Helen Louise Montgomery

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1920, Holt, Gage, Nebraska, USA
• Residence: 1930, Fairfield, Clay, Nebraska, USA
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Selah Central, Yakima, Washington, USA

Notes:

Data submitted by Keith Alan Montgomery, CMS 2512, via GEDCOM attached to email dated 16 Jan 2007.

Family/Spouse: J Larry Conklin. J was born on 29 Apr 1909 in Hagerman, Gooding, Idaho, USA; died on 24 Mar 2001 in Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

2 CSTA C89

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1920, Holt, Gage, Nebraska, USA
• Residence: 1930, Fairfield, Clay, Nebraska, USA
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Selah Central, Yakima, Washington, USA

Notes:

Data submitted by Keith Alan Montgomery, CMS 2512, via GEDCOM attached to email dated 16 Jan 2007.

Had a heart attack while chopping wood, days after the near-fatal car accident of his son Howard. Worked at the Beatrice flour mill. He was a barber in Fairfield, and then a barber in Gilead.

Ralph married Bessie Estella Davis on 5 Jan 1916 in Concordia, Cloud, Kansas, USA. Bessie was born on 21 Nov 1893 in Rice, Kansas, USA; died on 4 Sep 1987 in Walla Walla, Washington, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1920, Holt, Gage, Nebraska, USA
• Residence: 1930, Fairfield, Clay, Nebraska, USA
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Selah Central, Yakima, Washington, USA

Notes:

Data submitted by Keith Alan Montgomery, CMS 2512, via GEDCOM attached to email dated 16 Jan 2007.

From The Concordia Empire, January 16, 1916:

IN SOCIETY
The wedding of Miss Estella Elizabeth Davis to Mr. Ralph I. Montgomery was solomnized Wednesday evening at the home of the bride's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Harrison. The rooms were very effectively decorated with ropes of evergreen which were fastened from the four corners of the room to the chandelier. In the center there the lights were softened by the use of pink shades. In the center of the archways of the doors were hung white bells, and forming a lattice on either side of the bells were pink ribbons. In the living room the bay window in which the ceremony took place was embanked with palms and maidenhair ferns on each side forming an archway were white pedestal baskets, filled with trailing ferns and pink and white roses. Just as Miss Beulah Beebe finished singing ÒBe MineÓ, Miss Naomi Crag as maid of honor led the wedding procession, followed by little Miss Gladys Barton as ring bearer and the bride accompanied by her father O.H. Davis. They were met at the altar by the groom, his brother Homer Montgomery and Rev. Wickman. Mrs. Ed Short played Lohengren's Wedding March, and throughout the ceremony she played ÒI Love You TrulyÓ.
The bride wore a becoming gown of made of white charmouse made with a tunic which was edged with white fur. Her veil was made of lace with silver threads woven through it. She carried a bouquet o fbride's roses with a shower of lilies of the valley. Miss Gray wore a dress of white satin with an overdrapery of pink silk net, and carried a bouquet of white carnations.
Miss Gladys Barton wore a pretty dress of white embroidery with a large butterfly of pink maline on the back and pink hair bows. She carried the ring in a white basket on the handle of which was poised a pink butterfly, and in the center of the basket was a single white rose containing the ring.
The guests were received by Mrs. G.W. Coffrey, and assisting in the dining room were Miss Lida Shron and Miss Lois Warholm.
After the ceremony, the bride gave her bouquet to her grandmother.
There were about fifty guests.

Notes:

2 CSTA C96
2 CSTA C92

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1870, Gage, Nebraska, USA

Notes:

Data submitted by Keith Alan Montgomery, CMS 2512, via GEDCOM attached to email dated 16 Jan 2007.

Began farming his own land in 1895.
Was given 80 acres by his father in May, 1914. Breeder of Chester White swine. Clerk and Treasurer of Holt Township until 1917. Member of the Odd Fellows. Staunch Democrat. The farm was sold to Paul Hansel. Died Suddenly in 1934

John married Celia Narcissus Smith on 5 Jan 1887 in Cortland, Gage, Nebraska, USA. Celia was born on 31 Oct 1865 in Granville, Putnam, Illinois, USA; died on 26 Sep 1960 in Pickrell, Gage, Nebraska, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Data submitted by Keith Alan Montgomery, CMS 2512, via GEDCOM attached to email dated 16 Jan 2007.

Moved to Gage County in 1873
Died at 803 N. 11th St. in Pickrell
In 1920 census, mother Celia and son Edward are living with Fred and Cecile in Cozad

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, Sullivan, Missouri, USA; District 96
• Residence: 1870, Gage, Nebraska, USA

Notes:

Data submitted by Keith Alan Montgomery, CMS 2512, via GEDCOM attached to email dated 16 Jan 2007.

From Beulah Montgomery Engberg:
My paternal grandfather, Andrew Luckey Montgomery, was born near Doylestown, Ohio, of sturdy Scottish ancestry, on July 11, 1837. When he was ten years old, his father moved his family to Missouri, where they lived on a farm near the present town of Milan, Missouri. My grandmotherÕs parents moved to the Milan, Missouri several years later, from McDonnough County, Illinois, where my grandmather, Mary Elizabeth Beall, had been born, August 9, 1839. When whe was 19 and my grandfather was 21, they were married in Milan, Missouri on October 28, 1858. They lived on a farm in the Milan area until 1864, and my fatherÕs two older brothers, John Robert and James Beall Montgomery, were born there. My father, William Perry Montgomery, was born on October 28, 1865, in that log cabin in what was still Nebraska Territory. The family lived in that location until 1869, when my grandfather sold that farm and bought a quarter section about 2 miles north of Pickrell in Gage County for $1,000. (The Homestead Act required one to develop the land and build a home. After 5 years, it was yours to sell.) All of my grandparentsÕ children attended the country school that was about a mile and a half north of their home. This was District Number 3, known as the Holt Schoolhouse, and one of the first to be established in the county. When my fatherÕs sister Caroline was 7 years old, she contracted scarlet fever. Since the nearest doctor was in Beatrice, my grandmother attempted to nurse her daughter through the terrible illness. Caroline survived that illness, but was always an invalid. At 19 years of age, she contracted pneumonia and died. My fatherÕs younger sister, Maude, was born with a serious visual handicap, but as she grew up she became very skillful in assisting grandmother with the housekeeping. (note: Court records indicate that Maude was declared legally insane. Mary filed a petition for guardianship by Perry and John when Mary was at the age of 90.) When my grandmother was 85, she and my grandfather decided that they should really retire, so they bought a house in Pickrell, directly behind the lumber yard, and moved there after selling their previous home and its accompanying lands to a niece of my grandmother and her husband. My father enjoyed living in his new home until his death at the age of 91 1/2 years. My grandmother lived on to be nearly 101 years of age. After my grandfatherÕs death, my father obtained a housekeeper for his mother. His 2 brothers had died several years before their father did, and his maiden sister lived in Lincoln, so it fell to my father to look after his mother in her last years. After my grandfathersÕ death, my grandmother spent much of her time piecing quilt tops and giving them to relatives and friends all over the United States. I kept track of the number of quilt tops she pieced from the time she was 90 until she was 95 years of age - 125 of them. She pieced a good many more after that, but I did not keep a record of the number. When grandmother Montgomery celebrated her 100th birthday on August 9th, 1939 the people of Pickrell presented her with a huge cake with 100 candles on it. The following winter, my grandmother became ill. My father hired 2 practical nurses for her as well as a housekeeper so she could remain in her home. She died on the 25th of May, 1940, lacking only a little over 2 months of reaching the age of 101. She and my grandfather were truly hearty pioneers of the Gage County area.

Buried:
Highland Cemetery

Andrew married Mary Elizabeth Beall on 28 Oct 1858 in Sullivan, Missouri, USA. Mary was born on 9 Aug 1839 in Lee, Fulton, Illinois, USA; died on 25 May 1940 in Pickrell, Gage, Nebraska, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1870, Gage, Nebraska, USA

Notes:

Data submitted by Keith Alan Montgomery, CMS 2512, via GEDCOM attached to email dated 16 Jan 2007.

Industrious and busy.