Laura Estelle (Moody) Gregory (1847 - 1908)

Born 8 Jan 1847 in Northampton, North Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of Nathaniel Alexander Gregory — married 26 Jun 1867 in Northampton, North Carolina

Died 27 Nov 1908 at age 61 in Richmond, Virginia

Biography

• Letter Martha William Moody, Lowndes County, Mississippi, to her daughters and her sister, 25 September 1868.

Children

1. Albert Luria Gregory
2. Effie Eaton Gregory (1871–1967)
3. John Mason Moody Gregory (1873–1958)

Death notice

Mrs. Laura Moody Gregory, wife of Nathaniel A Gregory, of Chase City, Va., died yesterday at 12:15 o'clock at St Luke's Hospital. She is survived by her husband and three children - Albert L., Effie E, of Chase City, and J M Gregory, of Durham, N. C. The remains were taken to Oxford, N. C., for interment.

Notes on The Moody Papers

The letters were sent to and retained by Martha William (Wright) Moody (1816-1885) spanning much of her life beginning in 1829 when she goes to school and ending in 1881 about four years before her death.

The letters describe southern plantation life during the period of western migration in the southern states, illness and death of family members, crop production, slaves, fashion, and religion.

This prominent planter family resided in Brunswick, Greensville, and Southampton Counties and Petersburg, Virginia; and, Northampton County, North Carolina, Mississippi and Tennessee. Surnames include Wright, Moody, Dancy, Leigh, Patterson, Crump, Lockhart, Charlton, Rhodes, Sykes and Mason.

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See a full list of persons mentioned in the letters here.

Research Notes

• 1880 Census record finds Nathanael A. Gregory (38), farming, head of household, living in Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina with wife Laura M. Gregory (29), son Albert Luria Gregory (11), daughters Lucy W. Gregory (10), Effie E. Gregory (9), John M. M. Gregory (6) and mother Mary B Gregory (72).
• 1860 Census record finds John M Moody (51), farmer, living in Northampton, North Carolina with Martha M Moody (44), Wm L Moody (23), John M Moody (20), Laura Moody (13).
• 1850 Census record finds John M Moody (41), farmer, living in Northampton, North Carolina with Martha M Moody (33), William F Moody (13), Mary E Moody (14), John M Moody (12), Martha A Moody (11), Laura Moody (3), Pheobe Anderson (62), Harrison Moody (30), Cyrithia Moody (30) and Nancy W Newson (55).

Sources

• "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch
• Year: 1880; Census Place: Oxford, Granville, North Carolina; Roll: 965; Page: 548A; Enumeration District: 107
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch
• Year: 1850; Census Place: Northampton, North Carolina; Roll: 639; Page: 73a
• Guide to the Moody Family Papers 1750-1881, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. Accession number 40535