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James Franklin Montgomery

Male 1810 - 1901  (90 years)

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  • Name James Franklin Montgomery  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] 
    Birth 6 Sep 1810  Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13] 
    Gender Male 
    Relocated 1816  Rutherford, Gibson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Relocated 1834  Macon County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Residence 1850  Macon, Macon, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Residence 1860  Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Ward 1 
    Residence 1870  Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1880  Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    Burial 1901  Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    • Greenwood Cemetery
    Death 9 Jan 1901  Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 7, 8, 12] 
    Person ID I16818  MontyHistNotes_2014 | JMMM_son James Montgomery
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

    Father Robert M Woods Montgomery,   b. 1775, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Feb 1863, Macon County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Eleanor McCleary,   b. 17 Oct 1784, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1847, Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 15 Nov 1804  Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18] 
    • Bondsman Thomas Henry
    Family ID F1600  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Penelope Nappie Brett,   b. 14 Oct 1808, Fredericksburg, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jul 1903, Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Marriage 7 Apr 1836  Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 11, 12] 
    Children 
    >1. Margaret Ann Montgomery,   b. 26 Jan 1837, Macon, Macon, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Dec 1863, Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >2. Eleanor L Montgomery,   b. 28 Sep 1838, Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Dec 1927, Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >3. James Thaddeus Montgomery,   b. 20 Oct 1841, Macon, Macon, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Aug 1862, Alexandria, Alexandria, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 20 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >4. Cpl Robert Richard Montgomery,   b. 8 Sep 1843, Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Mar 1930, Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >5. David F Montgomery,   b. 3 Apr 1846, Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Mar 1849, Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >6. George E Montgomery,   b. 28 Jan 1855, Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Aug 1923, Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F1613  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 6 Sep 1810 - Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRelocated - 1816 - Rutherford, Gibson, Tennessee, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRelocated - 1834 - Macon County, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 7 Apr 1836 - Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1850 - Macon, Macon, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Ward 1 - 1860 - Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1870 - Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1880 - Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1901 - Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 9 Jan 1901 - Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S2931] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online. Year: 1880; Census Place: Decatur, Macon, Illinois;Roll: T9_229; Family History Film: 1254229; Page: 309.2000; Enumeration District: 148; Image: 0085.
      Record for George E. Montgomery

    2. [S398] Bryan, Mildred, Email from Mildred Bryan 2010 Feb 19, (Name: Location: Iowa; Date: 10 Feb 2010;;), Mildred discusses children on Robert Montgomery.

    3. [S780] Ware, Johnsie Pettus, Montgomery Notes on Gamewell Line, (Name: Date: About 1974;;), These are notes found in the files of Mrs. Moffatt Ware in Shelby, NC. Perhaps she typed them; another possible author would be Curtis Montgomery, since most of the information involves his line. Another potential writer of these notes is Charlotte Brett.

    4. [S1414] Bryan, Mildred, Genforum posting from Mildren Bryan, (Name: Location: Genforum; Date: 15 Jun 2011;;), Mildred posts corrections on her family line.

    5. [S2937] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Database online. Year: 1870; Census Place: Decatur, Macon, Illinois;Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: .
      Record for James Montgomery

    6. [S1415] Ancestry.com, Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2011;;), Database online.
      Record for Robert R. Montgomery

    7. [S2025] Greenwood Cemetery Illinois, (Name: Name: Findagrave; Location: Decatur, Macon, Illinois;;).

    8. [S1785] Ancestry.com, Web: Illinois, Find A Grave Index, 1809-2011, (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations,Inc., 2012.Original data - Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi: accessed 1 December 2011.Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi;;), Database online.
      Record for James F Montgomery

    9. [S11] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2005;;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Macon, Macon, Illinois; Roll: M432_118; Page: 170B; Image: 100.
      Record for Franklin Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=16415059&indiv=try

    10. [S3624] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Decatur Ward 1, Macon, Illinois; Roll: M653_203; Page: 569; Image: 3; Family History Library Film: 803203.
      Record for James F Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=38021649&indiv=try

    11. [S4342] Ancestry.com, Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1790-1860, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;).
      Record for James F. Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7851&h=102426&indiv=try

    12. [S298] Brett, Charlotte M, Charlote Brett notes from Charlotte NC, (Name: Date: 8 Oct 1971;;), Notes found in Charlotte, NC, Library written by Charlotte Brett.

    13. [S3398] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Year: 1910; Census Place: Decatur Ward 1, Macon,Illinois; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: .
      Record for Robt R Montgomery

    14. [S344] Montgomery, Robert, Robert Montgomery Biographical Sketch, (Name: Date: 1863;;), Biographical Sketch of Robert Montgomery, son of James Montgomery and Anne Woods Transcribed by Dufay Montgomery, Decatur, IL, 1938 Provided courtesy of Mildred Bryan.
      Robert is the grandson who carried the letters of 1797 Martha Montgomery from NC to PA, and this sketch tells of his travels

    15. [S2931] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online. Year: 1880; Census Place: Decatur, Macon, Illinois;Roll: 229; Family History Film: 1254229; Page: 309B; Enumeration District: 148; Image: 0085.
      Record for James F. Montgomery

    16. [S271] Clemens, William Montgomery, North and South Carolina Marriage Records, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Company; Location: Baltimore, MD; Date:1927;;), From the Earliest Colonial Days to the Civil War Alphabetical Listing of North Carolina Marriages, ISBN 978-0-8063-0555-4.
      Montgomerys are on pages 196-197
      Clarks pages 60-61
      Alexanders page 5-7
      Catheys are page 57

    17. [S334] Ancestry.com, North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2007;;), Database online. Data Source: County Court Records - FHL #0546461-0546466.
      Record for Robert Montgomery

    18. [S3640] Ancestry.com, North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).
      Record for Robert Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=NC-MarriageRecords&h=7451064&indiv=try



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