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Source: Atlas Map of Fulton County, Illinois, 
Andreas, Lyter, and Co., Davenport, Iowa. 1871
(page 50)

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James P. Montgomery.--- Wm. Montgomery was the father of James P. Montgomery, and was born in the state of Pennsylvania in the year 1760. At the age of eleven he went, with his parents, to the state of North Carolina, and lived there until his death, which occurred in the year 1820. He was the father of six children -- three sons and three daughters. Five lived to maturity, and one died in infancy. James P. Montgomery was the third son, and was born in the state of North Carolina in the year 1793, within six miles of the battle-ground of the memorable battle of Gilford. Wm. Montgomery, his father, was the bearer of a dispatch from General Greene to Capt. Severe on the morning of the battle of Gilford, and, being detained on account of the absence of Capt. Severe, he did not get back in time to participate in the battle, which he regretted as long as he lived. 
    
James P. Montgomery lived with his parents until about the year 1817, when he married Miss Sarah Brown, the daughter of John Brown, of North Carolina, and lived there until the year 1838, when he moved to Illinois in the year 1839, bought land and settled in Pleasant township, Fulton county, where he still lives. He is the father of five children -- three sons and two daughters. Four of his children married well, and one died single. His second son, Nathaniel P., enlisted in the 103d regiment Illinois volunteers, and was killed at the battle of Kenesaw mountain. For gallant action he had been promoted from a private to a first lieutenant, and held that position when he fell at the head of his company. His oldest son, William, was killed in Newton county, Missouri, by the outlaws of that country, in the year 1862. Mr. Montgomery has but one child now alive. She is the wife of Mr. Asaph Perry, ex-sheriff of Fulton county, and who has held many of the local offices of his township. He is also one of the first-class farmers of Fulton county. Mr. Montgomery's oldest daughter married the Rev. Mr. McMasters, an Episcopalian minister, and she died in the year 1847, leaving a family of four children. Mr. Montgomery is now in feeble health, and has retired from the busy cares of the farm. He is universally beloved by the community in which he lives, and when he departs this life he will be missed by many whom he has befriended. Mrs. Montgomery is now in the 71st year of her age. Her health is good, and her many good qualities will accord with those of her honored husband