R. T. Gregg
R. T. Gregg, one of Lima's leading business men, is a member of the mercantile firm of R. T. Gregg & Company, and has been a resident of the city since 1901. He was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, December 4, 1861, and is a son of the late Thomas Gregg, a well-known merchant who died in Fairfield County, in 1886.
R. T. Gregg was a small boy when his parents removed to Fairfield County, Ohio, where he was reared and educated. His business life has been devoted almost entirely to mercantile pursuits, being inaugurated as a clerk in a dry goods house at Baltimore, Fairfield County. In 1887 he engaged in a mercantile business at Tiffin, as a member of the firm of C. F. Hansberger & Company, which continued for 14 years as the leading establishment of its kind in that city. In 1901 Mr. Gregg located in Lima and established the firm of R. T. Gregg & Company, in the Black Block. He has sole charge of this concern, which is classed among the leading mercantile enterprises of the city. He enjoys an enviable reputation both for the excellence of his complete stock of merchandise, as well as for the business integrity on which his success is founded.
In 1886 Mr. Gregg was married to Emma Beery, who is a daughter of Louis Beery, one of the leading men of Fairfield County. Mr. and Mrs. Gregg have three children: Ray Beery, a student in the Lima High School; Margaret Kathryn, and Robert T., Jr.
Mr. Gregg is a member and liberal supporter of the Presbyterian Church at Lima, and is identified, fraternally, with the Knights of Pythias.