Here is what I have on Montgomeries and Vigo County. I can provide details on some of
this.
Hugh Montgomery married Mary (Polly) Secrest in Adams County, Ohio (on the Ohio River near
Kentucky) June 25, 1806. Polly was born about 1780 in Maryland, to go by the census
materials, and was still alive in 1870. There are a number of incorrect ancestries for
her on
Ancestry.com, all of whom say a Secrest/Siegrest born in 1770 was her father! They
had the following children there: George Wshington (b. abt 1810), Hugh (b abt 1820), Nancy
Catherine (birth date unknown), Esther (b. 1814-15), Christopher (prob about 1820),
Samuel, and Jacob (1821-21).
Hugh died in Ohio before 1837 because in that year Mary Secrest Montgomery married a
widower, Burrill Walls Biggs (1787-1846). Burrill and his first wife, Mary Elizabeth
Lambert. had 7 children, born 1812-1825, Sterling, Ambrose, John Jackson, Mary Elizabeth,
Ambrose S., Talitha, and Polly. The earlier children were born near or in Lexington,
Kentucky (which isn't far from Adams County, Ohio).
Then Polly and Hugh and their combined family moved to Vigo County. They were soon in the
Fontanet region, but I don't have all the details of settlement. I don't believe
she had any children with Burrill.
Burrill Biggs died in 1846, and Polly married once more in 1851 to Isaac Shull. Of course
there were no children. I think they separated before their deaths.
By the 1840s there were already five young men named Montgomery in Vigo County from Polly
and Hugh Montgomery.
George Washington Montgomery, who is in the line I am interested in, was born in Ohio
about 1810 and died in Fontanet about 1871. His first marriage was to Margaret Parkus
(Parkus), sister of Elizabeth who married Charles Adkins and lived in Fontanet. George
and Margaret married in 1833 in Fountain County, Indiana. George and Margatet had:
James (Black Jim), b 1838 died a young man, Nancy Catherine, b 1840) Thomas b 1842,
Margaret Ellen b 1838-1844), and Alexander 1845-1929. Alex is in the line I'm
tracing.
Margaret Parcus Montgomery died in 1845, shortly after the birth of Alex. Fortunately,
George's mother was around to help with the children.
Oct 7, 1848 George married the young Lucetta McAllister -- only about 16 years old. They
had 6 children between 1853 and 1831 -- Sarah, Hugh, William, Joel E., Eliza M., and
Christopher.
Alexander, son of George Washington Montgomery, moved out Iowa. After serving in the Civil
War, Alex married Adelaide Brack (1850-1940). Adelaide's mother was Nancy Ellen Hull,
daughter of John Hull of Licking County, Ohio and Vigo County, Indiana and Sarah Taylor.
That's just part of what I have and I do have another generation of some of the
Montgomery lines in Indiana, but you would have to get back another couple of generations
to connect with anyone in my database. The census should get you back with luck.
WBB
>> John McKenna <mcke1orio(a)verizon.net> 6/29/2008 6:13 PM
>>>
Any relation to Paul Montgomery who married Mary Dowell Lea in 1939?
----- Original Message ----
From: Wilson Brown <w.brown(a)uwinnipeg.ca>
To: invigo(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 3:57:31 PM
Subject: Re: [INVIGO] GENUNG
Hello cousins,
I subscribe to this site because of interests in families of various in-laws (Montgomery
in particular), but am interested in the lineage of the first Genung to come to Vigo. My
dear great great great grandmother was Apphia Genung Spencer (1768-1857) wife of William
Spencer. Her parents were Thomas Genung and Phebe Ward, and I suspect it is one of
Apphia's brothers or nephews who went to Indiana. Phebe Ward's ancestry is still
a mystery since most people confuse her with the Phebe Ward who married Nathaniel Chandler
and leave it at that. If she was indeed married to Chandler, then she had two marriages
at the same time.
Wilson Brown
>> "Vigo Co Coordinator" <invigocc(a)gmail.com>
6/29/2008 12:39 PM >>>
Kathleen,
I have a Sarah Hines who married Warren Genung in 1862. Does this sound
like who you are looking for? I have done extensive research on the Genung
line, which is my husband's line. His line came west from New Jersey, and
settled in Vigo Co. Then, some of them went further west and settled in
Terre Haute, Illinois.
Carol
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-----Original Message-----
From: invigo-bounces(a)rootsweb.com [mailto:invigo-bounces@rootsweb.com] On
Behalf Of Pugnutty(a)aol.com
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 1:00 AM
To: invigo(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [INVIGO] GENUNG
Do you happen to have a Sarah HINES/HINDS who married a GENUNG in Vigo Co.
?
Thanks,
Kathleen
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