Jesse Root Grant
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Jesse Root Grant (February 6, 1858–June 8, 1934), the youngest son of President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant and Julia Grant, was a miner and entrepreneur.
He dropped out of Cornell University at age 19 to join his parents on their world tour. He returned to the United States and spent one year at the Law School of Columbia University. He dropped out of school and went West. He settled for a while in San Diego, California where he helped his brother Ulysses S. (Buck) Grant, Jr. Grant then traveled around the west as a miner, spending some time in Alaska.
In 1880, he married Elizabeth Chapman (1860 - 1942), who was from a prominent family in San Francisco. Her father was William Chapman, one of the founders of the California Academy of Sciences. They had two children: Chapman Grant and Nellie.
In 1913, Grant sued for divorce while they were living in Goldfield, Nevada. Mrs. Grant strenuously fought his charges of desertion, and countersued on his deserting her and of not supporting the family. The divorce was followed by the newspapers. When the divorce was finally granted, Grant married Lillian Burns Wilkins.
Grant died in Los Altos, California in 1934 and is buried at the cemetery at the Presidio of San Francisco.
