Chester Montgomery

1866 - 1953  (87 years)

• Name	Chester Montgomery  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]
  Birth	1866	Marshall, Clark, Illinois, USA   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 13, 14]
  Gender	Male
  Family Search ID	GBKN-1JN
  Residence	1870	Marshall, Clark, Illinois, USA   [3]
  Residence	1880	Marshall, Clark, Illinois, USA   [4]
  Residence	1920	Marshall, Clark, Illinois, USA   [6]
  Residence	1940	Marshall, Clark, Illinois, USA   [12]
  Death	1953	Illinois, USA   [5, 9, 13, 14]
  Burial	1953	Marshall Cemetery, Marshall, Clark, Illinois, USA   [5, 13, 14]
  Person ID	I20913	MontyHistNotes_2014 | JMMM_daughter Agnes Nancy Montgomery
  Last Modified	27 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Alfred Montgomery,   b. 27 Jan 1840, Marshall, Clark, Illinois, USA d. Mar 1891, Marshall, Clark, Illinois, USA (Age 51 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Frances Eleanor Murphy,   b. 29 Dec 1840, Marshall, Clark, Illinois, USA d. 29 Jan 1929, Wabash, Clark, Illinois, USA (Age 88 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	6 Dec 1863	Marshall, Clark, Illinois, USA   [1, 2, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20]
  Family ID	F2809	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Roseanna Volney Rohrer,   b. 22 Feb 1866, Indiana, USA d. 22 Jun 1898, Clark County, Illinois, USA (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	29 May 1888	Clark County, Illinois, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Baby Montgomery   d. Apr 1892, Clark County, Illinois, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 2. Ruth Louise Montgomery,   b. 23 Apr 1889, Marshall, Clark, Illinois, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. Harry Edwin Montgomery,   b. 10 Mar 1893, Paris, Edgar, Illinois, USA d. 14 Sep 1941, Dayton, Campbell, Kentucky, USA (Age 48 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F7902	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jul 2026

  
  

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  Birth - 1866 - Marshall, Clark, Illinois, USA Residence - 1870 - Marshall, Clark, Illinois, USA Residence - 1880 - Marshall, Clark, Illinois, USA Marriage - 29 May 1888 - Clark County, Illinois, USA Residence - 1920 - Marshall, Clark, Illinois, USA Residence - 1940 - Marshall, Clark, Illinois, USA Death - 1953 - Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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Record for Alfred Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6742&h=29774010&indiv=try [S3453] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Eleanor Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=33279236&indiv=try [S4206] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Marshall, Clark, Illinois; Roll: T625_302; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 13. Record for Chester Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6061&h=95950598&indiv=try [S3503] Ancestry.com, Indiana, Select Marriages, 1780-1992, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for Ruth L. Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60281&h=3049732&indiv=try [S4208] 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 Harry Edward Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60901&h=9150030&indiv=try [S3819] Ancestry.com, Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1963, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Kentucky Department For Libraries and Archives; Frankfort, Kentucky; Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates-Microfilm, 1911-1965. Record for Harry Edwin Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1222&h=776653&indiv=try [S4154] Ancestry.com, Ohio, County Marriages, 1774-1993, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;). 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