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He dropped out of Cornell University at age 19 to join his parents on their world tour. He returned to the United States and spent one year at the Law School of Columbia University . He dropped out of school and went West. He settled for a while in San Diego, California where he helped his brother Ulysses S. (Buck) Grant, Jr. . Grant then traveled around the west as a miner, spending some time in Alaska . In 1880, he married Elizabeth Chapman (died 1942), who was from a prominent family in San Francisco . They had two children: Chapman and Nellie. In 1913, Grant sued for divorce while they were living in Goldfield, Nevada . Mrs. Grant strenuously fought his charges of desertion, and countersued on his deserting her and of not supporting the family. The divorce was followed by the newspapers. When the divorce was finally granted, Grant married Lillian Burns Wilkins. Grant died in 1934 and is buried at the cemetery at the Presidio Of San Francisco . |