Background
Gregg, John Andrew was born on February 18, 1877 in Eureka, Kansas, United States. Son of Alexander and Eliza Frances (Allen) Gregg.
Gregg, John Andrew was born on February 18, 1877 in Eureka, Kansas, United States. Son of Alexander and Eliza Frances (Allen) Gregg.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Kansas, 1902. Master of Arts, Morris Brown University, 1915. Doctor of Divinity, Wilberforce, 1916.
President Bethel Institute, Cape Town, South Africa, 1903-1906. Pastor African Methodist Episcopal Church, Leavenworth, Kansas, 1906-1908, Saint Joseph, Missouri, 1908-1913, elected bishop, Kansas City, Kansas, 1924. President Edward Waters College, Jacksonville, Florida, 1913-1920, Wilberforce University, 1920-1924.
Appointed representative Fraternal Council Negro Churches, visiting war fronts, 1943-1944.
Served six months in Cuba as quartermaster sergeant 23d Kansas Volumes, Spanish-American War. Member National Association Teachers Colored Schools (president 1922-1923), National Education Association. Mason.; Club: Greene Country (O.), Rifle (president).
Married Celia A. Nelson, August 20, 1900. Married second, Melberta McFarland, 1946.