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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
  Hortense Gregory, born 22 Feb 1894
  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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  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
  
  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]
  
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  William Aubrey Gregory
  Birth Feb 25, 1892 Okolona, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, USA
  Death Oct 22, 1967 Okolona, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, USA
  
  Final Rites Held For W. A. Gregory
  
  A large number of relatives and friends assembled in Barry Funeral Home Chapel at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon for final rites for William Aubrey Gregory, retired farmer. The services were conducted by the Rev. T. R. Poole, pastor of the Okolona First Methodist Church. Organ music was by Mrs. Fred H. McGehee, church organist.
  
  Burial was in Odd Fellows Cemetery and pallbearers were John Stone of Paducah, Kentucky, Richard Stone of Canton, Hal T. Jolly, Jr., Joe Lacey Spencer, Joe Reifers and Jack Gregory.
  
  Mr. Gregory, who was 75, died at 5:30 Sunday afternoon in the Okolona Community Hospital after suffering a stroke on Friday. He had been in failing health for several years and had been a resident of the Shearer Richardson Memorial Nursing Home for about two weeks. He was a Methodist.
  
  A son of the late William Harrison Gregory and the Late Ada Knowles Gregory, pioneer citizens, he was a lifelong resident of the Okolona area.
  
  He leaves two sons, William H. Gregory of Okolona and Dr. Ben T. Gregory of Pensacola, Flordia; a daughter, Mrs. Delbert Barnes of New London, Ohio, who were here; three sisters, Mrs. T. H. Smith of New London, Ohio, Mrs. Douglas Renshaw of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Mrs. John H. Stone, Sr., and a half-sister, Mrs. J. D. McLaren of Pasadena, California, and 10 grandchildren.
  
  Mr. Barnes accompanied his wife here for the rites.
  
  The Okolona Messenger, Thursday, October 26, 1967, Page 1.
  
  Parents:
  William Harrison Gregory (1857 - 1929)
  Ada Knowles Gregory (1869 - 1949)
  
  Spouse Bertha Jolly Gregory (1893 - 1966)
  Children:
  Elma G Gregory Barnes (1917 - 2001)
  William Harrison Gregory (1918 - 2005)
  
  Siblings:
  Eugene H Gregory (1890 - 1952)
  Hortense Gregory Smith (1894 - 1989)
  James Murrey Gregory (1896 - 1902)
  Ida Miriam Gregory Stone (1900 - 1976)
  
  Burial Odd Fellows Cemetery, Okolona, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, USA
  
  Created by Barbara Wiley Hamby Jun 01, 2008
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #27237592, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27237592/william-gregory
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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. Google Books
• 4. 1910 Federal Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi
  • 25 April, District 45, page 22B, Hse/Fam #48
• 5. Ohio, Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2007
• 6. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
• 7. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014