When Amanda Louise Pitchford was born on 18 August 1844, in Greenfield, Greene, Illinois, United States, her father, Augustine Pitchford, was 34 and her mother, Mary Keele, was 34. She married Samuel J Montgomery on 26 October 1865, in Greene, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Greene, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Macoupin, Illinois, United States in 1860. She died on 2 May 1935, in Rockbridge, Greene, Illinois, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Rives Cemetery, Rockbridge, Greene, Illinois, United States.