KENTUCKY: A HISTORY OF THE STATE, by Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 8th ed.
JEFFERSON COUNTY.
WILLIAM E. MONTZ, marshal of the Chancery Court of Louisville, was born
in Jefferson County, Ind., February 1, 1842, and is a son of Jeremiah
and Ellen (CAIN) Montz, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the
latter of Virginia. They came to Louisville about 1845, and he is now a
government store-keeper. The subject was brought up in Louisville and
received a common school education. When still a mere boy he became a
deputy clerk in the chancery court clerk's office, under Harry Stuckey,
remaining one or two years. He afterward obtained the post of shipping
clerk for G. Spratt & Co.s' tobacco warehouse, where he remained for
five years. He was made deputy marshal of the chancery court, which
position he held for eleven years, when he was elected to the office of
marshal, which office he now holds. He is a fine business man, a
popular and accommodating official and stanch Democrat.