Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Silas Montgomery and Margaret Elliott




Husband Silas Montgomery 1




            AKA: Cyrus Montgomery 2
           Born: 18 Jun 1830 - East Finley Twp, Washington Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Aug 1883 1
         Buried:  - East Finley Cemetery, East Finley Twp, Washington Co, PA


         Father: Hugh Montgomery (1780-1847) 3 4
         Mother: Ruth Enlow (Abt 1786-1847) 3 5


       Marriage: 7 Sep 1855 1



Wife Margaret Elliott 6

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Feb 1902 7
         Buried:  - East Finley Cemetery, East Finley Twp, Washington Co, PA


         Father: William Elliott (      -      ) 8 9
         Mother: Jemima Winget (      -      ) 8 9




Children
1 M James Buchanan Montgomery 10

           Born: 27 Jul 1856 - East Finley Twp, Washington Co, PA 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Kate Hunt (      -      ) 1 7
           Marr: 22 Aug 1878 1 7


2 M Elliott Wilson Montgomery 1

           Born: 31 Oct 1857 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Sep 1877 1
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - Silas Montgomery


He was born in East Finley township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, and his boyhood and early youth were passed on his father's farm, his education being limited to a few weeks' attendance at the old log school-house at Stony Point.
He was a successful farmer, and at the time of his death owned a con-siderable amount of property. In politics he was a Democrat, and in religious connection he held to the Cumberland Presbyterian doctrine; he was one of the founders of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Fairview.

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Sources


1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 733.

2 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 776.

3 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 775.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 222, 730, 1395.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1395.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 432, 733.

7 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1200.

8 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 432.

9 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 67.

10 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 730.


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