Brief Life History of Harvey Wells
When Harvey Wells Montgomery was born on 20 August 1878, in Wellston, Jackson, Ohio, United States, his father, William Montgomery, was 32 and his mother, Rachel Noble, was 30. He married Isadora "Dora" Wilson on 11 February 1899, in Jackson, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Island Creek, Jefferson, Ohio, United States in 1930 and Jefferson, Ohio, United States in 1961. He died on 7 April 1961, in Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Union Cemetery, Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio, United States.
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- Harvey Montgomery, "United States Census, 1930"
- Harvey Wells Montgomery, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Harvey Montgomery, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
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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