Bernethia Jane Montgomery
1866 - 1938 (72 years)-
Name Bernethia Jane Montgomery Birth 3 Mar 1866 Cincinatti, Washington Co., Arkansas 
Gender Female Death 16 Aug 1938 Burial Seminole, Seminole, Oklahoma, USA Person ID I13361 Clan Montgomery Last Modified 28 Mar 2001
Father George Edwin Montgomery, b. 16 Aug 1832, Tennessee, USA d. 21 Dec 1904, Prairie Grove, Washington Co., Arkansas (Age 72 years) Mother Mary Jane Buck, b. 18 Mar 1834, , Tennessee d. 19 Dec 1897 (Age 63 years) Marriage 17 Jul 1851 Family ID F4376 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Marion Cook, b. 10 Nov 1866, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA d. 10 Mar 1903, Cincinatti, Washington Co., Arkansas (Age 36 years) Marriage 8 Nov 1889 Children 1. Myrtle Cook, b. 1890, Dayton, Washington d. 1890, Dayton, Washington (Age 0 years)> 2. Alma Lou Cook, b. 15 Aug 1897, Cincinatti, Washington Co., Arkansas d. Dec 1981, Redding, Shasta, California, USA (Age 84 years)> 3. Beulah Inis Cook, b. 7 Oct 1899, Cincinatti, Washington Co., Arkansas d. 15 May 1968, Bowie, Montague, Texas, USA (Age 68 years)> 4. Alice Mae Cook, b. 1 Jun 1901, Cincinatti, Washington Co., Arkansas d. 23 Oct 1965 (Age 64 years)Family ID F4386 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Dec 2015
Family 2 Samuel Randolph Viney Marriage 4 Apr 1906 Family ID F4387 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Dec 2015
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Notes - !Source: Family Group Records for Marion Cook and Bernethia J. Montgomery and
for George Edwin Montgomery and Mary Jane Buck obtained from Hazel Bruni.
1978 letters from Alma Cook Baldwin and Hazel Bruni. Tape-recorded
conversation with J.Howard Montgomery 9 Apr 1966.
Church: Methodist
Per letters of Alma Cook Baldwin:
After the death of Marion Cook in 1903, Bernethia tried to operate their farm
alone. She left her young daughters (ages 5,3,2) alone in the house while she went out to work in the fields. She used the bedposts to hold the girls by their long skirt tails and would check on them on each "round." She also did quilting for people at night. In about 1905, two of Bernethia's brothers,
believed to be Joseph C. and George W., came and moved her to Texas with them. On the way they visited another brother, Morgan, who was quite ill. They moved to a rented house at Whitney, Texas near Itasca. George lived near Itasca and Joe was at Brandon, about 9 miles east of Itasca. In 1906, Bernethia married Sam R. Viney. Hazel says that Bernethia was living with various relatives when she (Hazel) was growing up. When Hazel was about 5 (1923), Bernethia lived with them, and she said she listened to many stories told by Bernethia including many family stories.
Place of birth from records submitted by M.L. Clason.
- !Source: Family Group Records for Marion Cook and Bernethia J. Montgomery and