OBIT: Margaret (Montgomery) Head, 1914 - Daviess County, Kentucky

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Date: May 29, 1999 
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Owensboro Messenger, 14 Jan 1914, p. 6 (Wednesday):

DEATH COMES TO AN AGED WOMAN
Mrs. Margaret M. Head Dies at Knottsville
Sister of Hon. Zach (sic) Montgomery and the Bishop
Eighty-four Years of Age

She is survived by Six Children, Forty-two Grandchildren and Forty
Great-Grandchildren

   Mrs. Margaret M. Head, a pioneer woman of Daviess county, died at the home
of her son, A.L. Head, at Knottsville, at 7:20 o'clock, Tuesday evening.
Death had been expected for several weeks as Mrs. Head had been growing
weaker, and owing to her advanced age it was known that she could not
survive. She was eighty-four years old at the time of her death.
  
   The deceased was the last surviving member of the Montgomery family. She
was a sister of the Hon. Zack Montgomery, of California, and the aunt of
the Rt. Rev. Bishop Montgomery, deceased. She was also the aunt of the Rev.
Lucien Clements, of St. Lawrence.

   Mrs. Head was the daughter of Tom Montgomery, who was universally known as
"Sugar Tom" Montgomery, owing to his wide reputation for making hard maple
sugar on what is known as the John L. Johnson farm. Mrs. Head was born at
her father's farm, three miles north of Knottsville, June 15, 1829. She was
married to J.D. Head on January 11, 1848, and had lived in Daviess county
all her life. She is survived by six children who are: T.M. Head, of
Henderson; Z.R. Head, of Louisville; Mrs. Matilda Carrico, of Knottsville;
Mrs. Rose Payne; Messrs. M.I. and A.L. Head of Knottsville. Forty-two
grandchildren and forty great-grandchildren also survive the deceased. 

  The death of Mrs. Head removes one of Daviess county's oldest and most
estimable women. She was a devout member of the Catholic church and was
devoted to church work. Her death will be mourned by many people as she was
widely known and beloved.

  Requiem high mass will be sung by Rev. Lucien Clements over the remains at
St. William's Catholic church at 8 o'clock this morning. The burial will be
held in St. Lawrence cemetery. The pallbearers will be six grandchildren of
the deceased.  (end of obituary)




In the Owensboro Messenger, 15 Jan 1914, p. 3:

Funeral of Mrs. Head.


  The funeral of Mrs. Margaret M. Head, who died at the home of her son,
A.L. Head, at 7:20 o'clock Tuesday evening, was conducted at St. William's
Catholic church at 8 o'clock yesterday morning. Solemn requiem high mass
was sung by the Rev. Lucien Clements, a nephew of the deceased. Scores of
friends of the deceased attended the funeral, and the funeral cortege was
the longest ever seen in Knottsville. The remains were interred in the St.
Lawrence burying grounds. Six grandchildren of the deceased acted as
pallbearers.