- GEORGE MONTGOMERY, farmer, Secs. 3 and 4; P.O. Lima Center;
born in County Tyrone,
- Ireland, in 1819; he struck out for himself at the age of
21 and landed at New York in 1839; lived in New York until 1844,
then moved to Fond du Lac Co., Wis., remaining there eleven years
and then locating in Calumet Co., where he lived till November,
1872, when he settled on the farm he now owns of 200 acres.
He married Miss Mary A. CHARLES, in 1837; they have six children
living - Charles J., Sarah J., Lucinda, Mary A., George H., and
Janette. In politics he is Independent. The family attend the
Presbyterian Church. Lucinda is the wife of Martin HOLBROOK;
Sara J. married Ashar WALLER.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, p. 811.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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