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E. J. MONTAGUE, attorney and counselor at law, was born March 9, 1834, in Scott county, Kentucky. His father, James M. Montague, and his mother, whose maiden name was Frances R. Threldkel, were both natives of the State of Virginia. Judge Montague was reared in southern Illinois and was educated in the Illinois College at Jacksonville. He afterwards studied law at Belleville, Illinois, under George Trumbell. In March, 1862, Judge Montague was admitted to the bar, and in the year 1878 was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States. At the time he was admitted to the practice of law he was editor of the St. Louis Evening News, and continued his duties as editor until 1865, when he removed to St Joseph, Missouri, and began the practice of law, practicing until 1866, when he was elected judge of the court of common pleas, serving four years in this capacity. Because of failing health he was compelled to resign, and, desiring a change of climate, selected Carthage in the spring of 1871, where he has been constantly engaged in the practice of his profession. In politics Judge Montague has always been a staunch Republican, and in the last few years has not engaged so actively in politics or the practice of his profession. He is at present largely interested in building up the water-works of the neighboring city of Nevada. He was married in Belleville, Illinois, on November 4th, 1860, to Miss Mary E. Edwards, a native of Marblehead, Massachusetts, who is a lineal descendant of the famous divine, Jonathan Edwards.