The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-06-14
Grants Boys.

The "Grant boys" as the sons OF
the General are familiarly called on
Wall street, have been the subject OF
so much talk since the failure OF
GraDt 4 Ward that it will be of in
terest to the general reader to know
just who and what they are. They
are Colonel Frederick Grant,
Ulysses s. Grant, Jr., and Jesse r.
Grant. Col. Frederick Grant is the
eldest son. He is about 35 years of
age. He graduated from West Point
In 1870, and married Miss Honore, of
Chicago, q thoroughly accomplished
young lady, conversant, to q tar
greater extent than the average of
educated young ladies, with the lam
guages and q most charming musi-
can. She is also possessed of great
personal beauty. Her sists married
Potter Palmer, of the Palmer House,
Chicago. Frederick Grant, his wife
and their two children, boy and a
girl, are at present residing in
MOrristOwn, N. J. After leaving
West Point, Col Grant went upon
the staff Of Gen. Sheridan, from
which, in 1877, he secured leave of
absence to accompany his father on
his tour around the world. When he
returned from this trip he went back
for awhile to his position upon the
staff of Gen. Sheridan, when, re-
signing, he became vice-president of
the Texas narrow-guage railroad,
spending mis- time between Texas
and New York. He resigned his po>
sition as vice-president of the rail-
road company to become connected
with the firm now defunct. Aside
from this, however, he was engaged
in other business. He is regarded as
cautious and conservative in his bus>
iness transactions, and was thought
to be very "well>to-do" up to the day
when Grant & Ward failed.
Ulysses s. Grant Jr., Gen. Grants
second son, is q graduate of Harvard
College, most of his education there
having been received during his
fathers first Presidential term.
While at college he devoted his at
tention particularly to the law, and
stood very we'll in his class. During
Gen. Grants second term as Presi>
dent the young man served his father
az private secretary When his
rather left the Presidential chair the
son came to this city and became AS.
sistant United States District Attor-
pey under Stewart L. Woodruff.
When he relinquished this office he
went into Wall Street alone as q
broker and was very successful. In
November, 1879, lie was married to
Miss Fannie Chaffee, the daughter of
ex>United States Senator Jerome
Chaffee. Miss Chaffee had a large
property in her own right, butyoung
Grant never used a dollar of his
wife's fortune IN -~his7-e S<.s:
ness. AS wedding present
Miss Chaffee's father gave her
a house in Forty-eighth street, near
Fifth avenue, which the young
couple occupied for a while. This
house was recently sold, and during
last winter U. s. Grant, Jr., his wife
and two children occupied apart
ments in the Harper flats, corner OF
Madison and FOrty-elght streets:
Mrs. Grant is in feeble health and
very rarely goes out. She is q lady
of great refinement and amiability.
Jesse r. Giant is the youngest
son of General Grant. He was
educated at Cornell University, and
early manifested evidences of invent
i've genius. He has invented numer-
GUS things which show great
ingenuity, but have never been
brought to public attention. In 1879
he married a young lady then resld-
ing ia California. He has been
largely interested in an electric light
company in this city.-N. Y. Herald.