Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

Gregory, Daniel

Born: 1809-01-12 New York

Daniel Gregory was a federal government official, county judge, and state representative. Gregory emigrated to Illinois in 1833, settling in Shelbyville. In October 1837, he married Julia A. Martin, with whom he would have three daughters. Gregory and his family resided in Shelbyville until 1846, when he moved to Vandalia, Illinois, where he worked as receiver of the U.S. General Land Office. Gregory remained receiver until 1849, when he won election, as a Democrat, as judge of the Fayette County Circuit Court. In 1852, he again received appointment as receiver, holding the job until the office in Vandalia moved to Springfield. In 1857, Gregory represented Fayette County in the Illinois House of Representatives. In 1859, Gregory joined with other Fayette County Democrats to found the Fayette Democrat. In 1860, he was engaged in business and manufacturing in Vandalia and owned real property valued at approximately $10,000, with a personal estate of $2,000.

Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, Shelby County, 29 October 1837, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Register of all Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, on the Thirtieth September, 1847 (Washington, DC: J. & G. S. Gideon, 1847), 31; Register of all Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, on the Thirtieth September, 1849 (Washington, DC: Gideon, 1849), 137; Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, on the Thirtieth September, 1853 (Washington, DC: Robert Armstrong, 1853), 139; Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military, and Naval, in the Service of the United States, on the Thirtieth September, 1855 (Washington, DC: A. O. P. Nicholson, 1855), 82; History of Fayette County, Illinois (Philadelphia: Brink, McDonough, 1878), 40; Newton Bateman and Paul Selby, eds., Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Fayette County, ed. by Robert W. Ross and John J. Bullington (Chicago: Munsell, 1910), 2:754; James A. Rose, comp., Blue Book of the State of Illinois 1909 (Danville, IL: Illinois Printing, 1909), 271; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Vandalia, Fayette County, IL, 39.