Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Montgomery, Wily 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  WILY MONTGOMERY, farmer, P. O. Bird Station. This gentleman is a descendant of
the Montgomery pioneer family who came here at an early date, when they had to
go to Ft. La Motte in time of Indian troubles. The country was then in a wild
state and the woods were filled with wild beasts and wilder men. Our subject was
born in the township that bears his name, and was married here to Lindsay,
daughter of Hazael Lindsay; she is the mother of ten children now living—Abner,
married Marinda Pinkstaff, they have six children; Hazael L., married Jane Ford,
they have five children; William E., married Harriet J. Smith, they have three
children; John, married Ida Rodgers, she is the mother of one child; Dewitt C.,
married Olivia Ford; Lafayette E. and Sarah R., born January 17, 1864; Amos was
born January 13, 1866; Charley, born June 17, 1868; Effie, born November 19,
1870. Mr. Montgomery is a member of the Masonic fraternity at Bird Station,
Monroe Lodge, No. 447. He has 320 acres of good land with good improvements. He,
as were his ancestors, is identified with the Democratic party.

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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