James & Sarah (Glew) Montgomery

MONTGOMERY, GLEW

Posted By: Cheryl Locher Moonen (email)
Date: 1/21/2019 at 23:38:44

CONCORD TOWNSHIP-1880

James Montgomery-farmer, Sec. 23; P. O. Cottage Hill; born Sept. 8, 1819, in Crawford Co. Penn.; in 1836 he came to Dubuque Co., being one of the earliest settlors of this county; he owns 143 acres which he entered; has been a Constable and held minor offices. Married Sarah Glew Nov. 1, 1840; she was born in 1825 in Pennsylvania; they have eleven children, seven living-Amanda, Wright A., W. S., Sarah F., Martha E., Ella May, James R., his son Joseph G., enlisted in 1861, in Co. K., 9th, I. V. I.; died Oct. 1864, at Memphis, Tenn., of disease contracted in the army; they lost three children infancy. Congregational Church.

Cottage Hill Iowa; Author; John H. Schmitt