Ulysses S Grant
Submitted by:  Lynn Mack
 
Ulysses S. GRANT is now serving for the second term as mayor of Dallas
and is also extensively engaged in the raising of pure bred Angora
goats, in this connection having served for eleven years as president
of the National Mohair Growers Association.  He is a representative of
one of the honored pioneer families of the state and was born in the
city where he now resides August 5, 1863, his parents being William
and Beatrice A. (ROBERTSON) GRANT, natives of Missouri.  In 1844, when
but a boy, the father accompanied his parents on their removal to
Oregon, the journey being made by means of ox teams.  The family home
was established in Polk country where the grandfather took up a
donation claim one mile from the present site of Dallas.  He cleared
and improved his land, continuing active in its cultivation throughout
the remainder of his life.  His son, William GRANT, learned the trade
of a carpenter and many of the buildings in Dallas and the surrounding
country were constructed by him.  For eight years he resided in
Springfield, Oregon, later removed to Lebanon, where he remained for
four years, then took up his abode in Dallas and there spent the
balance of his life.  The mother survives and is making her home in
Portland.
 
Ulysses S. GRANT attended school in Springfield and in Lebanon,
Oregon, and later learned the carpenter's trade under the direction of
his father, continuing active along that line for eighteen years.  On
the expiration of that period he turned his attention to railroading
and for eight years was thus employed, during which time he was
appointed postmaster of Dallas by President Harrison, being the first
incumbent in that office as a presidential post office in which he
served for a period of seven years.  He then purchased a portion of
his grandfather's old donation claim in addition to other land and
engaged in raising pure bred Angora goats.  He formerly imported his
animals from South Africa and now keeps on hand from one to two
hundred registered goats and this enterprise has proven most
successful.  He has invested extensively in farm lands, now being the
owner of twelve hundred and eight acres, and is recognized as one of
the progressive and substantial agriculturists of this section of the
state, gaining that prominence and prosperity which are the direct
result of constructive labor.  His land is rich and productive and his
methods of farming are both practical and progressive.  One of the
interesting relics of pioneer days is the log cabin built by his
grandfather in 1844, which is still standing upon the old donation
claim.
 
On the 16th of October, 1883, Mr. GRANT was united in marriage to Miss
Nellie E. MILLER, a daughter of Monroe and Virginia (FULKERSON)
MILLER, who were natives of Missouri and became pioneers of Oregon.
Both are now deceased.  In his political views Mr. Grant is a stanch
republican and is now serving as mayor of his city.  He has always
been loyal to the trust reposed in him and is making a most credible
record in office, seeking earnestly to advance the interests and
upbuilding of the city through a progressive and businesslike
administration.  Fraternally he is identified with the Woodmen of the
World and is a prominent Mason, having attained the thirty-second
degree in the Scottish Rite and is a member of Al Kader Temple of
Portland Mystic Shrine and he also belongs to the White Shrine and is
a member of the Eastern Star, while his wife is a member of the Women
of Woodcraft, Eastern Star, of which she is a past matron, and also a
member of the White Shrine.  His entire life has been passed upon the
Pacific coast and he has ever been an exponent of the spirit of
enterprise and progress that has dominated this section of the
country. He is a man of high principles and substantial qualities and
is widely and favorably known in the community where he has so long
resided.
 
 
 
History of Oregon, Biographical, Vol. II, The Pioneer Historical
Publishing Company, 1922, Pages 484-485.
 
 
 

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