Edward C. Montgomery, Madison, then Caddo Parish, Louisiana

Submitted by Mike Miller
Date: 1999-2000




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Edward C. Montgomery, real estate operator at Shreveport, is one of the younger 

business men in that growing and prosperous metropolis of North Louisiana, and 

has proved his public spirit and the unusual quality of enterprise in his 

relations with that community.



He was born at Tallulah, Madison Parish, Louisiana, in 1891.  His father, 

the late Judge E. C. Montgomery, of Tallulah, for many years held a distinguished 

position, not only as a member of the bar, but also on the bench.  For sixteen 

years he was a judge of the District Court.  Judge Montgomery was a native of 

Mississippi, and was a veteran Confederate soldier.



Edward C. Montgomery grew up and received his education at Tallulah.  Since 1916 

his home has been in Shreveport.  In the field of real estate he has done business 

on a broad and practical basis, not only as a broker, but as a promoter and 

individual capitalist.  He has carried on a program involving the building and 

sale to a number of costly and modern residences in the best home sections of 

the city.  His most recent important enterprise, launched in the fall of 1924, 

is the development of industrial sites and locations for manufacturing enterprises 

in the town of Agurs, adjoining Shreveport on the north side of Cross Bayou.  

This enterprise is accompanied by many projects being carried out by the Kansas 

City Southern Railway in yards, shops and other facilities.  Every thing points 

to the development of this as one of the chief manufacturing and industrial 

sections of the Southwest.



Mr. Montgomery is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, is a Scottish Rite Mason 

and Shriner; and belongs to a number of organizations reflecting his social spirit 

and civic interests.



NOTE:  The referenced source contains a black and white photograph of the subject 

with his/her autograph.



Published by The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, 1925.