CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
CLAY TOWNSHIP, MORGAN CO., INDIANA
PAGE 262
JOHN HINER GREGORY (deceased) was born in Morgan County, Ind., July 4, 1842,
and is the son of Daniel and Mary (Cox) Gregory, of English lineage. John
H., was reared upon a farm, and was educated at the common schools.
February 7, 1866, he was married to Amanda J., a native of Morgan County,
born February 14, 1844, and a daughter of William and Eleanor (Clark)
Rinker. Three children were given them--Oliver L. (deceased), Albert and
Melva I. The father died on April 7, 1882, in the membership of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, to which his wife belongs. Mrs. Gregory is
living upon a farm of 122 acres of land, well improved and abundantly
stocked. Mr. Gregory enlisted August 6, 1862, in Company H, Seventieth
Indiana Infantry, and served three years. He participated in the following
battles: Russellville, Resaca, Cassville, New Hope Church, Lost Mountain,
Kenesaw Mountain, Marietta, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Savannah, and was
also with Sherman on his "march to the sea." He was honorably discharged on
June 8, 1865. He then resumed farming, was always a most devoted husband
and father, as well as a respected citizen. Being early left an orphan, Mr.
Gregory lived with an uncle until he had nearly attained his majority, when
he returned to Morgan County, Ind. Mrs. Gregory is residing on the old
homestead of Levi Rinker.
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
CLAY TOWNSHIP, MORGAN CO., INDIANA
PAGE 262
JOHN HINER GREGORY (deceased) was born in Morgan County, Ind., July 4, 1842,
and is the son of Daniel and Mary (Cox) Gregory, of English lineage. John
H., was reared upon a farm, and was educated at the common schools.
February 7, 1866, he was married to Amanda J., a native of Morgan County,
born February 14, 1844, and a daughter of William and Eleanor (Clark)
Rinker. Three children were given them--Oliver L. (deceased), Albert and
Melva I. The father died on April 7, 1882, in the membership of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, to which his wife belongs. Mrs. Gregory is
living upon a farm of 122 acres of land, well improved and abundantly
stocked. Mr. Gregory enlisted August 6, 1862, in Company H, Seventieth
Indiana Infantry, and served three years. He participated in the following
battles: Russellville, Resaca, Cassville, New Hope Church, Lost Mountain,
Kenesaw Mountain, Marietta, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Savannah, and was
also with Sherman on his "march to the sea." He was honorably discharged on
June 8, 1865. He then resumed farming, was always a most devoted husband
and father, as well as a respected citizen. Being early left an orphan, Mr.
Gregory lived with an uncle until he had nearly attained his majority, when
he returned to Morgan County, Ind. Mrs. Gregory is residing on the old
homestead of Levi Rinker.
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