Gwinnett-Jackson County GaArchives Biographies.....Montgomery, J. W. July 5 1848 - living in 1911
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Author: J. C. Flanigan
Rev. J. W. Montgomery.

	July 5, 1848, Jackson County, Georgia, indicate the time and place of 
the birth of Rev. J. W. Montgomery, now living in the city of Lawrenceville. 
At the age of six, his parents moved to Gwinnett County, where he grew into 
manhood and where he has lived practically all his life.

	His ancestors came from Ireland, a land that has given so much of 
character and love of liberty to the state and nation.

	Like most young men that grew up during and immediately after the 
civil war, he had few educational advantages; and what equipment for life's 
work he had was received in the school of experience and in the diligent study 
of books and then at home.

	In 1868, at the age of 20, he was converted and became a member of 
Bethabra church in Cains district, receiving the ordinance of baptism at the 
hands, of Rev. J. M. Davis, now deceased. He entered the ministry in 1891, and 
was ordained at the Auburn Baptist church in 1893.

	Since that time he has been called to the pastorate of various 
churches, his work resulting in many accessions to the church and in the 
spreading of the glad tidings of a saviour's love over a large portion of the 
county.

	His work carries him into Hall, Walton, Jackson, DeKalb and Milton 
counties, where he is known as a reliable, sound and faithful minister.

	He has a most excellent family, his children being above the average 
in industry and intelligence. A son, Emory, is chashier of the Bank of 
Lawrenceville, while another, Grover, holds a responsible position with the 
Brand Banking Co.



Additional Comments:
From:

GWINNETT CHURCHES
A COMPLETE HISTORY OF EVERY CHURCH
IN GWINNETT COUNTY, GEORGIA,
WITH SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES OF ITS
MINISTERS
BY
J. C. FLANIGAN
1911

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