1836 or 1837 - Born, VA (age 52 at time of death) [Father: John Munford Gregory (1804-1884); Mother: (Amanda M. Wallace (1809-1894)]

1850 - Lived with parents , Richmond, VA (indexed in the 1850 U. S. Census as "William J. Gregory")

1858 - M.D., Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA [from VA]

1860 - Practiced medicine, New Kent Co, VA

08/16/1862 - Appointed Asst Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States

08/16/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, 13th VA Cavalry

10/08/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, 13th VA Cavalry, Culpeper C.H., VA

07/13/1863 - Attached to Ambulance Corps, "hauling wounded to Staunton"

07/31/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 13th VA Cavalry

09/15/1863 - Patient, Gen. Hospital #4, Richmond, VA ("psoriasis")

10/05/1863 - Patient in private quarters, Richmond, VA , under care of Surgeon A.Y.P. Garnett

12/01/1863 - Served in Gen. Hospital, Danville, VA

12/24/1863 - Asst. Surgeon-in-charge, Guard Forces, Danville, VA

01/31/1864 - Served in hospital, Danville, VA

04/17/1864 to 04/23/1864 - Served in Chimborazo Hospital, No.1, Richmond, VA (temporary duty)

05/12/1864 - Reported to duty, Howard's Grove Hospital, Richmond, VA

05/15/1864 - Relieved from duty, Howard's Grove Hospital, Richmond, VA

05/15/1864 - Served in Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, VA

05/23/1864 - Relieved from duty in Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, VA

05/31/1864 - Relieved from duty at Gen. Hospital #1, Danville, VA and ordered to report to the Commandant of Conscripts, Macon, GA

03/14/1865 - As Asst. Surgeon, served on a Confederate Examining Board for the 5th Congressional District of Georgia

1870 - Practiced medicine, Black Creek Township, New Kent Co, VA

~1878 - Married, Mariah A. [maiden name unknown]

1880 - Practiced medicine, Ware Creek, New Kent Co, VA

1886 - Practiced medicine, Glendale, Henrico Co, VA

05/10/1889 - Died, Portsmouth, Norfolk Co, VA (cause: nephritis)

05/11/1889 - Buried, Shockoe Cemetery, Richmond, VA (FindaGrave #99445240)

This biographical sketch is from:

Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical

register of physicians who served the

Confederacy in a medical capacity.

10/23/2012. Updated 04/04/2024

Unpublished database.

Thanks to R.E.L. Krick and Jeffry Burden for death and burial details