Person:Zachariah Montgomery (1)

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Zachariah Francis Montgomery
  1. Zachariah Francis Montgomery1818 - 1887
  • HZachariah Francis Montgomery1818 - 1887
  • WRachel Powell1836 - 1916
  1. Joel Quitman Montgomery1852 -
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Name Zachariah Francis Montgomery
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1818 Adair, Kentucky, United States
Marriage to Rachel Powell
Death[1] 1887 Adair, Kentucky, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Kerr, Charles (ed.); E. Merton Coulter; and William Elsey Connelley. History of Kentucky. (Chicago: American Historical Society, 1922)
    5:197.

    ... Zachariah Francis Montgomery,
    grandfather of the Liberty banker, was born in Adair County in 1818, and
    likewise spent his life there, with accumulating responsibilities as a
    farmer and had slaves until they were freed by the war. He was a
    soldier in the Mexican war, going through that struggle with the troops
    under Gen. Joel Quitman, and he named one of his sons for his favorite
    commander. He died in Adair County in 1887. His wife was Miss Rachel
    Powell who was born in Adair County in 1836 and died at Liberty,
    Kentucky, in 1916. ...