May 24, 1956
This
Article Appeared In The Times
But
Was Not Actually Titled Cal’s Column
Transcribed by Don B.
Shoulders
Albert Morgan Gregory, age 74 years, died at Madison
Sanitarium at Sunday about noon. Death
was due to troubles that developed some time ago and for which he underwent an
operation about three weeks ago and did not recover. He was a farmer of the Pleasant Shade section. His wife, Lizzie Gregory, died about six
months ago. He is survived by four sons.
Mack, Nelson, and Dennis Gregory, all of Nashville; and Jack Gregory, in
the service of his country and stationed at Guam in the Pacific; three
daughters, Mrs. Ethel Hesson of Nashville; Mrs. Allen Hesson of Chattanooga;
and Mrs. Julia Frances Shores, of Madison; ten grandchildren, five
great-grandchildren and two brothers, W. T. Gregory, of Pleasant Shade; and Sam
Gregory, of Gallatin.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday of this week by
Elder Phocian Gibbs; and Rev. Lum Oliver and Rev. Herbert Martin, followed with
burial in Sanderson’s Cemetery. The
deceased was a native of the Mace’s Hill section, the son of the late Joshua
and Julia Ann Nash. The deceased was a
professed Christian, although he was not identified with any church. He was a second cousin of the editor and was
a hard-working farmer for many years.
Joshua Gregory, father of the deceased, was the son of
James I. Gregory and his wife, Leathie Oldham Gregory. James I. Gregory was the eldest of the 14
sons and daughters of Big Tom and Betty Gregory, pioneer settlers of Nickojack Branch
of Peyton’s Creek. James I.Gregory
lived his adult life on the present Morgan Gregory farm on Towtown Branch of
Peyton’s Creek, about a mile from the editor’s birthplace. James I. Gregory was the oldest of the
numerous sons and daughters of “Big” Tom and Betty Gregory. Our father’s mother was Sina Gregory, a
younger sister of James I. Gregory.
Numerous members of the Gregory family have borne the
name of Morgan. James I. Gregory had a
son, John Morgan Gregory. The editor’s
father was Thomas Morgan Gregory, who has a son named Thomas Morgan Gregory,
now of Toledo, Ohio. Although some of
the Gregorys bearing the name Morgan were doubtless named for another Gregory
bearing the name Morgan Gregory, the editor has learned that Judy Morgan became
the wife of our own great-great-great-grandfather, John Gregory, born about
1725 in Virginia. Only recently we have
learned that an account of the near-death of Judy Morgan Gregory has been
preserved in the Morgan family of Macon County, thus verifying the connection
between the two families.
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