Floyd Elmer Montague (1894 - 1969)

Born 10 Jul 1894 in Ottawa County, Kansas, United States

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Died 4 Mar 1969 at age 74 in Minneapolis, Ottawa, Kansas, United States

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Biography

Floyd and his family lived in a 2 room sod earth-sheltered house near Wells, Ottawa Co., KS. Their dau Verla (Montague) Smith now (circa 2003) lives on this family homestead. Until a few years ago the original sod earth-sheltered house stood on the property. Family members recall that, as a young man, Floyd worked for the Atchison, Topeka, and Sante Fe railroad for many years. Interestingly, the railroad spur that ends in Minneapolis, Ottawa Co., KS, goes to Iantha, Barton Co., MO, where wife Bertha Ayers was born. The informant, Curtis Montague, has searched the Iantha cemetery but finding no Ayers grave sites. He believes Floyd to have been b. in Ottawa Co., just south of Wells, KS.

Floyd and his family lived in a 2 room sod earth-sheltered house near Wells, Ottawa Co., KS. Their dau Verla (Montague) Smith now (circa 2003) lives on this family homestead. Until a few years ago the original sod earth-sheltered house stood on the property. Family members recall that, as a young man, Floyd worked for the Atchison, Topeka, and Sante Fe railroad for many years. Interestingly, the railroad spur that ends in Minneapolis, Ottawa Co., KS, goes to Iantha, Barton Co., MO, where wife Bertha Ayers was born. The informant, Curtis Montague, has searched the Iantha cemetery but finding no Ayers grave sites. He believes Floyd to have been b. in Ottawa Co., just south of Wells, KS.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFXQ-9GP : accessed 28 November 2015), Floyd E Montague, Blaine, Ottawa, Kansas, United States; citing sheet 9A, family 186, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,543.
• Curt Montague family research.