James Austin Montgomery

1874 - 1954  (79 years)

• Name	James Austin Montgomery  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28]
  Birth	24 Jul 1874	Redding, Jackson, Indiana, USA   [1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19]
  Gender	Male
  Family Search ID	L6YF-W8Z
  Residence	1880	Redding, Jackson, Indiana, USA   [2]
  Residence	1910	Redding, Jackson, Indiana, USA   [5]
  Residence	1920	Redding, Jackson, Indiana, USA   [12]
  Residence	1930	Redding, Jackson, Indiana, USA   [17]
  Residence	1940	Redding, Jackson, Indiana, USA   [18]
  Residence	1950	Redding, Jackson, Indiana, USA   [19]
  Burial	1954	Reddington Cemetery, Reddington, Jackson, Indiana, USA   [3, 8, 13, 14]
  Death	9 Feb 1954	Seymour, Jackson, Indiana, USA   [3, 8, 13, 14]
  Person ID	I20185	MontyHistNotes_II | Richard Montgomery and Annabelle Clarkston
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	Pvt William Harrison Montgomery,   b. 4 Aug 1843, Gibson, Washington, Indiana, USA d. 3 Aug 1916, Redding, Jackson, Indiana, USA (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Huldah Gossett,   b. 26 Feb 1839, Jackson County, Indiana, USA d. 6 Nov 1922, Reddington, Jackson, Indiana, USA (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	5 Dec 1865	Jackson County, Indiana, USA   [29]
  Divorce	Bef 1900	Indiana, USA   [30]
  Family ID	F8421	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Florence Wetzel,   b. 18 Jun 1879, Wayne County, Indiana, USA d. 9 Jul 1943, Seymour, Jackson, Indiana, USA (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	11 Oct 1899	Jackson County, Indiana, USA   [25]
  Children	> 1. Howard Laban Montgomery,   b. 18 Jul 1908, Redding, Jackson, Indiana, USA d. 30 Nov 1918, Redding, Jackson, Indiana, USA (Age 10 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 2. Gerrish Montgomery,   b. 13 Feb 1910, Redding, Jackson, Indiana, USA d. 24 Mar 1946, New Castle, Henry, Indiana, USA (Age 36 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. Rev Clyde William Montgomery,   b. 27 Aug 1911, Redding, Jackson, Indiana, USA d. 19 Nov 2003, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA (Age 92 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. Richard Austin Montgomery,   b. 15 Sep 1920, Redding, Jackson, Indiana, USA d. 27 Dec 2001, Lakeland, Polk, Florida, USA (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F8524	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2025

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 24 Jul 1874 - Redding, Jackson, Indiana, USA Residence - 1880 - Redding, Jackson, Indiana, USA Marriage - 11 Oct 1899 - Jackson County, Indiana, USA Residence - 1910 - Redding, Jackson, Indiana, USA Residence - 1920 - Redding, Jackson, Indiana, USA Residence - 1930 - Redding, Jackson, Indiana, USA Residence - 1940 - Redding, Jackson, Indiana, USA Residence - 1950 - Redding, Jackson, Indiana, USA Death - 9 Feb 1954 - Seymour, Jackson, Indiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S1017] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Registration State: Indiana; Registration County: Jackson; Roll: 1613158. Record for James Austin Montgomery http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=WW1draft&h=301206&indiv=try [S615] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Redding, Jackson, Indiana; Roll: 286; Family History Film: 1254286; Page: 181A; Enumeration District: 113; Image: 0364. Record for William Montgomery http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&h=45738684&indiv=try [S2745] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Howard Laban Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=84608856&indiv=try [S3092] Ancestry.com, Indiana, Birth Certificates, 1907-1940, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, Indiana; Births; Year: 1908; Roll: 009. Record for Howard Laban Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60871&h=6064412&indiv=try [S477] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Was;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Redding, Jackson, Indiana; Roll: T624_357; Page: 5b; Enumeration District: 0073; FHL microfilm: 1374370. Record for James A Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7884&h=6487652&indiv=try [S3688] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2019;), The Tribune; Publication Date: 2 Dec 1918; Publication Place: Seymour, Indiana, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/157539294/?article=78c936bc-5d3f-4758-8322-e67537a6874c&focus=0.47134057,0.61029565,0.6217384,0.74385864&xid=3355. Record for Howard Laban Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61843&h=563750333&indiv=try [S3091] Ancestry.com, Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011; Year: 1918; Roll: 20. Record for Howard Tabon Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60716&h=4055714&indiv=try [S2745] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Gerrish Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=57064489&indiv=try [S3091] Ancestry.com, Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011; Year: 1946; Roll: 03. Record for Gerrish Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60716&h=586963&indiv=try [S3688] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2019;), The Tribune; Publication Date: 25 Mar 1946; Publication Place: Seymour, Indiana, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/161978875/?article=b5f059f3-e654-414e-b885-17e36814aa8f&focus=0.74831957,0.7746188,0.8696075,0.9657236&xid=3355. Record for Gerrish Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61843&h=8413564&indiv=try [S3092] Ancestry.com, Indiana, Birth Certificates, 1907-1940, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, Indiana; Births; Year: 1910; Roll: 008. Record for Gerrish Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60871&h=8101019&indiv=try [S940] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Redding, Jackson, Indiana; Roll: T625_439; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 90. Record for James A Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6061&h=10649418&indiv=try [S2745] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Rev Clyde William Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=147122941&indiv=try [S2745] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Richard Austin Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=32732685&indiv=try [S3276] Ancestry.com, Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for Richard Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60282&h=2315725&indiv=try [S2881] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;). Record for Richard Austin Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60901&h=25558835&indiv=try [S159] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Redding, Jackson, Indiana; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 0017; FHL microfilm: 2340329. Record for James A Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6224&h=117077886&indiv=try [S613] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Redding, Jackson, Indiana; Roll: m-t0627-01056; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 36-21B. Record for James Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2442&h=56805529&indiv=try [S3831] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Redding, Jackson, Indiana; Roll: 3444; Page: 74; Enumeration District: 36-31. Record for James Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62308&h=130887006&indiv=try [S3092] Ancestry.com, Indiana, Birth Certificates, 1907-1940, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, Indiana; Birth; Year: 1911; Roll: 009. Record for Clyde Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60871&h=4209832&indiv=try [S3091] Ancestry.com, Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011; Year: 2003; Roll: 21. Record for Clyde Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60716&h=3064909&indiv=try [S3688] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2019;), Jackson County Banner; Publication Date: 24 Nov 2003; Publication Place: Brownstown, Indiana, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/227636839/?article=a30e93e9-ef5d-4979-ba67-9c2265e5d09b&focus=0.35170606,0.15899992,0.5065471,0.43769282&xid=3355. Record for Clyde Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61843&h=633466776&indiv=try [S3688] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2019;), The Tribune; Publication Date: 4 Aug 1916; Publication Place: Seymour, Indiana, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/156651588/?article=032c83db-83dc-4ef6-a7d4-99e3850fa118&focus=0.50275207,0.26674145,0.6566156,0.5332804&xid=3355. Record for William Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61843&h=643677421&indiv=try [S3688] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2019;), The Tribune; Publication Date: 6 Nov 1922; Publication Place: Seymour, Indiana, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/156705101/?article=70d601d7-6a1d-48d2-82e5-0be4b25a7062&focus=0.16827217,0.4881492,0.3001505,0.8329503&xid=3355. Record for Huldah Montgomerj https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61843&h=609391347&indiv=try [S3288] Ancestry.com, Indiana, Marriage Certificates, 1958-2005, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;). Record for Janes A Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61009&h=4364821&indiv=try [S3288] Ancestry.com, Indiana, Marriage Certificates, 1958-2005, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;). Record for Richard Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61009&h=4147578&indiv=try [S3092] Ancestry.com, Indiana, Birth Certificates, 1907-1940, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, Indiana; Birth Certificates; Year: 1920; Roll: 016. Record for Richard Austion Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60871&h=7866878&indiv=try [S3688] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2019;), The Tribune; Publication Date: 31 Dec 2001; Publication Place: Seymour, Indiana, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/179411090/?article=f515a9e9-2cb1-4508-8e45-5495740973b2&focus=0.034298457,0.37896946,0.34966776,0.67940664&xid=3355. Record for Richard Austin Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61843&h=628280451&indiv=try [S3288] Ancestry.com, Indiana, Marriage Certificates, 1958-2005, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;). Record for William Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61009&h=4352188&indiv=try [S612] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 18;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Redding, Jackson, Indiana; Roll: 379; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0076; FHL microfilm: 1240379. Record for Hulda Montgomery http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=13505196&indiv=try