Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-14
In AIcnorinnl
4 TRIBUTE.

X HONORABLE. ROGER GREGORY. o,
liz ies AZ wi' b;s County. Va. departed this
the G9uI;y Of XIX wi hin on a1es Sept in
m aurnGSsnse Of S BY ana
Elicit! hayinE been Apr q isss.
;Mha ~. River, King will iam coun.y.
dss, i oi his hon q HIS faahSF After the
same MnS resided oi,l; a; E!sins Green" in thS
by carter ras3on. sln as a. rsSSi n
T r.ay.ii OF lndependenccj his father re-
SON Roser. n LAG 70 s,, that In place his
b b9n,h There he aisnensei to his neir she
rcnsr"us b no MS ,i;iends. far and near.
,,, Inc .ducational advantages Afforded
s'udyn, IN The AeaIsmee b oss; nee % a.
ss m" hiiy S.5.hY6 Of virEina during the
s al ,h. turin, during the session is52-5a and
he I WAS Gh s,nny OF Virginia in $3.50:
IN 1874 with, the degree Of "bacSeior 'e OF
when rr IN ihar i famous laW school Of
i Lsan; liz SO favorably Impressed this
nls,tinEuished law teacher that many years
Minor committed hinau ne
NJ mr., I pi,rc "Ihiy'iai digest or table OF books
lay $50 course o; the University. " Wv
II Iio MS native and adjoining countles with
yyr OF Eas;srn virginia. who e had se law
ana "i mas Sfnrs In the sGnaiS OF vrg!nia
E :1 from The FRS, conGressonal Dis
elec;tG Inc iirsI Judge under ' the coGs, Mas
s s;on oil virginia creating the county court
s s,s. 81 y Femhsr Of the House OF Dele,
s sdsio sSrvfd in tina. capacity during Tho
II iRs GGiIsEs as ne Law roessor
Den
under his management and direction. took
ch n'Sh ' ana amfors the Law
s,rip. ne RESIGNED fIom that position., re-
he energetiealiy and successiu fully" ENGAGED Gns,
r re- ;4s1,Sn,tn re- on large scale: on his
ei mond College. ,he " eas sSsrt of ,h9 at
,,,,GnpartinGnt. In co-operation with lawyers
ssnted him with a beautiful Lowing CUP
az 'ss,im% 10 h, Of their high personal
IN eoHaesio9 with RiehmonG' co ,H ssiS he
S1ininh isod:i5o2 In thai body. recogniz:
me ab,ss, Of The STATE. ihS he %as co nt
0T na s h and ani5y serx
Lewiston. which was composcd OF The
Si EaPy n /" the Of t 5hs '9 %sr he
u L. v. .hS lee Rangers, OF which lion
which COMPANY, suhseomentlv h" csame I CO,
H. ~ Of The Ninth virginia cavalry Resi.
~ tsN'tncu nv MS comrades
ana surt rior officers i brave and faith
IN! soldier. "
lie nrst married his f.s, cousin. Mary
Ann Maria Brookes. in 1875. who died In
lS5b leaving one son. William Gregory
SHscouenty marriSd inf Eliz WS TeaT 1c,xs
Frances Alien. daughter Of the late vii,
iiam Coates Allen. for many years a high
~ esteemed and leading citizen OF the
T.tN OF Richpond. The children OF the
,as. ntarTiaRS were, Maria Elicit. Roger r.
hf yItD , Gan Wrs William Coates Allen
/ lnuStIllS, J.
Edward MARY McGruder Of Charlot.cs
vile Val. Nathaniel jefferson (who died
n infancy: and George Edward. OF whom
i Eycii,s survive yH him Roger Gregory. Jr.
Ills influence In his native and sur
rounding counties as wise counselor and
ardent DEMOCRAT was reaching. In
the midst Of the acrinony and excitement
That followed the enfranchisement OF tho
his county. the negroes. Unframed by a
nnd were beyond the control OF the Of
Mccrs OF the law. when Judge Gregory
made an appeal to them for good order
was at once allayed, and they quietly dis.
rcrscd and returned to their homes. since
which time they have been conductInr
themselves MS good citizens.
lie was q member of the First Presby-
II asked for his predominant charac.
tcrlHtics. any acquaintance would answer
nnsclnshn"ss. fidelity. integrity and sincer.
ny; With these as tho governing prin-
SlpiSs OF his life y In not surprising that
ne drew to himself host Of friends and
When shail We see his like AGAIN."
\ II, r. POLLARD.