John Stanford Gregory, Jr.

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Husband: John Stanford GREGORY Jr.
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   Birthdate: 6 Dec 1834 - Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont
Death date: 25 Feb 1913 - Galveston, Galveston, Texas
      Buried: 2 Mar 1913 - Normal Hill Cem., Lewiston, Idaho
      Father: John Stanford GREGORY Chemist (1808-1886)
      Mother: Charlotte EATON (1810-1843)
Occupation: Lawyer
     Married: 25 Jun 1857                 Place: Newport, Monroe, Michigan
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   Wife: Elizabeth Mary White
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   Birthdate: 19 Dec 1837 - Newport, Monroe, Michigan
Death date: 3 Dec 1904 - Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho
      Buried: 1904 - Normal Hill Cem., Lewiston, Idaho
      Father: William Tandy WHITE (1807-1866)
      Mother: Nancy S. REYNOLDS (1816-1898)
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Children
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1 F Julia May GREGORY
   Birthdate: 13 Apr 1860 - Newport, Monroe, Michigan
Death date: 15 Jul 1936 - Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho
      Buried:
      Spouse: Elliott Weir EAVES Grain Broker (1866-1940)
        Marr: 23 Sep 1889 - Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska
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2 M George Morrow GREGORY
   Birthdate: 1862 - Newport, Monroe, Michigan
Death date: 1 Feb 1914 - Dallas, , Texas
      Buried: 2 Feb 1914 - Dallas, Tarrant, Texas
      Spouse: Maggie COYLE (    -    )
        Marr: Ft. Worth, , Texas
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3 M William White GREGORY Lawyer
   Birthdate: 27 Sep 1866 - GREGORY's Basin, Lancaster, Nebraska
Death date: 3 Jan 1944 - Stowell, Chambers, Texas
      Buried: - Fairview Cem., Stowell, Texas
      Spouse: Marie MAROLF (1868-1960)
        Marr: 9 Oct 1888 - Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska
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4 F Cora Ellen GREGORY
   Birthdate: 12 Jul 1868 - Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska
Death date: 4 Sep 1873 - Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska
      Buried: - Wyuka Cem., Lincoln, Nebraska
      Spouse:
        Marr:
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5 M Austin David Ralph GREGORY
   Birthdate: 17 Jan 1872 - Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska
Death date: 4 Sep 1937 - Cupertino, California
      Buried: - Vinyard Cem., Clarkston, Washington
      Spouse: Nell CLEAR (    -    )
        Marr:
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6 F Emma Louise GREGORY
   Birthdate: 24 May 1876 - Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska
Death date: 30 Dec 1960 - Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
      Buried: - New Tacoma Cem., Pierce, Washington
      Spouse: Christian Frederick OSMERS Druggist (1873-1944)
        Marr: 5 Apr 1899 - Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho
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7 F Mabel GREGORY
   Birthdate: 29 Sep 1878 - Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska
Death date: 11 Apr 1961 - Lewiston, Nez Perce, Idaho
      Buried: 13 Apr 1961 - Normal Hill Cem., Lewiston, Idaho
      Spouse: Oliver Perry PRING (1878-1963)
        Marr: 25 Jan 1900 - Galveston, Galveston, Texas
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8 M Eugene Tandy GREGORY
   Birthdate: 1882 - Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska
Death date: 25 May 1911 - Wallace, Shoshone, Idaho
      Buried:
      Spouse: Clara Maggie (    -    )
        Marr:
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Husband's General Notes
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* Was an attorney and in Real estate.
* He belonged to the Congregational Church.
* Moved with family to Ohio (Waynsville, Lucsas co,) as a boy and graduated High School in Maumee, Ohio. After school he moved to Mi. and was married at Newport.
* Admitted to the Bar in 1860 and moved to Lincoln, Nebrarska in 1862, supposedly the first permanent settler there and built the first salt works. Salt works were eventually taken over by Morton.
* John Stanford GREGORY was born Brattleboro, Vt., in December moved to Michigan as a young man and was admitted to the bar in 1860. After serving with company A of the 100th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War, GREGORY came to Nebraska in 1861.
* August 1862, he visited Lancaster county's salt flats and noted they were covered with an incrustation of salt about a quarter-inch deep, as the driven snow."
GREGORY immediately perceived the potential of the salt and built a bench of boilers on the north side of the large basin. He wasn't the first to see a future in salt. The Nebraska Salt Manufacturing Co. was incorporated in 1855. but there was no evidence and the only structure of any was J. Sterling Morton's shack, which had been abandoned in 1861 barely stood without a roof.
* Engaged in real estate and insurance.
* Chairman of the first board of county commisioners for Lancaster co.
* Elected to the State Legislature.
* Moved to Galveston, Texas in 1891.
* At some time in later life, one leg was shortened by about 4 inches.

Sources:
* From Ohio Roster, Published 1886
   Served in Civil War with the Ohio State Militia. Enlisted 3 Sep 1864 at age 29. Served with Ohio F Company 179 Inf. Reg. Mustered out 17 Jun 1865.
* Listed in: Nebraska Civil War Veterans
   GREGORY, JOHN S., 101ST OH INF, Post 25
   GREGORY, JOHN S., 100TH OH INF, Post
* 1885 Nebraska State Census ED:192 OS page 9B
* Nebraska Historical Society Quarterlies:
   "Early Days at the Salt Basin" about John Stanford GREGORY. Pub. 15:102-108, 1907
   "GREGORY's Basin, Lancaster Co. (postmaster)" Vol.59, p.285
   "John S. GREGORY Jr., Salt mfr." Nebraska History Vol. 40 P. 95
* U.S. Mail agent from 1859 to 1861 and first Postmaster at Gregories Basin in Lincoln (established May 28, 1863)
* In Mortons "History of Nebraska" 1906, pp 281-282, is found a short biography.
* In "Lincoln and Lancaster Co" 1916 by Andrew Sawyer, in V.1 he has listings on 27 seperate pages.
* History of the City of Lincoln by Hays and Coc (1889) pp71-85
* History of State of Nebraska V.II(1882) PP:1036/1037/1044/1053/1067
* Database: Nebraska State Census 1885
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Name: John J. GREGORY
Race: W
Age: 50
Birth Place: Vermont
ED: 501
Loc: N. 1/2 4 W.
Lincoln,Lancaster,Nebraska
Date: 04 Jun 1885
Enumerator: Chas H. Foxworthy
Locality: Midway Borough
ED: 192 OS
Page Number: 9B
(Mistake in middle initial. Should be â€œSâ€?)
Name: E. Mary GREGORY
Race: W
Age: 47
Birth Place: Michigan
ED: 501
Loc: N. 1/2 4 W.
Lincoln,Lancaster,Nebraska
Date: 04 Jun 1885
Enumerator: Chas H. Foxworthy
Locality: Midway Borough .
ED: 192 OS
Page Number: 9B
Name: Julia M. GREGORY
Race: W
Age: 26
Birth Place: Michigan
ED: 501
Loc: N. 1/2 4 W.
Lincoln,Lancaster,Nebraska
Date: 04 Jun 1885
Enumerator: Chas H. Foxworthy
Locality: Midway Borough
ED: 192 OS
Page Number: 9B
Name: George M. GREGORY
Race: W
Age: 24
Birth Place: Michigan
ED: 501
Loc: N. 1/2 4 W.
Lincoln,Lancaster,Nebraska
Date: 04 Jun 1885
Enumerator: Chas H. Foxworthy
Locality: Midway Borough
ED: 192 OS
Page Number: 9B
Name: Wm W. GREGORY
Race: W
Age: 20
Birth Place: Nebraska
ED: 501
Loc: N. 1/2 4 W.
Lincoln,Lancaster,Nebraska
Date: 04 Jun 1885
Enumerator: Chas H. Foxworthy
Locality: Midway Borough
ED: 192 OS
Page Number: 9B
Name: Austin GREGORY
Race: W
Age: 14
Birth Place: Michigan
ED: 501
Loc: N. 1/2 4 W.
Lincoln,Lancaster,Nebraska
Date: 04 Jun 1885
Enumerator: Chas H. Foxworthy
Locality: Midway Borough
ED: 192 OS
Page Number: 9B
Name: Emma L. GREGORY
Race: W
Age: 9
Birth Place: Nebraska
ED: 501
Loc: N. 1/2 4 W.
Lincoln,Lancaster,Nebraska
Date: 04 Jun 1885
Enumerator: Chas H. Foxworthy
Locality: Midway Borough
ED: 192 OS
Page Number: 9B
Name: Mabel GREGORY
Race: W
Age: 7
Birth Place: Nebraska
ED: 501 Loc: N. 1/2 4 W.
Lincoln,Lancaster,Nebraska
Date: 04 Jun 1885
Enumerator: Chas H. Foxworthy
Locality: Midway Borough
ED: 192 OS
Page Number: 9B
Name: Eugene GREGORY
Race: W
Age: 3
Birth Place: Nebraska
ED: 501
Loc: N. 1/2 4 W.
Lincoln,Lancaster,Nebraska
Date: 04 Jun 1885
Enumerator: Chas H. Foxworthy
Locality: Midway Borough
ED: 192 OS
Page Number: 9B
* ANDREAS HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA
JOHN S. GREGORY, attorney and real estate dealer, came to Lincoln in the summer of 1862, and located at the Salt Basin, one and one-half miles west of town, known on Government maps as GREGORY's Basin. There he put up vats and machinery and manufactured three tons of salt a day during the summer for about four years, speculating meanwhile in real estate. His salt cost him about $12 per ton, and he sold it for about $40 to $60. After a while the price of salt went down so that it did not pay him to make it, and he discontinued the manufacture. He was the only settler here prior to 1863, and there were none in this precinct for nearly two years after he came. After stopping the manufacture of salt, he engaged in real estate operations. He was admitted to the bar in 1866, being the first lawyer in the county. He was the first member of the Territorial Legislature from Lancaster County; one of the first County Commissioners; first Prosecuting Attorney for the county, and the first Postmaster in the county, holding that office at the P. O. of GREGORY's Basin, in 1864, the only one in the county until 1866. The compensation was $1 per month, including the cost of transporting the mail once a week to Saltillo, then in Clay County. He held the office until 1867. Mr. GREGORY was born at Brattleboro, Vt., December 6, 1833, and lived there three years. Then his father, John S. GREGORY, Sr., removed to Toledo, Ohio, where he lived most of the time until he came to Nebraska. He moved here in the summer of 1866, and now lives on Section 34, adjoining the city. He is a native of Brattleboro. John S., Jr., was married at Monroe, Mich., June, 1857, to E. Mary White, a native of Newport, Monroe Co., Mich. They have six children: George M.; Julia M.; William W. (the first white boy born in this precinct); David Austin; Emma L.; and Mabel G. Mr. GREGORY is a member of the G. A. R.; he having enlisted in Company A, One Hundredth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served from the spring of 1861, until December of the same year, when he was mustered out.

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Wife's General Notes
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Source:
* 1885 Nebraska State Census ED: 192 OS page 9B.