, Aug. 4, 1856, son of Stacey Pettit and Mary Grizella Clark), had issue.
- U. S Grant, born Mar. 7, 1863 (merchant) married Cora A. Krauss, had issue.
- Louis Dent, born Sept. 27, 1865, (banker) married Sarah Bennet (daughter of Judge Hiram Bennet of Denver, Colo.); had issue.
- Nellie Dent, born Feb. 9, 1868, married John Bradbury Bennet, U. S. A., (son of Hiram Bennet), had issue.
- Jesse Grant, born Sept. 25, 1869, died June 25, 1870.
- Julian Donaldson, born Jan. 4, 1871, died Mar. 21, 1881.
- Julia Grant, born Apr. 27, 1873, married Dennis Edward Nolan, U. S. A., had issue.
Sources
- ↑ The Dent Family, comp. by Lillian McMillan Reis, publ. 1906, pp. 34-35
- ↑ The Dent Family, comp. by Lillian McMillan Reis, publ. 1906, pp. 34-35
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