MARSHALL COUNTY, TN- GOODSPEED BIOGRAPHIES - Robert Montgomery, Sr.
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ROBERT MONTGOMERY, SR., usually called "Uncle Robin," a retired farmer of
Marshall County, was born September 5, 1810, in South Carolina. He passed
his youthful days on the farm in the summer months, and attended the common
schools in the winter season. He was the son of Robert and Esther (Spence)
Montgomery. The father was born in Ireland in 1784, and was of Scotch-Irish
descent. He came to this country with his parents when but a lad and.
settled in South Carolina. After reaching the years of maturity he was
married, and was living in South Carolina at the time of his death, which
occurred in 1825. In 1830 the mother and her children came to Tennessee.
Here the mother, after living a long and useful life, died in 1859. Our
subject was married, June 5, 1855, to Margaret P. Ormand, of Alabama. The
fruits of this union were three children: Mary E., now Mrs. Mount; John O.
and Jane S., now Mrs. Wiggs, all living. Mr. Montgomery is a Republican in
politics, and he and wife are members of the United Presbyterian Church.
His son-in-law, I. T. Wiggs, was born October 21, 1846, in Marshall County,
and received a fair education in the common schools. By his marriage to
Jane L. Montgomery he became the father of one child, yet unnamed.  He is a
carpenter by trade, but has also followed the occupation of a farmer to
some extent. Politically he is rather conservative, but inclines toward the
Democratic party. He is the son of Needham B. and Elizabeth G. (Radford)
Wiggs. The father was born in North Carolina in 1812 and the mother in
Tennessee in 18 15. The former died in 1876 and the latter in 1856.

Surnames: Montgomer, Mount, Ormand, Radford, Spence, Wiggs
Source:  " The Goodspeeds History of Tennessee, 1886."