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• The 1900 Census in Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, list Edward with his father's family in Township 4 South Range 4E, District 145, page 27A, Hse/Fam #402
  Edward Gregory  Son W M  Nov 1885  14  TN TN TN Farm Laborer
  
  This is the only place where Edd appears as Edward.  The family are agreed that his name was Edd.  This census also records Andy as Andrew and Dock as Doctor.  Andy's name appears on his birth certificate as Andy.  The family and other censuses are agreed that Andy had no other name but Andy.  When we see Dock's name written as Doctor, it becomes clear that the enumerator was trying to regularize or standardize the names for these three members of this family.
  
  My mother and aunt tell me that Edd was considered the cook of the family.
  
  In 1910 the census reports Edd living in the household of his brother Tom (G T).
  
  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
  
  The Gregorys are generally short, stocky and darkhaired.  I noticed that in his WWI registration, Edd is described as of Stout build but has blue eyes and light hair.  He repored his birth year as 1883, but in his 1942 WWII registration, the date reported is 1885, matching other family and public records, and his gravestone.
  
  U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
  Edd Gregory
  Residence RFD 2, Box 94B, Garvin County, Oklahoma
  Birth Date 18 Nov 1883
  Farming for Self
  Nearest Relative Julia Clementine Gregory (mother), RFD 2, Box 94B, Garvin County, Oklahoma
  Medium Height, Stout Build, Blue Eyes, LIght Hair
  Registered 12 September 1918 Pauls Valley, Garvin County, Oklahoma
  Signed Edd Gregory
  
  1920 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma, 25 January, Elmore Township, District 25, page 11B,  Hse #188, Fam #200
  Gregory Dock G  Head  Owns Farm (Mortgaged) M W 67 AL VA TN Farmer
  Gregory Julia A  Wife F W 65 Single TN TN TN No Occupation
  Gregory Edy Son M W 33 Single TN AL TN Farmer, Working Out
  
  This census records his name with spelling Edy.
  Niece Lou Ila Jenkins reports the name as Edd.
  The Erin Springs Cemetery registry also lists him as Edd.
  
  In the 1930 census he is listed as Ed, and living in his father's household.  In 1940 Edd is stil living with his father and his brother Charley has been divorced and joined them.
  
  1940 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma, no date, Elmore, District 25-6, page 3A, Hse #42, Owns farm $200
  Gregory, D Patric Head M W 84 Widow Grade 2 b Alabama same house in 1935
  Gregory, Charley Son M W 58 Divorced Grade 8 b Tenn same house in 1935
  Gregory, Edd Son M W 53 Single Grade 8 b Tenn same house in 1935 Farm Laborer
  
  In 1942, at age 56, Edd was still single.  he never married.  He listed his mother as his contact or "nearest relative" and in 1942 his father.  I see here also that he reports his father's name as D G Gregory.  This is only the second record found that has the initial G for Edd's father Dock Patrick Gregory, the other being one census record.  It is not known what the G stands for.
  
  U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
  Edd (No Middle Name) Gregory
  Age 56, Birth Date 18 Nov 1885 Jefferson County, Tennessee
  Residence RR 3, Elmore City, Oklahoma
  Self-employed, RR 3, Elmore City, Oklahoma
  Contact D G Gregory (father), RR 3, Elmore City, Oklahoma
  (back)
  5" 2" 195 lbs Blue Eyes, Brown Hair, Light Complexion
  Registered 27 April 1942 Pauls Valley, Garvin County, Oklahoma
  Signed Edd Gregory
  
  Edd was buried in Erin Springs Cemetery, in Garvin County, about 5 miles south of Lindsay.
  
  Edd Gregory
  Birth Nov 18, 1885 Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee
  Death Oct 8, 1958 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)
  John Gregory (1890 - 1993)
  Andy Gregory (1892 - 1975)
  Lucy Carter (1893 - 1970)
  Burial Erin Springs Cemetery, Erin Springs, Garvin County, Oklahoma, Section A, Row 19
  Created by DLT Jul 30, 2011
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #74169512, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=74169512

Sources

• 1. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
  • 4 July, Township 4 South Range 4E, District 145, page 27A, Hse/Fam #402
• 2. 1910 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma
  • 20 April, Lincoln Township, District 42, page 4A,  Hse #50, Fam #51
• 3. Loretta Gregory Gay Genealogical Research
• 4. 1920 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma
  • 25 January, Elmore Township, District 25, page 11B,  Hse #188, Fam #200
• 5. 1940 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma
  • no date, Elmore, District 25-6, page 3A, Hse #42, Owns farm $200
• 6. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 7. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
• 8. Cemeteries of Oklahoma
• 9. Loretta Gregory Gay, Personal Communication
• 10. 1920 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma
  • 25 January, District 25, page 11B,  Hse #188, Fam #200
• 11. 1930 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma
  • 18 April, Elmore Twnshp, District 25-8, page 10B, Hse #183, Fam #192
• 12. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918