James Fingal Gregory
This heavily AI spiffed-up photo of Colonel James F. Gregory derives from an unspiffed one in Find-a-Grave uploaded by Mike Serpa on Jan 1, 2016. He got it from page 12 of Annual Reunion of the Association of the U. S. M. A. Graduates, 1898.
James Fingal Gregory was born November 22, 1843 in Troy New York. His father was the Reverend Oscar H. Gregory, D. D., a Dutch Reform minister. He briefly attended Troy University and Union College before entering West Point on July 1, 1861, just as the Civil War began. He graduated June 23, 1865 as the war ended. As an Army engineer he held many important posts. See his Cullum file for a summary of his military record.
On March 26, 1889 he married Marianne Minnegerode. Her father was Rev. Charles Minnegerode, D. D., the rector of St. Paul's church in Richmond, Va.
When James Gregory died of natural causes in the Seminary Hotel in Cincinnati Ohio on July 31, 1871, his body was sent to Washington, D.C. and he was buried in Arlington Cemetery, with elaborate military ceremony.
But, perhaps, the main reason J. F. Gregory is remembered today is the large rose-quartz bolder which serves as the Gregory's memorial in Arlington National Cemetery, with elaborate military ceremony.
James Fingal Gregory
Major
Corps of Engineers, U.S.A.
Died July 30th, 1897,
Marianne M. Gregory
Died October 20th, 1898.
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