Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-01-06
ATTAWAUGAN

John Shepard McCrcgo~, who died
i in Casper, Wyoming. December 18th,
| and whose body was brought to the
| Methodist church in AttaWaugan for
! funeral services on Decor her 26th,
| bore the nap.c Of his great great
| @randf2thcr Iohu NcGregpr. who was
| born in Dundee, Scotland in 1743. and
| died in Coventry r. l., in 1920. In
! coming to America he brought little
| except a liberal education and a
| thorough knowledge Of military tao
ties. This latter knowledge made him
! a desirable acquisition t. the ranks
! Of Connecticut yeOmen. In Flainfeld
| Conn, he drilled q large company and
| hurried Them to Boston at the first
/ alarm which .Convulsed the feeble col
| onies at the prospect of 50 unequal a
| struggle H afterwards commanded
| his company at Bunker I'LL, and was
| present at The surrender of Corn
wallis, a Yorktown. He was honor
| a bly, DISCHARGED by Washington at New
! York at The end Of the Revolution. He
! married later Retsey Shepard, of
| PIainfcld,
i Colonel jeremiah NcGrngor was the
/ son OF John NTcCregOr, and served in
the war of 1872 His two sons were
! Jeremiah S. and DR. John McGregor.
| the latter q, surgeon of the Third Con-
| necticut Volunteers in the Civil war.
! For him are named two G. A. r. posts,
one i'll DanielsOn, ans the other in
| PheniE \. II. DR. McGrcgor was taken
! prisoner at the battle of Bull Run
and the following is taken from the
| Wjndham County Observer of Aug.
/. 1851.
'FrOm the latest reports from the
| surgeon Of tie Third Regiment it APP
Tt I'll
| ed, as first thought but is a prisoner
with the rebels. The news of last
Tuesday states that the hospitals were
! not burned, and that dozen sur
%e0ns of the Federal army are at
| Manassas. With every person IN
! Windham county we experienced a
glow Of pride at the record of the he
roic conduct of the noble doctor. He
| had been told that all was lost and
| he must leave the field to save his
ldife. But the impulses of Il generous
and humane heart were stronger than
the call Of self protection. and he re
NAMED at his post OF duty. sooth-
ING the pains of the wounded and
diving. Such q f-abnegation gilds the
dark cloud Of our tenn orary defeat
with rays Of light from heaven. An
| appreciative community hopes to well
come him again to his old home
| where grateful people VIII honor tbs
name Of McGregoc forever (Dr. Nc
| Gregor did later receive 9. royal vel
| come from bis toWnSmtn-l
Jeremiah ), NcGregor followed
farming and was well posted in history
and occasionally wrote articles fol
Connecticut people. John McGregor
who now resides in the northern par
OF hllInSly, father OF John Shepar-
McGreSor, IS the DossessOr of thre%
swords, one carried by John McGreg-
or during the Revolutionary, one by
jeremiah McGregor in the war of ISL!
and the third by DR.. john McGregol
during the Civil war
, john Shepard McGregor was borr
IN Coventry r. l., Nav 20, 1898. He
) was a Wide-awake boy and very earl!
started out Tor himself, going to Worl
tor Clark Pierce, OF Thompson wher'
ne remained for three years, leavlnf
: to become chauffeur for the late Nor
man 3. Ream, in whose employ h
renamed until nc broke his hip, ant
was unable to work for over a year
At this time he became acquainted
with Miss Carrie Barrett, niece o
Town Clerk Frank Barrett. of Wood
] stock. They were married by tn
! late Rev. J. s. Stubbert in Putnam
october Is, 1913, He again foilowe'
farming, and was employed as hos
= farmer for John Eaton at Wauregal
, for time, afterwards running hi
: fathers farm in Tillingly. There
:, son was born on November 1, 1915
= who died in infancy.