Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . dam Badeau(3 vols., New York, 1867-81); Life and Public Ser-vices of Gen. U. S. Grant, by James Grant Wilson(1868); revised and enlarged edition (1886); TheAncestry of General Grant and their Contempora-ries, by Edward C. Marshall (1869); Around theWorld with General Grant, by John Russell Young(1880); and Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant,written by himself (2 vols., 1885-6); also variousbiographies and numerous addresses, among themone by Henry Ward Beecher, delivered in Boston,22 Oct., 1885.—His wife, Julia Dent, b. in , Mo., 26 Jan., 1826
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . dam Badeau(3 vols., New York, 1867-81); Life and Public Ser-vices of Gen. U. S. Grant, by James Grant Wilson(1868); revised and enlarged edition (1886); TheAncestry of General Grant and their Contempora-ries, by Edward C. Marshall (1869); Around theWorld with General Grant, by John Russell Young(1880); and Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant,written by himself (2 vols., 1885-6); also variousbiographies and numerous addresses, among themone by Henry Ward Beecher, delivered in Boston,22 Oct., 1885.—His wife, Julia Dent, b. in , Mo., 26 Jan., 1826, is the daughter of Fred-erick and Ellen Wrenshall Dent. Her father wasthe son of Capt. George Dent, who led the forlornhope at Fort Montgomery, when it was stormedby Mad Anthony Wayne. On her mothers sideshe was descended from John Wrenshall, whocame from England to this country to escape re-ligious intolerance, and settled in Philadelphia, the age of ten years she was sent to Miss Mo-reaus boarding - school, where she remained for. eight years. Soon after her return home she ,, then of the 4th infantry, stationedat Jefferson barracks at St. Louis, and in the springof 1844 became engaged to him. Their marriage,deferred by the war with Mexico, took place on 22Aug., 1848. Thefirst four years ofher married lifewere spent at De-troit, Mich., andat Saoketts Har-bor, N. Y., whereCapt. Grant wasstationed. In 1852Mrs. Grant re-turned to her fa-thers home in , her healthnot being suffi-ciently strong toaccompany herhusband to Cal-ifornia, whitherhis command hadbeen years later he resigned from the army andjoined his family in St. Louis. During the civilwar Mrs. Grant passed much of the time with , or near the scene of action, he sending forher whenever opportunity permitted. She waswith him at City Point in the winter of 1864-5,and accompanied him to Washington when he re-turned with his victorious army. She saw her hus-band twice
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