Henry County, KY - Bios: Montgomery, W. L. Posted by Sandi Gorin on Mon, 07 Jun 1999 ************************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************* W. L. MONTGOMERY 3240, Henry Co. Surname: Montgomery, Long, Lowenback Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887, Henry Co. DR. W. L. MONTGOMERY, a leading practitioner of Henry County, located at Lockport, was born in Carroll County, Ky., November 10, 1853. He is the eldest of the nine children of William and Mariam Montgomery, also natives of Kentucky. Our subject was reared on a farm and received his education at Ghent College, Kentucky; then taught school for a number of years in Carroll and Owen Counties, and subsequently took up the study of medicine under Dr. M. S. Long. In 1883 he graduated at the Hospital College of Medicine at Louisville, and then located at Lockport, Ky., where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession. October 31, 1878, he was united in marriage with Miss Cordia Lowdenback, daughter of William H. and Cynthia Lowdenback. To this union one child was born--Harry C. L. The Doctor is a Democrat and he and Mrs. Montgomery are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.