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Below is a family biography included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co. 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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JOHN RUSH MONTGOMERY, merchant, Turtle Creek, was born in North Versailles, July 17, 1863. His father, John McCullough Montgomery, was born in Ohio and reared by his uncle, Perry McCullough, in Versailles, on the farm where his widow and children now reside. He married Elizabeth McMasters Lewis, a native of Jacksonville, Westmoreland county, and they had three sons and one daughter: Joseph M., Samuel Perry, Rebecca M. and John R. Mr. Montgomery joined the 63d P. V., and served about a year. He died of disease contracted in the army, April 2, 1864, aged thirty-three years. He was a member of the U. P. Church, as were all the members of his family, and was a republican, as are his sons. Joseph Montgomery, father of John M., was a stock-grower in the state of Ohio, and elder in the Presbyterian Church. His wife was Rebecca McCullough, a member of one of the earliest families in Versailles.
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This family biography is one of 2,156 biographies included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co.
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