... Their son, Joel Q. Montgomery, is now living at Liberty. He was born July 30, 1852, in Adair County, where he was reared and married, and for many years has been a prominent minister of the Christian Church. From Adair County he removed to Lincoln County, and about 1893 went to Middleburg in Casey County, and since about 1894 his home has been at Liberty, where he is pastor of the Christian Church. He also owns a farm in Lincoln County. Joel Q. Montgomery is a Knight Templar Mason and a democrat in politics. He married Nannie McFerran Epperson, who was born in Adair County in 1855 and died at Liberty in 1895. ...
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[Note: states that he is named after Gen. Joel Quitman, his father's commander during the Mexican war.]