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Hiram Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822 – 1885) 6th Commanding General of the U. S. Army, 18th President of the United States




General William Tecumseh Sherman (1820 – 1891) once said of Ulysses, “I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant. I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.” He also said, “Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.” It’s obvious they had a mutual admiration society for each other. I’d imagine they shared a brotherly love for Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865) 16th U.S. President as well.

Shortly after his death, his friend Samuel Langhorne Clemens “Mark Twain” (1835 – 1910) published his memoirs. As a result of the ingenious marketing campaign he devised, the critically acclaimed, two-volume set sold over 350,000 copies.

There’s a reminisence by a fellow officer who served at Fort Humboldt in 1853 with Capt. Grant that tells about his friendship with 1st. Lt. John B. Collins. He may well have been an agnatic descendant of the brother of Edward Collins (1603 – 1689) 1st Deacon of Congregational Church of Cambridge. Between April and June of 1861, Collins issued eight battlefield skirmish reports from Fort Humboldt.

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U.S. President Hiram Ulysses Simpson Grant
Birth 27 Apr 1822 in Point Pleasant, Clermont, Ohio, USA
Death 23 Jul 1885 in Mt McGregor, Saratoga, New York, USA

Ancestry.com citation/Lineages

5th cousin 9x removed WARREN-BARLETT-SPRAGUE-TRIPP-OUTWATER-COLLINS

17th cousin 1x removed SIMPSON-THOMPSON-WHARFEE-GROSVENOR-NORREYS-VERE-HOWARD-WOOD-COLLINS

16th cousin 4x removed GREY-STRANGE-FITZALAN-MOWBRAY-HOWARD-WOOD-COLLINS

1st cousin 4x removed of husband of 2nd cousin 8x removed DELANO-SIMMONS-COLLINS

husband of 10th cousin 5x removed DENT-FOWKES-CUPPER-COOKE-BARLETT-SPRAGUE-TRIPP-OUTWATER-COLLINS.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant

Memoirs and Selected Letters

Ulysses S. Grant: The Unlikely Hero

Ulysses S. Grant: Soldier & President

The Mask of Command: Alexander the Great, Wellington, Ulysses S. Grant, Hitler, and the Nature of Leadership

Personal Memoirs

Ulysses S. Grant: The Unlikely Hero

The Patricians, A Genealogical Study – Ebook Editions US$5.95

Author at Harrod’s Deli – London

Steven Wood Collins (1952 – ) Antiquarian, Genealogist, Novelist

By Steven Wood Collins

I spent most of my life unaware of my ancestral heritage. Sure, I knew of the personal history of my more immediate relatives; but beyond that, I never had any inkling as to my ancestral heritage. Then one day many years ago my sister said to me, “I sometimes wonder about our family background.” And so my quest to discover our genealogical roots commenced.

I started building my family tree with the very basic relationships, going back in time from my grandparents, one ancestor at a time. That initial effort proved to be the hardest part of the pursuit, mainly due to my lack of expertise as a novice genealogical researcher. As I gained familiarity with the databases and how to efficiently mine them, my progress gained ever-increasing momentum. Today, The Patricians! tree (Ancestry.com) contains nearly 120,000 individuals, stretching over 135 generations, 5,800 of which are my direct ancestors in a genealogical sense.

During this trek back in time, I encountered fascinating figures in both history and obscurity. This blog contains many stories about their genealogical relationship to me (and many of you). By far and away, as a student of history, the historically obscure individuals are of particular interest to me. I cite Baron “Blue Beard” Montmorency-Laval de Rais (1405 – 1440) as an example of a historically maligned personage whose real contribution to history, as both a playwright and hero of France, has yet to be properly recognized. Another example is Earl Edward de Vere (1550 – 1604), who’s yet to gain widespread recognition as the actual author of the body of literary work wrongly ascribed to William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616).

My life-long interest in international economics and finance continues unabated. I primarily demonstrate this professional involvement as a contributor to the Long Room, the members-only international finance professionals' forum hosted by the Financial Times of London.

I'm an avid recreational scuba diver who enjoys traveling to exotic dive sites. My love of the sea and marine life gives me an unbounded appreciation and support of “green” issues, especially those devoted to the conservation of endangered species and coral reefs.

He continually posts results of his personal genealogical research to his Goodreads Authors Blog. Entitled The Patricians - The Ancestral Heritage of Steven Wood Collins, the work represents thousand of hours of his research efforts and related commentary.

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