I65509: Obediah Mask CHRISTIAN (1779

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Children:
2 Elijah Osborne CHRISTIAN b: 8 Feb 1811 d: 11 Jun 1891 + Mildred Arnold PEAVY b: 12 Feb 1817 d: 1 Jun 1880
2 Hester Ann CHRISTIAN b: 1813 + Silas MCGADY
2 Mary Joice CHRISTIAN b: 15 Feb 1814 d: 17 May 1862 + Richard Ivy MORRIS b: 28 Feb 1818 d: 16 Apr 1888
2 William Barnes CHRISTIAN b: abt. 1815 d: bef 1851 + Catherine WILLIAMS + Jane DOBBINS
2 Elizabeth Barnes CHRISTIAN b: abt 1816 d: abt 1895 + William ALLGOOD

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Ursula was the daughter of Thomas Fleming and Judith Tarleton. ^[S1964]

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The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IV G
page 362
"GRANT, Frederick Dent, soldier, was born in St. Louis, Mo., May 30, 1850; son of Ulysses S. and Julia (Dent) Grant. He attended school at Covington, Ky., and in 1863 joined his father at Young's Point, accompanied him on the gunboat Benton, Admiral Porter's flagship, and with the fleet passed the batteries at Vicksburg and was an eye witness to the bombardment and subsequent siege. He was wounded in the thigh while pursuing the retreating Confederates near the Black river, and reported to a staff officer that he was "killed." He subsequently took part in five battles and skirmishes and did not leave the army headquarters until after the fall of Vicksburg. He was graduated at the U.S. military academy in 1871 and was assigned to the 4th U.S. cavalry, being employed in 1871 as engineer on the Union Pacific and Colorado Central railroads. Later the same year he visited Europe with General Sherman and in 1872 commanded the escort to the surveying party employed on the Southern Pacific railroad. He was assigned to the staff of General Sherman in 1873 with the rank of lieutenant-colonel and served on the frontier eight years. He joined his father in his tour around the world at Alexandria, Egypt, in 1879, and in 1881 resigned his commission in the army and engaged in business in New York city. President Harrison appointed him U.S. minister to Austria in 1885 and Mayor Strong made him a [p.362] police commissioner for New York city in 1894. He resigned in 1897 and on the declaration of war between the United States and Spain he was appointed by Governor Black, colonel of the 14th New York volunteers and accompanied the regiment to Camp Black, N.Y., and afterward to Chickamauga, Tenn. President McKinley commissioned him a brigadier-general in the volunteer army, May 27, 1898, and he led his brigade in the campaign in Cuba and afterward in the campaign against the Filipinos. He was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in the regular service by President McKinley, his promotion being confirmed by the U.S. senate, Dec. 20, 1899. His son, Ulysses S. Grant, Jr., was appointed by President McKinley in 1898 a cadet-at-large to the U.S. military academy, his grandfather having left an open letter to "the President of the United States," dated, April 3, 1885, asking for such an appointment, the letter having been endorsed by General Sherman under date, Feb. 1, 1887."

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Spouse: Sarah ? native of Richmond, Virginia.

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2 Josiah "Joseph" JOHNS b: 1737

My Southern Family

Obediah Mask CHRISTIAN

1779 - 1816

ID Number: I65509

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Ursula FLEMING

ABT 1658 - 1697

ID Number: I46591

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Clinton GATEWOOD

1873 - ____

ID Number: I44221

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Frederick Dent GRANT

30 May 1850 - ____

ID Number: I71795

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Benjamin JEWELL

ABT 1790 - ____

ID Number: I92200

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Josiah "Joseph" JOHNS

1737 - ____

ID Number: I82029

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Gerard Ray 'Jerry' SCHULTHEIS

Joseph TAYLOR

ABT 1830 - ____

ID Number: I6915

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Francis THOMPSON

ABT 1790 - ____

ID Number: I21446

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Samuel Washington TILL

28 Aug 1827 - 22 Aug 1888

ID Number: I60142

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