"Died--In Garden City, October 10th, 1892--Mrs. Abigain Gregory, aged 56 years, five months and eight days. A coroner's inquest was held on Tuesday morning, the details and results of which are given elsewhere. Funeral services were held at the M. E. church at 12:30 on Tuesday, by Rev. J. C. Moore, assisted by Revs. Hull and Braden, Eld. A. P. George being absent from the county. The body was then taken to the train which passes east at 2:15 p.m. Her sons, Geor. P. and H. S., and daughter, Miss Elizabeth Gregory, accompanied the remains which were interred at Thorntown, Indiana, on Thursday, beside the body of her husband, who died in 1869.
Mrs. Gregory was born near Whitesville, Montgomery county, Indiana, May 2, 1836. She was married November 5, 1856, to Rev. Samuel Gregory, of that county and reared a family of three daughters and three sons, all of whom survive her. Her daughters, Mrs. O. C. Coombs and Mrs. I. W. Vancleave, reside here with their families, Miss Elizabeth Gregory is superintendent of an M. E. Mission school at Anadarko, Indian Territory, Geo. P. Gregory is superintendent of the U. S. Industrial School at Fort Hall, Idaho, Chas. N. is in business in Washington state and Harry S. is business manager of the SENTINEL. The editor of the SENTINEL is a stepson, as is also Frank W. Gregory, editor of the Springfield, Mo., Democrat; and two stepdaughters, one of whom, Mrs. C. N. Campbell, formerly resided in Garden City, live at Cincinnati, Ohio.
Such are the brief and simple outlines of a life which, in many respects, exhibited courage and fortitude which were the more heroic because unnoticed by the world. Reared amid humble surroundings, in a frontier settlement, she had, when arriving at womanhood, borne the chief part in rearing a family of younger sisters and brothers. As a young wife, she bore herself toward her stepchildren in such a way, and continued to do so through life, that they loved her and mourn her as an own mother. Left a widow and without means, all her children small--the youngest a babe in arms--she kept her family together and not only reared them respectably, but found time and courage to endear herself to the sick and suffering in her neighborhood, nursing patients with dangerous cases of contagious disease when others abandoned them.
To the last, amid terrible sufferings, she kept her careful solicitude for others. "Tell John he mustn't stand out in the cold," she said between moans of pain, of a son who was ailing. "Jennie must take some rest. She will break down with so much watching." And, at a suffering hour at night, "I wonder if Alice is covered up warm."
Mother is dead. We cannot realize the numbing truth. Stilled are the pulsations of a love deeper and stronger than an angel may feel. Sweet peace, eternal rest enfold thee, Mother. The incense of filial love and abiding friendship shall long arise about thy tomb!"
--The Garden City Sentinel (Garden City, Kansas), 15 Oct 1892, Sat, p.8
Mrs. Abigail Gregory died from toxins alleged to have been from a prescription administered by a female doctor, though the doctor asserted that she had no such toxic pills in her possession and was acquitted by a jury of wrong-doing.
--The Garden City Herald (Garden City, Kansas), 15 Oct 1892, Sat, p.1, The Garden City Sentinel (Garden City, Kansas), 18 Feb 1893, p.4
Mrs. Gregory was born near Whitesville, Montgomery county, Indiana, May 2, 1836. She was married November 5, 1856, to Rev. Samuel Gregory, of that county and reared a family of three daughters and three sons, all of whom survive her. Her daughters, Mrs. O. C. Coombs and Mrs. I. W. Vancleave, reside here with their families, Miss Elizabeth Gregory is superintendent of an M. E. Mission school at Anadarko, Indian Territory, Geo. P. Gregory is superintendent of the U. S. Industrial School at Fort Hall, Idaho, Chas. N. is in business in Washington state and Harry S. is business manager of the SENTINEL. The editor of the SENTINEL is a stepson, as is also Frank W. Gregory, editor of the Springfield, Mo., Democrat; and two stepdaughters, one of whom, Mrs. C. N. Campbell, formerly resided in Garden City, live at Cincinnati, Ohio.
Such are the brief and simple outlines of a life which, in many respects, exhibited courage and fortitude which were the more heroic because unnoticed by the world. Reared amid humble surroundings, in a frontier settlement, she had, when arriving at womanhood, borne the chief part in rearing a family of younger sisters and brothers. As a young wife, she bore herself toward her stepchildren in such a way, and continued to do so through life, that they loved her and mourn her as an own mother. Left a widow and without means, all her children small--the youngest a babe in arms--she kept her family together and not only reared them respectably, but found time and courage to endear herself to the sick and suffering in her neighborhood, nursing patients with dangerous cases of contagious disease when others abandoned them.
To the last, amid terrible sufferings, she kept her careful solicitude for others. "Tell John he mustn't stand out in the cold," she said between moans of pain, of a son who was ailing. "Jennie must take some rest. She will break down with so much watching." And, at a suffering hour at night, "I wonder if Alice is covered up warm."
Mother is dead. We cannot realize the numbing truth. Stilled are the pulsations of a love deeper and stronger than an angel may feel. Sweet peace, eternal rest enfold thee, Mother. The incense of filial love and abiding friendship shall long arise about thy tomb!"
--The Garden City Sentinel (Garden City, Kansas), 15 Oct 1892, Sat, p.8
Mrs. Abigail Gregory died from toxins alleged to have been from a prescription administered by a female doctor, though the doctor asserted that she had no such toxic pills in her possession and was acquitted by a jury of wrong-doing.
--The Garden City Herald (Garden City, Kansas), 15 Oct 1892, Sat, p.1, The Garden City Sentinel (Garden City, Kansas), 18 Feb 1893, p.4
"Died--In Garden City, October 10th, 1892--Mrs. Abigain Gregory, aged 56 years, five months and eight days. A coroner's inquest was held on Tuesday morning, the details and results of which are given elsewhere. Funeral services were held at the M. E. church at 12:30 on Tuesday, by Rev. J. C. Moore, assisted by Revs. Hull and Braden, Eld. A. P. George being absent from the county. The body was then taken to the train which passes east at 2:15 p.m. Her sons, Geor. P. and H. S., and daughter, Miss Elizabeth Gregory, accompanied the remains which were interred at Thorntown, Indiana, on Thursday, beside the body of her husband, who died in 1869.
Mrs. Gregory was born near Whitesville, Montgomery county, Indiana, May 2, 1836. She was married November 5, 1856, to Rev. Samuel Gregory, of that county and reared a family of three daughters and three sons, all of whom survive her. Her daughters, Mrs. O. C. Coombs and Mrs. I. W. Vancleave, reside here with their families, Miss Elizabeth Gregory is superintendent of an M. E. Mission school at Anadarko, Indian Territory, Geo. P. Gregory is superintendent of the U. S. Industrial School at Fort Hall, Idaho, Chas. N. is in business in Washington state and Harry S. is business manager of the SENTINEL. The editor of the SENTINEL is a stepson, as is also Frank W. Gregory, editor of the Springfield, Mo., Democrat; and two stepdaughters, one of whom, Mrs. C. N. Campbell, formerly resided in Garden City, live at Cincinnati, Ohio.
Such are the brief and simple outlines of a life which, in many respects, exhibited courage and fortitude which were the more heroic because unnoticed by the world. Reared amid humble surroundings, in a frontier settlement, she had, when arriving at womanhood, borne the chief part in rearing a family of younger sisters and brothers. As a young wife, she bore herself toward her stepchildren in such a way, and continued to do so through life, that they loved her and mourn her as an own mother. Left a widow and without means, all her children small--the youngest a babe in arms--she kept her family together and not only reared them respectably, but found time and courage to endear herself to the sick and suffering in her neighborhood, nursing patients with dangerous cases of contagious disease when others abandoned them.
To the last, amid terrible sufferings, she kept her careful solicitude for others. "Tell John he mustn't stand out in the cold," she said between moans of pain, of a son who was ailing. "Jennie must take some rest. She will break down with so much watching." And, at a suffering hour at night, "I wonder if Alice is covered up warm."
Mother is dead. We cannot realize the numbing truth. Stilled are the pulsations of a love deeper and stronger than an angel may feel. Sweet peace, eternal rest enfold thee, Mother. The incense of filial love and abiding friendship shall long arise about thy tomb!"
--The Garden City Sentinel (Garden City, Kansas), 15 Oct 1892, Sat, p.8
Mrs. Abigail Gregory died from toxins alleged to have been from a prescription administered by a female doctor, though the doctor asserted that she had no such toxic pills in her possession and was acquitted by a jury of wrong-doing.
--The Garden City Herald (Garden City, Kansas), 15 Oct 1892, Sat, p.1, The Garden City Sentinel (Garden City, Kansas), 18 Feb 1893, p.4
Mrs. Gregory was born near Whitesville, Montgomery county, Indiana, May 2, 1836. She was married November 5, 1856, to Rev. Samuel Gregory, of that county and reared a family of three daughters and three sons, all of whom survive her. Her daughters, Mrs. O. C. Coombs and Mrs. I. W. Vancleave, reside here with their families, Miss Elizabeth Gregory is superintendent of an M. E. Mission school at Anadarko, Indian Territory, Geo. P. Gregory is superintendent of the U. S. Industrial School at Fort Hall, Idaho, Chas. N. is in business in Washington state and Harry S. is business manager of the SENTINEL. The editor of the SENTINEL is a stepson, as is also Frank W. Gregory, editor of the Springfield, Mo., Democrat; and two stepdaughters, one of whom, Mrs. C. N. Campbell, formerly resided in Garden City, live at Cincinnati, Ohio.
Such are the brief and simple outlines of a life which, in many respects, exhibited courage and fortitude which were the more heroic because unnoticed by the world. Reared amid humble surroundings, in a frontier settlement, she had, when arriving at womanhood, borne the chief part in rearing a family of younger sisters and brothers. As a young wife, she bore herself toward her stepchildren in such a way, and continued to do so through life, that they loved her and mourn her as an own mother. Left a widow and without means, all her children small--the youngest a babe in arms--she kept her family together and not only reared them respectably, but found time and courage to endear herself to the sick and suffering in her neighborhood, nursing patients with dangerous cases of contagious disease when others abandoned them.
To the last, amid terrible sufferings, she kept her careful solicitude for others. "Tell John he mustn't stand out in the cold," she said between moans of pain, of a son who was ailing. "Jennie must take some rest. She will break down with so much watching." And, at a suffering hour at night, "I wonder if Alice is covered up warm."
Mother is dead. We cannot realize the numbing truth. Stilled are the pulsations of a love deeper and stronger than an angel may feel. Sweet peace, eternal rest enfold thee, Mother. The incense of filial love and abiding friendship shall long arise about thy tomb!"
--The Garden City Sentinel (Garden City, Kansas), 15 Oct 1892, Sat, p.8
Mrs. Abigail Gregory died from toxins alleged to have been from a prescription administered by a female doctor, though the doctor asserted that she had no such toxic pills in her possession and was acquitted by a jury of wrong-doing.
--The Garden City Herald (Garden City, Kansas), 15 Oct 1892, Sat, p.1, The Garden City Sentinel (Garden City, Kansas), 18 Feb 1893, p.4
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