Gen. David McMurtrie Gregg and Ellen Frances Sheaff
Husband Gen. David McMurtrie Gregg 1 2 3 4 5
Born: 10 Apr 1833 - Huntingdon, Huntingdon Co, PA 1 3 6 Christened: Died: Aft 1895 Buried:
Father: Matthew Duncan Gregg (1804-1845) 1 2 7 8 9 Mother: Ellen McMurtrie (1802-1847) 1 2 5 8
Marriage: 6 Oct 1862 10
• 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.
Wife Ellen Frances Sheaff 4 6
AKA: Ellen Jones,1 Ellen Sheaf 11 Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: William John Sheaff ( - ) 4 Mother: Eugenia Frances Hiester ( - ) 4 12
Children
1 M George Sheaff Gregg 1 6 10
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
2 M David McMurtrie Gregg 1 6 10
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General Notes: Husband - Gen. David McMurtrie Gregg
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.
General Notes: Wife - Ellen Frances Sheaff
from Reading, Berks Co, PA
1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 3.
2 Editor, 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, PA: 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 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 569.
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Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 570.
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