Ada Myrtle Gregg is the author of the book, "The Truth About The Baby," which includes an introduction describing her desire to study medicine as well as the death of her second child.
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Excerpt from family history purportedly written by Ada Gregg Alberty [Martha Shepard's granddaughter]
"Grandma Gregg was a Shepard. Our Grandfather [Joseph Gibson Gregg] was living on a plantation near Richmond, Virginia during the Civil War. One time when our Grandmother sat fanning herself on a hot summer day, dressed up in her hoop-skirts, she spotted a Northern solider running across a field being chased by Southern soldiers. The Northern solider didn't bother knocking, instead came running up to the door crying, "Hide me, hide me or they will kill me." Grandma, being a Christian, wanted to save him. She stood up and lifted her hoop skirts and said, "Here, hide under my skirts." He did, and she let her big hoops down over him. Grandma weighed over 200 pounds, so she could easily hide him. She no sooner had when the Southern solider came busting in and demanded to know where the Northern solider was. Grandma wouldn't lie so she told them they were welcome to look for him. She stood fanning herself and joked with the soldiers. They looked the house over but could not find him so they left. After they had gone, the Northern soldier was hidden away and left after it was dark. He made it back to the union lines. After the war was over, he came back and married our Aunt Mollie [aka Mary Hannah Gregg]. The Northern solider's name was Clay Gibson [aka William Clay Gibson]. They moved to Sedalia, and Uncle Clay became a big banker." "Aunt Mollie was a socialite in Richmond. After the war, all our folks moved near Sedalia, Missouri. When I, Ada, was three weeks old, our Dad and his brother Joe Gregg moved to Hume, Missouri."
"Our Dad, John H. Gregg, was born in a fifteen room home on a large plantation near Richmond [Virginia]." "After the Civil War...[a]ll our folks later moved near Sedalia, Missouri. When I, Ada, was three weeks old, our Dad and and his brother Joe Gregg moved to Hume, Missouri." "In the panic of 1893, our dad [John Gregg] went broke. He had signed notes for other farmers who were not able to make the notes good and our Dad had to pay the notes off. He sold our farms and we moved to Canyon City, Colorado and Papa became a dairyman. Later he moved to Yampa, Colorado, then to Seattle, Washington."
Ada Myrtle Gregg is the author of the book, "The Truth About The Baby," which includes an introduction describing her desire to study medicine as well as the death of her second child.
https://archive.org/details/truhaboutbabytub00albe/page/n7/mode/2up
Excerpt from family history purportedly written by Ada Gregg Alberty [Martha Shepard's granddaughter]
"Grandma Gregg was a Shepard. Our Grandfather [Joseph Gibson Gregg] was living on a plantation near Richmond, Virginia during the Civil War. One time when our Grandmother sat fanning herself on a hot summer day, dressed up in her hoop-skirts, she spotted a Northern solider running across a field being chased by Southern soldiers. The Northern solider didn't bother knocking, instead came running up to the door crying, "Hide me, hide me or they will kill me." Grandma, being a Christian, wanted to save him. She stood up and lifted her hoop skirts and said, "Here, hide under my skirts." He did, and she let her big hoops down over him. Grandma weighed over 200 pounds, so she could easily hide him. She no sooner had when the Southern solider came busting in and demanded to know where the Northern solider was. Grandma wouldn't lie so she told them they were welcome to look for him. She stood fanning herself and joked with the soldiers. They looked the house over but could not find him so they left. After they had gone, the Northern soldier was hidden away and left after it was dark. He made it back to the union lines. After the war was over, he came back and married our Aunt Mollie [aka Mary Hannah Gregg]. The Northern solider's name was Clay Gibson [aka William Clay Gibson]. They moved to Sedalia, and Uncle Clay became a big banker." "Aunt Mollie was a socialite in Richmond. After the war, all our folks moved near Sedalia, Missouri. When I, Ada, was three weeks old, our Dad and his brother Joe Gregg moved to Hume, Missouri."
"Our Dad, John H. Gregg, was born in a fifteen room home on a large plantation near Richmond [Virginia]." "After the Civil War...[a]ll our folks later moved near Sedalia, Missouri. When I, Ada, was three weeks old, our Dad and and his brother Joe Gregg moved to Hume, Missouri." "In the panic of 1893, our dad [John Gregg] went broke. He had signed notes for other farmers who were not able to make the notes good and our Dad had to pay the notes off. He sold our farms and we moved to Canyon City, Colorado and Papa became a dairyman. Later he moved to Yampa, Colorado, then to Seattle, Washington."
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