Ellen Bray Wrenshall Dent

Mother-in-law of US General & President Ulysses S. Grant.

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Ellen Bray Wrenshall1,2

1. 25102, b. 1783

Ellen Bray Wrenshall was born in 1783 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.1,2

Ellen married Frederick Fayette Dent, son of George Dent and Susanna Dawson, circa 1815.1

Ellen and Frederick Fayette Dent lived in 1850 at ward 2 in St. Louis, Missouri. Residing with them were, their children John, Louis, Ellen and Emily, their son-in-law President Ulysses Simpson Grant, their married daughter Julia Boggs Grant, their grandchild Frederick Dent Grant.1

    Ellen was enumerated with her husband, Frederick Fayette Dent under the name of "Ellen Dent" on the 1850 U. S. Census for ward 2, Missouri. She was listed as a 56-year-old woman born in England.1

Children of Ellen Bray Wrenshall and Frederick Fayette Dent

   * John Cromwell Dent b. 18181

* George Wrenshall Dent b. 30 Jan 18192
* Louis Dent b. 12 Mar 18231
* Julia Boggs Dent+ b. 26 Jan 1826, d. 14 Dec 19021
* Ellen Wrenshall Dent b. 28 Jun 18281
* Mary Dent b. 18292
* Frederick Tracy Dent b. 17 Dec 18292
* Emily Marbury Dent b. 6 Jun 18361