Jesse Root Grant (1794 - 1873)

Born 23 Jan 1794 in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Simpson) Grant — married 29 Jun 1821 (to 1873) in Point Pleasant, Clermont Co., Ohio

Descendants

Died 29 Jun 1873 at age 79 in Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

The father of U.S. President Grant, Jesse Root Grant was born 23 Jan 1794 at Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He was the second child of Noah Delano Grant by his second wife Rachel (Miller) Kelly. He moved with his family to Ohio at a young age and served apprenticeships at farms and tanneries during his youth.

Jesse R. Grant married Hannah Simpson on 29 Jun 1821 at Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio, USA.^[1] . They had six children, three boys and three girls.

At various times through out his life Jesse Root Grant worked as a farmer, tanner, merchant, Mayor of Georgetown, Ohio, 1837 to 1839, Mayor of Bethel, Ohio 1851, and Postmaster in Covington, Kentucky. Jesse proved to be very successful in his business ventures and owned leather goods stores in Bethel, Ohio, Covington, Kentucky, and Galena, Illinois. He was very proud of his son in his later years and was a frequent visitor to the president at the White House. He died in 1873 at Covington, Kentucky, and is buried at Spring Grove Cemetery, in Cincinnati, Ohio ^[2].

Sources

1. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDP9-9MZ : 20 September 2017), Jesse R. Grant and Hannah Simpson, 29 Jun 1821; citing Clermont, Ohio, United States, reference ; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 327,560.
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Root_Grant

• Grant, Arthur. The Grant Family, A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Matthew Grant of Windsor, Conn. (A.V. Haight, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 1898); p. 65: https://archive.org/details/grantfamilygenea00gran/page/65/mode/1up

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX3L-T5F : 12 April 2016), Jesse R Grant, Tate, Clermont, Ohio, United States; citing family 859, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBR-ZQY : 14 December 2017), Jessee Grant, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFHX-FGJ : 12 April 2016), Jesse R Grant, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 28, family 191, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,977.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Root_Grant

• http://presidentusgrant.com/picture-archives/1630-1822-ancestors-of-u-s-grant/jesse-grant-1794-1873/

• https://famouskin.com/family-group.php?name=8442+ulysses+s+grant&ahnum=2