From the Standard History of Adams and Wells Counties,Indiana Published in 1918 John W Tyndall & O.E Lesh by The Lewis Publishing Company Volume II Pg 645 & 645 John Gregg For nearly three score years actively identified with the development and advancement of the agricultural interests of Wells County, the late John Gregg of Liberty Township was an honored representative of the early pioneers of this section of the state, and a true type of the energetic and enterprising men who, by diligent toil, succeeded in transforming a forest-covered land into a fertile and productive agricultural region. A native of Ireland, he was born in County Donegal, May 9, 1829. His parents, Richard & Fannie ( McClure)Gregg, life-long residents of Ireland, reared several children, three of whom, John, William and Daniel, immigrated in early manhood to America. Arriving in the United States in June, 1851, John Gregg found his first employment in Philadelphia, after which he followed his trade of a bricklayer in Wayne County, Ohio, for a while, in the meantime purchasing a tract of wild in Liberty Township, Wells County, Indiana. In 1855, Mr. Gregg visited his relatives and friends in Ireland, remaining there about six months. Returning to this country early in 1856, Mr. Gregg married soon after, and immediately settled on his farm in Liberty Township. He cleared and improved his homestead of 130 acres, and during his many years of active life occupied a lead ing position among the skillful and practical agriculturists of his community . In 1879, he again visited his old home in Ireland, remaining a few months. His death, which occurred February 9, 1907, was deemed a loss not only to his immediate family, but to town and county. Mr. Gregg married, October 19, 1858, Fannie Wallace, who was born in Rockcreek Township, Wells County, March 28, 1841, a daughter of Samuel and Susanna (Jackson) Wallace. Her father was born in Ireland November 19, 1805, and in 1832 came to the United States, and having settled in Wells County, Indiana, bought land in Rockcreek Township, where he was for many years extensively engaged in farming, being proprietor of large tracts of land. Mrs. Gregg still occupies the homestead on which she and her husband lived so happily together for forty-nine years. She united when young with the Presbyterian Church at Bluffton, to which her husband also belonged, and is now one of its valued and esteemed members. Thirteen children were born of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Gregg, eight of whom are living, namely: Richard S., engaged in farming in Harrison Township: Sarah J., living with her mother; J. W. of Detroit, Michigan; Joseph D. of Liberty Center; Mary E., wife of F.R. Cochran of Missouri; Fannie E., Wife of Joseph H. Bumbaugh of Jay County, Indiana; Thomas D. of Liberty Township; and John W. , living with his mother and sister. Mrs. Gregg also reared a grandson, Kenneth E. Gregg who she took into her home and heart when he was but five months old, his birth having occurred March 12, 1901. He is now a junior in the Liberty Center High School.