Sarah (Gallop) Gregg (1810 - 1897)

Born 7 Jun 1810 in New Lisbon, Otsego, New York, United States

Died 20 May 1897 at age 86 in Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Sarah was born in 1810. Mrs. Gregg was a nurse during the US Civil War. She passed away in 1897.

Ottawa, Ill., May 22.-Mrs. Sarah Gallap-Gregg died here at the age of 87. At the breaking out of the late war she took an active part in the relief corps and sanitary commission. She served as nurse in two regiments and as matron in the United States general hospital at Camp Butler, near Springfield. During the siege of Vicksburg she took a corps of nurses down the river remaining there three months, finally bringing back nearly 1,800 sick and wounded soldiers of the Illinois, Iowa, Indiana and Ohio regiments. She returned to Camp Butler and continued as matron there until the close of the war.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ "Old Army Nurse Dead, Mrs. Sarah Gallap-Gregg Passes Away at Ottawa, Ill." in The True Republican, Sycamore, Illinois, 26 May 1897 Vol. 40. No. 34 pp.6.

• 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850"
  citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M432; Line: 42; Digital film/folder number: 004193364; FHL microfilm: 7688; Image number: 7; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N00999-1
  FamilySearch Record: M8R9-D4Q (accessed 18 August 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HT-6QWG-ND
  Name: Sarah Gregg; Ethnicity: American; Race: White; Census Date: 1850; Census Place: Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois, United States; Birth Date: 1810; Birth Place: New York; Age: 40; Source House Nbr: 15; Record Nbr: 86; Vis Status: VISIBLE; System Of Record: SLS.
• 1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860"
  citing Page: 532; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M653; Digital film/folder number: 005165767; FHL microfilm: 803196; Image number: 539; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N01703-9
  FamilySearch Record: MXHZ-3DQ (accessed 18 August 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYBG-H33
  Name: Sarah Gregg; Race: White; Ethnicity: American; Birth Date: 1810; Birth Place: N. Y.; Census Date: 1860; Census Place: Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois, United States; Record Nbr: 20990; Age: 50; System Of Record: SLS.
• 1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870"
  citing Page: 190; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M593; Line: 37; Digital film/folder number: 004263676; FHL microfilm: 000545743; Record number: 19219; Packet letter: A
  FamilySearch Record: M641-BTF (accessed 18 August 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: S3HY-DCG9-FV5 Image number 00485
  Name: Sarah Gregg; Census Date: 1870; Census Place: Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois, United States; Ethnicity: American; Race: White; Birth Date: 1810; Birth Place: New York; Age: 60.
• 1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880"
  citing Volume: 1; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T9; Affiliate Line Number: 00086; Digital film/folder number: 005157442; FHL microfilm: 1254223; Image number: 632; Sheet number: 554; Sheet letter: B
  FamilySearch Record: MXVH-KH4 (accessed 18 August 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYBH-G3Y
  Name: Sarah Gregg; Race: White; Occupation: Milliner; Marital Status: Married; Ethnicity: American; Census Date: 1880; Census Place: Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois, United States; Birth Date: 1811; Birth Place: New York, United States; Census Father Birth Place: Rhode Island, United States; Census Mother Birth Place: New York, United States; Relationship To Head: Wife; Source Person Nbr: 1; Age: 69; Record Nbr: 15939519; Vis Status: VISIBLE; System Of Record: SLS.
• Pension: "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934"
  citing Affiliate Publication Title: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Affiliate Publication Number: T288; Affiliate Film Number: 186; Digital film/folder number: 005080275; FHL microfilm: 540942
  FamilySearch Record: KDYP-X5X (accessed 18 August 2023)
  FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9TBL-S4WD Image number 03109
  Name: Sarah Gregg; Pension Date: 1886.
• Burial: "Illinois Soldier Burial Places, 1774-1974"
  citing Burial, Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois, United States, Ottawa Ave Cemetery, Illinois State Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,001,189
  FamilySearch Record: QVYM-BGHG (accessed 18 August 2023)
  Name: Sarah Gregg; Burial Place: Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois, United States; Death Date: 1897; Mil Regiment: Army.

See Also:

• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #236378280 (accessed 18 August 2023)
  Memorial page for Sarah Gallop Gregg (7 Jun 1810-20 May 1897), citing Ottawa Avenue Cemetery, Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Chris (contributor 48770906).
• Ford, Cindy. "Sarah Gregg - Civil War Nurse" La Salle County, IL Military, LaSalle County Illinois History and Genealogy hosted by Genealogy Trails.com Internet Archive Way Back Machine Archive.org
• Heyworth, Kathleen. "Solemn Vow at Camp Butler" MilitaryImagesMagazine-Digital.com Internet Archive Way Back Machine Archive.org
• FamilySearch Person: GLQ4-QFT