Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Montgomery, Wiley 1856 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  WILEY MONTGOMERY, farmer, P. O. Flat Rock. This gentleman was born March 18,
1856, in the township that bears his name, which was bestowed on it in honor of
his ancestors; he is a son of Andrew Montgomery, whose parents came here at an
early date when wild beasts and wilder men roamed through the woods, and the
settler went to his work in field or garden with his gun on his shoulder. Wiley
Montgomery was married in this county, October 28, 1875, to Margaret Simones,
born March 14, 1857; she is a daughter of Robert and Mary A. (Higgins) Simones,
and the mother of Lily M., born November 9, 1876; Ross E., born February 27,
1878; Harmon R., born June 26, 1880; and Andrew C., born April 24, 1882. Mr.
Montgomery has a farm of seventy acres of good land; he has been identified with
the Democratic party; his wife is a fond mother and a member of the Baptist Church.

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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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