Ralph S. Gregory

Ralph S. Gregory
Educator, Attorney
Ralph S. Gregory is a pioneer among the citizens of Muncie. His picture, und also that ot his home, appear in this volunie. he was born February 2Sth, 1848 upon the old home farm near this city. He was about fifteen years of age when he entered the schools of Muncie, and after completing the course of study laid down in the schools of that day, he entered Wabash College, and afterwards completed his collegiate course at Asbury University, now the famous DePauw University, with honors, in the class of '67. He enlisted as a private soldier in Company B, 84th Indiana Infantry, August 8th, 1862, and was dicharged for failing health at Shell Mound, Tennessee, with the rank of Orderly Sergeant, having served two years. He was superintendant of the Huntington Public Schools during the years 1865-66; was school examiner and Superintendent of the Public Schools of this (Delaware) county, in 1870. He was always been and is now a firm believer in and advocate of the public school system. He believes that system of education which tenders to all children without reference to birth, wealth, social position, color or any other conditions, past or present, the best that can be adopted for the liberal, universal education of the masses, and exactly in harmony with our form of government. he believes the sovereign is the citizen. He is a lawyer by profession: was admitted to the bar at Muncie in 1869. He has an extensive practice in the Supreme. Federal and State Courts, and is the senior member of the well known firm of Gregory & Silverburg. He has won great distinction in the profession. In the preparation and management of cases he is a master, and no adversary ever misjudged him in a legal controversy. As an advocate he has few equals. His diction in oratory is a model in logic, reasoning, simplicity, and beauty. Mr. Gregory has grown with Muncie, and gathered his share of this world's goods. He is married and has two children, Walter L. and Florence M. They, to- gether with himself and wife, are seen in the picture on the veranda of his home.
Muncie of Today: Its Commerce, Trade, and Industries: Descriptive and Historical. Muncie Times, 1895.

Ralph S. Gregory
Ralph S. Gregory was born in Delaware county, Indiana, February 28, 1846. He lived upon a farm until fifteen years old, when he entered the high school at Muncie, Indiana. After completing the course of study there he entered Wabash College, where he continued his studies until 1862, when he entered the army as a private soldier in Company B, Eighty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He remained in the army about two years, when, on account of failing health, he was honorably discharged at Shellmound, Tennessee, having attained the rank of orderly sergeant. On returning home, having regained his health, he again entered Wabash College and remained there through the junior year. He then entered Asbury University, now Depauw University, where he graduated with honors in the class of 1867. The year following his graduation he was superintend- ent of the high school of the city of Huntington, Indiana. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1869, and continued the practice of that profession. His practice in both the civil and criminal courts has been successful and lucrative. He has won an enviable reputation for himself as an advocate and is known throughout the state. He has won especial distinction in the practice of the criminal law. He belongs to many of the leading secret and fraternal societies, such as the Masons, Knights Templar, Knights of Pythias and the Improved Order of Red Men, and has held many of the great offices in these societies, and especially in that of the Improved Order of Red Men, in which order he has been the great incohonee, which is the chief officer of the order in the world. He is a close observer of men and things, and perhaps no one in Delaware county has a wider and more intimate acquaintance with the people of the state than he. He has always been a Republican since his majority, except in the campaign of 1892, when his study of the tariff, and the attitude of certain leading statesmen on the subject of bi-metalism, or the coinage of gold and silver as money upon a parity and equality, compelled him to withhold his politcal influence from the success of the Republican candidate. Mr. Gregory has a wife and two children, Walter Leon and Florence Madden Gregory. Mrs. Anna C. Gregory, the mother of these, was born at Piqua, Ohio, in 1863, a daughter of Timothy C. Madden, of Irish parentage.
Biographical Record of Bartholomew County Indiana B. F. Bowen, 1904.

Ralph S. Gregory

Ralph S. Gregory was born in Delaware county, Indiana, February 28, 1846. He lived upon a farm until fifteen years old, when he entered the high school at Muncie, Indiana. After completing the course of study there he entered Wabash College, where he continued his studies until 1862, when he entered the army as a private soldier in Company B, Eighty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He remained in the army about two years, when, on account of failing health, he was honorably discharged at Shellmound, Tennessee, having attained the rank of orderly sergeant. On returning home, having regained his health, he again entered Wabash College and remained there through the junior year. He then entered Asbury University, now Depauw University, where he graduated with honors in the class of 1867. The year following his graduation he was superintend- ent of the high school of the city of Huntington, Indiana. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1869, and continued the practice of that profession. His practice in both the civil and criminal courts has been successful and lucrative. He has won an enviable reputation for himself as an advocate and is known throughout the state. He has won especial distinction in the practice of the criminal law. He belongs to many of the leading secret and fraternal societies, such as the Masons, Knights Templar, Knights of Pythias and the Improved Order of Red Men, and has held many of the great offices in these societies, and especially in that of the Improved Order of Red Men, in which order he has been the great incohonee, which is the chief officer of the order in the world. He is a close observer of men and things, and perhaps no one in Delaware county has a wider and more intimate acquaintance with the people of the state than he. He has always been a Republican since his majority, except in the campaign of 1892, when his study of the tariff, and the attitude of certain leading statesmen on the subject of bi-metalism, or the coinage of gold and silver as money upon a parity and equality, compelled him to withhold his politcal influence from the success of the Republican candidate.

Mr. Gregory has a wife and two children, Walter Leon and Florence Madden Gregory. Mrs. Anna C. Gregory, the mother of these, was born at Piqua, Ohio, in 1863, a daughter of Timothy C. Madden, of Irish parentage.

Biographical Record of Bartholomew County Indiana
B. F. Bowen, 1904.