Parents
Life History
17th Sep 1897 |
Born in near McKinney, Collin, Texas.1,2,3,4 |
17th Sep 1898 |
Born in McKinney, Collin, Texas.5,1,8 |
1900 |
Resident in Township 4, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory.6 |
1920 |
Residence2 in Elmore City, Garvin, Oklahoma.9 |
23rd Oct 1921 |
Married Ada Pearlee GEURIN.5 |
16th Dec 1924 |
Birth of son Roy James GREGORY in Lindsay, Garvin, Oklahoma.10,11,3 |
1973 |
Residence2 in Sulphur, Murray, Oklahoma.2 |
8th Apr 1973 |
Died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma.5,7 |
after 8th Apr 1973 |
Buried in Green Hill Cemetery, McClain County, Oklahoma.5 |
Other facts
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Birth of daughter Living GREGORY. |
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Birth of son Living GREGORY. |
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Birth of son Living GREGORY. |
Notes
- There is a one-year discrepancy in the birth date for Wiley Gregory.The gravestone in Green Hill Cemetery gives the year 1898. LorettaGregory Gay reports the year from family sources as 1897. I havefollowed Loretta, who has talked to me about this and other familyresearch. The Social Security Death Index also reports the birth yearas 1897. She declares this is an error in the cutting of thegravestone. His WWI Draft registration also has the year 1898. Iwould think this date was dictated by Wiley, and he signed theregistration form, so this date might be given greater weight than thedate from other sources.
He was listed as Wiley G in sources, and this appears on hisgravestone, but family sources indicate he never had any middle nameor initial. Most of his siblings had only one name, though some addeda middle initial G.
-- Loretta Gregory Gay, personal communication
His WWI Draft Registration card appears to have a faded G as a middleinitial, appearing to have been erased.
Wiley appears in the 1900 census with his family in Chickasaw Nation.Wiley was born in 1897 in McKinney, Collin County, Texas, where thefamily had moved from Tennessee after 1893. So they made another movenot long after Wiley's birth. We do not know the exact date of themove from north Texas across the Red River into southern ChickasawNation.
1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, 4 July,Township 4 South Range 4E, District 145, page 27A, Hse/Fam #402
Doctor Gregory Head W M Sep 1855 44 Married 21 yrs AL Unknown TNFarmer
Julia Gregory Wife W F Jan 1855 45 Married 21 yrs TN TN TN
Wiley Gregory Son W M Aug 1897 2 TX TN TN
In 1910, the enumerator reports Wylie as born in Tennessee, but infact he was born in Collin County, Texas, after the family moved.
1910 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma, 25 April, RichlandTownship, District 243, page 6B, No Hse or Fam #s on this page
Gegery, Dolf Head M W 56 married 31 years AL TN TN Farmer
Gegery, July (Julie?) wife F W 55 married 31 yrs TN TN TN
Gegery, Wyley Son M W 12 TN TN TN
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Wiley Gregory
Residence Rt 2, Lindsay, Garvin County, Oklahoma
Birth 17 Sep 1898 [no location]
Occupation Farmer, employed by Father
Nearest relative Julia A Gregory (mother)
Rt 2, Lindsay, Garvin County, Oklahoma
Medium Height and Build, Blue Eyes, Brown Hair
Registered 12 Sept 1918 Pauls Valley, Garvin, Oklahoma
Signed Wiley Gregory
Wiley is not enumerated in his parents' household in 1910. I ahve notbeen able to find him at all int eh 1910 census. But he appears,still single, with his parents in the 1920 census. They have movedsince the last census to Garvin County, Oklahoma. Note that thebirthplace of Wiley is now reported as Tennessee, like older childrenin the family. But as correctly reported in the 1900 census, Wileywas born in 1897 after they moved to Texas some time after 1893, whenLucy was born in Tennessee.
1920 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma, 25 January, ElmoreTownship, District 25, page 11B, Hse #188, Fam #200
Gregory Dock G Head Owns Farm (Mortgaged) M W 67 AL VA TN Farmer
Gregory Julia A Wife F W 65 Single TN TN TN No Occupation
Gregory Wiley Son M W 22 Single TN AL TN Farmer, Working Out
1930 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma, 9 April, HopeTownship, District 9, page 4B, Hse #67, Fam #69
Gregory, Wylie G Head Rents M W 32 OK US TN Farmer
Gregory, Ada Wife F W 36 OK US US
Gregory, Richard Son M W 7 OK OK OK
Gregory, Roy Son M W 5 OK OK OK
[Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1 A-L, Ed. 6]
Gregory, Wiley
Birth date: 09/17/1897
Death date: 04/00/1973
Last known residence: Sulphur, Oklahoma 73086
Social Security #447-16-6954 Issued in: Oklahoma
His residence was Sulphur. He died in a hospital in Oklahoma City.
-- Loretta Gregory Gay, personal communication, May 2007
There was a son Clarence Eugene who died in infancy.
There are three dates reported for the marriage. Loretta Gregory,niece of Wiley, reports the date as 25 Oct 1921, while the date on thegrave is 23 Oct 1921. A third report is 22 Oct 1921, from the GeurinGenealogy on Ancestry.com. The latter also provides the location,Milo, Carter County, Oklahoma, as well as personal information forAda.
Sources
- 1. Loretta Gregory Gay Genealogical Research
- 2. SSDI Broderbund Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 6
- 3. 1930 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
- 9 April, Hope Township, District 9, page 4B, Hse #67, Fam #69
- 4. 1910 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
- 25 April, Richland Township, District 243, page 6B, No Hse or Fam #s
- 5. Gravestone of Wiley and Ada Gregory, Green Hill Cemetery, Lindsay,Oklahoma
- 6. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
- 4 July, Township 4 South Range 4E, District 145, page 27A, Hse/Fam
- 7. Loretta Gregory Gay, personal communication
- 8. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
- 9. 1920 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma
- 25 January, Elmore Township, District 25, page 11B, Hse #188, Fam #200
- 10. Social Security Death Index
- 11. Obituaries -- Funeral Remembrance Card, Roy James Gregory