Greene County AlArchives Biographies.....Montgomery, David M. April 17 1841 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    DAVID M. MONTGOMERY, a merchant of Pleasant Ridge, was born in Oktibbeha
county, Miss., April 17, 1841. He is a son of William M. and Sarah (Nason)
Montgomery, both of whom were natives of Fairfield district, S. C., and he is a
grandson of David and Martha (Tompson) Montgomery, also natives of South
Carolina. The early part of David Montgomery's life was spent as a merchant, and
the latter part as a farmer. He represented Fairfield district in the
legislature of South Carolina, and moved to Oktibbeha county, Miss., which
county he represented in the legislature of Mississippi. Both he and his wife
died in Mississippi. The maternal grandparents of David M. Montgomery were
Richard M. and Margaret (Milling) Nason. Richard M. was of English extraction,
though of Irish birth, and on coming to America settled in Fairfield district,
S. C. The maternal great-grandfather of David M. Montgomery, came to America
from England prior to the Revolution, settling in Fairfield district, S. C., and
took part in the struggle for independence, holding the rank of captain. Richard
M. Nason was one of the founders and one of the first trustees of Mt. Zion
college, which antedates the Revolutionary war. Richard M. Nason emigrated from
South Carolina to Mississippi, settling at Starkville, Oktibbeha county. He was
a farmer and a school teacher, and both he and his wife died in Yalobusha
county, Miss. William M. Montgomery was reared on a farm, and followed farming
all his life. He was an unassuming and industrious man, and died in 1848,
comparatively young. He and his wife, Sarah, were the parents of three children,
David M. being the only one now living. The two that died were named Laura G.
and Richard. After her husband's death Mrs. Montgomery married Thomas P.
Archibald, by whom she had four children, two sons and two daughters. Three of
these children are living, viz.: Mary A.; Margaret E., unmarried, and Robert N.
The one that died was named Thomas. Mary A. is the wife of William B.
Somerville, of Franconia, Pickens county. The mother of these children died in
1866, and Mr. Archibald died in 1876. By occupation he was a farmer and a school
teacher. David M. Montgomery received the rudiments of his education at Pleasant
Ridge academy, and afterward took a literary course of instruction at Erskine
college, South Carolina. In 1861 he enlisted in company C, Eleventh Alabama
infantry, under Capt. J. C. C. Sander and served as a private soldier throughout
the war. He participated in several of the most important battles fought, Seven
Pines, Gaines' Mill, White Oak Swamp, second Manassas, Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Spottsylvania Court House and Petersburg, and he
was present at the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. He was wounded three times,
two of the wounds being slight, the other, received at Spottsylvania Court
House, being a gunshot wound through the left lung, and being the most serious
of the three. After the war he returned to Pleasant Ridge and established
himself as a merchant, and has continued in the mercantile business ever since.
In 1869 he was married to Martha C. Sanders, daughter of Dr. Charles P. Sanders,
an eminent physician, and long a resident of Pleasant Ridge. To this marriage
there were born two children, only one of whom is now living, David M., Jr., the
other dying when an infant. Mrs. Montgomery was a member of the Presbyterian
church, and died in 1871. Mr. Montgomery married for his second wife, Miss
Jennie L. Bardwell, a native of Oktibbeha county, Miss., by whom he has had four
children, viz.: Martha S.; Brainard B.; Roy R., and Hunter, the latter having
died. David M. Montgomery has served as county commissioner for sixteen years.
He is a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, and of the Masonic fraternity. He
and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church, and he is an elder of his
church. He is an enterprising, public-spirited citizen, and takes an interest in
all issues tending to benefit the community.



Additional Comments:
from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 1050-1051
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI

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