Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-08-01
GEN. GRANT GONE.

The Death Of Hero and q Statesman WIN
was Twice the Ruler Of the Repubhc-A
Brief Biographical Sketch of His Life.
The announcement of the death O.
Ulysses 8. Grant at his home in New
York while not wholly unexpected
will cause thrill of sorrow, not only il
this couEtry, but wherever the sad It'd.
ings is carried by the wires throughout
the civilized world.
While the wonderful career of General
Grant as the savior of the republic can
only be compared with that of the august
Washington, the Father of his Coun-
try" both of whom being called by 9
grateful people twice to be the ruler OF
the republic which they had alike saved
by their sword, the universal burst OF
sorrow that will sweep across the country
from ocean to ocean at the tidings of the
death of the great military hero of this
nineteenth century will scarcely be less
in poignancy than it was following the
deaths of Lincoln or Garfield, those re-
cent notable bereavements of chosen
rulers in the history of the republic.
The fame and services of General
Grant to his country are too we'll known
sc every American, to call at the present
time for any extended notice or eulogy.
It was his fortune to have lived at a
time of extraordinary activity in this
country. Called by the breaking out of
the civil war from comparative obscurity,
the life of Gen. Grant thereafter reads
as romance, more eventful and wonder
full than was ever evolved from the brain
of Sue or Dumas; while his fame and
conspicuous services are imperishably
stamped on the history of his country
for all coming time, and will be spoken
by grateful posterity as long as the
English language shall endure.
Ulysses s. Grant was born at Point
Pleasant, Clermont county, Ohio, on the
9th of April, 1922. He was the eldest of
six children. His early surroundings
we're simple, his father who was of Scotch
descent, being a dealer in leather, In
humble circumstances. At the age of
II Grant entered the Military Academy
at West Point, from which he graduated
in 1S43. ranking twenty first in class Of
Is with the commission of brevet second
lieutenant.
Grant remained in the army eleven
years, coming through the Mexican war.
According to Gen. Adam Badeau, he
participated in every battle except that
of Buena Vista. He received two brevets
for gallantry, and was later stationed at
several posts on the Canada frontier,
and finally in California and Oregon. In
1843 he married Julia 7. Dent, daughter
of merchant of St. Louis. In 1853, be-
ing then a captain, he resigned his COM
mission in the army and removed to
Gravois, near st. Louis, where he opera
ted farm. There his daughter Nellie.
now Mrs. Sartoris, ard one or two Of her
brothers were born.
Several years later his farming exper- |
iment not proving successful, removed
his family to st. Louis. After his failure |
as an agriculturalist, the young soldier
Tor q number of years wrestled with the |
problem of life with Indifferent success |
Like many others who were destined to
perform great things, he was forced to
confront care and anxiety. He tried the
real estate business and was unsuccess-
full. In 1860. he went into the leather |
trade with his father and brother at Ga |
lena, Illinois.
The breaking out of the civil war found
Grant, the future leader of our armies
thus engaged in the effort to support |
himself and family in small inland
town. He was unknown beyond his
home. without influence, and unac-
gu ainted with men of position and pow
er. Even az military man, his knowl-
edye was limited. He had served under