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     F  FRANCIS VIRGINIA MONTGOMERY, daughter of Robert Columbus and Catherine Hutchinson Montgomery married Calvin S. Brown. Following children:
    G  Fred Brown,
    G  Charles Brown,
    G  Boyce Brown,
    G  Glenn, Brown,
    G  Cora Brown,
    G  Catherine Brown,
    G  Edyth Brown.
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     F  CHARLES CLARK MONTGOMERY, son of Robert Columbus and Cahterine Hutchinson Montgomery, never married. no further record.
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     F  EMMA BLANCH MONTGOMERY, daughter of robert Columbus and Catherine Hutchinson montgomery married H. B. Martin and had one boy:
    G  Edward Lane Martin.
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     F  ROBERT HARVEY MONTGOMERY, son of Robert Columbus and Catherine Hutchinson Montgomery married Grace Aldrich and had two sons:
    G  Robert Montgomery,
    G  Theodore (Teddy) Montgomery.
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     F  MARGARET JULIA MONTGOMERY, daughter of Robert Columbus and Catherine Hutchinson Montgomery married C.C. King of Birmingham, alabama. No further record.
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     F  JAMES LEANDER MONTGOMERY, son of Robert Columbus and Catherine Hutchinson Montgomery married Pearl Smith.
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     F  MARGARET MONTGOMERY, daughter of Robert Columbus and Catherine Hutchinson Montgomery married James Harvey McConnell to whom she had five children:
    G  John McConnell,
    G  Wm. C. McConnell,
    G  James H. Mc Connell,
    G  Margaret McConnell,
    G  Ida McConnell.
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     JOHN McCONNELL, son of James Harvey and Margaret Montgomery McConnell lives in Greenville, S.C.

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     G  Wm. C. McCONNELL and JAMES H. McCONNELL, sons of James Harvey and margaret Montgomery McConnell are in business in Asheville, N.C., under the firm name of McConnell Brothers.
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     G  MARGARET McCONNELL, daughter of James Harvey and margaret Montgomery McConnell married and lives near Asheville, N.C. (1922).
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     G  IDA McCONNELL, daughter of James Harvey and Margaret Montgomery McConnell married and lived near Asheville, N.C.
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     D  DORCAS MONTGOMERY, daughter of John and Mary Clark Montgomery was born in 1805 and died in 1892. In 1827 she married Robert Walkup who was born 1780 and died 1845. They had four children.
    E  Martha Walkup,
    G  Sarah Narcissus Walkup,
    E  Julia Walkup.
    E  Henry Clay Walkup.
    (note: see Walkup line).
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     MARTHA WALKUP, daughter of Robert and Dorcas Montgomery Walkup married James Houston in 1853 and had the following children:
    F  Samuel Houston,
    F  Dollie Houston.
    F  Mollie Houston
    F  Julia Houston,
    F  Minnie Houston.
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     G  JULIA HOUSTON, daughter of James and Martha Walkup Houston married W.D. Hanfeld. No further record.
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TESTIMONY
OF
MRS. SARAH NARCISSUS WALKUP SIMPSON
(This Testimony was used for joining the D. A. R.)
     Mrs. Sarah Walkup Smipson of Monroe, North Carolina, in good health and excellent memory, although ninety-two years of age, certifies as follows:


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     That she is a descendant of Israel Pickens through two of his daughters.
    On her mother's side of the house, she is the
    Daughter of Dorcas Montgomery and Robert Walkup
    Granddaughter of James Walkup and Margaret Pickens
    Great grandaughter of israel and Ann Pickens.
    Mrs. Simpson further states that Israel Pickens had five children:
    William Pickens married Elizabeth ..........
    Samuel Pickens married ............
    Margaret Pickens married James Walkup
    Rebecca Pickens married James Davis,
    Hannah Pickens married James Clark.
    And that Samuel Pickens, son of Israel Pickens had for sons and two or three daughters:
    James Pickens,
    Samuel Pickens,
    Israel Pickens, Governor of Alabama,
    Jospeh Pickens,(probably)
    She does not know the names of the daughers.
    (Signed)    Sara W. Simpson 
    (Witnessed by)  Daisy Belk. 
    Monroe, North Carolina,
    August, 1928
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         E  SARAH NARCISSUS WALKUP, daughter of Robert and Dorcas Montgomery Walkup, born 1838 was married twice. First to Able Belk, who was born in 1833 and killed in 1865 in the Civil War. Second to a Mr. Simpson. The children of Abel and Sarah Walkup Belk were:
      F  Tom BelkF  J. M. Belk, (Dr.)
      the children of Mr. Simpson and wife were:
      F  Bessie Simpson,
      F  William d. Simpson,(Dr.)
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         F  TOM BELK, sonof Abel and Sarah Walkup Belk died at the age of seventeen years.
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         F  W. H. BELK, sonof Able N. W. and Sarah Walkup Belk was born June 2, 1862. He attended Rutherford College but at an early age had to leave school and got to work. He was employed in a dry goods store, and after working there for twelve years

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went into business for himself. From this small beginning, the famous Belk chain of department stores, scattered over all the Southern states developed.
     W. H. Belk married Miss Mary Irwin and they are the parents of six children.
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     F.   Dr. J. M. BELK, son of Abel and Sarah Walkup Belk lives at Monroe, N. C.
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     F  BESSIE SIMPSON, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Simpson married a Mr. McClelland. No further record.
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     G  DR. W. D. SIMPSON, son of John Richardson and Sarah Walkup Belk Simpson, practiced his profession in Abbeville, S.C., for a number of years, then went to Monroe, N.C., to be associated with his half brothers in the mercantile business.
     In 1924 he moved to Greenville, S.C., and at present is the head of the Belk-Simpson department store at that place.
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     E  JULIA WALKUP, daughter of Robert and Dorcas Montgomery Walkup died unmarried.
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     E  HENRY CLAY WALKUP, son of Robert and Dorcas Montgomery Walkup enlisted in the Civil War when seventeen years of age and lost one arm. After his return from the War, he studied medicine and practiced many years in Florida. He died about 1907. He was married twice. First Nannie Ivy of South Carolina and second Ada ______
     The childrne of Henry Clay and Nannie Ivy Walkup were:
    F  Jennie Walkup,
    F  Sam walkup,
    F  Henry Clay Walkup,
    F  Rose Walkup,
    F  Lilly Walkup,
    F  John Walkup,
    F  Clark Walkup,
    F  Mary Walkup.
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     D  JOHN HARVEY MONTGOMERY, son of John and Mary Clark Montgmery was born in 1811, in Mecklenburg County, N.C., where he lived until1845, then moved with his family to Summerfield, Dallas County, Ala., where he died August 3rd, 1863. He was a Methodist minister. He married in Mecklenburg County, N.C. December 27th, 1831, Hannah Evelyn Moore, who was born
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November 14th, 1807 and died at Summerville, Ala., October 27th, 1893. She was the daughter of Andrew Moore and Jane Bain Sample.
     John Harvey and Hannah Evelyn Moore Montgomery had eight chldren all of whom were born in North Caroina excepting the youngest. Their names were:
    E  William Addison Montgomery,
    E  Mary Jane Montgomery,
    E  Margaret malissa Montgomery,
    E  Ann Eliza Montgomery,
    E  John Andrew Montgomery,
    E  Julia Emelyn Montgomery,
    E  Charles Gamewell Montgomery,
    E7nbsp; Lawrence Harvey montgomery.
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     E  WILLIAM ADDISON MONTGOMERY, son of John Harvey and Hannah Moore MOntgomery was born in 1832 and died at Mobile, Alabama, in 1907. On February 12th, 1857 he married Margaret Elizabeth Roper, by whom he had seven children as follows:
    F  Calista Montgomery,
    F  Norma Montgomery,
    F  Thomas Addison Montgomery,
    F  John Milton Montgomery,
    F  Mary Eugenia Montgomery,
    F  Ann Desiree Montgomery.
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     F  NORMA MONTGOMERY, daughter of William Addison and Margaret Roper Montgomery was born at Greenwood, Fla., April 30th, 1861. married May 11th, at Clanton, Ala. to William Adams, by whom she had for children as follows:
    G  L. G. Adams,
    G  Lucile E. Adams,
    G  R. M. Adams,
    G  Norma Vivian Adams.
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     F  COSTANZA ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY, daughter of William Addison and Margaret Roper Montgomery was born at Montevallo, Ala., April 1863 and died in 1864.
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     F  THOMAS ADDISON MONTGOMERY, son of William Addison and Margaret Roper Montgomery was born in Bibb County, Alabama in 1864. In 1895 he was married to Mattie B. Stevenson,
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a descendant of George Stevenson who built the first workable locomotive engine: They had seven children as follows:
    G  Clarence Vaughn Montgomery,
    G  Kirby Post Montgomery,
    G  William Addison Montgomery,
    G  Hillard Hugh Montgomery,
    G  John Milton Montgomery,
    G  Mary Eugenia Montgomery,
    G  George Robert Montgomery.
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     F  JOHN MILTON MONTGOMERY, son of William Addison and Margaret Roper Montgomery was born in Bibb County, Alabama, December 1st, 1867; died at Talladega, Ala., September 30th, 1889. Unmarried
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     F  MARY EUGENIA MONTGOMERY, daughter of William Addison and Margaret Roper Montgomery was born at Newborn, Ala., October 1870. On September 4th, 1889, she was married to Robert N. Starkey, by whom she had six children:
    G  Joe Wheeler Starkey,
    G  Mary Norma Starkey,
    G  Thelma Rae Starkey,
    G  James Robert Starkey,
    G  naomi Carmen Starkey,
    G  Hilda Eleanor Starkey.
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     F  ANNA DESIREE MONTGOMERY, daughter of William Addison and Margaret Roper MOntgomery was born at Lower Peach Tree, alabama November 15th, 1873. On January 23rd, 1894 she married W. A.Burns by whom she had three Children.
    G  Kathleen Burns,
    G  Desiree Burns,
    G  Dorothy Burns.
     G  KATHLEEN BURNS, of W. A. and Anna Desiree Montgomery Burns was born March 13th, 1895, and in 1928 married John P. Abernathy of Richmond, Va.
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     G  DESIREE BURNS, daughter of W. A. and Anna Desiree Montgomery Burns was born September 28th, 1897. She married J. D.Blackwelder of McCombs, Miss.
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     G  DOROTHY BURNS, daughter of W. A. and Anna Desiree Montgomery Burns was born October 4th, 1904. She married J. M. Seney of Birmingham, Ala.

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     E  MARY JANE MONTGOMERY, the second child of John Harvey and Hannah Moore Montgomery was born in Mecklenburg County, N. C. October 11th, 1834 and died in Marion, Alabama in 1926. She never married.
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     E  MARGARET MALISSA MONTGOMERY, third child of John Harvey and Hannah Moore Montgomery was born in Mecklenburg County, N.C., Nov. 4th, 1836; died at Summerfiled, Ala., June 15th, 1857. On July 9th, 1856 she married Thomas Holmes by whom she had one child which was born April 15th, 1857 and died June 10th, same year.
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     E  ANN ELIZ MONTGOMERY, daughter of John Harvey and Hannah Emelyn Moore Montgomery, was born in Mecklenburg County, S.C., October 13th, 1838 and died in Marion Alabama, in 1926. On December 13th, 1882 she married William Isom. She had no children.
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     E  JOHN ANDREW MONTGOMERY, son of John Harvey and Hannah Emelyn Moore Montgomery, was living at San Marcos, Texas in1922. He was born September 14th, 1840 in Mecklenburg County, N.C., moved with his parents in 1845 to Summerfield, Dallas County, Alabama; and in 1867 he moved to Texas. His Civil War record shows that he was a member of Company 1, 28th Alabama Infantry C.S.A., under Captain Hopkins; served under Generals Bragg and Beauregard. At Corinth, Mississippi was badly wounded in a skirmish and then detailed in Quatermatster Department at Selma, Alabama where he remained until the end of the war.
     On April 19th, 1870 he married Ceclia Cook by whom he had thirteen children.
     The thirteen children of John Andrew and Cecilia Cook Montgomery were:
    F  John Edgar Montgmery,
    F  Lulu Cecilia Montgomery,
    F  Mary Alma Montgomery,
    F  Susan Emeline Montgomery,
    F  Julia Pearl Montgomery,
    F  Charles Harvey montgomery,
    F  Annie Lee Montgomery,
    F  Lawrence Lewis Montgomery,
    F  Edith Amelia Montgomery,
    F  Norma Blanch Montgomery,


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    F  Elinor Joyce Montgomery,
    F  William Stephen Montgomery,
    F  Clifford Marvin Montgomery.
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     F  JOHN EDGAR MONTGOMERY, son of John Andrew and Cecilia Cook Montgomery was born at San Marcos, Texas, March 1st, 1871 and in 1922 was living at Tynan, Texas. He has been married twice. His first wife was Dora Jane Stephens by whom he had six children. She died at Carlton Ranch, Texas, January 15th, 1906. His second wife was Mary Givhan Fourfureau, and in 1922 they had no children.
     The six children of John Edgar Montgomery by his first wife, Dora Jane Stephenes are:
    G  Emma Pear Montgomery,
    G  Morris Stephens Montgomery,
    G  Myrta Annis Cecilia Montgomery,
    G  Inez Estell Montgomery,
    G  John Harvey Montgomery,
    G  Bettie Lou Montgomery.
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     G  EMMA PEARL MONTGOMERY, daughter of John Edgar and Dora Jane Stephens Montgomery, born December 16th, 1896 at Maxwell, Texas, was married September 6th, 1917 to Frank E. Wallace, Sabinal, Texas.
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     F  LULU CECILIA MONTGOMERY, daughter of John Andrew and Cecilia Cook Montgomery, living at Fort Davis, Texas, in 1922 was born March 4th, 1872 at San Marcos, Texas; married at Pleasant grove, Texas, May 11th, 1893 to Emmett Hendershire Carlton. Children
    G  Mary Emma Carlton,
    G  Alma Cecilia Carloton,
    G  Ruth Gavhan Carlton,
    G  Ellia Montgomery Carlton,
    G  Joel Emmett Carlton
    G  John Allison Carlton,
    G  Charles ernest Carlton,
    G  Robert Wallace Carlton,
    G  Donald Neatherlin Carlton
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     F  MARY ALMA MONTGOMERY, daughter of John Andrew and Cecilia Cook Montgomery, living at San Marcos, Texas, 1922, was born December 25th, 1873 at San Marcos, Texas; married
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December 24th, 1895 to Dewitt Taylor, by whom she had eight children, all born at San Marcos, Texas.
    G  Susie Carlton Taylor,
    G  Blanche Norma Taylor,
    G  Clarence Montgomery Taylor,
    G  Julia Francis Taylor,
    G  Mary Edith Taylor
    G  Elinor Cecilia Taylor,
    G  Elinor Cecilia Taylor,
    G  Civilia Louise Taylor,
    G  Dorothy Jean Taylor.
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     F  SUSAN EMELINE MONTGOMERY, daughter of John Andrew and Cecilia Cook Montgomery, living in 1922 at Waco, Texas, was born at San Marco, Texas, Bebruary 21st, 1875; married June 11th, 1903, Dr. Howard Rush Dudgeon and has one child:
    G  Howard Osborne Dudgeon, born June 18th, 1911 at Galveston.

     F  JULIA PEARL MONTGOMERY, daughter of John andrew and Cecilia cook Montgomery, born October 25th, 1876 in Caldwell County, Texas, was living in 1922 at San Marcos, Texas; unmarried.
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     F  CHARLES HARVEY MONTGOMERY, son of John Andrew and Cecilia Cook Montgomery Was born in caldwell County, Texas, July 7ty, 1878 was living at Annona, Texas, in 1922, unmarried.
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      F  ANNIE LEE MONTGOMERY, daughter of John Andrew and Cecilia Cook Montgomery was born in 1880 and died in 1881.
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     F  LAWRENCE LEWIS MONTGOMERY, son of John Andrw and Cecilia Cook Montgomery, is living in 1922 at Dallas, Texas, was born in Caldwell County, Texas, January 28th, 1882; married December 8th, 1910, Musidore Roundtree and has two children, (1922):
    G  Mary Elizabeth Montgmery,
    G  Robert Lawrence Montgomery.
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     F  EDITH AMELIA MONTGOMERY, daughter of John Andrew and Cecilia Cook Montgomery, in 1922 was living at Sweetwater, Texas, was born January 14th, 1884 in Caldwell county, Texas; married December 25th, 1908 to Dr. Lamertine Dudgeon and in 1922 has four children all living at Sweetwater, Texas. Children:
    G  Howard Rush Dudgeon,
    G  Norma Dudgeon,



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    G  Edna Dudgeon
    G  Catherine Dudgeon.
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     F  ELINOR JOYCE MONTGOMERY, daughter of John Andrew and cecilia Cook Montgomery was born in Caldwell County, Texas, April 14th, 1888.. In 1922 she was living at San Marcos, Texas. Never married.
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     F  WILLIAM STEPHENS MONTGOMERY, son of John Andrew and Cecilia Cook MOntgomery was born in Caldwell County, Texas, February 10th,1890; living at Dallas, Texas in 1922; unmarried.
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     F  CLIFFORD MARVIN MONTGOMERY, son of John Andrew and Cecilia cook Montgomery is living at University Station, Austin, Texas in 1922, and was born at Caldwell county, Texas, July 20th, 1891. On June 20th, 1916 he married Myra Stanford, and in 1922 thy had three children as follows:
    G  John Marvin Montgomery,
    G  Marshall Wright MOntgomery,
    G  Helen Sue Montgomery.
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     E  JULIA EMELYN MONTGOMERY, sixty child of John Harvey and Hannah Emelyn Moore Montgomery, who was living at Marion, alabama in 1922, was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, August 25th, 1842; moved with her family in 1845 to Summerfield, Dallas County, Alabama. On December 21st, 1865 she married William Moore Craig by shom she had five children as follows:
    F  Edgar Montgomery Craig,
    F  William Allen Craig
    F  Fred Moore Craig,
    F  Clifton Lee Craig
    F  Charles Willard Craig.
     F  EDGAR MONTGMERY CRAIG, son of William Moore And Julia Emelyn Montgomery Craig, living in 1922 at Dade City Florida, was born at Marion, Ala., July 7th, 1867; married December 10th, ____ to Vivia Roark, (daughter of Richard F. Roark and Elizabeth Moss) by whom he had eleven children as follows:
    G  Edgar Mongtgomery Craig,
    G  Herbert Austin Craig,
    G  Walter Cecil Craig,
    G  William Richard Craig,
    G  Albert Lee Craig,
    G  AllenThornton Craig,


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    G  Fred Willard Craig
    G  Julia Craig,
    G  Elizabeth Craig,
    G  Vivian Craig,
    G  Katie Craig.
    (Note: Julia and Elizabeth Craig were twins.)
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     F  WILLIAM ALLEN CRAIG, son of Willilam Moore and Julia Emelyn Montgomery Craig ws born February 28th, 1873, died July 24th, 1874.
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     F  FRED MOORE CRAIG, son of William Moore and Julia Emelyn Montgomery Craig was born November 16th, 1875; died July 13th, 1913. Never married.
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     F  CLIFTON LEE CRAIG, son ofWilliam Mooore and Julia Emelyn Montgomery Craig was born April 22nd, 1879; on November 14th, 1900 married Addie E. Penry by whom he had four children;
    G  Emice Lee Craig,
    G  Frederick Lawrence Craig,
    G  Clifton Penry Craig,
    G  Julia King Craig.
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     E  CHARLES GAMEWELL MONTGOMERY, the seventh child of John Harvey and Hannah Emelyn Moore Montgomery was born in Mecklenburg County, N. C., December 21st, 1844; died at Grit, Mason County, Texas, November 26th, 1919. In 1845, he with his family, moved to Summerfield, Dallas, county, Ala. In 1870 he moved to Texas, where, on November 4th, 1783, he married Georgia Levenia Woods, who in 1922 was still living and was located at Git, Texas. The twelve Children by this union were:
    F  Lawrence Frederick Montgomery,
    F  Bessie May Montgomery,
    F  Harvey Woods Montgomery,
    F  Georgia Calista Montgomery,
    F  Charles Gamewell Montgomery,
    F  James Andrew Montgomery,
    F  William Asbury Montgomery,
    F  Wilton Everett Montgomery,
    F  John Keener Montgomery,
    F  Robert Hargrove Montgomery,
    F  Mary Emeline Montgomery,
    F  Thomas Summerfield Montgomery.