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Below is a family biography included in The History of Cedar County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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Thomas R. Montgomery is the owner of a fine farm situated two miles west of Cane Hill, his acreage amounting to 580 acres, 350 of which are under good cultivation. He is the sixth of ten children, and was born in Cedar County, Mo., on the 22d of December, 1850, his parents being John W. and Elizabeth (Jackson) Montgomery, who were born in Roane County, Tenn., October 2, 1816, and September 13, 1824, respectively. In 1840 Mr. Montgomery came to Cedar County, Mo., where he was engaged in farming and resided until his death, on the 11th of September, 1861. His widow is still living, and resides with her son, Thomas R. The latter spent his youth on the farm and in attending the common schools, and in 1874 was married to Miss Elvira Alder, who was born in Christian County, Ky., in 1852, by whom he has ten children, four living: Thomas Claude, Willie May, Mertie P. and Kyle J. Mr. Montgomery has always supported the measures of the Democratic party, and he and wife are worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Mrs. Montgomery’s parents, James and Sarah (Pyle) Alder, were born in Virginia and Kentucky in 1806 and 1815, and died in Kentucky, and Cedar County, Mo., in 1858 and 1884, respectively. George and Millie Alder were the grandparents.
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This family biography is one of 92 biographies included in The History of Cedar County, Missouri published in 1889. For the complete description, click here: Cedar County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps
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