Mae DacreGregory

Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917
May D Gregory
Birth 15 June 1871 King William, Virginia
Father's Name Fendall Gregory
Mother's Name Alice T

The 1880 census reported Mae (spelled May here) with her widowed mother and her three sisters and an uncle, with several servants in the household. Her older sister Maria Alice was reported here as Margret.

1880 Federal Census, King William County, Virginia, 30 June, Aquiston Judicial District, District 40, page 59, Hse/Fam #537
Gregory, Mary W F 37 Keeping House VA VA VA
Gregory, Margret [? Maria Alice] W M 12 Dau Single At Home VA VA VA
Gregory, Bettie W M 12 Dau Single At Home VA VA VA
Gregory, May D W F 7 Dau Single At Home VA VA VA
Gregory, Mary C W M 5 Dau Single VA VA VA
Turner, Oscar W M 19 Brother Single Farmer VA VA VA
Garnett, Mary B F 25 Servant Single Cannot Read or Write VA VA VA
Garnett, Richard B M 2 Son Single VA VA VA
For (?), John W M 73 Servant Widowed Cannot Read or Write VA VA VA

Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940
May Dacre Gregory, Single Female
Age 27 born (abt 1871) King William County
Father Fendall Gregory, Mother Alice T Gregory
James Blair Farrar, Widowed
Age 29 born (abt 1869) Richmond City
Father Samuel W Farrar, Mother F C Farrar
Marriage 20 Jul 1898 Hanover County, Virginia

Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
Dacre Gregory Farrar
Residence 301 N Sheppard St, Richmond, Virginia
Female Widow
Age 81
Birth 15 June 1871 Virginia
Father Fendall Gregory
Mother Alice Hill Turner
Informant Carter S Swift, 205 Duncan St, Ashland, Virginia
Death 14 January 1953 Home for Confederate Women, Richmond, Virginia, USA
Cause of Death Chronic Myocarditis
Burial 16 January 1953 Hollywood Cemetery. Richmond, Virginia, L P Christian Funeral Home
Filed 15 January 1953

Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
Betty Dew Swift [Betty Dew Gregory]
Age 88
Residence 709 S Center St, Ashland, Ashland, Hanover County, Virginia
Birth Date 23 March 1868 King William County
Father Fendall Gregory
Mother Alice Turner
Spouse Thomas Winder Swift
Informant was Hospital Records
Death 13 November 1956 Sheltering Arms Hospital, Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, stay of 5 days
Cause of Death Cerebral Arteriosclerosis, Other Significant Condition Pernicious Anemia, Autopsy was Performed
Burial 16 November Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia, by Christian Funeral Home, Richmond
Certificate #26311 filed 15 November 1956

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Mrs Dacre Gregory Farrar
BIRTH 1873 King William County, Virginia, USA
DEATH 14 Jan 1953 (aged 79-80) Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
BURIAL Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, Section 26, Lot 133-H

Mrs. Dacre G. Farrar's obituary appears in the Richmond Times Dispatch, Jan. 15, 1953, Page 9. She died Jan. 14 at the age of 81, at the Home for Confederate Women. The widow of Blair Farrar, she was born at 'Piping Tree,' King William County, where she spent her girlhood. She was survived by three sisters: Mrs. Alice Duvall, of Keswick; Mrs. Betty Dew Swift, of Richmond, and Mrs. Mary Cole Lyon, of St. Paul, Minn. Burial in Hollywood Cemetery.

Died at age 81.

Parents:
Alice Turner Gregory unknown-1927

Siblings:
O Baylor Hill 1861-1948
Betty Dew Gregory Swift 1868-1956

Inscription:
DAUGHTER OF FENDALL AND ALICE TURNER GREGORY. WIFE OF JAMES BLAIR FARRAR

Date Of Burial 01/16/1953, Ref Cemetery Records

Created by Graves 6 Jul 2012
-- Find A Grave Memorial 93140191, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93140191
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