Parents
Life History
29th May 1892 |
Born in Newport, Cocke, Tennessee.1,2,3,4 |
1900 |
Resident in Township 4, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory.8 |
1910 |
Residence2 in Marlow, Stephens, Oklahoma.9 |
1913 |
Residence3 in Marlow, Stephens, Oklahoma.7 |
26th Oct 1913 |
Married Alpharetta Mae GREEN in Near Marlow, Stephens, Oklahoma.6,1 |
26th Oct 1913 |
Married in Marlow, Stephens, Oklahoma, to Alpharetta Mae Green.6,7 |
12th Mar 1915 |
Birth of daughter Dessie Lea GREGORY in Family Farm, near Marlow, Stephens, Oklahoma.1,11,10 |
1917 |
Residence4 in Marlow, Stephens, Oklahoma.4 |
30th Dec 1917 |
Birth of daughter Alpha Josephine GREGORY in Marlow, Stephens, Oklahoma.1,12 |
between 1918 and 1975 |
Residence5 in Lindsay area, Garvin, Oklahoma.7,10 |
5th Jul 1919 |
Birth of son Alfred Andrew GREGORY.1,13,14 |
9th Jul 1920 |
Death of son Alfred Andrew GREGORY.1,13,14 |
29th Dec 1920 |
Birth of daughter Lou Ila GREGORY in Cox City, Grady, Oklahoma.1,15,10 |
15th Aug 1923 |
Birth of son Everett Wayne GREGORY.1,15 |
20th Feb 1927 |
Birth of daughter Wanda June GREGORY in Purdy, Garvin, Oklahoma.1,13,2 |
22nd Jul 1936 |
Birth of daughter Gladys Loretta GREGORY in Lindsay, Garvin, Oklahoma.1,16,17 |
24th Apr 1963 |
Death of Alpharetta Mae GREEN in Wynnewood, Garvin, Oklahoma.6,7 |
25th Jan 1975 |
Died in University Hospital, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma.3,6,7 |
28th Jan 1975 |
Buried in Lindsay, Garvin, Oklahoma, by Brown-Boydston Funeral Home.5,6,7 |
Notes
- As far as his children ever said they knew, Andy never had but the one name. I remember his rural mailbox on the section-line road in front of his house, south of Lindsay, Oklahoma, was labeled "A. Gregory." All his accounts and his mail were always in the name of A Gregory. His nieces and nephews called him Uncle Andy. His grandchildren called him Grandpa. His earlier children Dessie and Josephine called him Papa, the other children called him Daddy.
In the 1900 census he is listed as Andrew. But his brother Edd is listed as Edward. The family know for certain that these "full" names are not correct. The over-correction error of the census enumerator isconfirmed when we see that he listed the father of these children as Doctor instead of Dock."
In 1910 Andy is in his parents home in Richland Township of Stephens County (just outside Marlow town). The 1910 census enumerator was apparently barely literate. Most of the names are horribly misspelled and the handwriting is scrawling and almost illegible. The family nameappears to be written Grgery, or maybe Gegery. Andy is listed as Anda. His father Dock is listed as Dolf, and his mother Julia as July!
Andy married Alpharetta Mae Green, whom he had known for several years as their families lived close together in Richland Township, Stephens County, Oklahoma. They married in October 1913. I have not been able to locate any record of this family in the 1920 census.
1930 Federal Census, Garvin, Oklahoma, 12 April, Lindsay, District 10, page 7B, Hse #92, Fam #109
Gregory, Andy Head M W 37 TN TN AL General Farming
Gregory, Retta Wife F W 34 OK TX GA General Farming Labor
Gregory, Dessie Dau F W 15 OK TN GA
Gregory, Josephine Dau M W 12 OK TN GA
Gregory, Louila Dau F W 9 OK TN GA
Gregory, Everett Son F W 6 OK TN GA
Gregory, Wanda Dau F W 3 OK TN GA
Andy was a Farmer all his life, from his childhood. I remember he was still living on his farm in the 1973-4, though I do not remember how actively he himself was actually working the farm at that time. Hemoved into a house in town for about the last year of his life.
During part of the time while he had his own farm he also worked for others in the Broom Corn fields, for which Lindsay was known in earlier years. My mother told me about her father and many of the men of the county working in the broom corn harvest. The slogan of Lindsay atthat time was "Lindsay broom corn sweeps the world."
Andy Gregory was killed in a car crash when he had a stroke while driving. His sister-in-law Dorothy Green was riding with him at the time, and suffered a broken hip, which crippled her to a large degree. Dorothy was the wife of Homer Green, youngest brother of Andy's wife, Alpharetta Mae Green.
Funeral services for Andy were held at the Brown-Boydston Funeral Home in Lindsay, with Bill Gentry, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, officiating. Burial was in the Greenhill Cemetery, near Lindsay, in McClain County.
Sources
- 1. Alpharetta Mae Gregory, names in a Bible
- 2. Loretta Gregory Gay Genealogical Research
- 3. Social Security Death Index
- 4. U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
- 5. Orville Boyd Jenkins, Personal Knowledge
- 6. Gravestone of Andy and Alpharetta Mae Gregory, Green Hill Cemetery, Lindsay, Oklahoma
- 7. Obituary of A Gregory, Lindsay (Oklahoma) News, 28 January 1975
- 8. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
- 4 July, Township 4 South Range 4E, District 145, page 27A, Hse/Fam #40
- 9. 1910 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
- 25 April, Richland Township, District 243, page 6B, No Hse or Fam Numb
- 10. 1930 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma
- 12 April, Lindsay, District 10, page 7B, Hse #92, Fam #109
- 11. Loretta Gregory Gay, family photos
- 12. Lindsay (Oklahoma) News, June 2005
- Obituary of Alpha Josephine Hayes
- 13. Earl Jones Genealogy
- http://earljones.net/pafn237.htm
- 14. Erin Springs Cemetery listings
- http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgarvin/erinspringscemglist.htm
- 15. Lou Ila Gregory Jenkins, personal communication
- 16. Lou Ila Gregory Jenkins, Family History Dates
- 17. Loretta Gregory Gay, personal communication