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John Montgomery

Male 1828 - 1908  (79 years)

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  • Name John Montgomery  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Birth 4 Oct 1828  Hopkins County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9] 
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch ID L4YM-LLK 
    Residence 1850  Hopkins County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    District 2 
    Residence 1860  Webster County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 1870  Webster County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    District 6 
    Residence 1880  Providence, Webster, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Burial 1908  Providence, Webster, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Big Hill Cemetery
    Death 25 Feb 1908  Providence, Webster, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 9] 
    Person ID I38896  Clan Montgomery Society | Hugh Montgomery and Jane Patrick
    Last Modified 14 Oct 2026 

    Father Samuel Montgomery,   b. 30 Apr 1796, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Feb 1863, Webster County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Rebecca Brown Givens,   b. 27 Jan 1802, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 May 1864, Webster County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 31 Aug 1820  Hopkins County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11] 
    Family ID F13020  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Linda Mira Parker,   b. 23 Mar 1839, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Oct 1870, Webster County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years) 
    Marriage 2 Jan 1858  Hopkins County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Children 
    >1. Joseph Givens Montgomery,   b. 18 Jan 1859, Webster County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 May 1936, Webster County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >2. Rosa L Montgomery,   b. Apr 1862, Webster County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. William T Montgomery,   b. 11 Jan 1864, Webster County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 1891, Webster County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +4. James Fountain Montgomery,   b. Abt 1866, Webster County, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1932, Sardis, Henderson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >5. Frances Montgomery,   b. 18 Mar 1869, Providence, Webster, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jun 1930, Providence, Webster, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F12810  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Oct 2026 

    Family 2 Myra A Woodward,   b. 1837   d. 1904 (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 21 Dec 1871  Providence, Webster, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Family ID F12811  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Oct 2026 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 4 Oct 1828 - Hopkins County, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - District 2 - 1850 - Hopkins County, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 2 Jan 1858 - Hopkins County, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1860 - Webster County, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - District 6 - 1870 - Webster County, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 21 Dec 1871 - Providence, Webster, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1880 - Providence, Webster, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1908 - Providence, Webster, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Feb 1908 - Providence, Webster, Kentucky, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Kentucky: A History of the State. Perrin, Battle & Kniffin, 2nd
      ed.,1885,
      Webster Co.
      1 CONT "JOHN MONTGOMERY, Jr., was born in what is now Webster
      County, Ky.,
      "JOHN MONTGOMERY, Jr., was born in what is now Webster County,
      Ky.,October 4, 1828, a son of Samuel and Rebecca B. (Givens)
      Montgomery,natives of Kentucky, the former of Franklin and the
      latter of LincolnCounty, and of Irish descent. When six or seven
      years old, about 1804,Samuel Montgomery
      removed with the parents to Henderson County, Ky. After a very few
      yearsthe family came to what is now Webster County, where his
      father, JohnMontgomery, Sr., bought wild land near Providence and
      improved a farm,upon which he resided until his death. He served
      under Gen. Anthony Wayne
      during the Indian wars in Indiana, and was wounded in the left arm
      in oneof those engagements. Samuel received his early education and
      was alsomarried in Webster County. After attaining his majority he
      bought wildland adjoining the old homestead, and improved a farm
      upon which heresided
      until his death in 1862, in his sixty-seventh year. He engaged
      inflat-boating on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers for several
      years;shipping live stock, tobacco and produce to New Orleans. In
      the springof 1815, just after the battle of New Orleans, he made a
      trip down therivers with a flat-boat to New Orleans, and
      accomplished the returnjourney on foot in sixteen days.
      1 CONT He and wife were life long members of the United Baptist
      church. Our
      He and wife were life long members of the United Baptist church.
      Oursubject was employed on his father's farm until he attained his
      majority,and in April, 1852, started for California, accomplishing
      the entiredistance on foot, driving an ox team. Four months were
      consumed inmaking the journey. In California he was engaged in
      farming for fouryears, and returned to Kentucky in 1856. He then
      bought a farm nearProvidence, and was engaged farming and
      flat-boating to New Orleans forseveral years. In 1864 he embarked
      in the general mercantile business atProvidence and continued for
      ten years. During most of this time he wasalso engaged in the
      tobacco business, which he carried on until 1882,when he retired
      from active business. He erected the buildings andfounded the home
      school and normal institute of Providence and continuedfor ten years.
      1 CONT During most of this time he was also engaged in the tobacco
      business,
      During most of this time he was also engaged in the tobacco
      business,which he carried on until 1882, when he retired from active
      business. Heerected the buildings and founded the home school and
      normal institute ofProvidence, where Mrs. Montgomery is and has been
      for years engaged inteaching. Mr. M. was married in January, 1858,
      to Miss Linda M. Parker,a native of Webster County, Ky., who bore
      him eight children, five ofwhom -three sons and two daughters - are
      living. Mrs. Linda M. diedOctober 8, 1870. She was a member of the
      United Baptist Church. Mr.Montgomery's second marriage was,
      December 20, 1871, to Miss Myra A.Woodward, a native of Davidson
      County, Tenn. He and wife are members ofthe United Baptist Church;
      he is a member of the Masonic fraternity,having advanced to the
      S.M. degree of the council. In politics he is a Democrat."
      1 CONT Montgomery Givens Parker Woodward
      Montgomery Givens Parker Woodward
      =
      Franklin Lincoln Henderson IN New_Orleans-Orleans-LA CA Davidson-TN

      Submitted by Michael A. Montgomery, CMS 1712, on 9/6/98.

      !BURIAL: Big Hill Cemetery, Providence, Kentucky.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2821] 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: Providence, Webster, Kentucky; Roll: 446; Family History Film: 1254446; Page: 123A; Enumeration District: 029; Image: 0240.
      Record for Jno. Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&h=17982064&indiv=try

    2. [S3470] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Webster, Kentucky; Roll: M653_399; Page: 592; Image: 588; Family History Library Film: 803399.
      Record for John Montgumery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=39524830&indiv=try

    3. [S4313] Ancestry.com, Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2007;;).
      Record for Joe Givens Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=kydeaths&h=1636694&indiv=try

    4. [S2895] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: District 6, Webster, Kentucky; Roll: M593_503; Page: 272B; Image: 548; Family History Library Film: 552002.
      Record for John Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&h=22269591&indiv=try

    5. [S4346] Big Hill Cemetery, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Providence, Webster, Kentucky, USA;).

    6. [S3383] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      Record for James Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FSTennesseeDeath&h=139489&indiv=try

    7. [S5199] Montgomery, David B, A Genealogical History of the Montgomerys and their Descendants, (Name: J P Cox; Location: Owensville, Indiana, USA; Date: 1903;), Chapter VIII Pages 060-074The Descendants of Samuel Montgomery - 6th Generationhttps://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/20593/images/dvm_GenMono004862-00033-0?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=61.
      Electronic Book .PDF 436 pages
      A_genealogical_history_of_the_Montgomery.pdf
      Also DBMontbgomery Index.doc
      Book found on Ancestry.com
      https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20593/?ftm=1
      https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/20593/images/dvm_GenMono004862-00033-0?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=61

    8. [S2891] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1850; Census Place: District 2, Hopkins, Kentucky; Roll: 205; Page: 116a.
      Record for Jas R Johnston
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8054&h=17209931&indiv=try

    9. [S4345] Bassett, Minerva Bone, Some Webster County, Kentucky, Families, (Name: Gateway Press, Inc; Location: Baltimore, Maryand, USA; Date: 1983;), Pages 055-057Eleazar GivenMontgomery, Thomas Givens (1831-1900), 83-81064.
      Book found on Internet Archive
      somewebstercount001bass.pdf

    10. [S3951] Dodd, Jordan, Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:1997;;).
      Record for Rebecca Samuel Givens Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=eamky&h=34919&indiv=try

    11. [S3953] Dodd, Jordan, Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1997;).
      Record for Samuel Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2089&h=134919&indiv=try


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