Sacramento Valley Biographies

GEORGE WILLIAM GREGORY

Transcribed by Sally Kaleta, June 2009.

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        Throughout Colusa county the name of Gregory is synonymous with
enterprise, thrift and prosperity, in agricultural and financial circles
standing preeminent. Characterized by the same mental vigor, business
aptitude and probity that distinguished both his paternal and maternal
ancestors, George William Gregory holds an assured position among the
leading citizens of Arbuckle, and is everywhere respected and esteemed. He
has the distinction of being a native-born resident of Colusa county, his
birth having occurred August 9, 1866, near College City. His father, Henry
Gregory, a son of William Gregory, was born in Tennessee, but when a young
man migrated to Missouri, from there coming to California in 1854.

        After trying his luck at mining for a time, Henry Gregory located in
Yolo county as a stock and grain raiser, but is now one of the most honored
residents of Colusa county, having a large and valuable farm adjoining
College City. He married Elizabeth J. Johns, and of the eight children born
of their union, five are living, George William with whom this sketch is
chiefly concerned, being the third child in order of birth and the only son.
A more extended ancestral and parental history may be found on another page
of this volume, in connection with the sketch of Henry Gregory.

        Brought up on the home farm, George W. Gregory first attended the
district schools, completing his education at the Pierce Christian College.
Choosing the free and independent occupation to which he was reared, he
followed farming with his father for a few years, being subsequently engaged
in stock-raising on the home ranch. For about five years Mr. Gregory devoted
his attention to the breeding of thoroughbred horses, and raised some of
especial note, among them being Alcantara Jr., a Hambletonian, and Alcatras,
a half-brother to Aaron. In 1902 Mr. Gregory erected the Gregory warehouse,
which is located in Arbuckle, east of the railroad, and is 64x300 feet,
fourteen feet clear, with a capacity of ninety thousand sacks. Consolidating
with Messrs. Balfour & Garrett in 1903. Mr. Gregory leased the interest of
his partners in the other warehouse, which is 40x400 feet, with a capacity
of seventy thousand sacks, and has since managed both with great success. 

         In College City, Cal., August 1, 1888, Mr. Gregory married Alice
Tolson, to California. Mr. and Mrs. Gregory are the parents of three
children, namely: St. Elmo, Marie and Eugene. Politically Mr. Gregory  is a
steadfast Democrat, sustaining the principles of his party by voice and
vote. He resides in Arbuckle, where he has built an attractive and
comfortable residence, in which he and his wife entertain their friends in a
most friendly and hospitable manner.

"History of the State of California and Biographical Record of the
Sacramento Valley, Cal.," J. M. Guinn, The Chapman Publishing Company,
Chicago, 1906, Pages 536-537.