Brief Life History of John Tyler
When John Tyler Montgomery was born on 1 August 1868, in Washington, Arkansas, United States, his father, George Edwin Montgomery, was 35 and his mother, Mary Jane Buck, was 34. He lived in Franklin Township, Newton, Missouri, United States in 1870. He died on 15 September 1879, at the age of 11, and was buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Crosses, Madison, Arkansas, United States.
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- John T Montgomery in household of George E Montgomery, "United States Census, 1870"
- John T. Montgomery, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (6)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1870 · Giving all the right to vote
The Act was an extension of the Fifteenth Amendment, that prohibited discrimination by state offices in voter registration. It also helped empower the President with the authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. Being the first of three Enforcement Acts passed by the Congress, it helped combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
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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