John GREGORY6,15,4,8,5

22nd Jun 18907,4,8,5 - 18th Mar 199314,4,5

farming9

Life History

22nd Jun 1890	Born in Newport, Cocke, Tennessee.7,4,8,5
1900	Resident in Township 4, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory.6
1910	Residence2 in Richland, Stephens, Oklahoma.11
between 25th May 1918 and 17th Apr 1919	Military: WWI, 142nd US Infantry, batle of Etienne, overcome by mustard gas.9
between 1919 and 1941	Occupation farming in Garvin County, Oklahoma.9
between 1919 and 1941	Residence3 in Garvin County, Oklahoma.12,9
between 1941 and 1980	Occupation2: Shipyard Worker (and farm work) in California.9
1975	Residence4 in Tulare, California.13
between 1980 and 1989	Residence5 in Lindsay, Garvin, Oklahoma.9
between Feb 1989 and Mar 1993	Residence6: Oklahoma Veterans Centre in Ardmore, Carter, Oklahoma.9
22nd Jun 1990	Honored: 100th Birthday Party, Oklahoma Veterans Centre in Ardmore, Carter, Oklahoma.9
18th Mar 1993	Died in Ardmore, Carter, Oklahoma.14,4,5
20th Mar 1993	Buried in Green Hill Cemetery, Lindsay, McClain County, Oklahoma.1,2,3,4,5

Other facts

Married: Never Married.10

Notes

In 1920, John, age 320, was living in Lindsay Township of Garvin County, Oklahoma, with his brother Andy Gregory.

1920 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma, 5 February, Lindsay Township, District 28, page 7B, Hse #129, Fam #128
Gregory, Andy Head Rents M W 28 TN TN TN Farming
Gregory, Retta A Wife F W 24 OK TX GA
Gregory, Dessie L Dau F W 15 OK TN OK
Gregory, Alpha J Dau F W 2 OK TN OK
Gregory, Alford A Son M W 6mos OK TN OK
Gregory, John Brother M W 30 OK TN OK

Uncle John lived his last several years in the Oklahoma Veterans Center in Ardmore, Oklahoma. During those years and a long while before he moved from Lindsay, Oklahoma, to Ardmore, his niece Gladys Loretta Gregory Gay managed his business affairs and was his primary care giver.

Neither his gravestone nor family information give a second name or initial for John.

John's funeral service was held at the B G Boydston Funeral Chapel in Lindsay, Oklahoma, with Bro Grace and Bro Elkins of the Church of God officiating. Burial followed in Greenhill Cemetery, McClain County, north of Lindsay.

John Gregory
Birth Jun 22, 1890 Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee
Death Mar 18, 1993 Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma
Parents:
Dock Patrick Gregory (1852 - 1947)
Julia Ann Clementine Strange Gregory (1855 - 1935)
Siblings:
William Henry Harrison Gregory (1880 - 1931)
Charles Bluford Gregory (1881 - 1979)
George Thomas Gregory (1884 - 1982)
Edd Gregory (1885 - 1958)
Andy Gregory (1892 - 1975)
Lucy Carter (1893 - 1970)
Burial Green Hill Cemetery, McClain County, Oklahoma, Section 12, Row 10
Created by DLT Nov 27, 2009
-- Find A Grave Memorial #44853044, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=44853044

Sources

1. Obituaries -- Funeral Remembrance Card, John Gregory
2. Gravestone of John Gregory, Green Hill Cemetery, Lindsay, Oklahoma
3. Green Hill Cemetery (Lindsay, Oklahoma) listings
4. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
5. Funeral Cards/Programs
6. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
- 4 July, Township 4 South Range 4E, District 145, page 27A, Hse/Fam #402
7. Loretta Gregory Gay Genealogical Research
- Dock Patrick Gregory Family Sheet
8. 1920 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma
- 5 February, Lindsay Township, District 28, page 7B, Hse #129, Fam #128
9. John Gregory Celebrates 100th Birthday, newspaper unknown
10. Various Jenkins Family Sources
11. 1910 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
- 25 April, Richland Township, District 243, page 6B, no hse/fam numbers
12. 1930 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma
- 18 April, Elmore Twnshp, District 25-8, page 10B, Hse #183, Fam #192
13. Obituaries from Oklahoma
14. Lou Ila Gregory Jenkins, Personal Communication
15. Loretta Gregory Gay Genealogical Research