Life History

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  Tennessee, Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909
  File Number D-127069
  George Thomas Gregory
  Date of Birth Jan 27th, 1884
  Birthplace Jefferson County, Tennessee
  Male, Color or Race American [sic]
  Father Patrick Gregory, born Cherokee Co, Alabama
  Mother Julia Strange, born Jefferson Co, Tennessee
  Signature of Registrant  Georg [sic] Thoms [sic] Gregory
  Present address Lindsay, Oklahoma
  
  Subscribed and sworn to me on 2nd May, 1942
  Olive B Murray, Notary Public
  My Commission Expires 2-11-46
  
  Abstract of supporting evidence
  1 Family Bible, record made by father of applicant  1884
  2 Family Bible, record made by Patrick Gregory, father  1884
  3 Affidavit of father  Reverse Side [See below]
  
  Information Concerning Registrant As Stated in Document of Corresponding Number Above
  1 Date of Birth Jan 27th, 1884  Birthplace Not Shown  Name of Father Not Shown  Full name of Mother Not Shown
  2 Date of Birth Jan 27th, 1884  Birthplace Jefferson Co, Tenn  Name of Father Patrick Gregory  Full name of Mother Julia Strange
  3 Date of Birth Jan 27th, 1884  Birthplace Jefferson Co, Tenn  Name of Father Patrick Gregory  Full name of Mother Julia Strange
  
  I hereby certify I have examined the 2+1 documents abstracted above, find them valid, and that the information contained therein is as Noted Above, and Recommend that this delayed certificate of birth be accepted for filing by the Division of Vital Statistics, Tennessee Department of Health.
  
  Signed Ed Craig, Jr, Court Clerk, Pauls Valley, Okla Date 5-4-1942
  
  This delayed birth certificate is not valid until approved by the Tennessee State Registrar of Vital Statistics or His Authorized agent.
  
  Approved W C Williams Date May 11 1942 By J N
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  [Back side]
  
  State of Oklahoma
  County of Garvin
  
  I hereby certify, on oath, that I am at present 89 years of age; that I am related to the person represented by this certificate as Father, and that I had actual knowledge of the facts as stated in this certificate at the time the birth occurred, and know them to be true because I am father of applicant George Thomas Gregory.
  
  Signature Patrick Gregory  Present Address Lindsay, Oklahoma
  
  I hereby certify that this affiant personally appeared before me, that I read the above statements to him and he made oath that said statements are true to the best of his knowledge and belief.
  This the 2nd day of May 1942.
  Olive B Murray, Notary Public
  My Commission Expires 2-11-46
  
  Handwritten information on top of back side:
  
  5-13-42
  P-37348
  Rt #3 Lindsay Okla
  
  2-2-43
  P #21424
  Hoyt E Gregory
  Rt #3 Lindsay Okla
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  Note that the birth place stated on this certificate is Jefferson County, Tennessee.  Research by family researcher Loretta Gregory Gay indicates that the birth place was actually in nearby Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
  
  George Thomas Gregory went by Tom.  He is listed variously in the censuses as George Thomas, Thomas G, and G T.
  
  In 1900 Tom (George) is 16 and at home with the family of Dock, reported in Township 4 of Chickasaw Nation.  Doc and Julia and the children are listed in the 1900 Federal Census in Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, 4 July, Township 4 South Range 4E, District 145, page 27A, Hse/Fam #402
  
  We have a marriage date for Tom and Fannie Belle Wilson on 6 November 1906.  In 1910 census, he is married and living in Lincoln township, Comanche County, Oklahoma.  Lawton is the County Seat of current Comanche County.  This is west of Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma, where his father, Dock, was living in 1910.  His brother Ed is living in his household.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma, 20 April, Lincoln Township, District 42, page 4A,  Hse #50, Fam #51
  Gregory, G T Head  M W  26  married 3 years  TN TN TN Farmer Rents
  Gregory, Fannie B  Wife F W 27 married 3 yrs 2 children/2 living TN TN TN
  Gregory, Hoyt Son M W 2  OK TN TN
  Gregory, Otto Son M W 4mos  OK TN TN
  Gregory, Ed Brother M W 24 Single TN TN TN Farmer
  
  In 1918, George registered for the WWI draft in Stephens County, Oklahoma.  He was living in Marlow, and registered in Duncan.
  
  World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
  George Thomas Gregory
  Residence Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Birth Date: 27 Jan 1884
  Occupation Self-Employed Farmer
  Wife Mrs. Fannie Gregory, Rt 2, Marlow, Stephens, Oklahoma
  Medium Height and Build, Gray Eyes, Brown Hair
  Registered 12 September 1918 Duncan, Stephens, Oklahoma
  Signed with his mark George Thomas Gregory
  
  In the 1920 Garvin County, Oklahoma, census, Tom appears to have been counted twice in the same county, but in different townships.  I think I know why this occurred.  Here is what I find in the census reports.
  
  We find Tom listed in the household of his father Dock, in Elmore Township of Garvin County.  In this household listing, Dock and Julia have 5 sons living with them and all reported as single.  The names of George Thomas (Tom) are turned around, and he is reported as Thomas G.  This also happened to his brother William Henry Harrison Gregory, who is reported here as Harris W, and in 1930 he was Harrison W.
  
  1920 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma, 25 January, Elmore Township, District 25, page 11B,  Hse #188, Fam #200, in the household of his father, Gregory Dock G  Head  M W AL VA TN Farmer:
  Gregory Thomas G Son M W 36 Single TN AL TN Farmer, Working Out
  
  This report is confusing, though, because he is reported as single, as are all his brothers in the household.  We know he was already married with two children in the 1910 census.  Tom and Fannie's children were born in 1908, 1909 and 1911.
  
  I also find a 1920 listing for GT Gregory, in his own household, with all the right names and ages of wife Fannie, children Hoyt, Otto and Anna.  They are reported as living in Lindsay Township in an unincorporated area.  But G T is reported as a Farmer.  I do not know how far outside the town of Lindsay the township of Lindsay would go.  I know Elmore Township, where Tom's father was living, also as a farmer, is south and east of Lindsay.
  
  1920 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma, 6 January, Lindsay Township, District 31, page 2B,  Hse #36, Fam #39
  Gregory, G T  Head  Rents  M W 35 Married TN AL TN  Farmer
  Gregory, Fannie Wife F W 37 Married TN TN TN
  Gregory, Hoyt  Son M W 11 OK TN TN
  -- page 3A --
  Gregory, Otto  Son M W 10 OK TN TN
  Gregory, Anna  Dau F W 8 OK TN TN
  
  Family members refer to Dock as living in Elmore City.  Elmore City appears to have been incorporated or the name of the same township changed between 1920 and 1930.  The location for Dock's family in 1930 is Elmore City, Garvin, Oklahoma.
  
  It is quite plausible that Tom (GT) was living in Lindsay town, or at the southern edge of Lindsay Township, towards Elmore Township, so was enumerated with his household there.  A different enumerator was reporting Elmore Township.  I would think that GT and his brothers were working one farm with Dock.  Ed, who had been living with Tom in Lincoln in 1910, is now listed again in his father's household in Elmore.
  
  Tom did not live far from them, even though their houses are within two different township boundaries.  It seems likely to me that Dock reported all his children who were farming with him as part of his household, while GT with his full household was separately reported in Lindsay.  In Dock's family, no wife or children of Tom are reported.  In fact Tom (Thomas G) is reported as single.
  
  This is understandable if the enumerator heard Dock say that he and his sons were farming together, and Thomas G was one of the sons.  The enumerator could have understood that to mean that Thomas G was another son still living at home, and thus reported him as single.  In Lindsay, earlier in the month, the other enumerator there had properly recorded Tom and Fannie's household in town.
  
  It is interesting that in this 1920 census G T's father's place of birth is correctly reported as Alabama, but in 1930 this changes to Tennessee.  This could be an enumerator error, who also recorded Thomas' wife Fannie as born in Tennessee, as well as both her parents.
  
  In 1930, we find him as expected in his own household with Fannie, in Lindsay Township.  But only two of the children are shown in this census report:  Otto, age 20 and Anna age 19.  Hoyt was out of the house on his own in 1930.
  
  1930 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma, 7 May, Lindsay Township, District 11, page 26B, Hse #362, Fam #389
  Gregory, George T Head M W 47 TN TN TN Farmer
  Gregory, Fannie Wife F W 47 TN TN TN
  Gregory, Otto Son M W 20 OK TN TN Laborer
  Gregory, Anna Dau F W 19 OK TN TN Servant/Household
  
  1940 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma, 25 April, Lindsay, District 25-11, page 11A, Hse #199, Owns $200
  Gregory, George T Head M W 51 Grade 6 b Tenn same house in 1935 Both parents b Tenn Farmer
  Gregory, Fannie B Wife F W 56 Grade 7 b Tenn same house in 1935
  Riddle, Ed J Hired Man M W 23 Single Grade 3 b Texas Rural Grady County OK in 1935 Farm Laborer
  
  The Social Security Death Index reports that Tom was living in Lindsay, Oklahoma when he died.
  
  Social Security Death Index
  George T. Gregory
  Born 27 Jan 1884
  Died 19 Jan 1982
  Last Residence Lindsay, Garvin, Oklahoma 73052
  SSN 566-26-3333 issued California (Before 1951)
  
  George Thomas "Tom" Gregory
  Birth Jan. 27, 1884 Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee
  Death Jan. 19, 1982 Lindsay, Garvin County, Oklahoma
  Parents:
  Dock Patrick Gregory (1852 - 1947)
  Julia Ann Clementine Strange Gregory (1855 - 1935)
  Spouse Fannie Belle Wilson Gregory (1882 - 1969)
  Son Otto Gregory (1909 - 1997)
  Sibling:
  William Henry Harrison Gregory (1880 - 1931)
  Charles Bluford Gregory (1881 - 1979)
  George Thomas Gregory (1884 - 1982)
  Edd Gregory (1885 - 1958)
  John Gregory (1890 - 1993)
  Andy Gregory (1892 - 1975)
  Lucy Carter (1893 - 1970)
  Burial Springer Cemetery, Springer, Carter County, Oklahoma
  Maintained by Orville Jenkins, Originally Created by Stone Seeker Nov 16, 2006
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #16675368, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=16675368

Sources

• 1. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
  • 4 July, Township 4 South Range 4E, District 145, page 27A, Hse/Fam #402
• 2. 1920 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma
  • 25 January, District 25, page 11B,  Hse #188, Fam #200
• 3. Loretta Gregory Gay Genealogical Research
  • Dock Patrick Gregory Family Sheet
• 4. Social Security Death Index
• 5. 1910 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma
  • 20 April, Lincoln Township, District 42, page 4A,  Hse #50, Fam #51
• 6. Gravestone of George T and Fannie B Gregory, Springer Cemetery, Springer, Carter, Oklahoma
• 7. 1940 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma
  • 25 April, Lindsay, District 25-11, page 11A, Hse #199, Owns $200
• 8. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
• 9. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 10. Loretta Gregory Gay, Personal Communication
• 11. 1920 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma
  • 6 January, Lindsay Township, District 31, page 2B,  Hse #36, Fam #39
• 12. 1930 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma
  • 7 May, Lindsay Township, District 11, page 26B, Hse #362, Fam #389
• 13. Obituaries from Oklahoma
• 14. Loretta Gregory Gay Genealogical Research
• 15. Funeral Cards/Programs
• 16. Green Hill Cemetery (Lindsay, Oklahoma) listings
• 17. SSDI Broderbund Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 6
• 18. Lou Ila Gregory Jenkins, Personal Communication
• 19. 1940 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma
  • 25 April, Lindsay, District 25-11, page 11A, Hse #198, Rents $8
• 20. 1930 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma
  • 8 May, Lindsay Township, District 11, page 27A, Hse #382, Fam #399
• 21. 1920 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma
  • 6 January, Lindsay Township, District 31, page 3A,  Hse #36, Fam #39
• 22. 1940 Federal Census, Grady County, Oklahoma
  • 9 April, Pursley Township, District 26-30, Page 5A-5B, Hse #80, Rents $7
• 23. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
• 24. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• 25. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1
• 26. Pikes Peak History Book 1908-2008
  • Location: Lindsay, Oklahoma; Date: 2008;
• 27. Ancestry Trees
  • Roth, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/10811784/person/-574154479
• 28. Gravestone of Mangrum E. Gregory, Springer Cemetery, Springer, Carter County, Oklahoma