Gen. David McMurtrie Gregg and Ellen Frances Sheaff

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Husband Gen. David McMurtrie Gregg ^{1 2 3 4 5}

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           Born: 10 Apr 1833 - Huntingdon, Huntingdon Co, PA 1 3 6
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         Father: Matthew Duncan Gregg (1804-1845) 1 2 7 8 9
         Mother: Ellen McMurtrie (1802-1847) 1 2 5 8

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       Marriage: 6 Oct 1862 10

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• Biographical Sketch: Book of Biographies of Leading Citizens of Berks County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1898).
To read a brief biographical sketch of his life and career, click here.

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Wife Ellen Frances Sheaff ^{4 6}

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            AKA: Ellen Jones,1 Ellen Sheaf 11
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         Father: William John Sheaff (      -      ) 4
         Mother: Eugenia Frances Hiester (      -      ) 4 12

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Children

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1 M George Sheaff Gregg ^{1 6 10}

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2 M David McMurtrie Gregg ^{1 6 10}

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General Notes: Husband - Gen. David McMurtrie Gregg

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He graduated at West Point, 1855, when he entered the regular army as lieutenant; became captain in May, 1861; colonel Eighth Pennsylvania Cavalry in January, 1862; brigadier general of volunteers, November 29, 1862; placed in command of a division of cavalry at Fredericksburg, and served as its commander on the Stoneman raid, in the campaign of Gettysburg, Mine Run, the Wilderness, and in front of Petersburg; commanded the cavalry of the Army of the Potomac from August,1864, until his resignation from the army, in February, 1865; breveted major general, United States Volunteers, August 1, 1864; appointed United States Consul at Prague, Bohemia, by President Grant, in February, 1874, resigned in July, 1874; commander Pennsylvania Commandery Military Order of Loyal Legion since 1886; elected Auditor General of Pennsylvania November 3, 1891.

His equestrian statue was erected in Reading, Pennsylvania.

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General Notes: Wife - Ellen Frances Sheaff

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from Reading, Berks Co, PA

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 3.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 20.

3 —, Book of Biographies of Leading Citizens of Berks County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1898), Pg 11.

4 Rev. P. C. Croll, D.D., Annals of Womelsdorf, Pa., and Community, Pg 134.

5 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 332.

6 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 344.

7 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 197.

8 —, Book of Biographies of Leading Citizens of Berks County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1898), Pg 11, 13.

9 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 320.

10 —, Book of Biographies of Leading Citizens of Berks County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1898), Pg 15.

11 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 569.

12 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 570.