1896 (of which he also became a Veteran Companion after the Spanish–American War in 1898). He was also a member of the Aztec Club of 1847, the Sons of the American Revolution, the Society of Colonial Wars, the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America and the Military Order of the Carabao. Personal life In 1874, Grant married Ida Marie Honoré (1854–1930), the daughter of Henry Hamilton Honoré, who made his fortune in Chicago real estate. Ida Marie's sister was Bertha Palmer, the wife of Chicago businessman Potter Palmer. They were married in Chicago and had two children: Julia Dent Grant (1876–1975), who married Prince Mikhail Cantacuzène, a Russian general and diplomat, in 1899. Ulysses S. Grant III (1881–1968), who married Edith Root (1878–1962), the daughter of Elihu Root, the U.S. Secretary of State, under President Theodore Roosevelt and U.S. Secretary of War under President William McKinley in 1907. He graduated from West Point in 1903 and served in both World Wars. He retired in 1946 as a major general. Descendants Through his daughter, Grant was the grandfather of Prince Michael Mikhailovich Cantacuzène, Princess Bertha Mikhailovna, and Princess Zenaida Mikhailovna, who married Sir John Coldbrook Hanbury-Williams, son of Major-General Sir John Hanbury-Williams. Through his son Ulysses, Grant was the grandfather of three girls, Edith Clara Grant (1908–1995), who married David Wood Griffiths, Clara Frances Grant (1912–2005), who married Paul Ernest Ruestow, and Julia Grant, who married John S. Dietz. Awards Indian Campaign Medal Spanish Campaign Medal Army of Puerto Rican Occupation Medal Philippine Campaign Medal Dates of rank Cadet, USMA – July 1, 1866 2nd Lieutenant, Regular Army – June 12, 1871 1st Lieutenant, Regular Army – June 28, 1876 Lieutenant Colonel, Aide de Camp – March 17, 1873 Resigned – October 1, 1881 Colonel, Volunteers – May 2, 1898 Brigadier General, Volunteers – May 27, 1898 Brigadier General, Regular Army – February 18, 1901 Major General, Regular Army – February 6, 1906 References External links 1850 births 1912 deaths Grant family Ulysses S. Grant Children of presidents of the United States United States Military Academy alumni Military personnel from St. Louis American people of the Indian Wars New York (state) Republicans Ambassadors of the United States to Austria-Hungary 19th-century American diplomats New York City Police Commissioners American military personnel of the Spanish–American War American military personnel of the Philippine–American War United States Army generals Deaths from cancer in