Life History

Notes

• An anonymous genealogy reports the same dates I have for Hoyt (my initial sources were Green Hill Cemetery register and Social Security Death Index), but reports his birth location as in Marlow (Stephens County), Oklahoma, rather than Lindsay, which I got from a cousin of Hoyt, but seems somewhat uncertain.
  
  The Marlow location matches more closely the residential pattern at the time of birth.  Hoyt's grandfather, Dock Gregory, was registered in the 1910 census in Richland Township, near Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma.  Hoyt's family were living in the next county west, in the Lincoln Township of Comanche County.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma, 20 April, Lincoln Township, District 42, page 4A,  Hse #50, Fam #51
  Gregory, G T Head  M W  26  married 3 years  TN TN TN Farmer Rents
  Gregory, Fannie B  Wife F W 27 married 3 yrs 2 children/2 living TN TN TN
  Gregory, Hoyt Son M W 2  OK TN TN
  
  We know both families later moved to Garvin County, with Dock's family in Elmore Township by 1920, and George and Fannie, Hoyt's parents later living in Lindsay.  Hoyt also lived in Lindsay as an adult.
  
  1920 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma, 6 January, Lindsay Township, District 31, page 2B,  Hse #36, Fam #39
  Gregory, G T  Head  Rents  M W 35 Married TN AL TN  Farmer
  Gregory, Fannie Wife F W 37 Married TN TN TN
  Gregory, Hoyt  Son M W 11 OK TN TN
  
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  Hoyt Gregory (born 2-7-1908) was the son of Tom and Fannie Gregory.  Esther (born 5-16-1909) was the daughter of Sam and Evie Harris.  The Harris family lived in Pikes Peak in 1919.  Hoyt married Esther Laura and they lived in See Chapel, just east of his parents.
  
  They moved from there to the Pikes Peak community in 1941.  They bought Les Sinclair's farm which was located 1 3/4 miles north of the school, west side of the road on Crazy Creek.
  
  The ages of the children at that time were:  Wayne Laray "Jack" 12, Obreta Vaun 9 and Roena Marie almost 3 years old.  Roena was named for their teacher, Roena (Jones) House from See Chapel.
  
  --  Pikes Peak History Book 1908-2008, p 28, courtesy of Loretta Gregory Gay of Lindsay, Oklahoma, January 2020
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  1930 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma, 8 May, Lindsay Township, District 11, page 27A, Hse #382, Fam #399
  Gregory, Hoyt  Head Rents M W 22 Married at age 21 OK TN TN Farmer
  Gregory, Ester Wife F W 21 Married at age 20 OK OK OK
  Gregory, Wayne L Son M W 9mos OK OK OK Laborer
  
  1940 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma, 25 April, Lindsay, District 25-11, page 11A, Hse #198, Rents $8
  Gregory, Hoyt E Head M W 32 Grade HS2 b Oklahoma same house in 1935 Farmer
  Gregory, Esther L Wife F W 30 Grade HS1 b Oklahoma same house in 1935
  Gregory, Wayne L Son M W 10 Single Grade 3 b Oklahoma same house in 1935
  Gregory, Obreta V Dau F W 7 Single Grade 1 b Oklahoma same house in 1935
  Gregory, Roena Dau F W 1 Single Grade 0 b Oklahoma
  
  Social Security Death Index, Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1 A-L, Ed. 6
  Gregory, Hoyt
  Birth date 7 Feb 1908
  Death date Dec 1975
  Last known residence Lindsay, Oklahoma 73052
  Social Security #444-03-6638 Issued in Oklahoma
  
  Funeral Card
  Hoyt Elwood Gregory
  February 7, 1908 - December 18, 1975
  Services 2:00 pm December 20, 1975
  Calvary Baptist Church, Lindsay, Oklahoma
  Officiating Rev Bill Gentry
  Music Duane Perkinson, Singer, Jo Ann Baker, Organist
  "Precious Memories"
  "Amazing Grace"
  Pallbearers:
  Boss Nunn       Dave Cutler
  Kennet Shelly, Jr       Eddie Waterman
  Delbert Milligan        Harold Rollen
  Interment in Greenhill Cemetery, Linsay, Oklahoma
  Directed by Brown-Boydston Funeral Home, Lindsay, Oklahoma
  
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  Obituary
  
  Hoyt Gregory
  
  Funeral services for Hoyt Gregory, 67. were held at 2 pm, Saturday in the Calvary Baptist church.  He died Dec 18 in the Lindsay Municipal hospital.
  
  He was born Feb. 7, 1908 at Marlow and had lived most of his life in the Lindsay area.  He was married to Esther Harris, Oct 13, 1928 at Lindsay.
  
  He was a retired rancher, a former county employee and had worked in the oil fields for
  17 years.
  
  Survivors include his wife Esther of the home; his father, Tom Gregory; one son, Jack Gregory, Midwest City; two
  daughters, Obreta Green, Midwest City and Roena Jones, Enid; seven grandchildren and one great grandchild; one brother, Otto Gregory, Lindsay, and one sister, Anna Sinclair, Lindsay.
  
  Officiating was Rev Bill Gentry, pastor, Calvary Baptist church.  Interment was in Greenhill cemetery with the Brown-Boydston Funeral home in charge of arrangements.
  
  Pallbearers were Boss Nunn, Kenneth Shelley, jr, Delbert Milligan, Dave Cutler, Eddie Watterman and Haro1d
  Rollen.
  
  --  Lindsay News, 23 December 1975, p 4;  clipping courtesy of Lou Ila Gregory Jenkins, edited for posting by Orville Boyd Jenkins
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  Hoyt E Gregory
  Birth Feb 7, 1908 Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  Death Dec 18, 1975 Lindsay, Garvin County, Oklahoma
  Married 10-13-1928
  Spouse Esther L Harris Gregory (1909 - 1999)
  Daughter Roena Marie Gregory Plog (1939 - 2006)
  Sibling:
  Hoyt Elwood Gregory (1908 - 1975)
  Otto Gregory (1909 - 1997)*
  Burial Green Hill Cemetery, McClain County, Oklahoma, Section 3, Row 7
  Created by DLT Jun 12, 2011
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #71220857, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=71220857

Sources

• 1. Funeral Cards/Programs
• 2. Green Hill Cemetery (Lindsay, Oklahoma) listings
• 3. Obituaries from Oklahoma
• 4. Lou Ila Gregory Jenkins, Personal Communication
• 5. 1940 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma
  • 25 April, Lindsay, District 25-11, page 11A, Hse #198, Rents $8
• 6. 1930 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma
  • 8 May, Lindsay Township, District 11, page 27A, Hse #382, Fam #399
• 7. 1910 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma
  • 20 April, Lincoln Township, District 42, page 4A,  Hse #50, Fam #51
• 8. 1920 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma
  • 6 January, Lindsay Township, District 31, page 2B,  Hse #36, Fam #39
• 9. SSDI Broderbund Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 6
• 10. Ancestry Trees
• 11. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 12. 1940 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma, Rents $8
  • 25 April, Lindsay, District 25-11, page 11A, Hse #198
• 13. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1
• 14. U.S., Departing Passenger and Crew Lists, 1914-1966
• 15. U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current
• 16. U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1999
• 17. U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-2015
• 18. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
• 19. Pikes Peak History Book 1908-2008
  • Location: Lindsay, Oklahoma; Date: 2008;