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Richard Montgomery, Jr

Male 1778 - 1849  (70 years)

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  • Name Richard Montgomery  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Suffix Jr 
    Birth 14 Jul 1778  Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 8, 9] 
    Gender Male 
    Arrival 1811  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 8] 
    Relocated 1820  Jackson County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    FamilySearch ID KCYV-L6Y 
    Burial 1849  Glasson Cemetery, Redding, Jackson, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 9] 
    Death 12 Feb 1849  Jackson County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 8, 9] 
    • Spring Glen Farm
    Person ID I2885  Clan Montgomery Society | Richard Montgomery and Annabell Clarkson
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2026 

    Father Richard Montgomery,   b. 1763, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Date Unknown Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F21949  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Annabell Clarkson,   b. 16 May 1789, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Oct 1846, Seymour, Jackson, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Marriage 2 Dec 1808  Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Children 
    >1. Annabell Montgomery,   b. 2 Jun 1810, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jan 1819, Jeffersonville, Clark, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 8 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. Richard Montgomery, III,   b. 26 Feb 1813, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Nov 1884, Seymour, Jackson, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. John Clarkson Montgomery,   b. 25 Dec 1814, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jul 1889, Jackson County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +4. William N Montgomery,   b. 17 Mar 1817, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Mar 1900, Seymour, Jackson, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +5. Theophilus Wylie Montgomery,   b. 15 May 1819, Jeffersonville, Clark, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Sep 1893, Seymour, Jackson, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +6. Thomas Kell Montgomery,   b. 17 Apr 1822, Jackson County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Nov 1853, Seymour, Jackson, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >7. Henry Montgomery,   b. 17 Jan 1825, Jackson County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Sep 1855, Seymour, Jackson, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >8. Mary Jane Montgomery,   b. 14 Apr 1827, Jackson County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 May 1845, Jackson County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 18 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +9. James Renwick Montgomery,   b. 15 Nov 1829, Jackson County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 May 1915, Seymour, Jackson, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +10. Robert Hugh Montgomery,   b. 20 Jun 1834, Seymour, Jackson, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 May 1913, Doniphan, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F967  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Jul 2026 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 14 Jul 1778 - Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 2 Dec 1808 - Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrival - 1811 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRelocated - 1820 - Jackson County, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1849 - Glasson Cemetery, Redding, Jackson, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 12 Feb 1849 - Jackson County, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Folios
    MontgomeryMagazineVols1and2.pdf 1916-1917 Book found on Ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20598/    		MontgomeryMagazineVols1and2.pdf 1916-1917 Book found on Ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20598/
    Montgomery, Richard (1778-1849)
    Pages 92-94 October 1916
    https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20598/?count=50&f-F00032DB=92

  • Notes 
    • RICHARD MONTGOMERY SAILED TO AMERICA ON 10 MAY 1811.

      Richard Montgomery II, born July 14, 1778, Paisley, Scotland (some family records show born 1778) married 12/2/1808 to Annabelle Clarkson (born May 16, 1789 in Glasgow). They met while students at Glasgow University. They sailed to America on May 10, 1811 and arrived in Philadelphia, PA.

      Annabelle Clarkson Montgomery had three sisters, named Ellen, Jeanette and Jane. Ellen married a Mr. McLeod and resided in Glasgow, Scotland. Jeanette came to Philadelphia with Richard and Annabelle and married Thomas Ewan, who died and it is believed that she returned with her children to Scotland. Jane was still single when last heard from by the family in this country.

      Richard Montgomery II was a student and had some mercantile experience prior to his removal to America. He brought with him from Scotland a threat machine and during the War of 1812 engaged in the manufacture of threat with profit, but thereafter went out of this business.
      He made several trips from America to Glasgow and one trip with a ship load of cotton. The ship and cargo were lost but fortunately his wife paid insurance when the ship sailed, saving him from loss on the cargo.

      About the year 1817 or 1818, Richard II with his family (wife, Annabelle; daughter, Annabelle; and sons, Richard III, John Clarkson and William) crossed the mountains of Pennsylvania to Pittsburgh by means of the old time stage. They took with them their furniture they had brought from Scotland which included beautiful chairs with carved thistle backs, which are still in the family. He procured a boat at Pittsburgh, loaded it with merchandise and traded at a profit as he made his way down the Ohio River, stopping for a brief period at Cincinnati, Ohio.
      He landed at Louisville, Kentucky, where he remainded probably one year, and then crossed to New Albany, Indiana and thence removed to Jeffersonville, Indiana. He conducted a store while about the Fall Cities. Theophilus Wylie was born at Jeffersonville, May 15, 1819.
      While residing at Jeffersonville, Richard made the acquaintance of John Fischli, who made large purchases of lands in Jackson County, Indiana, and laid out the town of Rockford. Fischli induced him to remove to this new region and on September 20th, or 27th, 1820, Richard purchased of the Government of the West Half of the North East Quarter of Section 33 in Township 7 North, Range 6 East in Jackson County, and soon thereafter took his family and stock of goods valued at perhaps $800.00 and removed to his new purchase.
      This stock of goods was destroyed by the burning of the log house in which they were stored on the farm.

      During the early years he made trips to mill at Jeffersonville, a distance of 50+ iles -- loading several sacks of corn on a mule and returning with meal and merchandise. There was no school available for his children. He arranged a school at his home where he and his wife did the teaching. All area children were invited and most of them attended this school in the early years.

      There was no church near and this home was the regular stopping place for the Circuit Rider. The minister stayed here on each visit. At that time services for the area were held in his home.
      Baptism of babies and others, wedding and funeral services were performed on these visits which were every three months.

      The family records were burned in the before mentioned fire and the exact dates of the birth of Johm, William and Theophilus were lost and those given are from memory. Richard was from this time forward engaged in clearing and tilling his farm.

      Richard II had poetical ability, and wrote a quantity of verses. He had placed a voume of manuscripts with a publishing house in Louisville for publication but unfortunately this house with its contents were destroyed by fire, and no portion of his works is so far as known to be in existence.

      Richard Montgomery II died February 12, 1849 at his farm "Spring Glen" in Jackson County, Indiana. (The home was a large two story colonial and was demolished in 1948, the early home hving burned in the late summer of 1833.) His wife, Annabelle, died at "Spring Glen" on October 5, 1846. Richard II and Annabelle had 10 children. Annabelle, Richard II, John Clarkson, William, Theophilus Wylie, Thomas Kell, Henry, Mary Jane, James Renwich, and Robert Hugh.

      He landed at Louisville, Kentucky, where he remained probably.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2775] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Annabelle Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=72574887&indiv=try

    2. [S3142] Ancestry.com, Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011; Year: 1910-1919; Roll: 09.
      Record for James R Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60716&h=4453010&indiv=try

    3. [S3142] Ancestry.com, Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011; Year: 1899-1900; Roll: 09.
      Record for William M Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60716&h=1694950&indiv=try

    4. [S2775] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Richard Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=72574747&indiv=try

    5. [S5803] Ancestry.com, The Montgomery family magazine : genealogical, historical and biographical, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT; Date: 2005;).
      Record for
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=20598&h=94&indiv=try

    6. [S3113] Gale Research, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.Original data - Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2010.Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenge;), Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Year: 1811; Page Number: 508.
      Record for Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7486&h=3254848&indiv=try

    7. [S2786] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2019;), The Tribune; Publication Date: 7 May 1915; Publication Place: Seymour, Indiana, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/156651043/?article=8b684b78-6f1d-426e-b91b-2187702f0798&focus=0.20607115,0.33446625,0.36106578,0.73115927&xid=3355.
      Record for James R. Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61843&h=563244402&indiv=try

    8. [S3433] Clemens, William Montgomery, The Montgomery Family Magazine, (Name: William M Clemens; Location: New York, New York; Date: Jan 1917;), Montgomery, Richard (1778-1849) Pages 92-94 October 1916 Accessed KRM 15 Sep 2025 9:02am https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20598/?count=50&f-F00032DB=92.
      MontgomeryMagazineVols1and2.pdf 1916-1917
      Book found on Ancestry.com
      https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20598/
      https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20598/?count=50&f-F00032DB=92

    9. [S5847] Glasson Cemetery, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Redding, Jackson, Indiana, USA;), Montgomery, Richard (1778-1849) Memorial #124138164 Accessed KRM 15 Sep 2025 9:29am https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124138164/richard-montgomery.
      Glasson Cemetery
      Also known as Montgomery Cemetery, Gossett Cemetery, Glossen Cemetery
      N County Road 1000 E and E County Road 900 N
      Redding Township, Jackson County, Indiana, USA
      https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/85136/glasson-cemetery
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124138164/richard-montgomery


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