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• Harrison was the first child of his parents to be born in Mississippi.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, 29 July, Division 1, page 72, Hse #558, Fam #572
  Andrew Gregory 35 M Farmer $8000 Real Estate $23,000 Personal born South Carolina [b abt 1825]
  Levitia Gregory 30 F Housewife born South Carolina [b abt 1830]
  Simpson Gregory 13 M born South Carolina [b abt 1847]
  Eucebias Gregory 11 M born South Carolina [b abt 1849]
  Harrison Gregory 3 M born Mississippi [b abt 1857]
  
  1880 Federal Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, 15 June, District 60, Enumeration District 30, page 21, Hse #201, Fam #202
  Gregory, Andrew J  W M 59 Head Married Farmer SC SC SC [b abt 1821]
  Gregory, Lavita W F 49 Wife Married SC SC SC [b abt 1831]
  Gregory, Eusebius 29 Son W M Single SC SC SC [b abt 1851]
  Gregory, Harrison 22 Son W M Single MS SC SC [b abt 1858]
  Gregory, States Rights 19 Son W M Single MS SC SC [b abt 1861]
  
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  William Harrison Gregory, son of Andrew Jackson and Levicia (Wilkes) Gregory, was born 3 August 1857 and died on 10 July 1929 and was buried in Okolona, Mississippi.  Mr Gregory married Viney Randle.  They separated and Mrs Gregory took the children with her to California.  The names of these children were as follows:
  Mable Gregory   Lula Gregory    Sidney May Gregory
  
  William Harrison Gregory married, second, Ada Knowles on April 3, 1889 and they had the following issue:
  Eugene Harrison Gregory, born 3 June 1890
  William Aubrey Gregory, born 25 Feb 1892
  Ida May Gregory, born in Nov 1900
  Lillian Vaughn Gregory
  
  --  Gregory Family from South Carolina in Mississippi, descendants of Andrew Jackson Gregory & Leticia Wilkes,  Wilkes Family History and Genealogy, by Ivan Ernest Bass, 1965; reprint Higginson Book Company, 2011, p 362
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  In the 1900 census, William's mother is in his household.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, [no date], Rural Okolona, District 16, page 12B, Hse #218, Fam #234
  Gregory, William H Head W M Aug 1857  42 Married 11 yrs [mar abt 1889] MS SC SC Farmer Owns
  Gregory, Ada Wife W F June 1870  29 Married 11 yrs 5 children/4 living TN TN NC
  Gregory, Eugene Son W M June 1890 9 Single MS MS TN
  Gregory, Aubrey Son W M Feb 1892  8 Single MS MS TN
  Gregory, Hortense Dau W F Feb 1894 6 Single MS MS TN
  Gregory, Murray Son W M Aug 1896  5 Single MS MS TN
  Gregory, Levitia Mother W F Oct 1828  71 Single SC SC SC
  
  In the 1910 census, Murray does not appear in the family listing.  He died in 1902.  Two daughters have been born since 1900.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, 25 April, District 45, page 22B, Hse/Fam #48
  Gregory, W H Head M W 52 Married 21 yrs [mar abt 1889] MS SC SC Farmer Owns [b abt 1858]
  Gregory, Ada E Wife F W 39 Married 21 yrs  7 child/5 living TN TN NC [b abt 1871]
  Gregory, Eugene Son M W 19 Single MS MS TN [b abt 1891]
  Gregory, Aubrey Son M W 18 Single MS MS TN [b abt 1892]
  Gregory, Hortense Dau F W 16 Single MS MS TN [b abt 1894]
  Gregory, Ada M Dau F W 9 Single MS MS TN [b abt 1901]
  Gregory, Lillian V Dau F W 1 Single MS MS TN [b abt 1909]
  
  There are two Gregory women 4 houses away on the same page.  Rose is married to F J Wirtz and her sister Sallie Gregory is living in their household.  It is unclear which family they belong to.  They were both born in Mississippi, like W H, and while their father was born in South Carolina like W H's, their mother was born in Mississippi while his mother was born in South Carolina.  They are a generatoin younger than W H, and much older than his children.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, 25 April, District 45, page 22B, Hse/Fam #52
  Wirtz, F J Head M W 28 Married 11 yrs [mar abt 1899] IL IL IL Farmer Owns [b abt 1858]
  Gregory, Rose Wife F W 29 Married 11 yrs  no children MS SC MS [b abt 1871]
  Gregory, Sallie Sister-in-law F W 33(?) Single MS SC MS [b abt 1894]
  
  U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
  Hortense G Smith [Delia Hortense Gregory]
  Birth 20 Feb 1894 Okolona [Chickasaw County], Mississippi
  Death Date Apr 1989
  Claim Date 6 Sep 1961
  Father William H Gregory
  Mother Ada Knowles
  SSN 270389263, U.S. citizen
  25 Jun 1982 Name listed as HORTENSE G SMITH
  
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  William Harrison Gregory
  Birth Jul 3, 1857
  Death Jul 10, 1929
  Father Andrew Jackson Gregory (1825 - 1890)
  Spouse Ada Knowles Gregory (1869 - 1949)
  Children:
  Eugene H Gregory (1890 - 1952)
  William Aubrey Gregory (1892 - 1967)
  Hortense Gregory Smith (1894 - 1989)
  James Murrey Gregory (1896 - 1902)
  Ida Miriam Gregory Stone (1900 - 1976)
  Siblings:
  Benjamin Simpson Gregory (1847 - 1913)
  Andrew Eusebus Gregory (1849 - 1900)
  Sarah E Gregory (1852 - 1858)
  Hale R Gregory (1860 - 1932)
  Burial Odd Fellows Cemetery, Okolona, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, USA
  Created by StelleMIvy May 04, 2011
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #69358602, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69358602
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Sources

• 1. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi
  • [no date], Rural Okolona, District 16, page 12B, Hse #218, Fam #234
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 3. 1860 Federal Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi
  • 29 July, Division 1, page 72, Hse #558, Fam #572
• 4. 1880 Federal Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi
  • 15 June, District 60, Enumeration District 30, page 21, Hse #201, Fam #202
• 5. Google Books
• 6. 1910 Federal Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi
  • 25 April, District 45, page 22B, Hse/Fam #48
• 7. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
• 8. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014