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Author: MarcusPartlow
Surnames: Partlow, Montgomery, Nation, Foster
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D. B. Montgomery, A Genealogical History of the Montgomerys and Their Descendants,
Owensville Indiana: J. P. Cox Publisher, 1903.
Page 302
"MONTGOMERYS OF NEW ALBANY, INDIANA.
Robert Montgomery came from Ireland and settled in Indiana in an early day. He had a son,
James Helms Montgomery, who was born in Indiana but raised in New York City by an aunt.
From there he came to Kentucky and married Letitia Nation, daughter of Edward Nation. He
was a Baptist minister. Just how many children he had we do not know, but he had a son,
Captain John Robert Montgomey, who was a steamboat captain from Jeffersonville, lnd., for
many years, and died there in 1873. And he also had a daughter, Mrs. Mary Partlow, living
in Jeffersonville in 1901. Captain John Robert Montgomery had at least two children: Dr.
Harry C. Montgomery, of Jeffersonville, lnd. (1901), and Miss Sarah L. Montgomery,
principal of the training school for teachers (1901) at Springfield, 11l." END
On the 12 Jun 1900 census Mary [Montgomery] Partlow is living with her daughter and son in
law: Josiah and Mary [Partlow] Foster at Jeffersonville, Clark Co., IN.
This Mary Jane Montgomery, b Oct 1827 KY, daughter of James Helms and Letitia [Nation]
Montgomery above, married 13 May 1844 at Clark Co.,IN to Solomon Partlow b abt 1817 KY.
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