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Rh Genealogies " (Harrishurg, 1886). — Andrew's grandson, John Irvin, soldier, b. in Bellefonte, Pa., 19 July, 1826, was the son of Andrew Gregg, an iron- master. He volunteered for the Mexican war as a private in December, 1846, became 1st lieutenant of the 11th regular infantry in February, 1847, and was appointed captain on 5 Sept., 1847. After serving through the war, he was disbanded, 14 Aug., 1848. He then engaged in the iron business in Centre county. Pa. He became a captain of Pennsylvania reserves in the early part of the civil war, and was made captain, 6th U. S. cavalry, in May, 1861. He became colonel, 16th Pennsyl- vania cavalry, in October, 1862, and commanded a cavalry brigade in the Army of the Potomac, from April, 1868. till April, 1865. He participated in numerous battles, including Deep Bottom, where he was severely wounded- For gallant and meri- torious services during the war he was brevetted major-general of volunteei's, and brigadier-general U. S. army at its close. After the war he was in- spector-general of freedmen in Louisiana, and un- der the establishment of 28 July, 1868, became colonel of the 8th cavalry. He was with his regi- ment on the Pacific coast till retired for disability incurred in line of duty, 2 April, 1879. — Another grandson, David McMiirtrie, son of Matthew D. Gregg, soldier, b. in Huntingdon, Pa., 10 April, 1833. He was graduated at the U. S. milita'r-y academy in 1855, and was assigned to the dra- goons, receiving his full appointment as 2d lieutenant in September following. Afterward he served a short time in Jefferson barracks. Mo., and was then ordered to New Mexico and Cali- fornia, and served in the campaigns of 1858-'60 against the Indians. In March, 1861, he was ap- pointed 1st lieutenant, and in May following cap- tain in the 6th cavalry. In January he was ap- pointed colonel of the 8th Pennsylvania cavalry, and was engaged at the battles of Fair Oaks, the seven' days' fight, and otherwise during the Vir- ginia peninsular campaign in 1862. He became brigadier-general of volunteers on 29 Nov., com- manded a division of cavalry in the Army of the Potoraac from December, 1862, till June, 1863, and was engaged at Beverly Ford, Aldie, Gettysburg, Rapidan Station, and New Hope Church. He com- manded the 2d cavalry division. 6 April, 1864, to 3 Feb., 1865, in the Richmond campaign, and the cavalry of the Army of the Potomac from 1 Aug., 1864 (when he was brevetted major-general of vol- unteers), till his resignation, 3 Feb., 1865. He was appointed U. S. consul at Prague, Bohemia, in 1874, and in 1886 became commander of the Penn- sylvania order of the loyal legion.

GREGG, James, lawyer, b. in Marion district, S. (J., 4 July, 1787 ; d. 24 Oct., 1852. He was edu- cated at St. David's academy. Long Bluff (now So- ciety Hill), and at the University of South Caro- lina, where he was graduated with the highest honors in 1808. He was subsequently a tutor in the university, and was professor of mathematics pro tempore in the same institution for seven or eight months in 1811. He was admitted to the bar in Columbia in April, 1813, and soon attained note in his profession. Mr. Gregg was chosen in- tendant of Columbia in 1816, elected to the gen- eral assembly of the state in 1822, and served till 1830, when lie was elected to the senate, of which he continued a member until 1847. Pie was also active in state military matters, and became colo- nel of the 23d militia regiment in November, 1829. — His son, Maxey, soldier, b. in Columbia, S. C., in 1814; d. near Fredericksburg, Va.. 13 Dec, 1862, was graduated at the College of South Caro- lina in 1836, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1839. He was appointed major of the 12th infantry, 24 March, 1847, and served till the close of the Mexican war. He was a member of the South Carolina state convention in 1861, and of the committee that prepared the ordinance of secession. In the civil war he commanded the 1st South Carolina regiment, and was afterward made a brigadier-general. He distinguished himself in several engagements in Virginia, and was killed at the battle of Fredericksburg.

GREGG, William, Canadian educator, b. in Killycreen, County Donegal, Ireland, 5 July, 1817. He was graduated from Glasgow college in 1843, and Edinburgh university, where he took the de- gree of M. A. in 1844. Subsequently he studied theology in the College of the Free Church at Edin- bui'gh, and was licensed to preach in February, 1846. Immediately afterward he was sent as a missionary to Canada, and in June, 1847, was or- dained minister of the John street Presbyterian church, Belleville. He retained this pastorate tUl July, 1857, when he became pastor of Cooke's church, Toronto, and remained there till July, 1872. In 1864 he was appointed lecturer in apolo- getics in Knox college. Toronto, and taught the theological classes in the Montreal Presbyterian college during part of its first session in 1867. In 1872 he was appointed professor of apologetics in Knox college, which chair he still occupies, and also conducts the classes in church history. He was moderator of the Free Church of Canada in 1861, when the union was effected between it and the United Presbyterian church of that country. He has edited " Prayers for Family Worship " (Toronto, 1873), and is the author of a " History of the Presbyterian Church in Canada " (1885),

GREGORI, Luigi, artist, b. in Bologna. Italy, 8 July, 1819. In 1840 he went to Rome, where he studied under Tomaso Minardi. He received in 1856 the grand gold medal of the Academy of Bologna for historical painting, and lived in the Vatican for several years as the friend of Monsignor de Merode, engaged in restoring the old masters. He was also placed at the head of a commission ap- pointed to decide by whom certain old and valua- ble pictures were painted. He came to the United States in 1874, and was made director of the art department of the University of Notre Dame, In- diana. He has decorated the church of the uni- ver^sity, and painted religious pictures in the cathe- drals of Baltimore, Philadelphia, Dubuque, and Detroit. In the main corridor of the University of Notre Dame he has executed a series of large historical pictures, twelve in number, representing scenes in the life of Columbus. He has also- painted portraits of Cardinal Gibbons, Gen. Sheri- dan, and Archbishop Ryan. Queen Margarita, oi Italy, sent him a watch set with diamonds, and the University of Notre Dame gave him the grand gold medal for art in 1876. While in Rome he cata- logued the library of the Marquis Campani, and published a work on art. He has been successful in pure frescos and colossal figures and in miniatures. and also has merit as a sculptor.

GREGORY, Daniel Seeley, educator, b. in Carmel, Putnam co., N. Y., 21 Aug., 1832. He was graduated at Princeton in 1857, and studied in the theological seminary, acting also as tutor in rhetoric in 1859-'60. After holding pastorates in Galena, 111., Troy. N. Y., New Haven, Conn., and South Salem, N.Y., he became in 1871 professor of metaphysics and logic in Wooster university, Ohio, and in 1875 was transferred to the chair of mental science and English literature. In 1879 he