Jesse Root Grant: JEM Genealogy

Generation: 1

Jesse Root Grant was born on 6 Feb 1858 in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; died on 8 Jun 1934 in Los Altos, Santa Clara, California, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1860, Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois, USA; Residence Post Office: Galena
Residence: 1870, Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Residence Post Office: Washington
Residence: 1900, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA

Notes:

Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California, 9 Jun 1934

PRES. GRANT’ SON STRICKEN

LOS ALTOS, Jun 9 – Jesse R. Grant, 79, son of General Ulysses S. Grant, who as the baby of the General’s family journeyed over much of the South during the Civil War with his parents, is dead at his home in Los Altos.

A civil and mining engineer, grant spent many years in free lance mining activities in the United States and Mexico.

His boyhood was spent in Washington following the Civil War and during his father’s occupancy of the White House. In 1924 Jesse retired and came to Los Altos.

From his childhood association with his father, Grant retained the deepest impressions of the General and expressed them in a volume, “In the Days of My Father, General Grant,” published in 1925.

In 1908 Grant made a speaking tour in the South and West and upon his return to New York announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for President in opposition to the late William Jennings Bryan.

Surviving Grant are his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Grant; a son, Major Chapman Grant of the 11th Cavalry, U.S. A.; a daughter, Mrs. William P. Cronin of New York, Major Grant flew here from Indiana and was with his father when he died. Grant will be buried with military honors in the Presidio at San Francisco.

New York Times, New York, New York, 10 Jun 1934

GRANT BURIAL TOMORROW.

Full Military Honors Will Be Accorded General’s Son.

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jun 9 - The funeral Jesse Root Grant, mining engineer and last surviving son of General Ulysses S. Grant, who died at his Los Altos home last night, will be held on Monday at the hamlet of Mountain View.

He died with his son, Major Chapman Grant, attached to the Eleventh United States Infantry at Indianapolis, at his bedside. A daughter, Mrs. William Peter Cronan, was unable to get here from Paris.

Burial will be at the Presidio at San Francisco with full military honors.

Jesse married Elizabeth Chapman in 1899. Elizabeth was born on 10 Jan 1858 in Glencoe, McLeod, Minnesota, USA; died on 28 February 1945 in San Diego, San Diego, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Nellie Grant was born on 5 Aug 1881 in Elberon, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA; died on 1 Jun 1972 in La Jolla, San Diego, California, USA.
3. Maj Chapman Grant was born on 22 Mar 1887 in Salem Center, Washington, New York, USA; died on 5 Jan 1983 in Escondido, San Diego, California, USA.

Generation: 2

2.	Nellie Grant (1.Jesse¹) was born on 5 Aug 1881 in Elberon, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA; died on 1 Jun 1972 in La Jolla, San Diego, California, USA. Other Events and Attributes: Residence: 1900, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA

3.	Maj Chapman Grant (1.Jesse¹) was born on 22 Mar 1887 in Salem Center, Washington, New York, USA; died on 5 Jan 1983 in Escondido, San Diego, California, USA. Other Events and Attributes: Residence: 1900, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA