The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-30
HOUSE IN wH1cH GRANT WAS MARRrEp

HOUSE IN WHICH GRANT WAS MARRIED.
The house where Col. Dent lived. and IN which
the marriage was celebrated. now stands on the
southwest corner Of Fourth and Cerre streets,
St. Louis
There is very little now in the grimy and
.dilapidated exterior of the house TO suggest the
elegance that characterized il in the days when
1t was the CITY residence OF the Dents.
Mrs. butcher very obligine lady. answers
spacious hall, from which very precise stair
way leads TO the floor above, with one abrupt
and uncompromising turn at the middle OF the
ascent. The stairway affords the first strong
trace of the old-time richness It's balusters are
exceedingly plain and straight and its sharp
cornered newell post Is innocent of carving. but
ali the parts are OF mahogany and the top OF the
post is inlaid with pearl. The double parlors in
which the wedding occurred open OF the hall to
the LETT. They cCmmod ious rooms OF about
16xlS feet in Dimensions, and separated by very
heavy sliding doors. The door facings and win
dow facings are very broad, but without cary
ing or molding, and are painted white just as
they were in their DAYS of glory. The knobs OF
the doors OF solid brass, and perfectly
smooth. as was the fashion when the house was
built The fireplace is surmounted by a wooden
mantel, and is faced by an ornament
ed sheet-iron front which has escaped
these years. The most notable fea-
ture, however, is the chandelier, which
is the same that lighted the memorable bridal
festival. lt is a very unique affair in bronze,
with three burners and three supporting rods,
between which latter IL handsome knightly
figure. The wonder is that such souvenir as
tons TO which the house has been subjected.
The front room IL now sleeping room: the
back parlor is dining-room There is nothing
in the general plan of the house to call for spe-
cial mention, il If an ordinary dwelling place.
with three large rooms on each of the three
floors, and a ballroom additional on the second
floor.
IL would appear that the days of this relic are
already numbered, as IL lies directly in the line
of the proposed route of the elevated road which
is to connect the Iron Mountain Road with the
Union Depot.
The bridal couple did not make this house
turned to St Louis, and lived for some
time with Mrs. Grants parents out at the
farm. on the Gravos road. Young Grant
resigned his army commission in 1854, and
located with his family out on the Dent farm,
Mr.. Dent having made his daughter "A present
of eighty and four slaves. They lived
there very nicely but Grant did not find the life
congenial. The chief farming he did was to
haul cordwood to town and sell It, on which oc-
casion the very familiar costume which clad his
gaunt form was jeans pants, gray wooden
shirt, one or two "galluses, pair of raw-hide
boots, n SLOUGH hat, and an untrimmed beard.
backsnake whip made him CONF lete.
firing completely of farm life, he moved into
town. and at first occupied for time a house at
the southeast corner of Seventh and Lynch
streets, and then moved TO little house which
is now numbered zoos Barton street. His
ployment the real estate business, but he
did not prosper. and in 1887 moved to Galena,
ILL.,, where he went into business with his father
as a tanner. Soon afterward the war broke cut.
and Grant not long in discovering that
there at least one way in which ne could
earn living, and earn il nobly