The History of Warren County, Ohio, Part 110

Author: W. H. Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1882
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Number of Pages: 1081


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never having a lawsuit in his life; an excellent neighbor and a worthy citizen. and a devoted member of the Christian Church; he died July 19, 1862, aged 72 years; his wife died Dec. 31, 1868, aged 70 years. Our subject grew to man- hood on the old home farm, and married, Dec. 4, 1862, Cornelia, daughter of Isaac and Tacy (Wilkinson) Peacock; he was born in New Jersey April 19, 1803, and she in Virginia. He came to Warren County when 12 years of age; was married, near Springboro, in 1826; he was Surveyor of Warren County for nine years or more; was quite a prominent leading man of the county; he re- moved to Hamilton, Ohio, in 1863, and served four years as civil engineer, and still resides there; they had ten children; six now survive- Rachel, Maria. Angeline, Eliza, Cornelia and Ellen. Mr. Dearth and wife have four children -Edith, born July 27, 1864; Anna, April 27, 1866; William E., July 27. 1868; and Mary E., born April 30, 1875. Mr. Dearth has devoted his life to agricultural pursuits, with the exception of three years' residence in Franklin. and has resided on the old home place of his father and grandfather, which has now been in possession of the Dearth family for eighty-three years.


JOSEPH DECKER, farmer; P. O. Red Lion; born in Warren County June 21, 1815; is a son of Joseph and Hannah (Earnhart) Decker, natives of Pennsylvania, who, in 1812, emigrated to Ohio and located with his father-in- law on Sec. 34, Clear Creek Township, residing there only a short time, when he bought a tract of land on Sec. 10, where George Munger now lives, and there he located and opened out a great portion of the farm; after residing there about sixteen or eighteen years, he exchanged his place for a farm on Sec. 17, which is also now owned by George Munger, and here he spent the balance of his life, and died at the age of about 68 years; his wife survived him about fifteen years and she died aged 71 years; they had fourteen chil- dren-nine sons and five daughters; ten now survive -- Mary, now Mrs. George Munger; Joseph; John; Lucinda, now Mrs. Jackson Thompson; Henry; Eliz- abeth, now Mrs. John Hoover; Jesse; William; Hannah Ann, now Mrs. Oscar Dearth; and Albert. I Mr. Decker did much pioneer work; was a hard-working. industrious man, and opened out and cleared up a great portion of two farms; was noted for his kind, jovial nature, whose honor and integrity were undoubted. and was respected by all who knew him. The subject of this sketch was born and raised on his father's farm on Sec. 10, and grew to manhood well acquainted with the work of helping his father clear up the farm; was married. Sept. 29, 1836, to Elizabeth, daughter of Allen and Sarah Thompson, natives .of Rockingham Co., Va., who moved to Ohio and settled in Turtle Creek Town- ship, and lived and died in Warren County. By this union, Mr. Decker and wife have had seven children; six now survive-Inman, born July 6, 1837 (de- ceased); Jackson, Feb. 20, 1839; Sarah Maria, July 12, 1841, married David Stace; Hannah, Jan. 1, 1844, married Thomas Adams; Mary Ann, June 3. 1846, married Edward Coffin; Calvin, Aug. 20, 1849; and Clara, born Jan. 12. 1853, married Layton Graham. Mr. Decker, after his marriage, located on a piece of land in Franklin Township, and moved into an old log cabin, which had been used as a sheep pen; to this he built a chimney, cleaned it up pre- paratory to housekeeping, and there they were, without a dollar in the world; they then and there resolved to start out for an " honest living or none at all." He went to Franklin to John Thirkield, and said to him: "I want to buy $25 or $30 worth of utensils for housekeeping, and that if he lived one year he would pay him; if he did not, he would have to lose it, as he was not worth a dollar in the world." Mr. Thirkield replied: " I will try you." They select- ed such articles as they needed, returned home and went to work; success and , prosperity followed their united labors, and today Mr. Decker is comfortably situated, with a good competency, owns a good farm of 120 acres, with good


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improvements, and 4 acres where he lives, with good buildings and improve- ments, constituting a pleasant home and residence. They kept their resolution -they made their living, and a good one, and did it honestly, by their own labor, industry and economy; and all this accomplished without any education -not even as much as to enable them to write their own names. Here we leave this remarkable record of these pioneers to be seen and read by future generations for their instruction and encouragement.


ARTHUR D. EASTON, farmer; P. O. Springboro; born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, Dec. 13, 1838; is a son of Daniel and Tabitha (Bradbury) Easton. he a native of Connecticut and she of Virginia. The paternal grandfather, B. G. Easton, was also a native of Connecticut, where he lived and died. The maternal grandparents were James and Elizabeth Bradbury, natives of Virginia. but who, about the year 1839, became residents of Ohio, thence of Kentucky, where they resided several years; thence returned to Ohio and located in Mont- gomery County, where they died, near Germantown; she died about 1863, and he about 1870. Mr. Bradbury was a soldier in the war of 1812, being in serv- ice till the war closed. Daniel Easton, after arriving at manhood, emigrated to Virginia, where he was married and resided till the fall of 1838; he removed with his family to Ohio and located in Montgomery County; thence removed to Kentucky about 1842, where he purchased military land, built a cabin and paid for his land; subsequently, another party laid claim to his land, and he paid for it again; finally, a third party laid his claim, and he paid the third time, thinking surely that would end all controversy; but it was but a short time be- fore a fourth claim came against him, and he gave up his land, after having per- formed a large amount of labor in clearing up and improving his land; he then removed to Cincinnati with a broken-down constitution and much disheartened, and there he resided a few years, when death relieved him from all further toils and labors; he died in the fall of 1846, aged about 52 years; his death was sudden; he and his two sons, who were quite young, went out into the woods beyond Walnut Hills to dig out some snake-root, where he was taken suddenly ill, and attempted to return home, but died before reaching the city, as was supposed with heart disease. They had three children-Brewster G., Arthur D., and Mary E., now Mrs. Somers. His widow married for her second husband Michael Protzman, by whom she had two children-Hiram and Rebecca. Mrs. Protzman died in October, 1876. The subject of this sketch was about eight years of age when his father died; thence he lived with his grandfather for a time; thence, after his mother's second marriage, lived with her a few years; was married, Oct. 19, 1865, to Sarah, daughter of Marmaduke and Jane S. Crockett, natives of Ohio (see sketch of Marmaduke Crockett, deceased); by this union they have five children-Charles C., born Oct. 3, 1866; David Edwin, Sept. 11, 1869; William O., June 29, 1872; John C., April 19,1874; and Earnest D., born Nov. 3, 1876. Mr. Easton located, after their marriage, on the place where he now lives, which he bought in 1861, and here he has since resided, and is one of the prominent farmers of Clear Creek Township, and one of her best citizens.


CHARLES H. EULASS, Postmaster and general store, Ridgeville, born in Warren Co., Ohio, May 22, 1840, is a son of William and Ruth Ann (Smith) Eulass, he a native of Warren County and she of Rhode Island; the grandpar- ents were Jacob and Phoebe Eulass; he was born in Kentucky; when a young man, about the year 1797, came to Warren County, where he married and set- tled, being one of the first settlers of Clear Creek Township; he owned, and, it is believed, entered from the Government, the south half of Sec. 26, and here remained till quite advanced in years, when he removed to Lebanon, where he died aged 82 years, and his remains now rest in the Clear Creek Graveyard,


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near Ridgeville. William Eulass grew to manhood accustomed to the pioneer work of clearing up the farm. Just prior to his majority, he engaged in the mercantile trade at Raysville, where he continued a few years; was married while there; thence he bought a farm on Sec. 25, Clear Creek Township, and entered quite largely upon dealing in hogs and driving them to the Dayton and Cincinnati markets; also engaged quite extensively in pork-packing at Franklin and Cincinnati. In 1846, Mr. Eulass was elected Sheriff of Warren County, and moved from his farm to Lebanon; he filled this office four years; he was also a Justice of the Peace six years prior to his election as Sheriff. After the expiration of his term of office as Sheriff, in 1850, he returned to the farm, where he died in 1852, aged 44 years. Mr. Eulass was one of the active, leading business men of the county, being well and favorably known, and, although dying in the prime of life, yet he had accumulated quite an amount of property; owned 260 acres of land, and in honor and integrity of character he commanded the respect of all who knew him. His wife survived him till 1866; she died aged 50 years; they had six children; four now survive-Caro- line, now Mrs. Lafayette Lackey; Charles H., Isabella, and Jennie, now Mrs. Billmeyer. Our subject arrived at manhood on his father's farm; was married, Oct. 5, 1864, to Anna E., daughter of Benjamin A. Stokes, whose history ap- pears in this work; by this union they have had six children; five now survive -Alfred, Charles Carroll, Mabel, William and Ralph. Mr. Eulass continued to reside upon the old home farm till July, 1876, when he sold his farm and engaged in the mercantile trade in Ridgeville, purchased the stock of goods and property of Samuel Graham; here he has continued in trade to the present time, and is doing a good business. Mr. Eulass is a man of pleasing address, social in his nature, and possesses the confidence and respect of his community, and we may safely predict a future and permanent success in business; he has held the most prominent offices of his township; was Township Trustee eight years, a Justice of the Peace three years, and has been a Director of the Board of Warren County Agricultural Society eight years.


CHRISTOPHER FRY, farmer; P. O. Springboro; born on an adjoining farm to the one where he now lives June 20, 1834; is a son of J. Philip and Catharine (Blin) Fry, he a native of Virginia and she of Warren Co., Ohio. The grandfather, Henry Joseph Fry, who, it is believed, was a native of Ger- many, emigrated to America in an early day, and, the first knowledge we gain of him, he was a resident of Loudoun Co., Va., where they lived till 1816; they removed to Ohio and located upon the place where our subject now lives; here he opened out the farm principally from the woods, and in 1818 erected the large brick house which still stands here, in which our subject now dwells, and is still a good house and in good condition; here the grandfather died, aged 60 years; he was a well-educated man, and was a physician, and also a minister of the Gospel in the United Brethren Church, and did much minister- ial work, preaching in both the English and German languages. Philip, the fa . ther of our subject, was a young single man, about 22 years of age, when they came to Warren County; was married here, and became the father of seven children-five sons and two daughters -- three now living-Henry J., now a resident of Cass Co., Ind .; Julia Ann. now widow Snell, living in Carroll Co., Ind .; and Christopher. Mr. Fry located on Sec. 10, where the widow of Jacob Fry now lives, and here he resided till his death, in October, 1873, aged 79 years; his wife died in spring of 1863. Mr. Fry was a very devoted member of the United Brethren Church, having united with that church when 18 years of age, and was always faithful in his attendance, his seat never vacant when it was in his power to be there; he held, during his life, nearly every office in the church-in fact, was a main pillar in the church, and at his death had been


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a faithful servant and worker for fifty-seven years. The subject of this sketch, the youngest child of his father now living, grew to manhood on his father's farm, where he remained till the breaking-out of the war of the rebellion, when, on Aug. 20, 1862, he enlisted in the 79th O. V. I. and served through the war, and received his honorable discharge at Washington June 10, 1865; he served in the 20th Army Corps in the Cumberland Army, under Gen. Joe Hooker; was in the battles of Resaca, Peach Tree Creek, Middlebury, N. C., and others, but was favored to pass through all and escape without a wound, and enjoyed good health throughout his service, and returned home; remained with his fa- ther till his death, thence located where he now lives and has since resided.


EVAN E. GITHENS, farmer; P. O. Springboro; born in Warren Co., Ohio, June 23, 1833; is a son of George W. and Mary C. (Ellis) Githens, na- tives of New Jersey. The grandparents were Joseph and Sarah Githens, also natives of New Jersey, but who emigrated to Ohio and located in Warren County, near Raysville, in Clear Creek Township, on the place then known as the Jacob Hampton farm, in 1823; there his wife died Dec. 3, 1834, aged 66 years; he died June 5, 1842, aged 82 years; they had seven sons and four daughters, all now deceased but two-John and Elijah; the first resides at Cen- terville, Ohio, and the latter at Richmond. Ind. George Githens, the father of our subject, was born Aug. 1, 1797; Mary C., his wife, was born Feb. 14, 1798; they were married in Philadelphia, Dec. 6, 1821; Mary C. was a daugh- ter of Aaron and Lucretia Ellis, natives of New Jersey, who lived and died there; he died Jan. 24. 1836, in his 62d year; his wife survived him till March 28, 1863, aged 89 years. Mr. Ellis was engaged in the war of 1812, and held the office of Colonel. George Githens came to Warren County with his fa- ther, and returned to New Jersey; thence, about 1826, with his family, moved to this county and settled on his father's farm, and spent his entire life in Clear Creek Township; his wife died July 11, 1871; he died Feb. 5, 1879; they had nine children; five now survive-Rachel, now Widow Walker, resid- ing at Paris, Ill .; Bowman H .; Lucretia, who married Phineas Maloy, resides in Edgar Co., Ill .; Evan E. and Aaron E. Mr. Githens was a mason and brick-layer by trade, which business he followed most of his life, and his sons carried on the farm. Our subject grew to manhood, and was married, Aug. 19, 1855, to Sarah Jane, born March 12, 1836, daughter of Henry P. and Emily Bradstreet, he a native of Warren Co., Ohio, and she of Virginia; the grand- father was Daniel Bradstreet, a native of Massachusetts, who was one of the early settlers of Clear Creek Township, where he lived till his death. Henry P. and wife located on the old home place of his father, where they remained through life; they had seven children-Amanda E., Hamilton M., Smith R., Sarah Jane, Francis M., Rhoda and Albert Q. Mr. Bradstreet was twice mar- ried; by his second wife, Kesiah Deardorf, he had two children-Anna and Ellis. Mr. Githens and wife have had five children-Leonora, born May 24, 1858; Lester, May 30, 1860; Mary, Jan. 27, 1863, deceased; Nettie V., May 7, 1866; and George, born Jan. 28, 1868. Mr. Githens has followed agricultural pursuits through life, and all within Clear Creek Township; has now been a resident here from his birth, a period of forty-eight years. He bought and located on the place where he now lives in spring of 1864, where he has since resided. Mr. Githens holds no office-a quiet, unassuming farmer, but a man whose character and integrity are undoubted; an excellent neighbor and a worthy citizen.


DAVID GRAHAM, farmer; P. O. Dodds; born on the place where he now lives Dec. 3, 1802; is a son of William and Phoebe (Frazie) Graham; he was born in Ireland, and emigrated to America with his parents, William and Sarah Graham, when 2 years of age, in the year 1760, and located in Pennsyl-


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vania, where the grandfather died one or two days after they landed; his wife, Sarah, survived him many years, and died in Warren County, on the place where David now lives, Jan. 14, 1823, aged 101 years. William, the father of our subject, was raised in Pennsylvania, and, at the age of 18 years, was drafted, and served as a soldier in the war of the Revolution. About 1795, he emigrated to Kentucky, and, about 1797 or 1798, came to Warren County and located at Deerfield, and about 1799 was married; about 1800, located on the place where David now lives, on Sec. 28, and here they resided till their death; his wife died May 18, 1855, aged 75 years ; he died Aug. 3, 1858, aged 100 years. These were the true pioneers of the county; they commenced right in the woods and cut the first stick ever taken from the place, and here endured all the hardships of those early settlers, their neighbors being few and far between. They had twelve children-eight sons and four daughters, eight now living- David; Nancy, now Mrs. Drellinger, residing in Indiana; Samuel; James; Sarah, now Widow Warren, also living in Indiana; Phoebe, now Widow Kirby. living in Illinois; Hannah, now Mrs. Shimp, living in Indiana; and John, Mr. Graham was twice married; by his first wife he had three children, all deceased. The subject of this sketch was married, Nov. 21, 1822, to Anna Proud, born in New Jersey Oct. 14, 1799, a daughter of Peter and Abigail Proud, who came to Warren County in 1805; by this union Mr. Graham and wife have had seven children-Nancy, born May 23, 1823, died Feb. 23, 1824; Elizabeth, born Nov. 30, 1824, married Ezekiel Mulford, died July 9, 1850; Samuel, born Sept. 12, 1826, married Mary Richardson, died July 19, 1876; Phoebe, born July 13, 1828, married John Murry, died Aug. 7, 1881; Abigail Ann, born June 20, 1830, married James Earnhart; Hannah, born June 5, 1833; and Maria, born June 27, 1835, married Charles E. Earnhart. Mr. Gra- ham is now 79 years of age, and has spent his entire life in this county, except four years' residence in Miami Co., Ohio; he lived twenty years on Sec. 27, Clear Creek Township; thence, in 1855, came to the old home farm, where he has since resided. Mr. Graham is now probably the oldest man living in Clear Creek Township who was born here; he has known what pioneer life was, and has lived to see the vast improvements and changes that have taken place in these many years; he is one of the prominent and well-known farmers of War- ren County, and has been one of her best and most worthy citizens. Mr. Gra- ham and wife have now traveled the journey of life together fifty-nine years- almost threescore years. William Graham, the father, was married in leather breeches. Mr. Graham found many Indian relics on his farm. Mr. Graham's father made a cradle of clapboards, in which all his children were rocked, and it is now an heirloom in the family.


JONAH R. and JAMES A. GREGG, farmers; P. O. Springboro; both were born on the old home place where James A. now resides, Jonah R., born Sept. 6, 1836, and James A., Feb. 25, 1846; are sons of William and Susannah (Millard) Gregg. The paternal grandparents were Samuel and Nancy (O' Brian) Gregg; he was born in Loudoun Co., Va., May 4, 1773; she was born July 28. 1775; in 1796, they emigrated from Western Pennsylvania and landed at Co- lumbia, above Cincinnati, near the mouth of the Little Miami River; they located at Deerfield, Warren Co., soon after which Mr. Gregg entered a tract of land in Clear Creek Township, where he built a log cabin and moved into it; this structure was without floor, window, chimney or chinks; a doorway was made in one side by cutting out the logs; a dense forest covered the coun- try, and he had to make a route from the cabin to the schoolhouse by blazing trees, in order that the children might not get lost in the woods; this structure was also built of logs, with greased-paper windows and puncheon floor and seats of the same material. Mr. Gregg, though a young man of about 23 when


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he came to Ohio, was inured to severe labor and toil; game abounded, and he took special delight in allowing his trusty rifle to speak the doom of many a deer, wolf and bear; of the deer, he killed, in one winter, thirty-six, and tanned their skins, which served the purposes of clothing, etc. ; at that early day, and for a number of years afterward, the families of the settlers spun their own yarn, had their own looms, wove their own cloth and made their own apparel. Mr. Gregg died Aug. 30, 1844; his wife died Oct. 10, 1844; they had seven sons and six daughters, all now deceased. William Gregg, the father of our subjects, who was the first son and second child of the above Samuel and Nancy Gregg, was born at Deerfield, Warren Co., Oct. 28, 1798; was raised in the above-described log cabin, and grew to manhood inured to all the hardships pertaining to those pioneer days. On Dec. 12, 1822, he married Susannah, daughter of Mordecai and Catharine (Evans) Millard; he was born in Pennsyl- vania March 31, 1874; she was also a native of Pennsylvania, and they were married in that State; came to Ohio in August, 1817, and settled near Spring- boro, Warren Co .; here Mr. Millard erected a saw and grist mill about the year 1818, which business he followed about thirty years; his wife died in February, 1849, aged 77 years; Mr. Millard died in Indiana March 9, 1850; his remains were brought home and interred in the Springboro Cemetery. They had two sons and eight daughters, of whom Susannah, the mother of the subjects of this sketch, was born in Berks Co., Penn .. April 7, 1803; her grandfather was Mordecai Millard, born in Pennsylvania June 24, 1736, who married Frances Lincoln, who was born June 22, 1741, in the same State. Mr. Gregg and wife had the following children: Rebecca, born Feb. 14, 1824, died Aug. 6, 1825; Mordecai M., born Dec. 21, 1825; Hiram, born Dec. 20, 1828; Ann J., born Aug. 3, 1831, died Feb. 20, 1836; Amanda, born May 3, 1833; an infant, born Sept. 7, 1835, died Nov. 19, 1835; Jonah; Catharine, born Jan. 10, 1839, died 1860; William H., born Nov. 14, 1840, died Oct. 10, 1864; George W., born Dec. 10, 1843, died July 10, 1864; James A .; Ema- line and Adaline, twins, born March 5, 1848; Adaline died Aug. 4, 1848; Ema- line died Sept. 30, 1848. Of these, William H. served in the war of the rebell- ion, and was killed near Atlanta, Ga., by the guerrillas, while carrying dis- patches from Col. Smith, at Chattahootchie River Railroad bridge, to Col. Dus- tin, at Atlanta; his body was found twice pierced with bullets; there were also two bayonet thrusts in the breast; it was thought, judging from the character of the wounds that he received, that the brutal wretches bayoneted him after he had fallen; either of the gun-shot wounds, or both, of themselves, might not have proved fatal; as a friend, he was all that could be desired-frank, truth- ful and good; as a companion, pleasant, amiable and attractive; as a soldier, true as steel and brave to a fault; he was buried on a high hill within the fortification near the river; George W. also served in the late war, and died in the service at Fayetteville, W. Va .; was buried there; he was a faithful soldier and a noble young man; the remains of both were brought home and interred in the family burying-ground at Springboro. These the parents willingly gave up for the preservation of the Union and the glorious cause of universal liberty; the family have in their possession the head-boards that were placed at their . graves, having respectively the following inscriptions neatly cut into the wood: HARRISON GREGG, COMPANY A, 79TH REGIMENT, O. V. I., Killed October 10, 1864. GEORGE GREGG, COMPANY H, 146TH REGIMENT, O. N. G. Died July 10, 1864.


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Universalism, and was one among the first to form a society in Springboro for the building of a Universalist Church; he died March 2, 1879; his wife died July 22, 1878. Jonah R. Gregg was married, Nov. 8, 1864, to Miss Ella S., daughter of Aaron and Rebecca (Kelsey) Gregg, he a native of Loudoun Co., Va., and she of Warren Co., Ohio, and were among the early settlers of this county; were married here and became parents of seven children; three now survive -- Ella S., George W. and Albert M. Mrs. Gregg died in July, 1852. Mr. Gregg married for his second wife Philena Borden, by whom he had seven children; four now survive-Sarah E., Ada, Aaron and Edward Everett. Mr. Gregg died July 16, 1865. During the war, Mr. Gregg was a resident of Ken- tucky, and was a stanch Union man; was several times compelled to leave his home for a time to save his life; he was a member of the Senate two years dur- ing the war; two of his sons, Wilson and George W., served in the war; the former enlisted in the 5th O. V. I., and was killed at the battle of Cedar Mountain in August, 1862; George W. enlisted when 14 years of age, in the 18th Ky. V. L., and served through the war. Miss Ella S., the wife of Jonah R. Gregg, was born in Warren County Nov. 8, 1842; they have had four chil- dren -- Frank B .; born Sept. 27, 1865; Susie A., born Sept. 11, 1867, died March 14, 1881; one infant, born Aug. 2, 1869, deceased; and Earl La Mont, born May 6, 1878. Mr. Gregg located on the place where he now lives, which was known as the Voorhis farm; here his house was destroyed by fire in Jan- uary, 1868, losing all their furniture and the contents of their house; in the summer of the same year, he erected his present large brick house, and now has a fine home and residence. James A. Gregg was married, March 28, 1867, to Miss Rachel J., daughter of Henry S. and Lydia (Bateman) Thompson, he a native of the State of New York and she of Pennsylvania; they became early settlers of Warren County; were married here, and lived and died in this county, dying on the place where James A. now lives, residing, at the time of their death, with him. Mr. Bateman erected the first mill just south of Spring- boro, which property is now owned by Mr. Baird, which was one of the first mills built in the county; they had nine children; seven now survive-Hannah Zada, now Mrs. Ryan, residing in Tennessee; Joseph S., living in Muncie, Ind. ; Mary A., now Mrs. Baker; John B., living in Cincinnati; William H., living in Indianapolis; Charles W., and Rachel J., who was born in this county July 22, 1845. Mr. Gregg and wife have four children-William H., born Feb. 14, 1868; John T., April 19, 1871; Mabel A., July 15, 1876; and Albert Carl, born Feb. 27, 1880. Mr. Gregg remains upon the old home place where he was born, and where his parents lived so many years; this place has now been in possession of the Gregg family for forty-four years.




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