Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-23
GRANT AND HANCOCK.
Rseoiicctions Of the Ttro Chieffains Ia ST.
EOuiS---Iheir Weddings There.
rSt Inn;S Globe Damnnrnt

EOuiS---Iheir Weddings There.
' [St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
One of the busiest streets today in St
Louis is Fourth. Millions of dollars change
hands each day in. the places of business
fronting on its curbstones. There are many
notable business houses and localities of in
terest upon Fourth street, among which it is
only necessary to mention the Gl0be-Dem
crat Office, the Planters house, and the
court house. 1t is, however, but few years,
comparatively, since this great highway Of
traffic was the site of the residences of the
young aristocracy of St. Louis, who in those
days had no thought of the great and pros
porous city which was soon to spring up,
and, tearing away their homesteads, erect in
the places once occupied by them, business
blocks and grand marts of commerce. If
they had thought of it, they would have
! bought moro land.
! Fourth street is historical. There lived
in the year gone by the Harneys, the Dents,
| the Russeis, the BENEFITS, and many other
| families, members of which have since ar
rived at distinction. Upon that street two
of the most notable men of the country at
present-Grant and Hancock-were mar
ried.
In those days, Grant, the greatest general
of the age, was regarded as of small account,
while General Hanc OK was extremely pop
ular: in fact, the curled darling of St. Louis
society. While old man Dent con6dentially
informed his friends that he had the most
singular son in-law in seven States, the Rus
Sells were immensely proud of the acqdisi-
ton TO their family of Lieutenant Hancock.
The Russells were very high-toned people
in those days. the Dents, while eminently
respectable, were not of the class that wore
claw hammer coats every day, and there was
probably no member of the family that was
good judge of extra dry.
A reporter of the Globe Democrat drop
ped around yesterday into the Office of John
+. Darby, gentleman who was living in
st. Louis when the children of the forest
were begging ine-cut of De Soto, and re-
quested him to refresh his memory in regard
to those two notable marriages.
REooLLEoTIoNR OF GRANT.
Il remember Grants wedding well, said
Mr.. Darby. sold man Dent met nae on
Third street and asked me to come around,
as Julia was going to be married to fellow
named Grant. knew Grant, and so when
got home l asked my wife if she wanted to
go to wedding. 'Whose?' she said. Julia
Dent's,' said L; she's going to marry man
named Grant" i spose we might as well
60, says she. 1t wasn't much of a wedding |
A Methodist preacher performed the cere-
mony."
''Did they have wedding tour?" asked
the reporter.
well, no; they didn't have any money,
and the walking in those days wasn't very |
good, so they just stayed at home.''
"Where was the Dent resdence?"
"Corner of Fourth and Oerre streets."
"The way of it was" continued Mr.. OAR |
by, young Louis Dent went to West Point |
as cadet. He there became acquainted |
with Grant. and On one of his vacations
brought the future President home to make
a visit. He thus became acquainted with
Julia, and they were shortly afterward mar
RED"
"Was Julia handsome giri!"
"Well, not particularly said Mr.. Darby,
'troking his chin refieesively, mot partisu-
arly"
Fourth street was not very busy in those
lays" remarked the reporter.
"No; I'll residences. Stay; there were q
ew shops near the court house."
HANcock's WEDDING.
''You remember Hancock's wedding, also,
10 your
II do, distinctly. It wss notable event
n st. Louis society. The couple were mar
led by DR.. Eliot. The Russells were Uni
arians then. Nearly ell of that sect were
present.
s:Where was the housef'
son Fourth, between Walnut and Elm"
"The Russels were quite high-toned peo-
Die, then?''
eyes, quite SO; they were very genteeI; no
Ihoddy about the Russells."