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

428 DESCENDANTS OF PETER MONTAGUE.
of Middlesex while on his way home from a visit to relatives at his
old home in Gloucester. He was in good health, and but for this
untimely accident he would doubtless have lived for a good many
years longer.
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Sarah Louisa,
CHILDREN.
William Servient, b. June n, 1840, d. April 23, 1890.
Fannie Hubbard, b. Jan. 13, 1842.
Thomas Ball, Jr., b. Jan. 27, 1844, d. March 26, 1871.
Lucy Lee, b. March 11, 1846, d. Nov. 6, 1849.
Charles Wortley, b. March 9, 1849.
b. June 29, 185 ;
1 m., about 1878, Miss Rebecca
West ; d. Aug., 1881, leaving one child, a son.
Virgil, b. about 1879.
b. April 12, 1853, d. June 29, 1869, at the tender
age of sixteen, from a congestive chill, after
being sick only six hours. She was a most
beautiful girl and a most lovable and amiable
young lady. Her sudden death cast a gloom
over her entire family. At one time during
the late war, when the Union soldiers had
surrounded her father's house, she appeared
at the front door and told the officer that her
father was not at home but absent in the
Confederate army, and she begged him to
leave them in peace. The officer immediately
withdrew his men and they were not molested.
" Softly, softly returneth the ripple
To its rest on the sand of yon green-margined bay,
Sadly, sadly recedeth the ripple
To mingle again with the sea's drifting spray."
" Till the day break, and the shadows flee away."
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Major Charles Wortley Montague, son of Capt. William [3180],
b. May 27, 1820, in Henrico Co., Va.
He was mustered into Confederate service May, 186 1, with rank of
Captain, by forming a company of artillery, but guns being scarce,
the company was made one of infantry. He soon resigned his posi-
tion as Capt. and was made sergeant of the Ordnance Dept. at
Gloucester Point, as aid to Col. Crump, with the rank of Major. On
the day of the battle of Seven Pines he resigned the above position,
and fought as an independent in his brother's [T. B. M.] company.
Afterward he joined Gen. Fitzhugh Lee's cavalry and fought through