John Bruce Montgomery
1896 - 1950 (54 years)-
Name John Bruce Montgomery Birth 11 May 1896 Floyd, Virginia, USA Gender Male Family Search ID L4W1-55X Family Search Link https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L4W1-55X Death 2 Jun 1950 , Floyd, Virginia, USA [1] Burial Montgomery Cem., , Floyd County, Virginia Person ID I268 Clan Montgomery | William Montgomery and Rebecca Erwin Last Modified 4 Sep 2018
Father McNeely C. Montgomery, b. 15 Jun 1855, Carroll, Virginia, USA d. 10 Jul 1921, Floyd, Virginia, USA (Age 66 years) Mother Sarah Victoria Quessenberry, b. 25 Jun 1872, Floyd, Virginia, USA d. 10 Apr 1945 (Age 72 years) Marriage 25 Dec 1888 Floyd, Floyd, Virginia, United States Family ID F73 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lucy Alice Maines, b. 5 Jun 1903, , White Head, , North Carolina Marriage 23 Sep 1922 , Fries, , Virginia Children + 1. Edna Mary Jane Montgomery, b. 4 Oct 1923, , Galax, , Virginia d. 1993 (Age 69 years) + 2. Edward Dean Montgomery, b. 21 Feb 1926, Carroll, Virginia, USA d. 9 Sep 1985 (Age 59 years) 3. Hebert Kelly Montgomery, b. 6 Apr 1929, , Hanestown, , North Carolina d. May 1985, , Burlington, , North Carolina (Age 56 years) 4. Living + 5. Living + 6. Living + 7. Living + 8. Living Family ID F117 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Dec 2015
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Notes - 0AFTER A TOUR OF DUTY IN FRANCE IN WORLD WAR I, JOHN BRUCE MONTGOMERY AND LUCY ALICE MAINES MET AT FREIS, VIRGINIA. THEY BOTH WORKED AT THE COTTEN MILL THERE. THEY DATED FOR ABOUT ONE YEAR AND THEN WERE MARRIED. THEY MOVED AROUND A LOT IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. DADDY FARMED AND WORKED AT SAW MILLS WHILE MAMMA WAS A HOMEMAKER AND TOOK CARE OF THE CHILDREN. IN THE NEXT SIXTEEN YEARS THEY HAD EIGHT CHILDREN INCLUDING A SET OF TWIN BOYS. THEY WERE VERY STRICT PARENTS. THEY RAISED THEIR CHILDREN TO BE LOVING AND KIND TO EVERYONE. THE THINGS I REMEMBER ABOUT DADDY ARE THAT HE WAS A HARD WORKER AND THAT HE HAD A BIG HEART. HE HAD A KINDNESS IN HIS HEART FOR PEOPLE AND STRAY ANIMALS. HE NEVER TURNED ANYONE AWAY THAT NEEDED A PLACE TO STAY. HE LOVED ANIMALS AND GAVE EACH A NAME THAT BELONGED TO HIM. BRUCE AND LUCY HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH 33 GRANDCHILDREN AND 39 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
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Sources - [S169] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 4 Sep 2018), entry for John Bruce Montgomery, person ID L4W1-55X. (Reliability: 3).
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- [S169] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 4 Sep 2018), entry for John Bruce Montgomery, person ID L4W1-55X. (Reliability: 3).