Genesee County MI Archives Biographies.....Montague, Charles G. 1848 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

CHARLES G. MONTAGUE. There are few of the older residents of Genesee County who
are unfamiliar with the name of the gentleman who forms the subject of this
biographical notice. It is that of a man self-made in the broadest sense of that
much-abused term—one who in his young manhood resolved to make life a success if
it could be accomplished by industry and wise management. Many men who are
successful perhaps do not so fully realize the fact as those about them who have
been less so, but the present standing of Mr. Montague, socially and
financially, should be a source of pleasure to him. A native of this county, he
has been identified with its growth, has assisted in the development of the
soil, and in the building up of the community. He possesses those substantial
traits of character which have been handed down to him by a sturdy line of
ancestors, and his conduct in the various relations of life is such as to
inspire the trust of those with whom he comes in contact.

  Mr. Montague has passed almost his entire life in this county, where he was
born in Vienna Township December 5, 1848. His father, Daniel M., was a native of
Massachusetts, and his mother, Mary (Pierce) Montague, was born in New York
State. Daniel M. Montague, who followed the occupation of farming, was married
in 1839 in New York, and here he and his estimable wife still reside. They were
enabled to give their son Charles G., only a common-school education, as his
services were needed almost constantly on the farm, and the educational
facilities offered by the schools of the neighborhood were meager. When ready to
start out in life for himself he went to work in this county, being at that time
twenty-two years  old, and was occupied eight years in farming, milling, and
lumbering.

  In 1873 Mr. Montague purchased his present property which was then partly
improved. When he began he had no capital except a pair of willing hands and a
capable brain, but he has worked his way to a competency and now owns two farms
of eighty acres each, besides considerable live stock. Agriculture has been his
life occupation and he has a thorough, practical knowledge of the best way of
conducting a farm, the proper rotation of crops, and the kind of grain best
adapted to the soil. So fully is his time occupied with the various details of
his work that he has never been able to serve in public capacities and takes no
greater interest in politics than to cast a Republican ballot at every election.
The Farmer's Alliance have in him an active and energetic member, and the
various methods adopted to advance the interests of the community always receive
his hearty co-operation.

  On December 25, 1885, Mr. Montague was united in marriage with Miss Lucia G.
Bray, and three children have come to bless the home: Arthur C., Bertha M. and
Charles Ralph. A native of this couuty, Mrs. Montague has passed her life mostly
in this State and is highly esteemed in the community where she makes her home.
Mr. and Mrs. Montague have a cozy residence to which their friends are wont to
resort, and find within the walls the happiness of a true home. The house is
commodious and tastily furnished, while without are the substantial structures
which are demanded by first-class agriculture of modern times. The place is
universally conceded to be one of the best farms in the township and stands as a
monument of what can be accomplished by energy wisely directed.


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Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892

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