1867 - Dent, F T - File No. W868

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1867 - Dent, F T - File No. W868

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Dent, Frederick Tracy, 1820-1892

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Dent was born on December 17, 1820 in White Haven, St. Louis County, Missouri. He was the son of Frederick Fayette Dent (1787–1873) and Ellen Bray (née Wrenshall) Dent (1793–1857). He graduated from West Point in 1843. One of Dent's classmates was Ulysses S. Grant, who married Dent's sister Julia. The children of Ulysses and Julia Grant included Dent's namesake, Frederick Dent Grant. Dent was assigned as brevet second lieutenant to the 6th US Infantry, served in the Southern campaign durin...