JOHN C. GREGG
Among the sturdy, reputable citizens of Rock Creek Township, no one claims a greater share of neighbor confidence of commands greater respect for a life of industry and integrity than the subject of this biographical sketch. John C. Gregg is the son of Aaron Gregg and Elizabeth (Milard) Gregg, and was born in Deer Creek Township, Carroll County, Ind., on the 6th day of March, 1838. His mother, who was a sister of the mother of Hiram Gregg, was a native of Pennsylvania, of the Quaker persuasion, and his father, who was the brother of the father of Hiram Gregg (two brothers having married two sisters), was born in Ohio.
Receiving in his boyhood days only the limited educational opportunities afforded by the district schools, he has availed himself, in later years, of the education which comes from the reading of choice books on general information; and, feeling his own deficiencies in that direction, he is more than ever solicitous that his children shall have no cause for like regrets in their future.
Moving in the footsteps of an honorable ancestry, he has been content to follow the even tenor of his way as a farmer, and marked by the broad, green acres which he calls his own, he has made that calling a success. In the month of March, 1863, he was joined in wedlock to Miss C. M. Newell, a native of Fountain County, Ind., and the daughter of a farmer. They have three children – Elmer, Anna and Grace. Mr. Gregg, as well as his estimable wife, are members of the Presbyterian Church.
In politics, Mr. Gregg is, and has been since its formation, a member of the Republican party, never, however, taking an active part in political labors. He is a shrewd and careful business man, managing his own private affairs successfully and remuneratively, and at the same time dealing honorably and justly with his brother-man. Society would be bettered by more of the same stamp of men and citizens.
County Coordinator: Suzy Sprague suzyq.wa@worldnet.att.net