About Herbert B. Gregory
Lived 1884 – 1951 (aged 66). Herbert B. Gregory was an American lawyer, politician and judge.
Herbert Bailey Gregory (April 10, 1884 – March 9, 1951) was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia from 1930 until his death in 1951.
Early life Herbert Bailey Gregory was born on April 10, 1884, in Westmoreland County, Virginia to Sallie James (née Payne) and Werter Hancock Gregory. His father was a Methodist Episcopal minister. He was raised in Eastern Virginia and received his early education in private schools, later attending Randolph Macon Academy at Bedford, Virginia and Pungoteague Academy in Accomack County, Virginia. In 1909, he entered Washington and Lee University where he graduated in 1911 with a Bachelor of Laws. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa.
Personal life Gregory married Margaret Kossen. They had two sons and a daughter, Kossen, James B. and Mrs. Albert Eagler.
Gregory died of coronary thrombosis on March 9, 1951, at his home in Roanoke.
Awards Gregory received an honorary Doctor of Laws from Washington and Lee.
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American politician (1884–1951)
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Herbert B. Gregory was a lawyer, politician and judge.
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