William J Montgomery

1841 - 1862  (21 years)

• Name	William J Montgomery  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	1841	Mississippi, USA   [1, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1850	Amite County, Mississippi, USA   [1]
  Residence	1860	Claiborne County, Mississippi, USA   [3]
  	Police District 5
  Military Service	1861	Mississippi, USA   [2, 5]
  Death	14 Sep 1862	Bolivar County, Mississippi, USA
  Person ID	I10281	MontyHistNotes_III
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2026

  
  

  Father	Joseph Addison Montgomery,   b. 30 Oct 1807, Louisiana, USA d. 6 Nov 1886, Claiborne County, Mississippi, USA (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Amelia A Farrar Smylie,   b. 15 Feb 1812, Amite County, Mississippi, USA d. 22 May 1877, Port Gibson, Claiborne, Mississippi, USA (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	8 Jan 1829	Myrtle, Union, Mississippi, USA
  Family ID	F5417	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne Augusta Cossitt,   b. 29 Mar 1839, Mississippi, USA d. 27 Jan 1920, St Louis, Independent Cities, Missouri, USA (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	2 May 1860	La Grange, Fayette, Tennessee, USA   [4]
  Children	+ 1. William Sherwood Montgomery,   b. 8 Feb 1861, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 2. Lucy Mann Montgomery,   b. 2 Apr 1862, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA d. 14 Apr 1863 (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5420	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2026

  
  

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  Birth - 1841 - Mississippi, USA Residence - 1850 - Amite County, Mississippi, USA Residence - Police District 5 - 1860 - Claiborne County, Mississippi, USA Marriage - 2 May 1860 - La Grange, Fayette, Tennessee, USA Military Service - 1861 - Mississippi, USA Death - 14 Sep 1862 - Bolivar County, Mississippi, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S679] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2005;;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Amite, Mississippi; Roll: M432_368; Page: 71A; Image: 197. Record for Wm J Montgomery http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=3337665&indiv=try [S192] National Park Service, U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;). Record for W.J. Montgomery http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=NPS_civilwarsoldiers&h=6163032&indiv=try [S237] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Police District 5, Claiborne, Mississippi; Roll: M653_580; Page: 579; Image: 95; Family History Library Film: 803580. Record for Wm Montgomery http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=38640672&indiv=try [S267] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2008;), Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Record for Mr W J Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1169&h=1466062&indiv=try [S249] American Civil War, (Name: Date: 1861-1865;;), GENERAL LISTING http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War.