Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Montgomery was born on 29 February 1836, in Madison, Monroe, Missouri, United States, his father, Jonathan Lee Montgomery, was 28 and his mother, Mary Anderson Eagle, was 28. He married Julia Ann Rucker on 9 November 1855, in Franklin, Howard, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He died on 20 June 1892, in Ashtabula, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Ashtabula, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States.
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Sources (5)
- Thomas Montgomery, "Missouri, Marriages, 1750-1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Thomas Montgomery - Church record: death: 20 June 1892; Ashtabula, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States
- Thomas Montgomery in entry for Adaline Evans, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
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World Events (7)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and northern Irish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Sainte-Foy-de-Montgomery and Saint-Germain-de-Montgomery (Calvados). In Ireland this surname was present in the medieval period, died out, and was then reintroduced from Scotland in the 17th century. It has been Gaelicized in Ireland as Mac Iomaire and in Scotland as Mac Gumaraid.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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