Wayne County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Montagu, Gordon Henry 
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Cemetery:           Woodlawn Cemetery
Name:               Gordon Henry Montagu

Date Of Photograph: September 7, 2012
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    Marker reads:

     GORDON MONTAGU  
      1848 ~ 1912

Additional Comments:
Gordon Henry Montagu (b. 14 Jun 1846 London England) (d. 7 Feb 1912 St Louis 
MO)Burial Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit Michigan. Married 6 Dec 1877 London 
England to Annie Underwood 1857-1920. They had 8 children, 5 survived infancy. 
Gordon Henry Montagu was a well known chemist in paint and varnishes in the 
East, Chicago IL, Detroit MI and St Louis MO. He was active in journalism, 
writing for newspapers in Hartford Conn. and Pittsburg PA and was the author 
of the novel, Glen Ellyn, Paint Maker, as well as several books on paint and 
varnishes.
He was one of the best known men in the paint business in this country, and 
was connected with some of the largest manufacturers, his first years in the 
East and then with Heath & Milligan Mfg Co, Chicago, Boydell Bros, Acme White 
Lead & Color Works, Peninsular Paint & Varnish Co.,Detroit MI. At his death he 
was with Mound City Paint & Color in St Louis MO., having been employed since 
1909.

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