The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-12-18
MRS.U.S.CRANTDEAD
Widow of Great General Suc~
cumbs to Long Illness.
HEARTFAILURE FOLLOWS BRONCHITIS
Her Daughter, Mrs. snrtoris, the
only Child to witness the Clos
ing Scene Sons Had Been
Notified Too Late.

Notifcd Too Late.
WASHINGTON, Dec 15.-Mrs. Ulys-
ses S. Grant wife of President Grant,
died at her residence in this city ut
11:17 o'clock last night. Death was due
to heart failure, Mrs. Grant having suf-
fered for some years from valvular
disease of the heart, which was aggra-
vated by severe attack of bronchitis.
Her age prevented her rallying from
the attacks. Her daughter, Nellie Grant
Sartoris, was the only one OF her chill
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 ID. Grant, COM
mander of the department of Texas;
Ulysses S. Grant, Jr., 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
nounced for the funeral, but, as is well
understood, her body will be placed be-
side that of her husband in the tomb
in Riverside drive, New York, where
place has been reserved for her.
Julia Dent Grant, widow of President
Ulysses S. Grant was born in St. Lou
is on Jan. 26, 1896 She was the daugh-
ter of Frederick and Ellen Wrenshall
Dent. She was educated at q 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 it was through him the
meeting was brought about. The fami-
ly objected strongly to Grant, the poor
young soldier, and it 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 %,
lS4S. Grant was made a captain and
took his wife to Sacket's Harbor. on
Lake Ontario. Later he was ordered to
Detroit, where the young couple lived
in vine covered cottage for two years.
Thence they moved to Bethel, o. Mean
while their family had been growing,
md in 1884 there were four children
Frederick D., Ulysses, Nellie and Jesse.
By that time Grant had become tired
II army life and retired with the grade
If captain.
Mrs. Grants father presented to the
couple a sixty acre farm in Missouri,
md the young eX-captain became a
.fller of the soil. His experiences are
indicated in the name "Hardscrabble,"
which he applied to his estate. The
struggle became too fierce, and Grant
Iuit farming to enter real estate office
n st. Louis. AS a broker he was not
successful, and the family were partly
dependent on Judge Dent for support.
Ginding the brokerage business unre-
,nunerative, Grant went to Galena, ILL.,,
work for salary of 5000 year in Il
annery. His employer was a brother
hirteen years younger than himself.
lie was unsuccessful, and, although
lis salary was slightly raised from time
o time, he was not able to live COM
'ortably. Then came the civil war and
he turning point in the fortunes of the
'amily.