Life History

Other facts

Notes

• As far as his children said they ever knew, Andy never had but the one name.  I remember his rural mailbox on the section-line road in front of his house, south of Lindsay, Oklahoma, was labeled "A. Gregory."  All his accounts and his mail were always in this name.  His nieces and nephews called him Uncle Andy.  His grandchildren called him Grandpa.  His earlier children Dessie and Josephine called him Papa, theother children called him Daddy.
  
  In the 1900 census he is listed as Andrew.  But his brother Edd is listed as Edward.  The family know for certain that these "full" names are not correct.  The over-correction error of the census enumerator isconfirmed when we see that he listed the father of these children as Doctor instead of Dock."
  
  In 1910 Andy is in his parents home in Richland Township of Stephens County (just outside Marlow town).  The 1910 census enumerator was apparently barely literate.  Most of the names are horribly misspelled and the handwriting is scrawling and almost illegible.  The family nameappears to be written Grgery, or maybe Gegery.  Andy is listed as Anda.  His father Dock is listed as Dolf, and his mother Julia as July!
  
  In 1910, we discover Dock and family in Richland Township of StephensCounty (near Marlow) Oklahoma.  He is recorded under the spelling of Dolf Gegery.  The writing of this enumerator is fairly legible, but spelling is awful, and he seems not to have heard correctly the forms ofsome names.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma, 25 April, Richland Township, District 243, page 6B,  No Hse or Fam #s on this page
  Gegery, Dolf Head  M W  56  married 31 years  AL TN TN Farmer
  Gegery, July (Julie?) wife F W 55 married 31 yrs TN TN TN
  Gegery, Anda Son M W 18  TN TN TN
  
  Andy married Alpharetta Mae Green, whom he had known for several years as their families lived close together in Richland Township, Stephens County, Oklahoma.  They married in October 1913.  I have not been able to locate any record of this family in the 1920 census.
  
  1930 Federal Census, Garvin, Oklahoma, 12 April, Lindsay, District 10, page 7B, Hse #92, Fam #109
  Gregory, Andy Head M W 37 TN TN AL General Farming
  Gregory, Retta  Wife  F W 34 OK TX GA General Farming Labor
  Gregory, Dessie  Dau  F W 15 OK TN GA
  Gregory, Josephine Dau M W 12 OK TN GA
  Gregory, Louila  Dau  F W  9 OK TN GA
  Gregory, Everett  Son  F W 6 OK TN GA
  Gregory, Wanda  Dau  F W 3 OK TN GA
  
  Andy was a Farmer all his life, from his childhood.  I remember he was still living on his farm in the  1973-4, though I do not remember how actively he himself was actually working the farm at that time.  Hemoved into a house in town for about the last year of his life.
  
  During part of the time while he had his own farm he also worked for others in the Broom Corn fields, for which Lindsay was known in earlier years.  My mother told me about her father and many of the men of the county working in the broom corn harvest.  The slogan of Lindsay atthat time was "Lindsay broom corn sweeps the world."
  
  Andy Gregory was killed in a car crash when he had a stroke while driving.  His sister-in-law Dorothy Green was riding with him at the time, and suffered a broken hip, which crippled her to a large degree. Dorothy was the wife of Homer Green, youngest brother of Andy's wife, Alpharetta Mae Green.
  
  Funeral services for Andy were held at the Brown-Boydston Funeral Home in Lindsay, with Bill Gentry, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, officiating.  Burial was in the Greenhill Cemetery, near Lindsay, in McClain County.
  
  Social Security Death Index
  Andy Gregory, Born 29 May 1892, Died Jan 1975, Last Residence Lindsay, Garvin, Oklahoma, 73052; SSN 448-16-4900 issued Oklahoma (Before 1951)

Sources

• 1. Loretta Gregory Gay Genealogical Research
• 2. Alpharetta Mae Gregory, names in a Bible
• 3. U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
• 4. Social Security Death Index
• 5. 1910 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  • 25 April, Richland Township, District 243, page 6B,  No Hse or Fam #s
• 6. Gravestone of Andy and Alpharetta Mae Gregory, Green Hill Cemetery, Lindsay, Oklahoma
• 7. Orville Boyd Jenkins, Personal Knowledge
• 8. Obituary of A Gregory, Lindsay (Oklahoma) News, 28 January 1975
• 9. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
  • 4 July, Township 4 South Range 4E, District 145, page 27A, Hse/Fam #40
• 10. 1910 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  • 25 April, Richland Township, District 243, page 6B, No Hse or Fam Numb
• 11. 1930 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma
  • 12 April, Lindsay, District 10, page 7B, Hse #92, Fam #109
• 12. Loretta Gregory Gay, family photos
• 13. Lindsay (Oklahoma) News, June 2005
  • Obituary of Alpha Josephine Hayes
• 14. Earl Jones Genealogy
  • http://earljones.net/pafn237.htm
• 15. Erin Springs Cemetery listings
  • http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgarvin/erinspringscemglist.htm
• 16. Lou Ila Gregory Jenkins, personal communication
• 17. Obituary of Everett W Gregory, BG Boydston Funeral Home online, 17 April 2009
  • http://www.boydstonfuneralhome.com/listings/memorial.asp
• 18. Lou Ila Gregory Jenkins, Family History Dates
• 19. Loretta Gregory Gay, personal communication