LName

FName

Death

Age/ birth

Relationship

GREGORY 1 

Margaret

Aug 12, 1821

66Y**   1755

Wife of David Gregory

GREGORY Epitath

Margaret

“Original Stone”

GREGORY  C-1928

Margaret

Aug 12, 1821

66Y

Wife of David Gregory

GREGORY 

David

1802

1768

GREGORY C-1928

David

Jul 9, 1802

34Y

** If you use the dates implied by the tombstone Margaret would have been 31 and David 18 at their marriage on Feb 2, 1786, Augusta County Virginia.  Note that the granite tombstone reflects Margaret’s birth at 1765.  According to descendant Tracey Saucy in Oregon: “ I have been inclined to think that the birth date on her stone is incorrect.  And since it was made so many years after her death – it is possible to have made that kind of mistake – even by the stone cutter, if not the son.  Some researcher’s have said that at the time of their marriage David was 18 and Margaret was 21 – which is a much more likely scenario”  Tracey also provided the 1928 images of the Gregory tombstones.  Thank-you.

Local history authors, Roger Miller, and George Crout have written articles about the local pioneer families and Gregory Station over the years.  Jim Sloan, wrote a much earlier article picturing, “Scout” Gilbert Urick Jr, Emma Drake,  “Scout” Eugene Miller, Mrs Alta Harvey Heiser, famed Butler County writer and historian, “Scout” Bob Kienzle, Jesa Bowman and Dr Lee Good.  Since the earliest preservation effort referenced in Mr. Sloan’s article, David Gregory’s tombstone is no longer at the burial site and a replacement granite marker has been put in place.  Transcription of  several articles about the Gregory family can be found at the following links;  David H Gregory 1878,  Restore Headstones, Pioneer Family called Gregory, Gregory Station.

Here is the late 1700’s Gregory log house/cabin in the William F &Clara Dudley Woods Metropark in Liberty Township in 2004

The log house/ cabin is along Gregory Creek on land that was originally owned by the Gregory’s.  David and Margaret had 6 children, the youngest being David Hiram Gregory born in 1801, whom later placed the marble tombstones in 1866.  The Gregory epitaphs are quoted and misquoted in a variety of articles but the Memoirs of the Miami Valley book is supposed to list both epitaphs. 

Learn more about Dudley Woods at : http://www.liberty-township.com/fw/main/Dudley_Woods-1432.html or here: http://www.visitbutlercountyohio.org/