Jenkins-Terry-Gregory-Green Oklahoma & McSwain-Dumond Ark:Information about Andy Gregory
Andy Gregory (b. 29 May 1892, d. 25 Jan 1975)
Notes for Andy Gregory:
As far as his children ever said they 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 the name of A Gregory.His nieces and nephews called him Uncle Andy.His grandchildren called him Grandpa.His earlier children Dessie and Josephine called him Papa, the other 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 is confirmed 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 name appears 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!
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, RettaWifeF W 34 OK TX GA General Farming Labor
Gregory, DessieDauF W 15 OK TN GA
Gregory, Josephine Dau M W 12 OK TN GA
Gregory, LouilaDauF W9 OK TN GA
Gregory, EverettSonF W 6 OK TN GA
Gregory, WandaDauF 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 the1973-4, though I do not remember how actively he himself was actually working the farm at that time.He moved 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 at that 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.
More About Andy Gregory:
Burial: 28 Jan 1975, Lindsay, Garvin, Oklahoma, by Brown-Boydston Funeral Home.3215, 3216, 3217
Married: 26 Oct 1913, Marlow, Stephens, Oklahoma, to Alpharetta Mae Green.3218, 3219
Residence: 1900, Township 4, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory.3220
Residence2: 1910, Marlow, Stephens, Oklahoma.3221
Residence3: 1913, Marlow, Stephens, Oklahoma.3222
Residence4: 1917, Marlow, Stephens, Oklahoma.3223
Residence5: Bet. 1918 - 1975, Lindsay area, Garvin, Oklahoma.3224, 3225
Social Security Number: 448-16-4900.3226
SSN issued: Oklahoma.3226
More About Andy Gregory and Alpharetta Mae Green:
Marriage: 26 Oct 1913, Near Marlow, Stephens, Oklahoma.3227, 3228
Children of Andy Gregory and Alpharetta Mae Green are:
- +Dessie Lea Gregory, b. 12 Mar 1915, Family Farm, near Marlow, Stephens, Oklahoma3229, 3230, 3231, d. 01 Feb 2003, Pauls Valley, Garvin, Oklahoma3232.
- Alpha Josephine Gregory, b. 30 Dec 1917, Marlow, Stephens, Oklahoma3233, 3234, d. 23 Jun 2005, Lindsay, Garvin, Oklahoma3235.
- Alfred Andrew Gregory, b. 05 Jul 19193236, 3237, 3238, d. 09 Jul 19203239, 3240, 3241.
- +Lou Ila Gregory.
- +Everett Wayne Gregory.
- +Wanda June Gregory.
- Gladys Loretta Gregory.