JAMES M. MONTGOMERY
KITTITAS CO., WA

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Contributed by:  Shelli Steedman 4/20/2007


Following a brief illness J. M. Montgomery, one of Kittitas Valley's oldest
residents died at the Ellensburg General Hospital Friday afternoon [October
29, 1937].

Mr. Montgomery was born at Scio, Linn County, Oregon, June 30, 1852.  Until
1881 he lived with his family in Salinas, Calif., when he moved to Kittitas
County where he lived the remainder of his 56 years.

Besides owning a farm in the Broadview District where he has made a home
since 1881 he operated a freighting line from various supply points until the
railroad was built into this section in 1886.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Louisa McCumber Montgomery; a stepdaughter,
Mrs. David Bowles; a grandson, Lonnie Rasmussen; a sister, Mrs. Annie
Wheeler, and a number of nieces and nephews.

Rev. F. L. Pedersen of the Methodist Episcopal Church conducted the funeral
services held at 2 o'clock from the Honeycutt Chapel.  Burial was in the IOOF
Cemetery.