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Descendants of John Gregory

This page is about John Gregory who was born in Virginia but witnessed the early history of the state of Missouri where he built a farm and raised a family in Lewis County, Missouri.

These generations of Gregory's lived in Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma, Oregon, California, Colorado and Ohio.

The majority of the families listed here are descended from his son Alexander, although research is still in progress on the other children of John and Frances as well as Alexander.

Alexander Gregory was the fourth child of John Gregory and Frances Rush. He left
Missouri and struck out on his own in the 1860's. The Civil War was going strong in that period and it's very probable that he served in that war, but we have no proof of it yet.
He later ended up in Texas, marrying a Texan bride, Sarah Smith. They had a ranch in Stephens County, Texas in 1880, but later moved to Oklahoma, probably in one of the great Oklahoma "land rushes".

The sons and daughter of Alexander Gregory were orphaned at an early age and lived a hard life bringing their families up in Oklahoma's early state history where they made
their living, farming the land eventually having to deal with the Oklahoma dust bowl. Through this they maintained close relationships their entire lives with each other.

What happened to Alexander and his wife is unknown. Some family stories have
Alexander dying in a gunfight, another story that they died in some kind of plague in Oklahoma.

Two DNA samples from this line are a 10/12 match to MACGREGOR sample 7783.
Many thanks to Candace Gregory for her efforts on this.

A 37 marker DNA test has also shown this Gregory family to be related to John M.
Gregory, born 1785 in Loudon County Virginia, who married Sarah Wheatley in 1814.

More on the history of John Gregory

This site is dedicated to Lucille Gregory; whose desire to trace her families roots made this site possible.