Frederick Dent Grant (1850 - 1912)

Born 30 May 1850 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Ida Marie (Honoré) Grant — married 20 Oct 1874 in Cook County, IL

Descendants

Died 11 Apr 1912 at age 61 in New York City, New York, United States

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Biography

Soldier, statesman and businessman, Fredrick Dent Grant was the eldest child of Ulysses S. Grant and Julia (Dent) Grant. He was named after his mothers brother, General Frederick Tracy Dent^[1]. He spent his childhood in St. Louis, Missouri and also Galena, Illinois where he attended public schools in Galena before the start of the Civil War in 1861^[1]. Frederick was often found with his father during the engagements of the Civil war and was wounded during the Vicksburg battle when he was shot in the leg^[1].

Military

He attended West Point Academy from 1866 to graduation in 1871. Frederick worked as a Civil Engineer for the Union Pacific Railroad before returning to the Army in 1872. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in 1873 and served on the staff of General Philip Sheridan. He accompanied Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer in 1874 during the Black Hills Expedition, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hills_Expedition^[1]. Grant resigned from the U.S. Army in 1881 and worked as a businessman in New York but returned in 1898 when the Spanish–American War started. He was commissioned as a Colonel of the 14th New York Volunteers and promoted to Brigadier General. In 1901, he was commissioned a Brigadier General in the Regular Army. In 1906 he was promoted to Major General. Grant continued to serve in the Army until his death. He died on April 11, 1912 in New York City and is buried at West Point Cemetery^[2].

Wars

• Indian Wars
• Spanish–American War
• Philippine–American War

Awards

• Indian Campaign Medal
• Spanish Campaign Medal
• Philippine Campaign Medal

Family

Frederick married Ida (Honoré) Grant on the 20th of October in 1874. Their first child Julia (Grant) Cantacuzene was born in June 1876 and most probably saved Grant's life when he was granted a leave of absence and missed the Battle of the Little Big Horn^[3]. Frederick's and Ida's second child, Ulysses Grant III, was born in 1881. Ida died in 1930 eighteen years after her husband and is buried at West Point Cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Wikipedia, Frederick Dent Grant
2. ↑ "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WMQ-1BM : 20 March 2015), Frederick Dent Grant, 11 Apr 1912; citing Death, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,323,309"
3. ↑ - CSSLibraryGuides, Frederick Dent Grant

See also:

• "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N7DP-XLN : accessed 08 Dec 2013), Frederick Dent Grant and Ida Marie Honore, 20 Oct 1874.
• Last name of wife Honore...as on marriage record and on her tombstone at Westpoint Cemetery. http://billiongraves.com/pages/record/IdaHonoreGrant/5870264 Marriage record for daughter Julia also states Honore. "Rhode Island, Marriages, 1724-1916," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8VK-HST : accessed 08 Dec 2013), Frederick D. Grant in entry for Michel Cantacuzene-Sheransky and Julia Grant, 25 Sep 1899.
• United States Military Academy Post Cemetery West Point Orange County New York, USA Plot: Section 26, Row D, Grave 39
• Julia Grant aka Julia Boggs Dent, http://www.nndb.com/people/227/000127843/, based upon her autobiography.
• FindAGrave Memorial #2302