James MONTGOMERY

• General Notes
  • b. MD (alt. b. 1786; per tombstone, 68 y.o. at death in Mar 1854)
    m. Washington Cty, KY 9 Oct 1810 to Juliana HOWARD
    son Valentine B. b. Cartright's Creek, Washington Cty, KY 5 Feb 1814
    widowed 7 Nov 1846
    residing in Barr, Daviess, IN on 21 Oct 1850
    d. (Daviess Cty,) IN
    buried St. Peter's Cemetery, Montgomery, IN
    
    burial record:
    Montgomery, James, (Mar. 1784 - Mar. 1854), Bottom half [of stone] gone, [Section] C
    cf. next record:  Montgomery Juliana Anna, d. Nov. 7, 1846, Age 77 y. [thus b. est. 1769]
    
    source:  Cemeteries of Daviess County, Indiana compiled 1988-1990, vol. III, pg. 152, accessed 7/06 at Carnegie Public Library, 300 W. Main St., Washington, IN
    
    1850 Census (21 Oct), dw/fam 1088/1088, residing in Barr, Daviess, head of h/hold is (widowed) farmer James MONTGOMERY 66 MD (est b yr 1784), living with four (children), all b IN:  John C. 27 val of real est 200, Josepine [sic] 23, William 21, and James 20 val of real est 210, plus Nancy (MELTON) 23 IN (indicated as unable to read and write).  There is also an Ezekiel MONTGOMERY 1772 MD in Barr, Daviess in 1850; numerous other heads of h/hold there with this surname.
    
    source: 
    Page: 163 Roll: M432_140
    
    marriage record:
    Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850
    Howard, Juliannia Montgomery, James 09 Oct 1810 Kentucky
    Washington County
    
    bio of son-in-law George BREWER:
    History of Knox and Daviess Counties, Indiana
    Chicago:  The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1886
    
    Daviess County, Barr Twp., page 811
    
    GEORGE W. BREWER is a son of George and Anne (Carrico) Brewer.  The father was born in Maryland, in 1802, and when a lad moved with his father to Kentucky, where he grew to manhood.  In 1827 he married our subject's mother, who was born in Kentucky, in 1807.  Three years later they came to Indiana, and located in Daviess County in 1831, where they spent the remainder of their lives in agricultural pursuits.  The father died in 1867, and the mother in 1869.  Subject was born in 1832.  He attended the old-time subscription schools, and on reaching manhood his father gave him eighty acres of timber land which he began to clear.  By hard work and good management he has increased his farm to 140 acres, 100 acres being under cultivation.  In 1857 he was married to Josephine L. Montgomery, born in 1827.  She is the daughter of James and Julia (Howard) Montgomery.  To them were born these children:  Julia A., Joseph Mathew, Mary A. and Annie E.  All the family are members of the Catholic Church.  Mr. Brewer is a Democrat and has been very successful in his business enterprises.
    (See bio of James T. Brewer)

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