Taylor-Mercer-Hardin County KyArchives Biographies.....Montague, Robert S. January 28, 1824 - unknown
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Author: Genealogy and Biography, Volume V, 3rd edition, 1886

ROBERT S. MONTAGUE was born in Harrodsburg, Ky., January 28, 1824. While an
infant his parents moved to Elizabethtown, where he grew to manhood,
removing in 1845 to Greensburg, and thence in 1857 to Carthage, Ill. In 1862
he returned to Kentucky, locating for twelve years in Campbellsville, and
after one year in Bowling Green and two more at Greensburg, returned to
Campbellsville, where he now resides. His father, James Montague, was a
farmer, a native of Virginia, and of Norman-French descent, his ancestors
having come during the conquest to England, whence the family is immediately
descended. James Montague married, about 1805, Miss Elizabeth Edmonson, also
a Virginian. To them were born Warner R., Samuel (deceased), Diana (Davis),
James, Lucy (Hodgen), Ann (Hodgen), John, George, Virginia (deceased),
Robert S and Martha (deceased). Robert S. Montague married, in October,
1847, Miss Margaret E., daughter of Archibald C. and Sallie (Howe) Cox. To
them have been born Sallie E., wife of Dr. H. D. Hubbard, of Greensburg;
Virginia, who married Joseph E. Hagerman; Mary A., whose husband is H. E.
Baker; Maggie, who married Charles Phillips, of the Lebanon bar, and Lelia.
In his extreme youth Mr. Montague possessed good educational advantages, but
was compelled, at the age of fourteen years, to go to work. He persisted
nevertheless in his studies during his spare time, mainly at night, and in
this way not only secured a good English education, but also made
considerable progress in the higher branches. He began work (as above
stated) for himself in his fifteenth year, acting for several years as a
clerk, and about 1846 began the study of the law, which profession he was
licensed to practice the following year, since which time he has been
actively engaged in the practice with good success. He is a man of extended
reading, both legal and general, and Judge Hardin says of him "I consider
him the best chancery lawyer in my district." He served the people of Taylor
County for six years as county clerk of that county, is a thoroughly
self-made man, and in politics is a Democrat.


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