William Perry Montgomery

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.

Physician / Surgeon

1900: Gage County, Nebraska
Physician
Rented House

1910: Beatrice, Nebraska
Physician (Oculist and Aurist)
Owns House

1920: Pickrell, Nebraska Farmer (Census: Montgromery)

1930: Hickman, Nebraska
Retired
3 of the 4 children in residence as well as mother-in-law

William married Junia Etta Hoopes on 4 May 1899 in Pickrell, Gage, Nebraska, USA. Junia was born on 4 May 1880 in Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa, USA; died on 8 Oct 1966 in Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Beulah Marie Montgomery was born on 29 Mar 1902 in Pickrell, Gage, Nebraska, USA; died in 1984 in Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska, USA.
2. W Clifford Montgomery was born on 14 Feb 1904 in Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska, USA; died on 22 Aug 1952 in Cortland, Gage, Nebraska, USA.
3. Edith Ruth Montgomery was born on 16 Jul 1908 in Hickman, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA; died on 9 May 1990 in Red Oak, Montgomery, Iowa, USA.
4. John Merton Montgomery was born on 4 Oct 1914 in Beatrice, Gage, Nebraska, USA; died on 17 Dec 1995 in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, USA.

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.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1830, Chippewa, Wayne, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1850, Sullivan, Missouri, USA; District 96
• Residence: 1860, Sullivan, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1870, Polk, Sullivan, Missouri, USA

Notes:

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

Wayne County History 1878 by Douglass States that Doylestown in Chippewa Twp, Wayne Co., OH was laid out in 1827. The first log house was built by William Doyle, "the carpenter's work having been done by John Montgomery." The history further states that Doyle occupied the structure "for a tavern, sold whiskey, and permitted 'fantastic toe' excitements." Douglass lists Isaac Montgomery (either John's father or brother), William Doyle and Adam Shatto (John's fatherin-law) among the first settlers in Chippewa Township on the NE corner of Wayne County, Ohio. John Montgomery named his first son Doyle. In 1838, he settled land in Sullivan County, Missouri on the banks of Locust Creek. His log cabin remains.
Montgomery Cemetery in Sullivan County

Buried:
Montgomery Family Cemetery

John married Mary Polly Shatto on 3 Jan 1828 in Wayne, Ohio, USA. Mary was born on 6 Dec 1809 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 6 Apr 1890 in Sullivan, Missouri, USA; was buried in 1890 in Milan, Sullivan, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, Sullivan, Missouri, USA; District 96
• Residence: 1860, Sullivan, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1870, Polk, Sullivan, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Mary lived with son Perry (widower) following John's death.

Buried:
Montgomery Family Cemetery

Notes:

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

June 24, 1833: Declared insane. Guardianship assigned to son John Montgomery and Adam Shatto.
1839: Guardianship transferred to son George.

Isaac married Ruth Hargrove on 1 Oct 1798 in Harford County, Maryland, USA. Ruth was born in 1773 in Maryland, USA; died after 1850 in Wayne, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, Chippewa, Wayne, Ohio, USA

Notes:

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