Montgomery - Isaac H.
Source: H. W. Beckwith Montgomery County, Indiana History
Isaac H. Montgomery, New Richmond, is a son of Alexander and Anna (Herrod) Montgomery.
His parents were natives of Kentucky, and about 1808 or 1810 removed to Indiana, during the Indian troubles.
Alexander Montgomery fought in the battle of Tippecanoe, and was engaged in the ranging service for a time.
In 1824 he moved his family to Crawfordsville, Montgomery county, Indiana, where, in 1826, he buried his wife Anna.
He then opened a shoe-shop in Crawfordsville, which he continued four years, at which time he engaged in farming.
In his old days he suffered a stroke of paralysis, and died about 1860, aged seventy-eight years.
He was three times married.
In his first family were seven children, and in his second family were three:
Simpson, Archibald, and Isaac H.
He was a Methodist and strong republican at his death.
Isaac H. Montgomery was born March 24, 1814, in Jefferson county, Indiana.
He early learned the shoemaker´s trade, which he followed for twelve years.
In 1835 he entered forty acres of land in Sec. 24, Coal Creek township, R.5, the last piece for entry.
He was married April 14, 1836 to Elizabeth Park, daughter of Elija and Eviline Park, early settlers.
She was born October 18, 1816, in Dearborn county, Indiana.
They settled on the farm on which they now live.
A log cabin was their first dwelling and which now stands near the gravel road, one and a half miles north of Linden.
Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery toiled and saved, tilled the farm, raised and dealt in stock, added to their farm till it comprises 2,000 acres of beautifully rolling land, with a very large dwelling.
In politics he was a whig, but is now a republican.
Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Their children are four dead and seven living.
Those deceased are Adda, Mrs. J.J. Insley; Elija A., Alice and an infant.
Those living:
William H., Eviline, Mrs. John Boyd; Amanda, Mrs. Capt. T.W. Durham ; Samantha, Mrs. Col. R. Hallowell ; Mary, Mrs. Capt. T.P. Anderson ; Wallace F., a graduate of Wabash College in class of 1879, and Dora F. (Thank you to Debi Ham for typing this bio)
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal 16 June 1888 p1
The Journal has one subscriber of which it feels proud. It is Isaac H. Montgomery of Coal Creek Township. He visited the office Wednesday andpaid the subscription price of 7 papers for a year and ordered The Journal sent to his brother and six of his children now scattered through the different states of the West. He does this each year and has for several years past. The Journal has several good subscribers who pay for from 3-5 papers yearly for the benefit of their friends and relatives, but Mr. Montgomery is entitled to the belt.