Hiram Ulysses Grant was born April 27, 1823, in Point Pleasant, Ohio. He usually went by the name Ulysses Grant. It was frequently said that the "S" in Ulysses S. Grant stood for Simpson. His parents' names were Jesse Root Grant and Hannah Simpson Grant. Ulysses S. Grant's wife Julia Boggs Dent was born January 26, 1826, in St. Louis, Missouri. She and Grant got married August 22, 1848, in St. Louis, Missouri on the corner of 4th and Cerre Streets. She and Grant had 4 children named Jesse Root Grant, Ellen Wrenshall Grant, Fredrick Dent Grant, and Ulysses S. Grant Jr. Julia died December 14, 1902. On July 1, 1843, Grant graduated from U.S. Military Academy in West