Birth Name: Hiram Ulysses Grant
Date of Birth: April 27, 1822
Place of Birth: Point Pleasant, Ohio
Date of Death: July 23, 1885
Place of Death: Wilton, New York
Ethnicity: English, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), distant French
Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States, having served from 1869 to 1877. He was a Republican. President Grant was a Commanding General of the Union Army during the Civil War.
President Grant’s paternal grandparents were Noah Grant III (the son of Noah Grant, Jr. and Susannah Delano) and Rachel Miller Kelly (the daughter of John Kelly and Margaret Moody).
President Grant’s maternal grandparents were John David Simpson (the son of John Simpson and Hannah Williams Roberts) and Rebecca Weir (the daughter of Samuel Weir and Mary). Samuel was born in Ulster, Ireland.
Sources: Genealogies of Ulysses S. Grant – http://www.geni.com
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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