EddGregory

The 1900 Census in Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, list Edward with his father's family in Township 4 South Range 4E, District 145, page 27A, Hse/Fam #402
Edward Gregory Son W M Nov 1885 14 TN TN TN Farm Laborer

This is the only place where Edd appears as Edward. The family are agreed that his name was Edd. This census also records Andy as Andrew and Dock as Doctor. Andy's name appears on his birth certificate as Andy.

The family and other censuses are agreed that Andy had no other name but Andy. When we see Dock's name written as Doctor, it becomes clear that the enumerator was trying to regularize or standardize the names for these three members of this family.

My mother and aunt tell me that Edd was considered the cook of the family.

In 1910 the census reports Edd living in the household of his brother Tom (G T).

1910 Federal Census, Comanche County, Oklahoma, 20 April, Lincoln Township, District 42, page 4A, Hse #50, Fam #51
Gregory, G T Head M W 26 married 3 years TN TN TN Farmer Rents
Gregory, Fannie B Wife F W 27 married 3 yrs 2 children/2 living TN TN TN
Gregory, Hoyt Son M W 2 OK TN TN
Gregory, Otto Son M W 4mos OK TN TN
Gregory, Ed Brother M W 24 Single TN TN TN Farmer

The Gregorys are generally short, stocky and darkhaired. I noticed that in his WWI registration, Edd is described as of Stout build but has blue eyes and light hair. He repored his birth year as 1883, but in his 1942 WWII registration, the date reported is 1885, matching other family and public records, and his gravestone.

U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Edd Gregory
Residence RFD 2, Box 94B, Garvin County, Oklahoma
Birth Date 18 Nov 1883
Farming for Self
Nearest Relative Julia Clementine Gregory (mother), RFD 2, Box 94B, Garvin County, Oklahoma
Medium Height, Stout Build, Blue Eyes, LIght Hair
Registered 12 September 1918 Pauls Valley, Garvin County, Oklahoma
Signed Edd Gregory

1920 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma, 25 January, Elmore Township, 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 Edy Son M W 33 Single TN AL TN Farmer, Working Out

This census records his name with spelling Edy.
Niece Lou Ila Jenkins reports the name as Edd.
The Erin Springs Cemetery registry also lists him as Edd.

In the 1930 census he is listed as Ed, and living in his father's household. In 1940 Edd is stil living with his father and his brother Charley has been divorced and joined them.

1940 Federal Census, Garvin County, Oklahoma, no date, Elmore, District 25-6, page 3A, Hse #42, Owns farm $200
Gregory, D Patric Head M W 84 Widow Grade 2 b Alabama same house in 1935
Gregory, Charley Son M W 58 Divorced Grade 8 b Tenn same house in 1935
Gregory, Edd Son M W 53 Single Grade 8 b Tenn same house in 1935 Farm Laborer

In 1942, at age 56, Edd was still single. he never married. He listed his mother as his contact or "nearest relative" and in 1942 his father. I see here also that he reports his father's name as D G Gregory. This is only the second record found that has the initial G for Edd's father Dock Patrick Gregory, the other being one census record. It is not known what the G stands for.

U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Edd (No Middle Name) Gregory
Age 56, Birth Date 18 Nov 1885 Jefferson County, Tennessee
Residence RR 3, Elmore City, Oklahoma
Self-employed, RR 3, Elmore City, Oklahoma
Contact D G Gregory (father), RR 3, Elmore City, Oklahoma
(back)
5" 2" 195 lbs Blue Eyes, Brown Hair, Light Complexion
Registered 27 April 1942 Pauls Valley, Garvin County, Oklahoma
Signed Edd Gregory

Edd was buried in Erin Springs Cemetery, in Garvin County, about 5 miles south of Lindsay.

Edd Gregory
Birth 18 Nov 1885 Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee, USA
Death 8 Oct 1958 Oklahoma, USA
Burial Erin Springs Cemetery, Erin Springs, Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA, Section A, Row 19
Parents:
Dock Patrick Gregory 1852 - 1947
Julia Ann Clementine Strange Gregory 1855 - 1935
Siblings:
William Henry Harrison Gregory 1880 - 1931
Charles Bluford Gregory 1881 - 1979
George Thomas Gregory 1884 - 1982
John Gregory 1890 - 1993
Andy Gregory 1892 - 1975
Lucy Carter 1893 - 1970
Wiley G Gregory 1898-1973
Created by DLT 30 Jul 2011
-- Find A Grave Memorial 74169512, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74169512/edd-gregory