BIO: Montgomery, James W. MD, s/o Montgomery, Charles B.
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MONTGOMERY,  PRATHER,  MCCRASIN,  EASLEY,  ELLIS,  ANDREW,  MARIS

"HISTORY OF LAWRENCE, ORANGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, INDIANA"  GOODSPEED
BROS.  1884

SOUTHEAST TOWNSHIP, ORANGE COUNTY, INDIANA
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JAMES W. MONTGOMERY, M.D., was born at Hardinsburg, Washington County, April
17, 1848, being the eldest child of Charles B. and Ruth A. (Prather)
Montgomery. Their children are as follows: James W., Sarah S. (deceased),
Serilda A. (who married Nathan McCrasin), Albert R., Bazel M. (deceased),
Mary B. (who married Edward Easley), and Elizabeth (deceased). The father
was born in Kentucky, February 16, 1823, and came to this State quite early,
locating first in Washington County, and in 1862 in Chambersburg, this
county, and later in Paoli, where he died in 1874. He was a prominent man in
his day; was Deputy Clerk of Washington County; was Justice of the Peace at
Paoli for ten years. He was a Republican and a Methodist, and an honored an
exemplary man. His wife was born in Washington County, where her marriage
occurred; she yet survives, and is a quiet Christian woman. Our subject
commenced to read medicine at the age of fourteen, with Dr. John Ellis, of
Hardinsburg, continuing until October 20, 1864, when he enlisted in the
Fifty-third Regiment, and served on detached duty until his discharge, April
8, 1865. Upon his return he assisted his father to operate a saw-mill.
October 20, 1869, he married Ruth, daughter of Aaron and Jane (Andrew)
Maris, and they have six children: Oliver M. (deceased), Nellie, Charles F.
(deceased), Norman (deceased), Jennie H. and Edith. He carried on the
carriage business at Paoli for a time, then began merchandising there and
elsewhere, continuing about ten years. He also followed the occupation of
milling for a short time. In the spring of 1882 he began reading medicine,
and finished with Dr. Hazlewood in 1883. He graduated at the Louisville
Medical College in May 1884. He is a member of the I.O.O.F., G.A.R. and A.F.
& A.M.; is a Republican, and served as Justice of the Peace two years. His
wife was born July 20, 1850.


Transcribed by: Diana Flynn 
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Date: 5 Oct 1997