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F. D. E. Montgomery. The estate which this gentleman is so successfully engaged in tilling comprises 300 acres, all of which is the result of his own honest and persistent endeavors, for on commencing the battle of life for himself at the age of fifteen years he possessed not a dollar. He was born in Monroe County, Ark., in 1838, his parents, John C, who was sheriff and county clerk nine years of Monroe County, Ark., and Matilda Montgomery being natives in Tennessee and Mississippi, respectively. The mother died at the age of forty-two years and her husband when two years older. F. D. E. Montgomery moved to Conway County, Ark, in 1844 or 1845 and there remained until 1855, since which time he has been a resident of Pope County. His early schooling was of a very meager description for he began earning his own living when a mere youth, and although he has given much of his attention to farming, he has also been interested in merchandising, and his stock of goods now amounts to about $1,500. In both these enterprises he has met with well-deserved success, for he has been faithful to every detail of work and has, at all times, been perfectly upright with the public in his business transactions. In 1861 he was married to Miss Mary Jane Cheyna, a daughter of S. W. and E. Cheyna, natives of Kentucky and Tennessee, respectively, and to them the following children have been born: William F. (deceased), Mary E., Stephen C. (deceased), Dora K., John A. (deceased), Maud D., Leolen (deceased), Lattie B., Mervin, Leta and Ivy. In 1861 Mr. Montgomery enlisted in the Confederate Army, and in 1864 was discharged. He has always been a stanch Democrat, and is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He has been a constant and earnest worker in the Sunday-school the most of his life and has reared his family in the fear of the Lord. He has been superintendent of the Sunday-school for the past twenty-five years and has otherwise taken a deep interest in church work. He is a man whom all honor, and he has been a peaceful, law-abiding, and strictly honorable citizen; he fully merits the esteem of all.