James Gregg and Della Hadden Henshaw

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Husband James Gregg ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 21 May 1891 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 2 3 4
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         Father: Curtis Hussey Gregg (1865-1933) 4 5 6 7 8
         Mother: Frances A. Good (      -      ) 1 2 3 4

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       Marriage: 8 Jun 1918 - Washington, D. C. 2 3 9

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Wife Della Hadden Henshaw ^{2 3 9}

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         Father: Samuel Wilson Henshaw (      -      ) 3 9 10
         Mother: Elizabeth Hankins (      -      ) 9 10

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Children

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1 M James Gregg, Jr. ^{3 9}

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           Born: 24 Jul 1919 9
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2 F Elizabeth Henshaw Gregg ^{3 9}

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           Born: 26 Feb 1921 9
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3 F Mary Gregg ^{3 9}

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           Born: 22 Sep 1923 9
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4 M John Marshall Gregg ⁹

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           Born: 22 Aug 1930 9
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General Notes: Husband - James Gregg

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He graduated from Harvard University in 1914, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Upon his return home he entered the law department of the University of Pittsburgh, and was admitted to the bar of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, October 16, 1916. Upon his admission to the bar he became associated with his father in the latter's legal practice and the firm of Gregg & Gregg was formed.
In 1918 he was a lieutenant in the army and was attached to the Fifty-fifth Pioneer Infantry at Spartanburg, South Carolina.

He attended the local schools, graduating from high school in 1910. After a year at Lafayette College, he went to Harvard College, from which he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1914. After attending the Law School of the University of Pittsburgh, he was admitted to the Westmoreland bar on October 16, 1916, and established himself in practice in Greensburg. As soon as the United States entered the first World War, he enlisted and on May 11, 1917, he was ordered for training to Fort Niagara. There, on August 15, 1917, he was commissioned a second lieutenant and assigned to the 116th Regiment of Infantry. During the two years he was in service, he served also with the 111th Infantry, the 323d Infantry, the 55th Pioneers and, finally as an adjutant general in the adjutant general's office in Washington. On July 18, 1918, Mr. Gregg was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant, on October 8, 1919, to the grade of captain and, just before he was discharged, on April 3, 1919, he was advanced to major. Returning home to Greensburg, Mr. Gregg resumed practice in the partnership with his father, formed in October, 1916, the firm being known as Gregg & Gregg. George Gregg, a brother, entered the firm in 1919, and upon the death of George Gregg, and their father, James Gregg practiced alone until May 15, 1933, when he became associated with Charles D. Copeland, Jr., the firm being known as Gregg & Copeland. Mr. Gregg's professional societies include the Pennsylvania State Bar Association and the Westmoreland County Bar Association. Of this latter organization's executive committee, Mr. Gregg was chairman for eight years. For ten years, beginning in 1919, Mr. Gregg also was referee in bankruptcy.
Keenly interested in history, he was president of the Westmoreland and Fayette County Branch of the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania. Mr. Gregg was also a trustee of the same society. A member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Mr. Gregg succeeded his father on the church council and he also served as chairman of the building committee. Mr. Gregg was also a member of Greensburg Lodge, No. 511, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Loyal Order of Moose and the Harvard Club of Western Pennsylvania.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 130.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 869.

3 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 48.

4 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 255.

5 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 91.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 128.

7 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 867.

8 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 47.

9 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 256.

10 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 180.