Show I 1 Oldest Odd Fellow v Dead I r ir irY I IC II II II II II II II II II Y k 1 I I I 7 I I I I t Jr v- v 6 f i I t e 4 I I I I m. m t C te ii- ii 1 aiti SIr ir Isaac D P. Orr r sr the tho oldest Odd Fellow lIo in tit thi world dl liet lt at nt the tho horn of his son Oll G G. G G G. G GIC Gregg egg of I 02 2 street t at nt 10 1030 30 W o'clock Wednesday In night of or old ag age Mr Gregg Greg was In his year nr and at the time Urn of or his bis death was the oldest living Odd Fellow having been Initiated Into lodge No Noo 1401 I I. I 0 O. O. O Ii R F of or Philadelphia July 5 lUG 1846 Among his effects was found l an en- en v lopo bearing hearing tho Inscription Not to tobe tobe tobe be Oll opened until the close of ot my lira lifo Is m my wish It was found to contain con con- tam tain a brief account l of h his Is life from irom boyhood up to the close lost of or the Civil war of or which th tIme the following ln I Is the substance sub Rub stance I hI I was Wai born horn In Chester r count county Pa on June J 1 IS 1824 iii my mO parents living lI atthe at tho the Green Tree hotel In lii tIme the village of or on the main stage line be between be- be tween Baltimore and Philadelphia My I grandfather fought ought In the war of the Revolution HC taking par parc h n the hattie battle of or Bunker Hill and spending the winter at ot For Verge Forge e My Iy father Cou fought ht In Int t he Z Zor of or 1812 and I well remember hi his uniform n ns as It was pro t d in the I family man many years cars after hl his death Ono lay day Andrew Jack Jackson on took luok dinner a at am Out our house after which he tool took m m. mc on onI his ibis knee and gave me mt a silver dollar dollarI I I was wn a Democrat Dc thon therm hut but that md dent made me still stronger r a Demo Demo- I crat In 1847 18 I was married to Caroline Caro line Comforts In Philadelphia I 1 a tas as I Initiated into Fourth of July JuI- lodge G j. j tH I. I 0 O. 0 O. F. F July 5 5 1846 1840 The account continues with his service ser vice Ip throughout the Civil war In which I he be served cd n the Quartermasters Quartermaster's de tle de- de nt taking Inking port In iu many of or th lh famous ramous battles battle air Mr Gregg came to this city sos seven L years year a ago o from from St. St Toe Joe Mo Mn where since th tIme the Civil war he had lived If ID Iff S was a carpenter He lie Is survived sureR b b five children G. G C. C Gregg of this city Ezra Gregg g. g now living In Iowa H R. R D. D Gregg Manhattan X Y Yo Mrs Ir Sarah Holmes HolmeR of St. St JOP Joe Mo 0 ant and I I Mrs Irs Carrie no Ross foI of or Grand Island Neb Time Till funeral will Ill b be h ld Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day in the Odd OhI Fellows Pellow temple at it 2 p p. p m. m Time The h interment Intermont will ill take place at the Mt olt t Oll cemetery et |