John Alexander Montgomery

Male 1851 - 1917  (66 years)

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  • Name John Alexander Montgomery  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21
    Birth 31 Aug 1851  Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 17, 18, 19, 22
    Gender Male 
    Family Search ID LHQH-SKY 
    Residence 1860  Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Residence 1870  Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Residence 1880  Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Residence 1900  Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [15
    Ward 6 
    Residence 1901  Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence 1910  Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [18
    Ward 6 
    Burial 1917  Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 12
    Death 20 Sep 1917  Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 10, 12
    Person ID I6123  MontyHistNotes_III | John Montgomery_Esther Houston
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2025 

    Father James Nelson Montgomery,   b. 5 Nov 1818, Goshen, Rockbridge, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jun 1886, Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Ann Susan Jacob,   b. 16 Nov 1825, Wheeling, Marshall, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jun 1897, Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 16 Nov 1847  Ohio County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 7, 19, 23
    Family ID F3669  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Frances Fannie Rodes Bright,   b. 29 Nov 1859, Augusta County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Aug 1885, Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years) 
    Marriage 16 Nov 1880  [1, 2, 7, 19
    Children 
    >1. Guy Bright Montgomery, Sr,   b. 5 Sep 1881, Staunton, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Mar 1965, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >2. James Nelson Montgomery,   b. 20 Nov 1883, Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Aug 1884, Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >3. Alexander Cochran Montgomery, Sr,   b. 3 Jul 1885, Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 May 1970, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F3688  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2025 

    Family 2 Caroline Lewis,   b. 2 Dec 1865, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jan 1951, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 27 Dec 1888  Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 15, 19
    Children 
    >1. Carolyn Lewis Montgomery,   b. 14 Dec 1889, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Mar 1976, Livingston, Sumter, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >2. Anne Jacob Montgomery,   b. 22 Jul 1893, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Dec 1960, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >3. Lewis Garland Montgomery,   b. 26 Sep 1895, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Dec 1909, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 14 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >4. Hugh Nelson Montgomery, Sr,   b. 10 Apr 1899, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jun 1956, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >5. Louise Garland Montgomery,   b. 10 Aug 1903, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Mar 1997, Henry, Marshall, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >6. Burwell Lewis Montgomery,   b. 31 Jan 1908, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Feb 1925, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 17 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F3663  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 31 Aug 1851 - Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1860 - Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1870 - Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1880 - Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 27 Dec 1888 - Alabama, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Ward 6 - 1900 - Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1901 - Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Ward 6 - 1910 - Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 20 Sep 1917 - Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Folios
    The Montgomerys and their Descendants
D B Montgomery Book - Pages 322-333
Montgomery-Houston Family of Pennsylvania, Virginia and Other States
    The Montgomerys and their Descendants D B Montgomery Book - Pages 322-333 Montgomery-Houston Family of Pennsylvania, Virginia and Other States
    Montgomery, David B, A Genealogical History of the Montgomerys and their Descendants (Owensville, Indiana, USA, J P Cox, 1903), BooksAndPeriodicals
    https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20593/?count=50&f-F00032DB=322
    . Electronic Book .PDF 436 pages
    A_genealogical_history_of_the_Montgomery.pdf
    Also DBMontbgomery Index.doc
    Book found on Ancestry.com
    https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20593/?ftm=1.

  • Sources 
    1. [S785] Hoffman, Susan Vaughan Montgomery, http://johnmontgomeryancestry.com, (Name: Location: Madison, Alabama; Date: 2009;;), Website posted by Susan Vaughan Montgomery Hoffman and other familycollaborators, including Russ Montgomery, about the history of John Montgomery and Margaret Alexander Montgomery as it relates to John Montgomery and Esther Houston of Virginia.

    2. [S768] Anderson, Beulah Henry, John and Esther Montgomery, 1719-1973, (Name: Brazos Printing Company; Location: Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, USA; Date: 1974;), Chapter 12 Pages 381-440 Genealogy Chart of John Montgomery and Agnes Hughart.

    3. [S57] Ancestry.com, SAR Application, (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations,Inc., 2011.Original data - Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls;;), Database online.
      Record for Alexander Cochran Montgomery

    4. [S866] Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories (Beta), (Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations,Inc., 2011.Original data - Original sources vary according to directory. The title of the specific directory being viewed is listed at the top of the image viewer page. Check the directory titl;;), Database online.
      Record for Carrie L Montgomery

    5. [S65] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia; Roll: M593_1687; Page: 395B; Image: 196; Family History Library Film: 553186.
      Record for James Alexa Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&h=7964157&indiv=try

    6. [S802] Ancestry.com, Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      Record for Hugh Nelson Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FSAlabamaDeath&h=1264241&indiv=try

    7. [S575] 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: 72778.
      Record for John Jr Montgomery
      Ancestor: Col Sampson Matthews
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2204&h=739174&indiv=try

    8. [S237] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Lewisburg, Greenbrier, Virginia; Page: 205; Family History Library Film: 805348.
      Record for A Alex Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7667&h=34550582&indiv=try

    9. [S21] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Lewisburg, Greenbrier, West Virginia; Roll: 1402; Page: 357A; Enumeration District: 036.
      Record for Jas. N. Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=6742&h=41407220&indiv=try

    10. [S4] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Anne Jacob Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=56508639&indiv=try

    11. [S802] Ancestry.com, Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      Record for Master Burwell Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2543&h=314619&indiv=try

    12. [S933] Elmwood Cemetery Birmingham, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA;), Montgomery, John Alexander (1851-1917) Memorial #175666830 Accessed KRM 30 Apr 2022 7:38am https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175666830/john-alexander-montgomery.
      Elmwood Cemetery
      Also known as Elm Leaf Cemetery
      600 Martin Luther King Jr Drive
      Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, 35211 USA
      PHONE 205-251-3114
      https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/22674/elmwood-cemetery
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175666830/john-alexander-montgomery

    13. [S941] Ancestry.com, West Virginia, Births Index, 1853-1969, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      Record for Alex C Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2537&h=754939&indiv=try

    14. [S802] Ancestry.com, Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      Record for Alexander Cochran Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2543&h=1600804&indiv=try

    15. [S255] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Birmingham Ward 6, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: 23; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0149.
      Record for John Montg
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7602&h=79827124&indiv=try

    16. [S802] Ancestry.com, Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      Record for Anne Jacob Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2543&h=1507141&indiv=try

    17. [S802] Ancestry.com, Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      Record for Lewis Garland Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2543&h=42403&indiv=try

    18. [S70] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Birmingham Ward 6, Jefferson, Alabama; Roll: T624_18; Page: 18a; Enumeration District: 0059; FHL microfilm: 1374031.
      Record for J A Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7884&h=9588739&indiv=try

    19. [S1435] Montgomery, David B, A Genealogical History of the Montgomerys and their Descendants, (Name: J P Cox; Location: Owensville, Indiana, USA; Date: 1903;), Pages 322-333 Montgomery-Houston Family of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Other States https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20593/?count=50&f-F00032DB=322.
      Electronic Book .PDF 436 pages
      A_genealogical_history_of_the_Montgomery.pdf
      Also DBMontbgomery Index.doc
      Book found on Ancestry.com
      https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20593/?ftm=1
      https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/20593/?count=50&f-F00032DB=322

    20. [S181] Ancestry.com, West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      Record for Francis R. Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2568&h=835839&indiv=try

    21. [S1340] Ancestry.com, Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA;), Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M85.1820.
      Record for Alexander Cochran Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61266&h=270343&indiv=try

    22. [S766] Montgomery, Russ, RussMontgomery_FamilyLineReport, (Name: Date: Oct 8 2009;;), RussMontgomery-JohnMEstherHoustonLine.pdf.

    23. [S929] Ancestry.com, West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2011;;).