James H Montgomery (1821 - 1896)

Born 1821 in Floyd County, Kentucky, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Elizabeth (Picklesimer) Montgomery — married 1 Feb 1840 in Floyd, Kentucky, United States

Husband of Nancy (Jackson) Montgomery — married 1850 in Floyd, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 1896 at about age 75 in Salyersville, Magoffin County, Kentucky, USA

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Biography

Third child of John Montgomery Jr. b. 22 Feb 1793 TN and Sarah Flannery, the daughter of Silas and Violet Flannery. Married (1) Elizabeth Picklesimer, 1 Feb 1840 (2)Nancy Jackson, 6 Jul 1850.

James was a blacksmith and gunsmith. During the Civil War, after his blacksmith shop and equipment were destroyed by foraging Confederate troops in 1863, the next day he joined the 6th KY Cavalry as a teamster, serving until the end of the War. His two sons John and Isaac Montgomery also served the Union from August 1863 to the end of the War in the Co. F & D, 14th KY Infantry.

According to family lore, "James Montgomery Sr. said he had two wives and he loved them both and he could not be buried by both of them so he wanted to be buried at the back of his house not very far from the chimney." On September 10, 1959, relative Mildred Bach Brandenburgh visited James Montgomery's grave, and reported "He was buried alone on his farm in the head of Oakley Creek in Magoffin Co., on a little point on the left side of the branch where the branch forks two ways." There were head and foot stones and a fence around his grave which was in poor condition at that time. According to another relative Macel Mae Montgomery, "his grave was moved in 1984 by a coal company and his is now buried on Stinson, Magoffin Co. KY." From "The Montgomery Family" series published by the Magoffin County Historical Society 1988, Vol. III, pp. 408-409 and Vol I p. 172.

• Fact: Burial Non-Cemetery Burial, Specifically: Buried behind his home originally, body reportedly moved by a coal company to Stinson Magoffin County.

Sources

• With family and 22 sources: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZ6Q-KLB

• "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65S-WRC : Thu Mar 07 13:40:25 UTC 2024), Entry for James Montgomery and Nancy Montgomery, 1850.

• "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4MV-MBH : 29 November 2023), James Montgomery, 1850.

• "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ19-DHX : Sun Mar 10 00:48:02 UTC 2024), Entry for James Montgomery and Nancy Montgomery, 1860.

• "Kentucky Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8FG-R5K : Fri Mar 08 13:29:59 UTC 2024), Entry for James H Montgomery, 1862.

• James H Montgomery (1821-1896) on Find A Grave: Memorial #239894298 retrieved 30 December 2018