George Henry Gregory was born in Washington, NC of parents who were from Virginia. He graduated from UNC in 1857,ending up in Buncombe County when the War For Southern Independence began. He enlisted in Company E, 1stNC Infantry (the Bethel Regiment)on 24-Apr-61. He was at the battle of Big Bethel Church, and family legend had it that he personally took the first Union prisoners of war. He later served as Capt in the 12thBN Virginia Artillery. After the war he settled in Greensboro (ca 1872), and began a law practice with Albion Tourgee, a hated carpetbagger from Ohio, who wrote several "Reconstruction" novels based supposedly on his experiences in Greensboro - "A Fool's Errand" & "Bricks Without Straw".
Gregory then became a partner in the law firm of Ball & Gregory, and would remain a prominent citizens of Greensboro until his death.
Gregory had married Emily Copeland Mullen of Hertford County in 1860, and in early 1881 they had their ninth child. On November 11, 1881, while the family was gathered around the alter at their home at 1030 West Market Street, Emily Gregory rose, left the house, crossed over to a neighbor's house, threw herself in their well, and drown, despite efforts to save her. She was buried in the cemetery at West Market Methodist Church. Emily Gregory suffered form one or more mental disorders, which may have included postpartum depression. This story is chronicled in "The Silencing of Emily Mullen and Other Essays" by Fred Hobson, the Lineberger Professor in the Humanities at UNC Chapel Hill.
George Henry Gregory remarried several years later. When he died in 1912 he was buried in Green Hill Cemetery, and at some point Emily Mullen Gregory was was re-interred in the same plot.
Gregory then became a partner in the law firm of Ball & Gregory, and would remain a prominent citizens of Greensboro until his death.
Gregory had married Emily Copeland Mullen of Hertford County in 1860, and in early 1881 they had their ninth child. On November 11, 1881, while the family was gathered around the alter at their home at 1030 West Market Street, Emily Gregory rose, left the house, crossed over to a neighbor's house, threw herself in their well, and drown, despite efforts to save her. She was buried in the cemetery at West Market Methodist Church. Emily Gregory suffered form one or more mental disorders, which may have included postpartum depression. This story is chronicled in "The Silencing of Emily Mullen and Other Essays" by Fred Hobson, the Lineberger Professor in the Humanities at UNC Chapel Hill.
George Henry Gregory remarried several years later. When he died in 1912 he was buried in Green Hill Cemetery, and at some point Emily Mullen Gregory was was re-interred in the same plot.
George Henry Gregory was born in Washington, NC of parents who were from Virginia. He graduated from UNC in 1857,ending up in Buncombe County when the War For Southern Independence began. He enlisted in Company E, 1stNC Infantry (the Bethel Regiment)on 24-Apr-61. He was at the battle of Big Bethel Church, and family legend had it that he personally took the first Union prisoners of war. He later served as Capt in the 12thBN Virginia Artillery. After the war he settled in Greensboro (ca 1872), and began a law practice with Albion Tourgee, a hated carpetbagger from Ohio, who wrote several "Reconstruction" novels based supposedly on his experiences in Greensboro - "A Fool's Errand" & "Bricks Without Straw".
Gregory then became a partner in the law firm of Ball & Gregory, and would remain a prominent citizens of Greensboro until his death.
Gregory had married Emily Copeland Mullen of Hertford County in 1860, and in early 1881 they had their ninth child. On November 11, 1881, while the family was gathered around the alter at their home at 1030 West Market Street, Emily Gregory rose, left the house, crossed over to a neighbor's house, threw herself in their well, and drown, despite efforts to save her. She was buried in the cemetery at West Market Methodist Church. Emily Gregory suffered form one or more mental disorders, which may have included postpartum depression. This story is chronicled in "The Silencing of Emily Mullen and Other Essays" by Fred Hobson, the Lineberger Professor in the Humanities at UNC Chapel Hill.
George Henry Gregory remarried several years later. When he died in 1912 he was buried in Green Hill Cemetery, and at some point Emily Mullen Gregory was was re-interred in the same plot.
Gregory then became a partner in the law firm of Ball & Gregory, and would remain a prominent citizens of Greensboro until his death.
Gregory had married Emily Copeland Mullen of Hertford County in 1860, and in early 1881 they had their ninth child. On November 11, 1881, while the family was gathered around the alter at their home at 1030 West Market Street, Emily Gregory rose, left the house, crossed over to a neighbor's house, threw herself in their well, and drown, despite efforts to save her. She was buried in the cemetery at West Market Methodist Church. Emily Gregory suffered form one or more mental disorders, which may have included postpartum depression. This story is chronicled in "The Silencing of Emily Mullen and Other Essays" by Fred Hobson, the Lineberger Professor in the Humanities at UNC Chapel Hill.
George Henry Gregory remarried several years later. When he died in 1912 he was buried in Green Hill Cemetery, and at some point Emily Mullen Gregory was was re-interred in the same plot.
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