In his later years, they stayed closer to home and traveled in California. His wife died in 1909 and four years later he married a widow, America Workman Will (1878 - 1942). They had five children: Miriam (born 1881), Chaffee (born 1883), Julia (born 1885), Fannie (born 1889), and Ulysses IV (born 1893). In 1880, he married Fannie Josephine Chaffee (1857-1909), who was the daughter of Jerome B. He was also an elector for California in the 19 presidential elections (see U.S. Grant was a delegate-at-large for California at the Republican National Conventions in 18. He also became a leading citizen, who pushed for the creation of a city park, that would become Balboa Park. Grant continued to speculate in real estate. Hinde and Grant served on the Board of Directors of multiple banks and invested in many companies and business ventures together.
During his time in San Diego Grant became a close associate of Charles T. San Diego voters helped finance $700,000 for the $1.5 million needed to construct the hotel after Grant lacked the funds to do so. In 1905, he razed the old hotel and built a new one, the U. He wanted to run the hotel and name it after his father. In 1895, he bought the Horton House hotel. He purchased property throughout San Diego. Grant set up a law practice, then gave it up to invest in real estate. The Grants moved into a three-story house in San Diego in 1893. His younger brother, Jesse Root Grant, was already living in San Diego. Grant's mother suggested moving to California. When Buck was back on his feet financially, he bought Merryweather Farm in Salem Center, Westchester County, New York. Ward was convicted of fraud and served 10 years in prison. The firm went bankrupt, and the Grants lost everything. The Grants thought that they would share one-half of the profits from the firm, but realized that Ward was only interested in using the Grant name for his own interests. Grant and his father each put $100,000 in the firm and asked veterans and millionaires to invest. He partnered in a banking and brokerage firm with Ferdinand Ward. Grant then worked in private practice and became wealthy. He then accepted the job as an assistant United States Attorney in New York's Southern District. He was not interested in politics, but at his mother's urging, he worked as his father's secretary at the White House. After graduation, he joined a law firm in New York City.
He entered the Law School at Columbia University. He attended the Emerson Institute, prepared for college at Phillips Exeter Academy and graduated from Harvard University in 1874. Grant spent his early life following his father as he rose from an obscure officer to General of the Army. Grant was born in Bethel, Ohio to Ulysses S.
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