David Fountain Gregory (1856 - 1943)

Born 20 Feb 1856 in Braxton, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mahala Ann (Cogar) Gregory — married about 1877 in Webster, West Virginia, United States

Died 1943 at about age 86 in Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, USA

Biography

David Gregory was born in Appalachia, in Virginia (now West Virginia). See Appalachia Project.

Native Virginian (Born in Virginia, Now West Virginia as of June 20, 1863)

David Fountain Gregory was born on 20 Feb 1856 in Braxton, Virginia, United States, son of Currence Gregory (1831 - 1907) and Harriett Henrietta (Payne) Gregory (1833 - 1902).^[1]

His siblings were:

1. Adam Hinkle Gregory (1852 - 1937)
2. John Wesley Gregory (1854 - 1926)
3. Jesse Harmon Gregory (1857 - 1949)
4. Peter Francis Gregory (1858 - 1947)
5. George Washington Gregory (1860 - >1942)
6. William Jackson Gregory (1862 - 1960)
7. Benjamin Franklin Gregory (1864 - 1924)
8. Isaac Lee Gregory (1865 - 1940)
9. Theodore G Gregory (1868 - 1948)
10. Thomas Alfred Gregory (1869 - 1952)
11. Nancy Jane (Gregory) Cogar (1871 - 1954)
12. Shephard M Gregory (1873 - 1906)
13. Isaiah Newton Gregory (1879 - 1961)

David married Mahala Ann Cogar (1855 - 1931) in 1877 in Webster, West Virginia, United States. Their children were:

1. Peter J Gregory (1877 - )
2. John J Gregory (1879 - )
3. Adam Gregory (1881 - )
4. Thomas Levi Gregory (1883 - 1967)
5. Lorenza Gregory (1885 - )
6. Emma A Gregory (1888 - )
7. George F Gregory (1889 - )
8. Sampson Gregory (1892 - )
9. Lee Gregory (1896 - )
10. Theodore Gregory (1896 - ).

David died in 1943 in Pinellas County, FL. ^[2]

He is buried in Royal Palm South Cemetery. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5YW-K6P : 12 December 2019), Daniel F. Gregory, 1856.
2. ↑ "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VV9T-TRK : 25 December 2014), David Fountain Gregory, 1943; from "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing vol. 1068, certificate number 22468, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12009335/david-fountain-gregory : accessed 02 May 2022), memorial page for David Fountain Gregory (20 Feb 1856–1943), Find A Grave: Memorial #12009335, citing Royal Palm South Cemetery, Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, USA ; Maintained by Don (contributor 47566290) .