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MAJOR B. M. GREGORY.
Mr. Gregory was born in New York State, November, 1830. Came with his father, Peter
Gregory, to near Eagle Village, in 1834, having been a citizen of the county ever since.
His advantages at school were only tolerable, yet he acquired a good practical education
and taught several schools when only about twenty-one or twenty-two years of age. His life
up to that time was spent on his father's farm. In 1853 he was united in marriage to
Nancy Larimore, daughter of Daniel and Mary Larimore, with whom he lived near twenty-five
years. She died about the year 1878, when he again married. About the year 1854 he
commenced business in a small way at old Eagle Village, but in 1857 removed to Zionsville,
where he has built up one of the largest hardware and agricultural houses in the state,
having associated with him his sons in business. Mr. G. went out to the front in the late
war, in the 10th Indiana Regiment, and was promoted major of that regiment. At the front,
as well as at home,!
he was well liked. No man in the county stands higher than Major Gregory. He is a member
of the Masonic order and practices its noble teachings. See his portrait on another page
of this work. He is a stanch Republican, liberal in religious notions.
Source: "Early Life and Times in Boone County, Indiana," Harden & Spahr,
Lebanon, Ind., May, 1887, p. 285
Transcribed by: Julie S. Townsend - June 27, 2007
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