History and genealogy of Peter Montague, of Nansemond and ...

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DESCENDANTS OF PETER MONTAGUE.
1177.
Rev. John Webb Montague, son of Thomas [381], b. Nov. 9,
1823, in Wayne Co., Tenn.
Like most boys raised on a farm in those days, he received only a
limited education. When he grew up to manhood he found a worthy
consort in the person of Miss Matilda Jane Grimes, whom he m. Jan.
27, 1846. She was b. June 3, 1825, in Wayne Co. He made a pro-
fession of religion in early life, was an active member of Philadelphia
Baptist church (which he joined in 1853) until his death. He was a
minister of the Missionary Baptist church. When the civil war came,
he went into the Confederate service in the place of a brother-in-law
whose wife was very sick and required his attention. He became a
member of the 9th Tenn. battalion of cavalry, and at the fall of Fort
Donaldson he was captured and taken to the prison of Camp Butler,
at Alton, 111., where he died from exposure, May 15 or 16, 1862.
Thus ended the career of one of God's noblemen. He was reconciled
to die, but expressed a regret that he could not die at home with his
family. His widow married twice after his death. She lived a faith-
ful, consistent, christian life. In August, 1886, she was stricken
with paralysis, and d. Aug. 10, at her home between Clifton and
Waynesboro, Tenn.
2425. James Webb, *
CHILDREN.
b. Nov. 15, 1846.
2426. Mary Ann, b. Sept. 8, 1848, d. Aug. 20, 1885.
2427. Thomas Wilson, b. July 14, 1857.
2428. John Henry Young, b. Jan. 25, 1861.
1x82.
William Henry Montague, son
1836, in Wayne Co., Tenn.
of Thomas [381], b. Feb. n,
He was raised as a farmer. Enlisted in the Confederate army in
Nov., 186 1, served through the war, and was paroled at its close, in
Marion, Ala. Resides in Vaiden, Carroll Co., Miss. He m. (1),
Nov. 14, 1858, Carrie Ann Hassell, who d. Oct., 1861 ; m. (2), 1862,,
Maria Ann Hodge, in South Florence, Franklin Co., Ala.
CHILDREN.
2429. Elizabeth Carolina, b. July 20, 1859, in Wayne Co., Tenn.
2430. Mary Em?na, b. July 28, 1863, in Wayne Co., Tenn.; in., Jan. 3,,
1883, in Carroll Co., Miss., Cyrus M.McClurg.