Philadelphia, and later removed to Richmond County, Georgia, where he married a widow, Mrs. Williams, whose family name was Emory; she had two sons: William and Isaac Williams.

SAMUEL Davis', settled in the middle states.

EVAN Davis', b. abt. 1730, in Wales; d. abt. 1775, in Georgia; m. Mrs. (Emory) Williams; they were the grand parents of President Jefferson Davis, C. S. A.

(2285). HANNAH SIMPSON", (dau. of John and Rebecca (Weir) Simpson) was b. Nov. 23, 1798 in Pa.; d. May 11, 1883; m. June 25, 1821, at Point Pleasant, Ohio.

2303. JESSE ROOT GRANT, b. June 25, 1794, Westmoreland Co., Pa.; d. abt. 1874, in his 80th year. Children:

2304. i.

2305. ii.

2306. iii.

HIRAM Ulysses Grant'; he changed his name to ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT. He was b. April 27, 1822, at Point Pleasant, Ohio; d. July 23, 1885, on Mount McGregor, near Saratoga, N. Y.; m. Aug. 22, 1848, at St. Louis, Mo. Julia Boggs Dent b. Jan. 26, 1826, dau. of Frederick and Ellen (Wrenshall) Dent, and grand daughter of Col. George Dent, who led "the forlorn hope" at Ft. Montgomery, when it was stormed by "Mad Anthony Wayne." Her mother was a descendant of John Wrenshall, "who came from England to escape religious intolerance," and settled in Philadelphia.

SAMUEL Simpson Grant', a merchant at Galena, Ill.; b. Sept. 23, 1825, in Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio; d. Sept. 13, 1861, near St. Paul Minn.; unmarried.

CLARA Rachel Grant, b. Dec. 11, 1828, in Georgetown, Ohio; d. March 6, 1865 in Covington, Ky.

2307. iv.

2308. V.

2309. vi.

2310.

2311.

(2304).

VIRGINIA Paine Grant, b. Feb. 20, 1832, in Georgetown, Ohio; d. March 28, 1881, in Jersey City, New Jersey; m. May 13, 1869 Hon. Abel Rathbone Corbin, of New York City, and later of Elizabeth, New Jersey. They had one child who d. in infancy.

ORVIL Lynch Grant', b. May 15, 1835, in Georgetown, Ohio; d. Aug. 4, 1881, in Elizabeth, N. J.; m. April 1857, Mary Medary dau. of Asher and Elizabeth Medary.

MARY Frances Grant', b. July 28, 1839 in Georgetown; d. Jan. 23, 1898, in Carlisle, Pa.; m. Oct. 27, 1863, in Covington, Ky., Rev. John Cramer; b. Feb. 6, 1835, at Hoher, Hallau, Switzerland, near the falls of the Rhine, a son of John and Magdaline (Bower) Cramer. Rev. John Cramer, was Resident Minister to Denmark, 1870. Children:

i. CLARA Virginia Cramers, b. Oct. 17, 1864, Covington, Ky.

ii. JAMES Grant Cramers, b. Aug. 26, 1869.

PRESIDENT U. S. GRANT', m. Aug. 22, 1848,

Julia Boggs Dent. Children:

FREDERICK Dent Grants, b. May 20, 1850, in St. Louis, Mo.; d. April 12, 1912, in New York City; m. Oct. 20, 1874, in Chicago, Ill., Ida H. Honore, dau. of Henry Hamilton Honore. Their children were:

ii.

2317.

iv.

JULIA Dent Grant", m. Prince Cantazune, of Russia.

MIRIAM Grant".

CHAFFEE Grant".

ULYSSES S. Grant', the III. Captain in the Corps of Engineers of the U. S. A.

2318. ii.

2319. iii.

2320.

2321. iv.

ULYSSES Grant, Jr., b. 1852, at Bethel.

JESSE Grant, Jr., b. 1858, in St. Louis, Mo., married and had:

CHAPMAN Grant'.

NELLIE Grants, b. 1855, in St. Louis, Mo.; m. 1st, Algeron Sartoris; she m. Jones, a banker of Chicago, Ill.

2d, Frank H.

Children of 1st

2323.

ii.

2324.

iii.

ROSEMARY Sartoris'.

ALGERON Sartoris", m. 1904, Mlle. Germaine Cecil Noufflard, of Paris. In 1917 enlisted in the foreign legion, and was in training at L evallebonne; was later slightly wounded while with the French Armies in the field in 1918.

BISHOP MATTHEW T. SIMPSON.

One of the most distinguished members of the Simpson family, was Bishop Matthew T. Simpson, who on account of his devotion to the Methodist Church and the tenants of its faith was styled "The Napolean of Methodism", we trace his lineage from:

(2260). John Simpson, whose son:

(2262). Thomas Simpson, b. 1683, in Ireland, came to America and settled in Pennsylvania, and his son:

2325. Thomas Simpson, was b. 1736, in Paxtang; his son: 2326. Thomas Simpson, removed to Baltimore, in 1793, and thence, after 1800, to Jefferson County, Ohio; he married in Maryland, but name of wife is unknown. Children:

ANDREW Simpson", settled in Chillicothe, Ohio.

JOHN Simpson", settled in Washington County, Pa.; d. 1836, in Stock Township, Harrison County, Ohio; married Margaret (or Mary) McElroy, and raised a large family, most of whom reside in Illinois. Among their children was: JOHN Simpson", b. 1814; m. Margaret

Law.

MATTHEW Simpson", b. 1776; settled in Cadiz, Ohio; was a member of the Ohio Legislature; d. 1874; unm.

MARY Simpson", m. John Eagleson, and settled in Harrison County, Ohio; all of their family, except two daughters died childless.

WILLIAM Simpson", settled in Waterford, Erie County, Pa.; died in the prime of life, leaving several sons.

JAMES Simpson", the youngest of this family, died June 15, 1812, in Pittsburgh, Pa.; m. June 10, 1806, Sarah Tingley, b. May 23, 1781. (No.2349.) Children:

HATTIE Simpson", b. April 3, 1807; m. in 1829, George McCulloch, a merchant in Cincinnati, Ohio.

ELIZABETH Simpson", b. February 2, 1809; married Dr. Scoles, who became a Methodist minister; she d. in 1833, and is buried in the cemetery at Cadiz, Ohio.

MATTHEW TINGLEY SIMPSON, b. June 21, 1811, in Cadiz, Ohio; d. June 18, 1884; m. November 3, 1835, Ellen H. Verner, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.