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James M Montgomery

Male 1820 - 1890  (69 years)

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  • Name James M Montgomery  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15] 
    Birth 8 Apr 1820  Springville, St Clair, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, 15] 
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Montgomery-1747 
    Residence 1850  St Clair County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    District 39 
    Residence 1860  St Clair County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Townships 14 and 15 
    Residence 1870  St Clair County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Precinct 4 
    Residence 1880  Springville, St Clair, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Burial 1890  Springville Cemetery, Springville, St Clair, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 12, 15] 
    Death 5 Mar 1890  St Clair County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7, 12, 15] 
    Cause: Hit by Train 
    Notes 
    • James M. Montgomery, a well-known old gentleman who owns considerable property at Gate City and elsewhere, was accidentally run over and killed by an Alabama Great Southern engine near the Alabama rolling mills at that place at 3 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. In attempting to spring from the tracks his feet slipped which threw him down in front of the moving wheels. He died almost instantly. Mr. Montgomery was one of St. Clair county’s most respected citizens, having resided for many years at St. Clair’s Sulphur Springs. Source: Vernon Courier, Lamar County AL, March 20, 1890 - Transcribed by Veneta McKinney
    Person ID I9585  MontyHistNotes_III | William Alexander Montgomery and Agnes _____
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2025 

    Father Charles Montgomery,   b. 1798, Jackson County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1872, Moores Bridge, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary Polly Brown,   b. 1800, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Feb 1862, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Bef 1820 
    Family ID F5102  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rachel Hooper,   b. Sep 1822, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Dec 1878, St Clair County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Marriage 24 Oct 1843  St Clair County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14] 
    Children 
    >1. Vertner Crawford Montgomery,   b. 1843, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Oct 1917, Blount County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. John Montgomery,   b. 1846, St Clair County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >3. Eliza Montgomery,   b. Sep 1847, St Clair County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Dec 1921, Bradford, Jefferson, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. William Montgomery,   b. 1849, St Clair County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1860, St Clair County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 10 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >5. Thomas Nieley Montgomery,   b. 20 Nov 1851, St Clair County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Sep 1935, Springville, St Clair, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >6. Frances Caroline Montgomery,   b. 23 Oct 1855, St Clair County, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 1939, Dora, Walker, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    >7. Elizabeth Montgomery,   b. 27 Jul 1861, Springville, St Clair, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Feb 1933, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F5127  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 8 Apr 1820 - Springville, St Clair, Alabama, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 24 Oct 1843 - St Clair County, Alabama, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - District 39 - 1850 - St Clair County, Alabama, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Townships 14 and 15 - 1860 - St Clair County, Alabama, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Precinct 4 - 1870 - St Clair County, Alabama, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1880 - Springville, St Clair, Alabama, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1890 - Springville Cemetery, Springville, St Clair, Alabama, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Cause: Hit by Train - 5 Mar 1890 - St Clair County, Alabama, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S802] Ancestry.com, Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      Record for Liza McBrayer
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=fsalabamadeath&h=472056&indiv=try

    2. [S906] Ancestry.com, Web: Alabama, Find A Grave Index, 1755-2012, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for James Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=websearch-3899&h=323449&indiv=try

    3. [S679] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2005;;), Year: 1850; Census Place: District 39, St Clair, Alabama; Roll: M432_14; Page: 139A; Image: 541.
      Record for James Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=16773840&indiv=try

    4. [S237] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Townships 14 and 15, St Clair, Alabama; Roll: M653_23; Page: 73; Image: 73; Family History Library Film: 803023.
      Record for James Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=12603269&indiv=try

    5. [S65] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Precinct 4, St Clair, Alabama; Roll: M593_40; Page: 28A; Image: 61; Family History Library Film: 545539.
      Record for James Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1870usfedcen&h=13022590&indiv=try

    6. [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: Springville, St Clair, Alabama.
      Record for James Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1880usfedcen&h=40034375&indiv=try

    7. [S1305] Obit_Montgomery James M, (Name: Vernon Courier; Location: Lamar, Alabama, USA; Date: 20 Mar 1890;).
      James M. Montgomery, a well-known old gentleman who owns considerable property at Gate City and elsewhere, was accidentally run over and killed by an Alabama Great Southern engine near the Alabama rolling mills at that place at 3 o’clock Wednesday afternoon. In attempting to spring from the tracks his feet slipped which threw him down in front of the moving wheels. He died almost instantly. Mr. Montgomery was one of St. Clair county’s most respected citizens, having resided for many years at St. Clair’s Sulphur Springs. Source: Vernon Courier, Lamar County AL, March 20, 1890 - Transcribed by Veneta McKinney

    8. [S802] Ancestry.com, Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      Record for Thomas Nieley Montgomery
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=fsalabamadeath&h=680543&indiv=try

    9. [S802] Ancestry.com, Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      Record for Frances Caroline Ratliff
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=fsalabamadeath&h=748809&indiv=try

    10. [S1441] Collier, Flora Hooper, Hooper Genealogy - A Southern Branch - Vol II, (Date: 1972;), Hooper, Thomas C (1821-1905) Page 288.
      Book found at FamilySearch
      https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/281049-hooper-genealogy-a-southern-branch-vol-2
      https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/281049-hooper-genealogy-a-southern-branch-vol-2

    11. [S802] Ancestry.com, Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      Record for Elizabeth Montgomery Capshaw
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2543&h=714451&indiv=try

    12. [S4] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Elizabeth Capshaw
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=87437572&indiv=try

    13. [S904] Ancestry.com, Alabama, Marriage Collection, 1800-1969, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;).
      Record for James Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7838&h=1747960&indiv=try

    14. [S1569] Ancestry.com, Alabama, U.S., Compiled Marriages from Selected Counties, 1809-1920, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;).
      Record for James Montgomery
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=4192&h=141599&indiv=try

    15. [S1303] Springville Cemetery, St Clair, AL, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Springville, St Clair, Alabama, USA;), Montgomery, James M (1820-1890) Memorial #20440546 Accessed KRM 13 Mar 2025 10:17pm https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20440546/james-montgomery.
      Springville Cemetery
      Springville, St. Clair County, Alabama, USA
      https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1361230/springville-cemetery
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20440546/james-montgomery



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