The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1879-10-24

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fectly happy. 1t was a day to b
long and pleasantly remembered b.
all who had the good fortune to b
present.
From the Daily oregonian.
A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY.
A Slight Sketch of General Grants PEI
sonal History and Public Services.
Ulysses S. Grant was born on the 27t
day of April, 1922, at the village of Poin
Pleasant, situated in Clermont county, Ohio
on the north bank of the Ohio River, abou
twenty-five miles above Cincinnati He
descended from the Grants of Scotland, an
possesses many of the characteristics of tina
sturdy race. His father, Jesse Root Grant
was born in Westmoreland county, Pa, tn
23d of January, 1894 His grandfather
Noah Grant, Jr., was native of Connect
cut, served as lieutenant at the battle o
Lexington and subsequently shared all tn
dangers of the revolutionary war. His grea
grandfather. Noah Grant, came to Americ
early in the eighteenth century. but in wha
year is not now known. A brother, Solo
mon Grant, came with him. The two broth
ers took active part in the French and 1tal
ian wars which preceded the revolution, ane
in which Noah Grant (Gen. Grants ances
tori commanded company of colonia
troops When the revolutionary war broke
out the brothers, Noah and Solomon Grant
las well as Noah Grant, Jr, as above stated
promptly entered the service, and both wert
killed at the battle of White Plains in 1776
1t will be seen that Gen. Grant comes o.
frst-rate fighting stock.
Noah Grant, Jr., moved west shortly after
the close of the revolution. His son, Jesse
R. Grant, at the age of sixteen, was sent te
Maysville, KY, where he was apprenticeo
to tanner. In June, 1920, he married
Hannah Simpson at Point Pleasant, neal
Cincinnati.
After the birth of their first son, Ulysses,
who is said to owe his name to his step
grandmother, who is represented as having
been reader of Pope's Homer and an ar
dent admirer of the Homeric hero. Mr..
and Mrs. Grant removed to Georgetown
Brown county, Ohio. Here their son first
went to school
SENT To WEST POINT.
By the time Ulysses had reached his fif.
teenth year he had fully resolved that he
would not be tanner, and gave his father
warning to that effect. He said he desired
a good education and intended to be a farm
er, or trader to the States of the South.
But his father did not fancy this plan, and
fortunately for the country sagaciously sug-
gested the idea of sending him to West
Point. At the age of seventeen he was ap-
pointed to that military school at the in
stance of Congressman Thomas L. Hamer.
At the age of twenty-one he graduated
twenty first in class of thirty-nin On
the first of July, l843, he was appointed
second lieutenant and assigned to duty in
the fourth infantry. The regiment was sta
toned at Jefferson Barracks, near st. Louis,
then the principal military station of the
west. In.lS44, Grant accompanied the reg
iment to Louisiana, whittier it had been or
dered in view of probable war with Mexico
Early in 1916 the war broke out. He par
ticipated in nearly all its important battles.
At Molino del Rey and the City of Mexico
his behavior was so gallant that he was
for distinguished and meritori-
Gus services" After the treaty of peace
with Mexico he returned with his regiment
to New York City In lS48 he married
Julia, daughter of Frederick Dent, widely
known and successful merchant of st. Louis.
After short leave of absence he returned
with his wife to Sackett's Harbor, N. Y,
where his regiment was stationed. He there
till lS49. In September of that
year he was appointed regimental quarter
master, which Office he held till 1858.
To THE PACIFIC COAST.
In the fall of lS49 his regiment moved to
Fort Brady near Detroit, where it was sta
toned nearly two years, and then returned
TO Sackett's Harbor. In 1852 it was sent to
the city of New York, preparatory to sailing
for the Pacific coast, where a rush of emigra
lion was then setting in. The regiment
proceeded by way of Panama, and suffered
much on the isthmus transit, but Grants
rugged constitution defed the malaria. A
portion of the regiment came on to Oregon.
This portion, including Grants company,
was ordered to the Dalles, where it remain
ed some time. Major Alvord was in COM
mand. In August, 1858, while on duty at
Fort Vancouver, Grant was promoted to the
full rank of captain. Shortly afterwards
he was assigned to the command of Fort
Humboldt in California
RESIGNS HIS COMMISSION.
Grant remained at Fort Humboldt about
\ year, but seeing no chance of further pro-
notion, and having nothing to compensate
1im for separation from his family, he re-
signed his commission on the 3lst of July,
1854, and reioined his wife and children at
St. Louis, from whom he had been separat-
ID about two years.
SETTLES UPON FARM.
With no fortune. of his own and with few
friends in civil life, Grant was thrown upon
lis own resources. Without hesitation he
Iettled on a small farm near st. LOUIS, which
lad been presented to Mrs. Grant by her
ather. He worked hard and attended
closely to his business. During the winter
eason he employed men to clear land and
hop wood, which he hauled to st. Louis,
Irving one team in person while his little
on drove another. When the summer
ipened his crops he was the foremost hand
n the harvest field.
REMOVES TO GALENA.
After four years of farming Grant resolv-
ID to try something else. He removed to
1t. Louis, where he conducted real estate
Mce, and subsequently had place in the
ustom house: An application which he
made for the position of city engineer was
lenied In 1860 he accepted proposition
o remove to Galena and Join his brothers
n the leather business. He was here when
he war broke out. At this time he was
ust thirty y-nine yearsof age. Immediately on
PRESIDENT LNcoLN's CALL FOR TROOPS,
n April, 1861, he raised company at Ga
ena, and shortly after was appointed by
'ov. Yates, mastering officer Of the State,
nd subsequently, at his own request was
lade colonel of the Twenty-first Illinois
Infantry. He reported to Gen. Pope in
une, 1861, and in the following August was |
brigadier of volunteers,
his knowledge; upon the recommen-
alton Of the Illinois delegation in congress.
q September he was placed in command ofl