Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-12-17
Wife OF the Famous War General and
President euecumps to heart
Trouble In Washington.
SONS COULD NOT nEAcH HER
Remains viii be Laid In the Grand
Mausoleum on the Bank Of the
Hudson In New York .ity.

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Ulysses S. Grant. wife Of President
Grant, died at her residence in this
city at 11:17 o'clock tonight. Death
was due to heart failure, Mrs. Grant
having suffered for some years from
valvular disease of the heart, which
was aggravated by a severe attack OF
bronchitis, and her age prevented her
rallying from the attacks.
Her daughter, Nellie Grant Sartoris,
was the only one of her children with
her at the time of her death. her three
sons, vino had been summoned here,
all being out of the city.
There also were present at the bed.
side when the end came, Miss Rose.
mary Sartoris. granddaughter. DR..
Bishop, one OF the attending physi.
clans. and two trained nurses. Death
came peacefully, the sufferer main.
tanning almost complete consciousness
practlcaily TO the end.
Word has come from Jesse and u.
s. Grant, two Of the sons now In Cal.
ifornia. that they have started on their
way to Washington. The other son,
General Fred Grant. is IN Texas, and
he will hasten here as soon as he
receives the message telling him OF
his mothers death.
The remains will be taken to River.
side Park. where the remains OF her
husband rest, to be inferred beside
them. Whether they will be taken
Immediately after the ceremony. or
the event Is to be postponed for a
time. is not known.
Mrs. Grant, whose name was Julia
Dent, was born In st. Louis In 1926
and was the daughter OF Frederick
and Ellen Wrenchall Dent. She was
married to General Grant, then cap
tain. in 1S4S. During the civil war
Mrs. Grant was with General Grant
most Of the time and renamed as
near as possible to him when he was
campaigning She saw her husband
twice inaugurated as president and
accompanied him on his journey
around the world. AS mistress OF
the White House she gave literally
to all charitable institutions OF the
city. Four children were born to her
three sons and one daughter, all of
whom are living. Miss Nellie. daugh.
ter. who became the wife of Algernon
Sartoris in 1874 has lived in Wash.
ington with her mother for several
years. Frederick Dent Grant. the eld
est son. is In the army, and the two
other sons, Jesse and Ulysses Sher
man, live at San Diego. California
During recent years since General
Grants death. Mrs. Grant has spent
most of her winters in this city, liv
ing at 21l1 Q street. while in the sum
mer she usually lived at Saratoga
Manchester-by-the-Sea, an old popular
resort, until the last two summers
when she resided with her daughter
Mrs. Sartoris, at Coburg, Ont. She
also made several visits to her sons
in California during the last few
years. She was of a domestic TEN
perament and devoted most OF heI
time TO home and children. She cared
little for society and always avoided
public notice as much as possible
ner devotion to her husband was re
markable and curing the latter's un
successful years before the civil wal
and when his fortune was swept away
shortly before his ueath. Mrs. Grant
always bore herself bravely and was
an inspiration to him. For five years
, Mrs. Grant had been 80 feeble that
/ 1t was impossible for her to accept
social engagements. She suffered
|. from rheumatism and was compelled
10 walk with a cane or with the as
sistance OF servant. She was "a
years OF age.
Mrs. Ulysses s. Grant will be bur
led in the Grant mausoleum at New
, York beside her famous hero husband
The Grant monument Is famous all
over the world and is the most mag
} nifcent mausoleum ever erected. II
cost over s25O.0O0 to build and every
block is OF the finest marble.