Washington Co., AR - Biographies - H. P. Gregg *********************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: The Goodspeed Publishing Co Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenwebarchives.org *********************************************** H. P. Gregg is one of the worthy tillers of the soil of Washington County. Ark., and is a son of A. G. and S. J. (Barr) Gregg, who were the parents of six children. (The father had four other children by a second wife.) A. G. Gregg came from Alabama to Arkansas with his father, Henry C. Gregg, when about eighteen years of age, and made his home in Washington County. His son, H. P. Gregg, was born in Washington County, Ark., September 22, 1842, about one and a half miles south of his present farm, which consists of 100 acres, and has always made his native county his home. He was first married to Miss D. A. Nichilson, who was born in Georgia, and by her became the father of six children: A. L., J. E., M. E., S. E., Laura and M. A. Mrs. Gregg died on the 3d of August, 1881, and Mr. Gregg afterward married his present wife, Mrs. Ownbey, by whom he has one child, W. F. Mrs. Gregg owns 100 acres of land, and their farms bring them in a comfortable competency. She was previously married to J. W. Ownbey, by whom she had three children. Mr. Gregg is a Democrat, and during the late Civil War served in the Confederate army for three years and six months.