Samuel Alexander Gregg 1868-1943

SAMUEL Alexander was born on 24th May 1868 at Cattle Station Hill, in the Shire of Creswick, Victoria. When he was eleven years old his parents and family moved from Maryfield to become early pioneers of Poowong and district. With his younger brothers and sisters he attended the first school at Poowong, which was opened on 2nd December 1878. As a young man, Sam Gregg acquired property in the district, was a dairy farmer, and undertook contracts for cutting timber used for building dwellings, sheds and fences, the latter made with pickets or posts and rails. He was also engaged in clearing the heavily timbered land, in preparation for the sowing of pastures. Sam married Mary Ann Kidman and they had three children - Vera, Eric and Keith, who grew up at Poowong. Sam and his wife conducted the Poowong General Store for eleven years before retiring to Dandenong in February 1920. While at Poowong, Sam took an active interest in the affairs of the district being President of the Football Club for quite a number of years, Chairman of the Recreation Reserve Committee, a member of the State School Committee and he also took an active interest in the Poowong Presbyterian Church.