Sarah Elvira Gregory (25 November 1827, Union District, S.C.-22 July 1875, Kosciusko, Attala County, Miss.) was the only daughter of Benjamin Jeremiah and Elizabeth Crosby Jeter Gregory. Sarah married her cousin, Dr. James M. Gregory (ca. 1817, Union District, S.C.-1881, Mineola, Wood County, Texas), son of John Wesley and Elizabeth Young Gregory, after 1850.

They remained in Union District, where he practiced his medical profession, until after the birth of their first child, when they moved to Winston County, Mississippi, where the rest of the children were born. After the War Between the States and the loss of his properties, Dr. Gregory and his family moved to Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi, where he practiced medicine in the late 1860's and early 1870's (Kosciusko-Attala History, 1976). He died in Texas with his son-in-law and granddaughter.

Their issue: Mary Elizabeth; Martha Ann; Medora; Henrietta; Katherine; James M. Jr.; and John Benjamin.

Mary Elizabeth (Bettie) Gregory, oldest daughter of Dr. James M. and Sarah Elvira Gregory, was born in Union District, South Carolina. She married Robert (Bob) McCoy and they lived in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Their issue: Nannie.

Nannie McCoy married Hugh Johnson of Oklahoma.

Martha Ann (Mattie) Gregory (15 March 1856 -15 July 1941), second daughter of Dr. James M. and Sarah Elvira Gregory, was born in Winston County, Mississippi. She married, first: John Grady and had a daughter. They lived in New Port, Attala County, Mississippi, along with her father, who had moved there after the death of Sarah Elvira. They then moved to Mineola, Texas. A short time thereafter, Dr. James M., John Grady and Mattie's young daughter died during a typhoid fever epidemic in 1881. Mattie returned to Kosciusko and later married John Hardin Conner. Their issue: Bessie; Herman Gregory; and Montrose.

Bessie Conner died as a teenager.

Herman Gregory Conner married Olivia Betterson. They are buried at City Cemetery, Kosciusko. They had no issue.

Montrose Conner was born and died in Kosciusko, Mississippi. She married Marion Everett Turner. Their issue: John Everett; Ennis; Robert; and Wardine.

John Everett Turner (3 November 1910-29 August 1965), first son of Montrose and Marion Everett Turner, was born and died in Kosciusko. He married Alberta Rawson. Alberta then married Ezra Ellis, who is now deceased. John Everett and Alberta had one son: John Everett Jr.

John Everett Turner, Jr. never married and teaches at Austin Peay University, Clarksville, Tennessee.

Ennis Turner (6 November 1914) was born in Kosciusko. He married Manette C. Gregory, daughter of Andrew Thompson (Tom) Gregory. Manette is a great-granddaughter of Andrew Jackson Gregory (brother of Sarah Elvira). Ennis Turner retired after twenty years in the United States Army. They reside in Orlando, Florida. Their children (see Manette Gregory account): Thomas Ennis; and Ronald Gregory.

Thomas Ennis Turner (6 August 1944) resides in Kissimee, Florida, where he is in the wholesale sandwich business.

Ronald Gregory Turner ( 9 January 1948) resides in Nashville, Tennessee, where he is a practicing attorney.

Robert Turner (19 August 1916), third son of Montrose and Marion E. Turner, was born in Kosciusko. He graduated from Mississippi College, Clinton, in 1940 with a BA in Economics and Sociology; and received a BS in Engineering Administration, from the University of Mississippi in 1949. He married Ruth Hall (1918) in 1940. Ruth attended Holmes Junior College, Goodman, Mississippi, for two years. Robert worked for the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, retiring in 1968. They reside in Vicksburg. Their daughter: Martha Ann.

Martha Ann Turner (1953, Vicksburg, Miss.) graduated from Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, with a BA in Music Education. She married Luis E. Diaz, born in Costa Rica. He is a graduate of Louisiana Tech University, 1974, with a BS in Architecture. Luis works for Nichols & Wells Construction Company, Jackson. Martha Ann taught music and works for Mississippi Music, Inc., Jackson. They have no children.

Wardine Turner (11 February 1921), fourth child of Montrose and Marion Everett Turner, married Reverend Leonard Oscar Elmore (4 March 1911, Gastonia, N.C.-18 June 1974, Memphis, Tenn.), son of Wade Oscar and Pearl Brythe Robinson Elmore, on 28 May 1939 in Kosciusko. He was a graduate of Presbyterian College (BA, 1935), Clinton, South Carolina; and Columbia Theological Seminary (B of Divinity, 1938), Decatur, Georgia. Reverend Elmore served pastorates in Mississippi, South Carolina, Louisiana, Arkansas and Tennessee. Wardine resides in Memphis. Their children: Leonardine; Roseann; William Gregory; and Sara.

Leonardine Elmore (19 August 1942, Okolona, Miss.) married Fred Russell Campbell (1 September 1941, Monroe, La.) in Hamburg, Arkansas. He is the son of William Scott and Freddie Russell Campbell. Leonardine and Rusty are both graduates of Louisiana Tech (1964), Ruston. She obtained a Masters in Education in 1976 and a Masters in Administration in 1978 from Memphis State University. She teaches school in Memphis. Their children: Fred Russell Jr.; Kerri Lyn, 22 November 1966 (Shreveport, La.); and Sara Ann, 22 November 1969 (Shreveport, La.).

Fred Russell Campbell, Jr. (9 August 1962, Ruston, La.) married Laura Turner on 8 February 1986 in Memphis, Tennessee.

Roseann Elmore (27 June 1947, Memphis, Tenn.) graduated from Louisiana Tech in 1969. She received her Masters at Memphis State University in 1972. She works in Adult Education in Memphis. Roseann is not married.

William Gregory (Greg) Elmore (19 April 1949, Memphis, Tenn.) finished at the University of Arkansas and now works at Southeastern Municipal Bonds, Pensacola, Florida. He married Dawn Eleanor Pearson (12 July 1960, Memphis), daughter of Carl Lamar and Nellie Moses Pearson of Ripley, Tennessee, on 20 September 1986. Dawn graduated from the University of Tennessee.

Sara Elmore (2 October 1950, Baton Rouge, La.) married Gerald Davis Lawson (23 April 1950) in Brinkley, Arkansas on 1 September 1970. He is the son of William Burford and Mildred Davis Lawson. Sara and Jeri both attended Memphis State University. He received his BSC in 1972 and MSCE in 1980. They reside in Memphis. Their issue: Gerald Davis Jr., 29 December 1975; and Wade Everett, 17 June 1980; both born in Memphis.

Medora (Dora) Gregory, third child of Dr. James M. and Sarah Elvira Gregory, was born in Winston County, Mississippi and died in Oklahoma. She married -?- Driscol. They had no issue.

Henrietta (Heddie) Gregory, fourth child of Dr. James M. and Sarah Elvira Gregory, was born in Winston County, Mississippi and died in Texas. She married -?- McLean. Their issue: Harvey; Lucian; Rodney; Gladys; and Guy.

Katherine (Kitty) Gregory (26 September 1870, Louisville, Miss.-27 February 1953, Kosciusko, Miss.) was the fifth child of Dr. James M. and Sarah Elvira Gregory. She married James Milton Knotts (29 October 1868, Byhalia, Miss.-1 January 1954, Kosciusko). He completed business school in Memphis, Tennessee, later becoming a bank auditor and owner of a drugstore in Kosciusko. Their issue: Walter; and Nannie Helen.

Walter Knotts (1896-1918, Kosciusko, Miss.) was a student at Mississippi A&M College (now Mississippi State University) at the time of his death.

Nannie Helen Knotts (31 January 1898, Koscuisko, Miss.-19 December 1985, Waveland, Miss.) graduated from Mississippi State College for Women (then II&C) and taught school for over twenty years in Kosciusko. She married, first: Dana Hayes (1889, Chicago, Ill.-April 1981, Los Angeles, Cal.), son of Harold and Helen Foote Hayes, on 17 September 1922 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dana attended Notre Dame University and was a motion picture producer. She married, second: Percy Allen on 27 February 1927. Nannie and Dana had one daughter: Helen Katherine.

Helen Katherine Hayes (17 June 1923, Kosciusko, Miss.) married Richard Frederick Mestayer, Jr. (6 March 1917, New Orleans, La.-28 November 1980, New Orleans), the son of Richard and Jeanne Olivier Mestayer, Sr., on 14 February 1948. Richard attended the University of Iowa and served as a Captain in World War II. He was in the lumber business in New Orleans. Helen received a BA Degree from the University of Mississippi and an MA from Mississippi Southern. She currently holds an administrative position with the Hancock County Schools and makes her home in Waveland, Mississippi. Their issue: Richard F. III; Beth Ann; and James Allen.

Richard F. Mestayer III, M.D. (12 November 1948, New Orleans, La.) married Marilyn Davis (30 June 1948, Jackson, Miss.), daughter of Russel C. and Catherine Pullen Davis. Richard received his BA Degree from the University of Mississippi and his MD from Louisiana State University. He took his residency in Psychiatry at the University of Virginia; and is now Board Certified and on the staff of Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans. Marilyn has a BA in Speech Pathology from the University of Mississippi. Their issue: Mallory Allen, 29 December 1975 (Charlottesville, Va.); Richard Russell, 4 September 1980; and William Frederick, 16 July 1985 (both New Orleans, La.).

Beth Ann Mestayer (1 August 1951, Waveland, Miss.) married Mark Chase Luedtke (10 April 1952), son of Walter E. Luedtke, M.D., and LaRhea Tate Luedtke, on 8 July 1978. Mark holds a BS from Emporia State University, Kansas, where he is a football coach. He has two Masters degrees in Physical Education from the University of New Mexico. Beth has a BA in Education from the University of Mississippi and a MS in Special Education from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

James Allen Mestayer (18 March 1955, New Orleans, La.) married Vera Riedl (26 March 1958), daughter of Robert O. and Vera Vicenzi of Waterbury, Connecticut, on 26 November 1982. James holds a BS in Pharmacy from the University of Mississippi and now practices in Long Beach, Miss. Vera has worked as an accountant and is presently enrolled in Elementary Education at Jefferson Davis College. She had a daughter, Joann Williams, by Joe Williams. James and Vera have a daughter: Lisa Elizabeth, 26 April 1984 (Miami, Fla.).

James M. (Jimmie) Gregory, Jr., sixth child of Dr. James M. and Sarah Elvira Gregory, was born in Winston County, Mississippi and died young, presumably in Winston County before the family moved to Kosciusko.

John Benjamin (Ben) Gregory, seventh child of Dr. James M. and Sarah Elvira Gregory, was born in Winston County, Mississippi and died in Kosciusko. He married, first: Carrie Sanders. After the death of Carrie, he married, second: Iris Crowder. They had no issue. Carrie and Ben Gregory's issue: Nellie; Ruby; Claude; and Clara Louise.

Nellie Gregory married -?- Trusty.

Ruby Gregory married -?- Wiberg and had a daughter: Mary Jane.

Claude Gregory married Mary Lou Elmore. They had one son: Claude Elmore.

Claude Elmore Gregory lives in Memphis. He had a son: Steven Charles.

Clara Louise Gregory (29 May 1894, Kosciusko, Miss.-2 July 1943, Vicksburg, Miss.), fourth child of J. Ben and Carrie Gregory, married Henry Martyn Gastrell (26 August 1876, Bayou Sara, La.-1958, Vicksburg, Miss.) on 11 February 1915 at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Vicksburg. Henry was the son of Alfred Thomas and Harriet Cockrell Gastrell. They lived in Vicksburg and are buried in Kosciusko. Their issue: Henry Martyn Jr.; Sam Cockrell; and Charles Seay.

Henry Martyn Gastrell, Jr. (28 April 1917 -16 September 1980), first child of Clara and Henry Gastrell, was born and died in Vicksburg. He married Lillian Glenn (15 October 1916), daughter of George and Elizabeth Davison Glenn, on 25 December 1940 in Greenville, Texas. He served in World War II. They had a son: Henry Martyn III.

Henry Martyn Gastrell III (17 July 1943, Brookhaven, Miss.) married Carol Wislocki in Vicksburg. They reside in Kingwood, Texas. They have two children: Scott; and Elizabeth (Beth).

Sam Cockrell Gastrell (17 January 1917, Vicksburg, Miss.), second child of Clara and Henry Gastrell, married Maxie Raines (31 January 1918, Lambert, Miss.) on 17 December 1941 in Vicksburg. He served in World War II. They reside in Vicksburg. Sam and Maxie Gastrell legally adopted Patricia Ann and Peggy Jo, daughters of Aleen Raines Bankhead, who died in August 1948. She was a sister of Maxie's. Sam and Maxie's issue: Samuel Gregory.

Patricia Ann (Bankhead) Gastrell (31 December 1936) married James Hugh Corbett on 31 January 1959 in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Peggy Jo (Bankhead) Gastrell (2 August 1940) married George Edwin Durham, Jr. in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Samuel Gregory Gastrell (21 April 1948) married Diane Rains Scott on 28 July 1979 in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

Charles Seay Gastrell (2 December 1920, Greenville, Texas), third child of Clara and Henry Gastrell, married Kathryn Caldwell (17 May 1925, Sunflower County, Miss.), daughter of James Manassas and Nannie Mae Herring Caldwell, on 11 July 1946 in Vicksburg. He served in World War II. Their issue: Lynda Kathryn; Charles Seay Jr.; and Charlotte Elaine.

Lynda Kathryn Gastrell (20 April 1952, Washington, D.C.) married William Benard Aden, Jr. on 15 July 1977 in Vicksburg. They reside in Vicksburg. Their issue: Amanda Kathryn, 8 March 1978; and Richael Lynn, 28 August 1979.

Charles Seay Gastrell, Jr. (14 September 1953, Washington, D.C.) married and divorced. He has one son: Charles Blake, 15 February 1984.

Charlotte Elaine Gastrell (6 July 1958, Washington, D.C.) married William Bradford Eddins on 7 June 1986.

Robert Turner of Vicksburg, Mississippi contributed most of the information on Dr. James M. and Sara Elvira Gregory.