Husband Gen. John Irvin Gregg 1 2
Born: 19 Jul 1826 - Bellefonte, Centre Co, PA 1
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Died: Aft 1883 - Lewisburg, Union Co, PA
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Father: Hon. Andrew Gregg (1799-1869/1869) 1 3 4 5
Mother: Margaret I. Irvin ( -Aft 1883) 1 4 6
Marriage: Nov 1857 7
Other Spouse: Harriet C. Marr ( - ) 8
• Biographical Sketch: John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883).
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Wife Clarissa H. Everhart 1
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1 F Edith Gregg 9
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Spouse: Herndon Myers ( - ) 10
General Notes: Husband - Gen. John Irvin Gregg
He volunteered as a private for the Mexican War in December, 1846, and became first lieutenant in the 11th U. S. Infantry, February, 1847, and captain, September 5, 1847. After the war he engaged in the iron business in Centre County, Pennsylvania. He became a captain in the Pennsylvania Reserves at the beginning of the Civil War, but was made captain in the 6th U. S. Cavalry in May, 1861. He became colonel of the 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry in October, 1862, and commanded a cavalry brigade in the Army of the Potomac from April, 1863, to April, 1865. He was severely wounded at Deep Bottom. For gallant and meritorious services during the war, he was breveted major general of volunteers and brigadier general, U. S. army. After the war he was inspector general of freedmen in Louisiana and became colonel of the 8th U. S. Cavalry under the establishment of July 28, 1868. He was with his regiment on the Pacific coast until he retired for disability incurred in the line of duty, April 2, 1879.