March 19, 1859 he married Miss Mary Choteau
2nd wife married 18 May 1866 Lawrence, Douglas Co Kansas Mary Francis Shepherd
Daughter Sarah Gregg Washington
son Andrew Gregg
1850 slave census Jessamine Co Ky
27 Female Black S H Gregg
26 Male Black S H Gregg
21 Male Black S H Gregg
13 Female Black S H Gregg
10 Male Black S H Gregg
7 Male Black S H Gregg
5 Male Black S H Gregg
2 Male Black S H Gregg
1 Female Black S H Gregg
1860 Slave census Division 35, Jackson, Missouri
Samuel Gregg
22 Male Black Samuel Gregg
18 Female Black Samuel Gregg
16 Female Black Samuel Gregg
13 Male Black Samuel Gregg
11 Female Black Samuel Gregg
Gregg, born in Kentucky in 1824 to a black mother and white plantation
owner, had been taken as a slave to Missouri in 1851.
During the Civil War, Gregg escaped to Lawrence with
his second wife and six children, where he participated in
Republican politics, the Prohibition club, and helped organize the annual Emancipation Day celebration in August 1881.
Lawrence Daily Journal, 26 Jan 1904, Tues, page 1
Alex Gregg, colored, died at his home today between 11 and 12 o'clock of pneumonia. He was 75 years old and among the first settlers of Lawrence, having lived here for over forty years. The funeral notice will be given later.
Lawrence Daily World
Lawrence, Kansas
Tuesday, February 16, 1904 - Page 4
The late Alexander Gregg, in whose honor memorial services were held at the Warren Street Baptist church last Sunday, was born a slave in Jessimon county, Kentucky, the 20th of March, 1825.
In his 20th year he was converted by a sermon "Sodom and Gomorrah." He joined the white church and lived a consistent members for years. In 1850 his master, Samuel Gregg, moved to Missouri, bringing Alexander and a number of other slaves with him. Here he lived until 1862, when he ran away and come to Kansas to prevent being carried to Texas. March 19, 1859 he married Miss Mary Choteau. Eleven children were the result of that union, four of whom survive him.
He was a sufferer in the famous Quantrell raid, all his belongings having been burned. When he moved to the corner of Warren and Tennessee streets, where he lived for forty three years, and where he died, he carried all he owned, including his children, in a wheel-barrow at two trips.
It was back in Kentucky he learned the trade of shoemaking. This he followed until the day of his death. Though deprived of the advantage of the schools, he was a man of considerable intellectual vigor.
2nd wife married 18 May 1866 Lawrence, Douglas Co Kansas Mary Francis Shepherd
Daughter Sarah Gregg Washington
son Andrew Gregg
1850 slave census Jessamine Co Ky
27 Female Black S H Gregg
26 Male Black S H Gregg
21 Male Black S H Gregg
13 Female Black S H Gregg
10 Male Black S H Gregg
7 Male Black S H Gregg
5 Male Black S H Gregg
2 Male Black S H Gregg
1 Female Black S H Gregg
1860 Slave census Division 35, Jackson, Missouri
Samuel Gregg
22 Male Black Samuel Gregg
18 Female Black Samuel Gregg
16 Female Black Samuel Gregg
13 Male Black Samuel Gregg
11 Female Black Samuel Gregg
Gregg, born in Kentucky in 1824 to a black mother and white plantation
owner, had been taken as a slave to Missouri in 1851.
During the Civil War, Gregg escaped to Lawrence with
his second wife and six children, where he participated in
Republican politics, the Prohibition club, and helped organize the annual Emancipation Day celebration in August 1881.
Lawrence Daily Journal, 26 Jan 1904, Tues, page 1
Alex Gregg, colored, died at his home today between 11 and 12 o'clock of pneumonia. He was 75 years old and among the first settlers of Lawrence, having lived here for over forty years. The funeral notice will be given later.
Lawrence Daily World
Lawrence, Kansas
Tuesday, February 16, 1904 - Page 4
The late Alexander Gregg, in whose honor memorial services were held at the Warren Street Baptist church last Sunday, was born a slave in Jessimon county, Kentucky, the 20th of March, 1825.
In his 20th year he was converted by a sermon "Sodom and Gomorrah." He joined the white church and lived a consistent members for years. In 1850 his master, Samuel Gregg, moved to Missouri, bringing Alexander and a number of other slaves with him. Here he lived until 1862, when he ran away and come to Kansas to prevent being carried to Texas. March 19, 1859 he married Miss Mary Choteau. Eleven children were the result of that union, four of whom survive him.
He was a sufferer in the famous Quantrell raid, all his belongings having been burned. When he moved to the corner of Warren and Tennessee streets, where he lived for forty three years, and where he died, he carried all he owned, including his children, in a wheel-barrow at two trips.
It was back in Kentucky he learned the trade of shoemaking. This he followed until the day of his death. Though deprived of the advantage of the schools, he was a man of considerable intellectual vigor.
March 19, 1859 he married Miss Mary Choteau
2nd wife married 18 May 1866 Lawrence, Douglas Co Kansas Mary Francis Shepherd
Daughter Sarah Gregg Washington
son Andrew Gregg
1850 slave census Jessamine Co Ky
27 Female Black S H Gregg
26 Male Black S H Gregg
21 Male Black S H Gregg
13 Female Black S H Gregg
10 Male Black S H Gregg
7 Male Black S H Gregg
5 Male Black S H Gregg
2 Male Black S H Gregg
1 Female Black S H Gregg
1860 Slave census Division 35, Jackson, Missouri
Samuel Gregg
22 Male Black Samuel Gregg
18 Female Black Samuel Gregg
16 Female Black Samuel Gregg
13 Male Black Samuel Gregg
11 Female Black Samuel Gregg
Gregg, born in Kentucky in 1824 to a black mother and white plantation
owner, had been taken as a slave to Missouri in 1851.
During the Civil War, Gregg escaped to Lawrence with
his second wife and six children, where he participated in
Republican politics, the Prohibition club, and helped organize the annual Emancipation Day celebration in August 1881.
Lawrence Daily Journal, 26 Jan 1904, Tues, page 1
Alex Gregg, colored, died at his home today between 11 and 12 o'clock of pneumonia. He was 75 years old and among the first settlers of Lawrence, having lived here for over forty years. The funeral notice will be given later.
Lawrence Daily World
Lawrence, Kansas
Tuesday, February 16, 1904 - Page 4
The late Alexander Gregg, in whose honor memorial services were held at the Warren Street Baptist church last Sunday, was born a slave in Jessimon county, Kentucky, the 20th of March, 1825.
In his 20th year he was converted by a sermon "Sodom and Gomorrah." He joined the white church and lived a consistent members for years. In 1850 his master, Samuel Gregg, moved to Missouri, bringing Alexander and a number of other slaves with him. Here he lived until 1862, when he ran away and come to Kansas to prevent being carried to Texas. March 19, 1859 he married Miss Mary Choteau. Eleven children were the result of that union, four of whom survive him.
He was a sufferer in the famous Quantrell raid, all his belongings having been burned. When he moved to the corner of Warren and Tennessee streets, where he lived for forty three years, and where he died, he carried all he owned, including his children, in a wheel-barrow at two trips.
It was back in Kentucky he learned the trade of shoemaking. This he followed until the day of his death. Though deprived of the advantage of the schools, he was a man of considerable intellectual vigor.
2nd wife married 18 May 1866 Lawrence, Douglas Co Kansas Mary Francis Shepherd
Daughter Sarah Gregg Washington
son Andrew Gregg
1850 slave census Jessamine Co Ky
27 Female Black S H Gregg
26 Male Black S H Gregg
21 Male Black S H Gregg
13 Female Black S H Gregg
10 Male Black S H Gregg
7 Male Black S H Gregg
5 Male Black S H Gregg
2 Male Black S H Gregg
1 Female Black S H Gregg
1860 Slave census Division 35, Jackson, Missouri
Samuel Gregg
22 Male Black Samuel Gregg
18 Female Black Samuel Gregg
16 Female Black Samuel Gregg
13 Male Black Samuel Gregg
11 Female Black Samuel Gregg
Gregg, born in Kentucky in 1824 to a black mother and white plantation
owner, had been taken as a slave to Missouri in 1851.
During the Civil War, Gregg escaped to Lawrence with
his second wife and six children, where he participated in
Republican politics, the Prohibition club, and helped organize the annual Emancipation Day celebration in August 1881.
Lawrence Daily Journal, 26 Jan 1904, Tues, page 1
Alex Gregg, colored, died at his home today between 11 and 12 o'clock of pneumonia. He was 75 years old and among the first settlers of Lawrence, having lived here for over forty years. The funeral notice will be given later.
Lawrence Daily World
Lawrence, Kansas
Tuesday, February 16, 1904 - Page 4
The late Alexander Gregg, in whose honor memorial services were held at the Warren Street Baptist church last Sunday, was born a slave in Jessimon county, Kentucky, the 20th of March, 1825.
In his 20th year he was converted by a sermon "Sodom and Gomorrah." He joined the white church and lived a consistent members for years. In 1850 his master, Samuel Gregg, moved to Missouri, bringing Alexander and a number of other slaves with him. Here he lived until 1862, when he ran away and come to Kansas to prevent being carried to Texas. March 19, 1859 he married Miss Mary Choteau. Eleven children were the result of that union, four of whom survive him.
He was a sufferer in the famous Quantrell raid, all his belongings having been burned. When he moved to the corner of Warren and Tennessee streets, where he lived for forty three years, and where he died, he carried all he owned, including his children, in a wheel-barrow at two trips.
It was back in Kentucky he learned the trade of shoemaking. This he followed until the day of his death. Though deprived of the advantage of the schools, he was a man of considerable intellectual vigor.
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