Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-12-22
Heroic Forpde and Wifely Devotion Of Mrs General Grant

his own hands during the summer Of 1864.
when the cabin was completed he and his
family went to live in It.. The cabin is still
IN, existence. and is now exhibited at old
Orchard, suburb OF Sc. Louis, not far
from the original site on which the cabin
was located. 1t contai1ed four rooms,
two above and two below. hall ran
through the middle from side 20 size.
The land on which Grant built his cabin
comprised eighty acres. and was Major
Dents wedding gift to his daughter Ma
Tor Dent was a radical southerner, and
conceived a. hearty dislike for HIS son-in-
law on account OF Grants northern pro-
clivities. He was a man of means, but
with the exception of this gift Of land
he left the young couple TO their own
resources. During Ahe time In which
Grant and his family lived In their log
cabin they were often pinched for the ne
cessities Of life But despite the contrast
which her life with her husband in their
humble abode afforded to the life of lux
ury and ease which she had led as q
young girl under her fathers roof Mrs.
Grants devotion to her husband and her
family was such that her cheerful dis
position was not blunted in the slightest
degree.
Instead of lamenting the misfortune
which had overtaken her, she did every
thing in her power to tighten the burden
which she knew bore so heavily on the
man whom she loved. She gave occasional
parties. in the little cabin to which her
near neighbors and friends were invited
and was constantly employing her wom-
ans ingenuity to surround her family cir
Gle with as much sunshine as her hus-
bands circumstances would permit. 1t was
due to her in no small degree that her
husbands dauntless spirit was preserved
unbroken through the trials which he
passed, and tnat when the great crisis
came which was to mark the turning
point in his career he was able to take
full advantage of the opportunity which
the war afforded his military genius.
During and After the War.
During the civil war Mrs Grant passed
much OF the time with General Grant near
the scene Of action, he sending for her
whenever opportunity permitted She was
with him at City Point, In the winter of
1S64-5 and accompanied him to Washing
ton when he returned with his victorious
army. She saw her husband twice inaug-
urated president OF the United States,
and was his companion on his journey
around the world. Speaking of the tour
they took she remarked to friend:
Having learned lesson from my prede-
cessor, Penelope, I accompanied my Ulys-
SEES in his wanderings around the world"
Inc days which she spent I'm the white
house were happy days for Mrs. Grant.
She often referred to them as the happiest
days Of her life except those in which she
had found her greatest Joy in comforting
and sustaining her husband in the strug-
giles Of their early married life.
3 I'm their return from abroad Gen. Grant
and his wife took up their residence in
New York city. Their home here was
Temporarily broken up when Gen. Grant
was stricken with his fataI Illness. After
the generals death at Mount McGregor,
Mrs Grant continued to maintain her
household in New York, but when her
sons had all married she gave up, finding
1t too lonesome.
Mrs Grant had four children born to
her-three sons--Frederick Dent, Ulysses,
Jr., and Jesse, and one daughter, Nellie.
Frederick Grant is now a brigadier gen.
eral in the United States army, Ulysses,
Jr., and Jesse are business men in Cali
fornia, and Nellie, who became Mrs. Sar-
toris, is living in Washington with her
children During her later years Mrs.
Grant visited around among her children.
She was very fond of her grandchildren,
and they in turn were devoted TO her.
Most of her time had been spent with
her daughter, Nellie, in Washington. Nell
lie was always the idol of her mothers
and fathers heart and the misfortune OF
her marriage was the greatest sorrow of
her mothers life, as 1T was also of her
fathers. She married Algernon Sartoris,
an Englishman from whom she separated
some years before his death. in 1892.
A Wealthy Woman.
Mrs. Grant was a wealthy woman. Pa
triotio friends of the general gave the
family many presents of value. besides
the New York house., which they oocu-