Bio of GREGG, Henry Sellers (b.1858), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

HENRY SELLERS GREGG - Vol III, pg 54-57
Henry Sellers Gregg has been associated with the Minneapolis Iron Store Com­pany
since its organization in 1888 and after remaining an employe for several years
he was admitted to a partnership and in 1906 became president. He has since been
the directing and executive head of the enterprise, which has grown to
substantial proportions, returning a gratifying income to the stockholders. Mr.
Gregg was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 27, 1858, a son of Cephas
and Mary (Newton) Gregg, who were natives of Pennsylvania and of Virginia
re­spectively. The Gregg family originated in Scotland but early representatives
of the name came to the new world and settled at Wilmington, Delaware, taking up
their abode on the place now owned and occupied by the Dupont Powder Company.
The ancestors in the Newton line were early settlers of Hartford, Vermont. The
grandfather, Enos Wood Newton, was a graduate of Dartmouth College and
after­ward went to West Virginia, where he owned and edited the first republican
news­paper. He was a stanch advocate of the Union during the Civil war and his
influence was ever on the side of right, reform, progress and improvement. The
Newton family was also represented in the Indian wars of early days in New
England. The Gregg family were plain people, living on a farm in Pennsylvania
and the grandfather was also engaged in steamboating. Both the father and mother
of Henry S. Gregg were graduates of the Washington and Jefferson College of
Pennsylvania, a coeducational institution. The former became a local preacher of
the Methodist church and at the same time was engaged in the oil business in
Pittsburgh. He passed away in June, 1864, and was long survived by his wife,
whose death occurred in 1901.
Henry S. Gregg attended the country schools at Decorah, Iowa, and in early youth
went to live with an aunt in southwestern Kentucky, where he completed his
education and prepared for college. He next entered Kenyon College at Gambier,
Ohio, and was graduated from that institution with the class of 1881. Later he
went to work for the Nickel Plate Railroad Company at North East, Pennsylvania,
being engaged in construction work. He was thus employed until 1884, when he
made his way to the northwest with St. Paul as his destination. Here he was
employed by the firm of Nicols & Dean, wholesale hardware dealers, and in 1888
he came to Minneapolis, where he entered the employ of the Minneapolis Iron
Store Company, which was organized in that year. In this connection he has
worked his way steadily upward through the various intermediate divisions and
became financially interested in the enterprise about 1902. Four years later, or
in 1906, the business was incorporated and he became president, since which time
he has remained the executive head of the concern. This is today one of the
largest con­cerns of the kind in the northwest. In the beginning they handled
everything that was used in the manufacture of buggies, wagons and farm
implements and they now also handle everything that is used in the construction
of an automobile. The Park Manufacturing Company of St. Paul is also owned by
the Minneapolis Iron Company. Important and extensive are the business interests
which have been developed by Mr. Gregg and his associates in the enterprise
started in 1888. In addition to his other interests he is a director in the
Midland National Bank and a director in the Minneapolis Manufacturers Club.
On the 4th of December, 1889, Mr. Gregg was united in marriage to Miss Estella
Moore of New Martinsville, West Virginia, and they have become the parents of
four sons: Carter Moore, Jesse Ashton, John William and James Henry, all of whom
have served in the World war and all of whom enlisted. Jesse Ashton went
overseas with the Ambulance Corps and returned as a lieutenant of the French
army. Carter Moore and James Henry were members of the United States navy and
the former was in the transport service, while John William was in the ord­nance
service with the rank of lieutenant.
Mr. Gregg is a member of the Minneapolis Club, the Minikahda Club, the
Lafay­ette Club and the Automobile Club. The opportunities of an entire life
time have been well improved by him and step by step he has advanced to a most
creditable position in the manufacturing and commercial circles of his adopted
city.