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Dent was born on December 17, 1820, in White Haven, St. Louis County, Missouri. He was the son of Frederick Fayette Dent (1787–1873) and Ellen Bray (née Wrenshall) Dent (1793–1857). [1] He graduated from West Point in 1843. One of Dent's classmates was Ulysses S. Grant, who married Dent's sister Julia.
Colonel Frederick Dent, Julia's father, gave 80 acres of the farm to the couple as a wedding present on what today is Rock Hill Road. Grant built his cabin on this land. [2] Colonel Dent was a farmer in St. Louis County. He owned 925 acres along Gravois Creek, 10 miles southwest of the city, and owned slaves to farm the land.
Julia Dent Grant Cantacuzène Speransky, [needs IPA] Princess Cantacuzène, Countess Speransky (June 6, 1876 – October 4, 1975), was an American author and historian. She was the eldest child of Frederick Dent Grant and his wife Ida Marie Honoré , and the second grandchild of Ulysses S. Grant , the 18th President of the United States .
Nellie Grant lived in a log cabin, built by her father Ulysses S. Grant the first two years of her life.. Nellie Grant was born on July 4, 1855, in Wistonwisch, Missouri, near St. Louis, on the estate slave plantation of Col. Frederick Dent, known as White Haven. [1]
Dent, Frederick Tracy: Lieutenant colonel, USA (March 20, 1864) Brigadier general, USV (April 5, 1865) Brigadier general, USA (March 13, 1865) USMA, 1843 Brother-in-law of Ulysses S. Grant: Denver, James W. Brigadier general, USV (August 14, 1861) Resigned March 5, 1863 U.S. Congressman from California (1855–1857) Territorial Governor of ...
Frederick Dent may refer to: Frederick B. Dent (1922–2019), United States Secretary of Commerce; Frederick Tracy Dent (1820–1892), American general
Frederick Dent Grant at a Military Tournament, Toledo, Ohio, 1909. Frederick Dent Grant (May 30, 1850 – April 12, 1912) [1] was a soldier and United States minister to Austria-Hungary. Grant was the first son of General and President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant and Julia Grant. He was named after his uncle, Frederick Tracy Dent.
Ulysses Simpson Grant III (July 4, 1881 – August 29, 1968) was a United States Army officer and planner. He was the son of Frederick Dent Grant , and the grandson of General of the Army and American President Ulysses S. Grant .