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Jesse Root Grant

Birthdate:
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Death: June 08, 1934 (76)
Los Altos, Santa Clara County, California, United States
Place of Burial: San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States and Julia Boggs Grant (Dent), First Lady
Husband of Elizabeth Mary Grant and Lillian Burns Grant
Father of Nellie Cronan and Major Chapman Grant
Brother of Brig. Gen. Frederick Dent Grant; Ulysses "Buck" Grant, Jr. and Ellen (Nellie) Wrenshall Jones

Managed by: James A. Nagel
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About Jesse Root Grant

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Root_Grant

Jesse Root Grant (February 6, 1858–June 8, 1934), the youngest son of President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant and Julia Grant, was a miner and entrepreneur.

Born near St. Louis, Missouri, he studied engineering at Cornell University. He settled in California and in the 1890s was an early developer of Tia Juana now Tijuana, Mexico, as a gambling resort. He abandoned the party of his father to become a Democrat and in 1908 was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. He wrote "In the Days of My Father General Grant" (1925).

In 1880, he married Elizabeth Chapman (1860 - 1942), who was from a prominent family in San Francisco. Her father was William Chapman, one of the founders of the California Academy of Sciences. They had two children:

Chapman Grant

Nellie Grant

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Jesse Root Grant's Timeline

1858
February 6, 1858
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
1881
August 5, 1881
Elberon, NJ, United States
1887
March 27, 1887
North Salem, Westchester County, New York, United States
1934
June 8, 1934
Age 76
Los Altos, Santa Clara County, California, United States
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San Francisco National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States