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Below is a family biography included in The History of Washington County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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H. P. Gregg is one of the worthy tillers of the soil of Washington County, Ark., and is a son of A. G. and S. J. (Barr) Gregg, who were the parents of six children. (The father had four other children by a second wife.) A. G. Gregg came from Alabama to Arkansas with his father, Henry C. Gregg, when about eighteen years of age, and made his home in Washington County. His son, H. P. Gregg, was born In Washington County, Ark., September 22, 1842, about one and a half miles south of his present farm, which consists of 100 acres, and has always made his native county his home. He was first married to Miss D. A. Nichilson, who was born in Georgia, and by her became the father of six children: A. L., J. E., M. E., S. E., Laura and M. A. Mrs. Gregg died on the 3d of August, 1881, and Mr. Gregg afterward married his present wife, Mrs. Ownbey, by whom he has one child, W. F. Mrs. Gregg owns 100 acres of land, and their farms bring them in a comfortable competency. She was previously married to J. W. Ownbey, by whom she had three children. Mr. Gregg is a Democrat, and during the late Civil War served in the Confederate army for three years and six months.
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