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Barney Graham Montgomery

Male 1905 - 1983  (77 years)


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  • Name Barney Graham Montgomery 
    Birth 1 Aug 1905  Floyd County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1910  Indian Valley, Floyd, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 1920  Indian Valley, Floyd, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Residence 1930  Blacksburg, Montgomery, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Residence 1 Apr 1940  Blacksburg, Montgomery, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 9] 
    Death 25 Jun 1983  Blacksburg, Montgomery, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5, 10] 
    Burial 28 Jun 1983  Prices Fork, Montgomery, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 10] 
    • Zach Price-James R. Long Memorial Cemetery
    Person ID I435  Clan Montgomery Society
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father McNeely C. Montgomery,   b. 15 Jun 1855, Carroll County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jul 1921, Floyd County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Sarah Victoria Quessenberry,   b. 25 Jun 1872, Floyd County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1945 (Age 72 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 25 Dec 1888  Floyd, Floyd, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F116  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lucinda Long,   b. 31 Jul 1910, Carroll County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 2009, Radford, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 99 years) 
    Marriage 6 Mar 1930  Prices Fork, Montgomery, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
    +1. Living
    +2. Curtis Andrew Montgomery,   b. 15 Nov 1934, Montgomery County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Oct 2014, Blacksburg, Montgomery, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]
    +3. Archie Franklin Montgomery,   b. 5 Jun 1937, Blacksburg, Montgomery, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Dec 2013, Roanoke, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]
     4. Living
    +5. Roy Dennis Montgomery,   b. 8 Jun 1946, Montgomery County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Sep 2005, Prices Fork, Montgomery, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F138  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1 Aug 1905 - Floyd County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1910 - Indian Valley, Floyd, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1920 - Indian Valley, Floyd, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1930 - Blacksburg, Montgomery, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 6 Mar 1930 - Prices Fork, Montgomery, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1 Apr 1940 - Blacksburg, Montgomery, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 25 Jun 1983 - Blacksburg, Montgomery, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 28 Jun 1983 - Prices Fork, Montgomery, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • BARNEY GRAHAM MONTGOMERY WAS BORN TO McNEELEY AND VICTORIA MONTGOMERY ON AUGUST 1, 1905 AT THE HORSE RIDGE SECTION OF FLOYD COUNTY, VIRGINIA. HE WAS RAISED IN A 1-1/2 STORY LOG HOME.THERE WERE TWO ROOMS DOWNSTAIRS AND A LARGE ROOM UPSTAIRS. A LOG HALLWAY JOINED A LOG KITCHEN TO THE MAIN HOUSE. THE FAMILY SUPPORTED THEMSELVES BY FARMING AND SELLING PULP WOOD. THEY ALSO CUT RAILROAD TIES AND HAULED THEM TO RADFORD, VIRGINIA BY MEANS OF A HORSE AND WAGON. AT THE AGE OF 17, BARNEY LEFT HOME AND MOVED TO WEST VIRGINIA TO LIVE WITH HIS SISTER AND HER HUSBAND, EZ AND NORA PHILLIPS. IN FREEMAN, BARNEY WORKED AS A COOK FOR THE RAILROAD. HE MOVED ON TO HARLEN COUNTY, KENTUCKY TO STAY WITH HIS BROTHER, BRUCE, AND THEIR FAMILY. IN KENTUCKY BARNEY WORKED IN THE MINES WITH HIS UNCLE, CISCERO MONTGOMERY. HE RETURNED TO CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA AND ONCE AGAIN LIVED WITH HIS SISTER NORA WHILE HE WORKED IN THE COAL MINES. IN 1929 BARNEY AND EZ PHILLIPS BEGAN INSTALLING TELEPHONE POLES IN THE LONG SHOP, SUNNYSIDE, AND PRICE'S FORK SECTION OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, VIRGINIA. IN OCTOBER, HIS SISTER NORA INTRODUCED BARNEY TO HIS FUTURE WIFE, LUCINDA LONG, OF PRICE'S FORK. IN JANUARY 1930, HE BEGAN WORKING AT THE BIG VEIN COAL MINES IN McCOY, VIRGINIA. BARNEY AND LUCINDA WERE MARRIED ON MARCH 6, 1930. THE NEWLYWEDS RESIDED WITH LUCINDA'S MOTHER FOR 8 MONTHS AND THEN MOVED TO McCOY. THERE THEY RESIDED IN A HOUSE LOCATED NEAR THE CENTENIAL CHURCH FOR THREE MONTHS. IN 1931, BARNEY AND LUCINDA MOVED TO HUFF HOLLOW IN THE LONG SHOP COMMUNITY. THERE THEY RENTED ROOMS UPSTAIRS IN THE SAME HOUSE NORA AND EZ PHILLIPS RENTED UNTIL 1933. IN THE SPRING OF 1931, THE TIPPLE AT THE BIG VEIN COAL MINES BURNED DOWN AND BARNEY WENT TO WORK FOR THE GREAT VALLEY COAL MINES. IN 1933 BARNEY AND LUCINDA MOVED TO PRICE'S FORK AND LIVED WITH LUCINDA'S MOTHER. BARNEY BEGAN WORKING AT THE OTEY HOGE'S MINES LOCATED ON BRUSH MOUNTAIN. IN 1935, THEY MOVED TO SHERIDAN PRICE'S STORE BUILDING IN THE TOM'S CREEK SECTION. BARNEY MOVED FROM OTEY'S MINES TO SLUSSER'S MINES(STILL ON BRUSH MOUNTAIN) IN 1936. HE WORKED SLUSSER'S MINES UNTIL 1938. IN 1939, BARNEY WORKED FOR HERMAN PRICE IN THE COAL MINES. HIS SON, ARCHIE, LATER MARRIED HERMAN'S DAUGHTER, MABEL. IN 1940, BARNEY AND CLARENCE LONG(FATHER OF LUCINDA LONG) BOUGHT WILL OLINGER'S STORE BUILDING IN THE SUNNYSIDE COMMUNITY. BARNEY RESIDED THERE UNTIL HIS DEATH IN JUNE OF 1983. IN 1940, BARNEY ALSO RETURNED TO THE GREAT VALLEY MINES. IN 1945, HE WORKED WITH DENNIS CHURCH, BROTHER-IN-LAW TO HIS BROTHER ARCHIE, IN THE MINES LOCATED ON WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS COWNE'S MOUNTAIN. FROM 1947 TO 1975 BARNEY WAS SELF EMPLOYED AND OPERATED INDEPENDANT MINES ON BRUSH MOUNTAIN. IT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED WHERE HE WORKED AS A COAL MINER FOR MORE THAN 52 YEARS OF HIS LIFE. BARNEY WAS A BIG-BONED MAN WHO STOOD 5'11" TALL AND WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY 220 POUNDS. HE HAD BROWN EYES AND SHORT BLACK HAIR, WHICH HE LIKED TO WEAR SLICKED BACK OVER HIS HEAD. BARNEY AND LUCINDA RAISED FIVE CHILDREN - FOUR SONS AND ONE DAUGHTER. BARNEY WAS A WELL LIKED MAN AND KNOWN FOR HIS HONESTY IN BUSINESS DEALINGS. HE WAS A KIND MAN, HAD GREAT PRIDE IN HIS CHILDREN, AND DEARLY LOVED EACH OF HIS THIRTEEN(13) GRANDCHILDREN. HE WAS ALWAYS VERY KIND TO ANY ANIMAL WHETER HIS OWN OR A STRAY.

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2 012;).
      Record for Roy Dennis Montgomery

    2. [S9] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2 012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Blacksburg, Montgomery, Virginia; Roll: T627_4277; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 61-9.
      Record for Barney G Montgomery

    3. [S8] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 20 14;).
      Record for Barney Montgomery

    4. [S10] Ancestry.com, Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2 015;).
      Record for Barney Graham Montgomery

    5. [S11] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 201 4;), Number: 228-16-3597; Issue State: Virginia; Issue Date: Before 1951.
      Record for Barney Montgomery

    6. [S12] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006 ;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Indian Valley, Floyd, Virginia; Roll: T624_1628; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0048; FHL microfilm: 1375641.
      Record for Mc Montgomery

    7. [S6] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2 010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Indian Valley, Floyd, Virginia; Roll: T625_1887; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 95; Image: 436.
      Record for Mc Montgomery

    8. [S13] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; D ate: 2002;;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Blacksburg, Montgomery, Virginia; Roll: 2451; Page: 22B; Enumeration District: 0007; FHL microfilm: 2342185.
      Record for Barney Montgomery

    9. [S14] Ancestry.com, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 20 11;), The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 514.
      Record for Barney Montgomery

    10. [S15] Zach Price-James R. Long Memorial Cemetery (Name: Findagrave; Location: Prices Fork, Montgomery, Virginia, USA;), Montgomery, Barney G Memorial #8464631 Accessed KRM 24 Nov 2018 6:09pm https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8464631/barney-g.-montgomery.
      Zach Price-James R. Long Memorial Cemetery Prices Fork, Montgomery County, Virginia, USAhttps://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1979181/zach-price-james-r.-long-m emorial-cemetery


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