John Montgomery
1828 - 1908 (79 years)-
Name John Montgomery Birth 4 Oct 1828 Webster, Kentucky, USA 
[1] Gender Male Death 25 Feb 1908 Providence, Kentucky, USA Person ID I38891 Clan Montgomery Last Modified 31 Oct 2004
Father Samuel Montgomery, b. 30 Apr 1796, Franklin County, Kentucky (Some Webster County Families Page 55) d. Feb 1863, Webster, Kentucky, USA (Age 66 years) Mother Rebecca Brown Given, b. 27 Jan 1802, Lincoln County, Kentucky ( Some Webster County Families pg 55) d. 13 May 1864, Webster, Kentucky, USA (Age 62 years) Marriage 31 Aug 1820 Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA - SOURCE CITATION:
Title: Hopkins County, Ky. marriages 1807-1850 Section 2, Chapter 45
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Family 1 Linda Mira Parker, b. 23 Mar 1839, Webster, Kentucky, USA d. 9 Oct 1870, Webster County, Shown in Webster County 1870 Census as 31 yrs old (Age 31 years) Marriage 5 Jan 1858 Webster, Kentucky, USA - Line in Record @F0192@ (MRIN 287) from GEDCOM file not recognized:
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Children > 1. Rosa L. Montgomery, b. Abt 1859 2. Joseph Givens Montgomery, b. 1860 d. May 1936 (Age 76 years) > 3. James Fountain Montgomery, b. 1864, (Some Webster County Families, Page 55) 4. William T. Montgomery, b. 11 Jan 1864, (head stone hard to read 3rd digit of year) d. 19 Nov 1891 (Age 27 years)> 5. Frances (Fannie) Montgomery, b. 1869 d. 23 Mar 1930 (Age 61 years) Family ID F13730 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Dec 2015
Family 2 Linda Mira Parker, b. 23 Mar 1839, Kentucky, USA d. 9 Oct 1870, Webster, Kentucky, USA (Age 31 years) Marriage 5 Jan 1858 Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, USA - Line in Record @F0902@ (MRIN 288) from GEDCOM file not recognized:
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Children 1. Joseph Montgomery, b. 1859, Webster, Kentucky, USA Family ID F13840 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Dec 2015
Family 3 Myra A Woodward, b. 1837, Nashville, Davidson County Tennessee. (Linda and Myra were cousins) Page 55 d. 1904, (Some Webster County Families, Page 55) (Age 67 years) Marriage 20 Dec 1871 Near Providence, Ky Family ID F13794 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Dec 2015
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Kentucky: A History of the State. Perrin, Battle & Kniffin, 2nd
ed.,1885,
Webster Co.
1 CONT "JOHN MONTGOMERY, Jr., was born in what is now Webster
County, Ky.,
"JOHN MONTGOMERY, Jr., was born in what is now Webster County,
Ky.,October 4, 1828, a son of Samuel and Rebecca B. (Givens)
Montgomery,natives of Kentucky, the former of Franklin and the
latter of LincolnCounty, and of Irish descent. When six or seven
years old, about 1804,Samuel Montgomery
removed with the parents to Henderson County, Ky. After a very few
yearsthe family came to what is now Webster County, where his
father, JohnMontgomery, Sr., bought wild land near Providence and
improved a farm,upon which he resided until his death. He served
under Gen. Anthony Wayne
during the Indian wars in Indiana, and was wounded in the left arm
in oneof those engagements. Samuel received his early education and
was alsomarried in Webster County. After attaining his majority he
bought wildland adjoining the old homestead, and improved a farm
upon which heresided
until his death in 1862, in his sixty-seventh year. He engaged
inflat-boating on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers for several
years;shipping live stock, tobacco and produce to New Orleans. In
the springof 1815, just after the battle of New Orleans, he made a
trip down therivers with a flat-boat to New Orleans, and
accomplished the returnjourney on foot in sixteen days.
1 CONT He and wife were life long members of the United Baptist
church. Our
He and wife were life long members of the United Baptist church.
Oursubject was employed on his father's farm until he attained his
majority,and in April, 1852, started for California, accomplishing
the entiredistance on foot, driving an ox team. Four months were
consumed inmaking the journey. In California he was engaged in
farming for fouryears, and returned to Kentucky in 1856. He then
bought a farm nearProvidence, and was engaged farming and
flat-boating to New Orleans forseveral years. In 1864 he embarked
in the general mercantile business atProvidence and continued for
ten years. During most of this time he wasalso engaged in the
tobacco business, which he carried on until 1882,when he retired
from active business. He erected the buildings andfounded the home
school and normal institute of Providence and continuedfor ten years.
1 CONT During most of this time he was also engaged in the tobacco
business,
During most of this time he was also engaged in the tobacco
business,which he carried on until 1882, when he retired from active
business. Heerected the buildings and founded the home school and
normal institute ofProvidence, where Mrs. Montgomery is and has been
for years engaged inteaching. Mr. M. was married in January, 1858,
to Miss Linda M. Parker,a native of Webster County, Ky., who bore
him eight children, five ofwhom -three sons and two daughters - are
living. Mrs. Linda M. diedOctober 8, 1870. She was a member of the
United Baptist Church. Mr.Montgomery's second marriage was,
December 20, 1871, to Miss Myra A.Woodward, a native of Davidson
County, Tenn. He and wife are members ofthe United Baptist Church;
he is a member of the Masonic fraternity,having advanced to the
S.M. degree of the council. In politics he is a Democrat."
1 CONT Montgomery Givens Parker Woodward
Montgomery Givens Parker Woodward
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Franklin Lincoln Henderson IN New_Orleans-Orleans-LA CA Davidson-TN
Submitted by Michael A. Montgomery, CMS 1712, on 9/6/98.
!BURIAL: Big Hill Cemetery, Providence, Kentucky.
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Sources - [S82] Some Webster County Families, Pg. 55 (Reliability: 0).
- [S82] Some Webster County Families, Pg. 55 (Reliability: 0).