As a child Ulysses went to school and worked on the family farm. He liked working with horses and the other farm animals He learned to ride a horse about the time he learned to walk. His father was a tanner, but Ulysses did not like working at his tannery. As a boy Ulysses was very hard working, but not always to clever in business matters.

Ulysses went to school in Georgetown until he was 14 years old. In l983 he went to an academy for l year in nearby Ripley, Ohio. In 1839 his father heard of a neighbor’s son that had been dismissed from the U.S. Military Academy and asked his congressman to help to get an appointment for Ulysses in the neighbors place. The congressman made a mistake in Grant’s name. He thought Ulysses was his first name and his middle name was his mother’s family name Simpson. His appointment to school was for Ulysses S. Grant. He was unable to change his name after that or he would have lost that appointment. He would have had to pet

After he returned home Julia's father gave them 80 acres to farm. They named the place Hardscrabble. He liked farming, but he failed because crop prices were low and his health was poor at this time. He also peddled firewood to help support his family. By this time he had two more children. In l859 Grant sold the farm and moved to St Louis. A relative gave him a job in real estate, but he could not collect rents very well. He then worked in the U.S. Customs House and failed there also. In l860 Grants’ father offered him a job as a clerk for $50 per month in his leather goods store. Grant accepted the job, but showed no interest in being a clerk. By this time Grant was 39 years old and was considered a failure with any business deals he had been involved in.

To make a living Grant wrote magazine articles abut his war experiences. He also wrote his Memoirs published by Mark Twain (the famous American Author). His memoirs were very successful and earned his family about $l00,000. Grant died on July 23, l885 just days after competing his memoirs.

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