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Hiram Ulysses Grant was born in Point Pleasant in April 1822. In 1823, his parents moved twenty miles east to Georgetown, where his father opened his own tannery. Ulysses worked in his father's tannery and, from the ages of about six to thirteen, he attended classes in the little schoolhouse on Water Street. The building, built in 1829, consisted of only one room at the time. The teacher was John White, whom Grant mentions in his memoirs.

Later, he attended an academy in Maysville, Kentucky, for a year, and then John Rankin's academy at Ripley for a year. His father then succeeded in getting him appointed to West Point where, through a bureaucratic error, his name was listed as Ulysses Simpson Grant.

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Grant Schoolhouse

Hiram Ulysses Grant was born in Point Pleasant in April 1822. In 1823, his parents moved twenty miles east to Georgetown, where his father opened his own tannery. Ulysses worked in his father'

Georgetown, OH Historic Schoolhouses

Bailey House Bed & Breakfast

Visit this 1830 Greek Revival Home built by Dr. George B. Bailey and enjoy a wonderful atmosphere, warm hospitality, comfortable accomodations and wonderful breakfast served by your host Nancy Purdy.

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Things to do near Georgetown, OH

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