Benjamin Franklin Montgomery

1847 - 1932  (85 years)

• Name	Benjamin Franklin Montgomery  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Birth	1847	Eagle Rock, Botetourt, Virginia, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10]
  Gender	Male
  Family Search ID	LV8M-WQQ
  Reference Number	https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Montgomery-3287
  Residence	1850	Botetourt County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  	District 8
  Residence	1880	Clay, Ritchie, West Virginia, USA   [10]
  Residence	1900	Fall Creek, Henderson, Illinois, USA   [5]
  Burial	1932	Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, USA   [3, 4]
  Death	21 Dec 1932	Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, USA   [2, 3, 4]
  Person ID	I6753	MontyHistNotes_III
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Samuel Montgomery,   b. 1811, Franklin County, Virginia, USA d. Jul 1879, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth Pursley,   b. 1815   d. Oct 1849 (Age 34 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	6 Sep 1832	Botetourt County, Virginia, USA   [2, 13]
  Family ID	F3924	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Eliza Ann Williamson,   b. Abt 1847
  Marriage	1869
  Children	> 1. Charles Columbus Montgomery,   b. 19 Jun 1864, Virginia, USA d. 21 Feb 1918, Spokane, Spokane, Washington, USA (Age 53 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6614	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Rebecca Ann Pursley,   b. Jul 1844, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA
  Marriage	22 May 1872	Botetourt County, Virginia, USA   [5, 6]
  Children	1. Nora Ann Montgomery,   b. 19 Jun 1874, Ritchie County, West Virginia, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 2. Henry Wayne Montgomery,   b. 4 Jul 1879, Ritchie County, West Virginia, USA d. 1953, Monmouth, Warren, Illinois, USA (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Lewis Melvin Montgomery,   b. 16 Sep 1881, Virginia, USA d. 22 Dec 1958, Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, USA (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 4. John Hutchinson Montgomery,   b. 15 Nov 1883, Virginia, USA d. May 1968, Pocahontas County, Iowa, USA (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Hilda Martin Montgomery,   b. 20 Mar 1886, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA d. 16 Nov 1965, Spokane, Spokane, Washington, USA (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. William B Montgomery,   b. Jan 1889, Virginia, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6558	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1847 - Eagle Rock, Botetourt, Virginia, USA Residence - District 8 - 1850 - Botetourt County, Virginia, USA Marriage - 22 May 1872 - Botetourt County, Virginia, USA Burial - 1932 - Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, USA Death - 21 Dec 1932 - Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S510] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: District 8, Botetourt, Virginia; Roll: M432_936; Page: 100A; Image: . Record for Benjamin Montgomery [S986] Montgomery, Roscoe, Brothers of Samuel Montgomery, (Name: Ancestry.com; Date: 27 Oct 2010;), Biographical information on Samuel Montgomery posted by Roscoe Montgomery. [S4] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Benjamin Franklin Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=102367537&indiv=try [S4] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for John Hutchinson Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=29482679&indiv=try [S255] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Fall Creek, Henderson, Illinois; Roll: 305; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0043. Record for Benjamin Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7602&h=12151797&indiv=try [S341] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for Rebecca Preston https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60214&h=2083592&indiv=try [S100] 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 Henry Wayne Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60901&h=12346006&indiv=try [S1355] Ancestry.com, Virginia, U.S., Marriage Registers, 1853-1935, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA; Virginia Marriages, 1853-1935. Record for Henry Wayne Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62154&h=15877&indiv=try [S346] Ancestry.com, Washington Death Index, 1940-1996, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington Death Index, 1940-2017. Record for Charles C Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6716&h=6875480&indiv=try [S21] 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;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Clay, Ritchie, West Virginia; Roll: 1413; Page: 397a; Enumeration District: 151. Record for Benj. Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6742&h=10149248&indiv=try [S341] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for Henry Wayne Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60214&h=1723666&indiv=try [S941] Ancestry.com, West Virginia, Births Index, 1853-1969, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). Record for Tenora Montgomery https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2537&h=1879043&indiv=try [S371] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Marriages, 1740-1850, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;). Record for Lucy Baugh http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=va2&h=1130947&indiv=try