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William Shearer Montgomery

Male 1779 - 1870  (91 years)

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  • Name William Shearer Montgomery  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14] 
    Birth 14 May 1779  Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15] 
    • Harris Ferry
    Gender Male 
    Land 1800  Pine Creek, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    Farmer 
    Will 25 Dec 1805  Wayne, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 16] 
    Executor to Father's Will 
    Residence 1820  Wayne, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 1830  Wayne, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Residence 1840  Wayne, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Residence 1850  Wayne, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Fact 1 Between 1856 and 1870  [17] 
    Blind 
    Religion Presbyterian  [17] 
    Residence 1860  Wayne, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Burial 1870  Jersey Shore, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11, 12, 13] 
    • Jersey Shore Cemetery
    Death 7 Oct 1870  Wayne, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17] 
    • stone dates
    Person ID I17363  MontyHistNotes_2014 | JMMM_daughter Agnes Nancy Montgomery
    Last Modified 8 Oct 2025 

    Father Robert Montgomery,   b. 1740, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Aug 1806, Wayne, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Agnes Nancy Montgomery,   b. 1749, Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1822, Wayne, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Abt 1765  Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 18] 
    Family ID F1575  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Karr,   b. 14 Jun 1785, Derry, Montour, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 May 1843, Wayne, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Marriage 12 Mar 1811  Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    Children 
    >1. Robert Wilson Montgomery,   b. 8 Jun 1812, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1882, Jersey Shore, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >2. Andrew Karr Montgomery,   b. 25 May 1814, Wayne, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 1895, Wayne, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. Elizabeth Jane Montgomery,   b. 1 Jan 1817, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Mar 1843, Wayne, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >4. James Montgomery,   b. 6 Mar 1819, Wayne, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Apr 1895, Wayne, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >5. Martha Montgomery,   b. 11 Nov 1821, Wayne, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Nov 1823, Wayne, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >6. Mary Karr Montgomery,   b. 11 Nov 1821, Wayne, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Mar 1902, McElhattan, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +7. Sarah Montgomery,   b. 1822, Clinton County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1860, McElhattan, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >8. Priscilla Montgomery,   b. 22 Dec 1824, Wayne, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Dec 1907, Jersey Shore, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F2802  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Oct 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 14 May 1779 - Paxtang, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - Farmer - 1800 - Pine Creek, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - Executor to Father's Will - 25 Dec 1805 - Wayne, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 12 Mar 1811 - Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1820 - Wayne, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1830 - Wayne, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1840 - Wayne, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1850 - Wayne, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1860 - Wayne, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1870 - Jersey Shore, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 7 Oct 1870 - Wayne, Clinton, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S106] Montgomery, Clark, Clark Montgomery GED file, (Name: Location: Minnesota; Date: 2009;;), Clark Montgomery GED file.

    2. [S109] Maring, Don, Don Maring Notes To Andrea Adams, (Name: Date: 18 Jun 2008;;), Email from Don Maring to Andrea Adams discusses Montgomerys ofPennsylvania.

    3. [S175] Montgomery, Robert, Will of Robert Montgomery 1806, (Name: Location: Wayne, Clinton, Pennsylvania; Date: 25 Dec 1805;;), Robert Montgomery Will 1806 Includes a discussion of the two different Robert Montgomerys and their families.
      7 Children Named; signed by Andrew Karr, William Williams. SonsJoseph and William Shearer.

    4. [S176] Montgomery, Joseph II, Notes from Joseph Mont II, (Name: Date: 1925;;), Notes written by Joseph Montgomery II; from files located at DauphinCounty Historical Society.

    5. [S11] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2005;;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Wayne, Clinton, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_768; Page: 110A; Image: 530.
      Record for W S Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=388406&indiv=try

    6. [S4483] Ancestry.com, 1820 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Wayne, Lycoming, Pennsylvania; Page: 95; NARA Roll: M33_107; Image: 25.
      Record for Shearer Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1820usfedcenancestry&h=549407&indiv=try

    7. [S3044] Ancestry.com, 1830 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), 1830; Census Place: Wayne, Lycoming, Pennsylvania; Series: M19; Roll: 166; Page: 223; Family History Library Film: 0020640.
      Record for Wm S Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1830usfedcenancestry&h=606613&indiv=try

    8. [S3947] Ancestry.com, 1840 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1840; Census Place: Wayne, Clinton, Pennsylvania; Roll: 450; Page: 319; Image: 649; Family History Library Film: 0020540.
      Record for Shearer Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1840usfedcenancestry&h=2776691&indiv=try

    9. [S3779] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1963, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Pennsylvania, USA; Certificate Number Range: 116621-120220.
      Record for Priscilla Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=PADeathCollection&h=96623&indiv=try

    10. [S3453] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Mary Karr Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=39987002&indiv=try

    11. [S3453] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Priscilla Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=39986871&indiv=try

    12. [S3453] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Robert W Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=39987219&indiv=try

    13. [S3453] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for James Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=39986928&indiv=try

    14. [S3938] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Wayne, Clinton, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1097; Page: 419; Image: 425; Family History Library Film: 805097.
      Record for Wm S Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=3507451&indiv=try

    15. [S157] Montgomery, Joseph II, Notes of Joseph Montgomery II, Notebooks on file at Dauphin County Historical Society.

    16. [S438] Oberholser, Connie et al, Notes about Robert Montgomery, (Name: Location: Pennsylvania, USA; Date: Jan 2010;;), Connie posted these notes on ancestry.com; it includes a compliationof informaton from Bob Sink, Don Maring, and Clark Montgomery.

    17. [S187] Obituary_Montgomery William Shearer, (Name: Name: Clinton Republican;;).

    18. [S4030] Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), SAR Membership Number: 36755.
      Record for Joseph Montgomery II
      Ancestor: Robert Montgomery
      Ancestor: Baltzar Buchecker
      Ancestor: Jonah Thomas
      Volume: 184
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=SARMemberApps&h=443981&indiv=try



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