Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-15
MRS U. S. GRANT DEAD.
Widow of the Great General Succumbs
 to Long Illness

HldoW or the Gfeat GeneraI SuccumDS
 :... to Long Illness.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-Mrs. Ulys- ses s. Grant, wife of President Grant, died at her residence in this city at 11:17 o'clock last night. Death was due to heart failure, Mrs. Grant having suf- fered for some years from valyular disease of the heart, which was aggra- vated by a severe attack of bronchitis. Her age prevented her rallying from the attacks. Her daughter, Nellie Grant Sartoris, was the only one of her chil- dren with her at the time of her death, her three sons, who had been sum- moned here all being out of the city.
 A sudden change for the worse in her condition occurred Saturday night.
 Telegrams were sent to Mrs. Grants sons, General Fred D. Grant, csm- mander of the department of Texas; Ulysses S. Grant, IT,, and Jesse Grant, both of whom are at San Diego, Cal, notifying them of their mothers con dition and urging them to come at once to Washington.
 No arrangements have been an- nouneed for the funeral, but, as is we'll understood, her body will be placed be- side that of her husband in the tomb in Riverside drive, NeW York, where a place has been reserved for her.
 Julia Dent Grant, widow Of President Ulysses s. Grant, was born in St. Lou is on Jan. 2G, 1926. She was the daugh- ter of Frederick and Ellen Wrenshall Dent. She was educated at boarding school in St. Louis and soon after grad uation met her future husband, then Lieutenant Grant, who was stationed in St. Louis. Her brother was a cadet at West Point, and 1t was through him the meeting was brought about The fami- ly objected strongly to Grant, the poor young soldier, and 1t was five years be- fore their objections were overcome. Through Judge Dents influence Grant was ordered to frontier duty, and it was with considerable satisfaction that the judge and his wife saw him go west with General Taylor But in the Mexican campaign it was Grants for tune to save the life of young Dent, his classmate. and this soon restored him | to favor in the family.
 The wedding took place on Aug %, 1S4S. Grant was made a captain and took his wife to Sncl1et's Harbor, on Lake Ontario. Later he was ordered to | Detroit, where the young couple lived in a vine covered cottage for two years. Thence they moved to Bethel, O. Mean while their family had been growing, and in 1854 there were four children Frederick D., Ulysses, Nellie and Jesse. By that time Grant had become tired | of army life and retired with the grade of captain.
 Mrs. Grants father presented to the couple a sixty acre farm in Missouri, and the young ex-captain became q tiller of the soil His experiences are indicated in the name "Hardscrabble, ; which he applied to his estate. The struggle became too fierce, and Grant | quit farming to enter real estate office in St. Louis. As a broker he. was not successful, and the family were partly dependent cn Judge Dent for support. | Finding the brokerage business unre- munerative, Grant went to Galena, H., to work fer salary of 5000 year in q tannery. His employer was brother thirteen years younger than himself. He was unsuccessful, and, although his salary was slightly raised from time to time, he was not able to live com fortabl Then came the civil war and the turning point in the fortunes of the family.