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 MONTGOMERY

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(Brooks) Montgomery ; and grandson of William and Elizabeth (Withers) Montgomery and of Alexander Brooks. His paternal grandfather came from the north of Ireland in 1798, and his Withers and Brooks ancestors were early settlers of Kentucky from Virginia. He was graduated at Georgetown college, Ky., A.B., 1859, A.M., 1861, and at the Louisville Law school in 1801. He engaged in farming at Elizabethtown, Ky., 1861-70, and in the latter year began the practice of law. He was county judge of Har- din county, 1870-74 ; a member of the Kentucky senate, 1877-81, and a Democratic representative from the fourth Kentucky district in the 50th, 51st, 52d, and 53d congresses, 1887-95, serving •on the committee on ways and means ; and he participated in framing and passing what was known as the Wilson tariff bill. In 1895 he was appointed by President Cleveland a member of the commission to the five civilized Indian tribes (known as the Dawes commission) and served till October, 1897.

MONTGOMERY, George, R.C. bishop, was born in Daviess county, Ky., Dec. 30, 1847 ; son of Pius and Harriet (Warren) Montgomery ; grand- son of Thomas and Clotilda (Drury) Montgomery, and of diaries and Monica (Wilson) Warren. He attended St. Charles college at Ellicott City, Md., 1871-75; was prepared for the priesthood and was ordained at Baltimore, Md., by Archbishop Gibbons, Dec. 20, 1879, and was sent to California. He was consecrated bishop of ' ' Tmui " and coad- jutor bishop of Monterey and Los Angeles, with right of succession, at San Francisco, Cal., April ■8, 1894, by Archbishop Riordan assisted by Bishop Brondel and Bishop Scanlon. Upon the resig- nation of Bishop Mora, he suceeeded to the bish- opric and on Sept. 1, 1902, was recommended to tlie pope by the propaganda at Rome as coadjutor to Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco.

MONTGOMERY, Henry Eglinton, clergyman, was born in Philadelpliia, Pa., Dec. 9, 1820 ; son of John Crathorne and Elizabeth Henrietta (Philips) Montgomery ; grandson of John and Mary (Crathorne) Montgomery, and of Henry and Sophia (Chew) Philips, and a descendant of William and Isabel (Burnett) Montgomerie. William Montgomerie, a native of Brigend, Ayrshire, Scotland, immigrated to America with his wife and children, in 1701-02, and settled in Monmouth county, East Jersey. Henry E. was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, A.B., 1839, A.M., 1842, studied law in Philadel- phia, 1839-40, and was attache to the U.S. lega- tion, Denmark, 1841-42. He was a student at the General Theological seminary, New York city, 1842-43. and at Nashotah, Wis., 1843-46. He was admitted to the diaconate in 1846, and advanced to the priesthood the same year. He

was rector of All Saints' church Philadelphia, Pa., 1846-55, and of the Church of the Incarnation, in New York city, 1855-74. He was vice-president of the Protestant Episcopal City Mission society, a member of the board of managers of the Domes- tic and Foreign Missionary society and a director of other institutions connected with the church. He received the degree D.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1863. He was married to Mar- garet Augusta, daughter of Judge James and Janette Maria (Tillotson) Lynch of New York city. He died in New York city, Oct. 15, 1874.

MONTGOMERY, John Berrien, naval officer, was born in Allentown, N.J., Nov. 17, 1794 ; son of Dr. Thomas West and Mary (Berrien) Mont- gomery ; grandson of Alexander and Eunia (West) Montgomery, and of Judge John and Margaret (Eaton) Berrien, and a descendant of William and Isabel (Burnett) Montgomerie, Mon- mouth county, N.J., 1701. He entered the U.S. navy as a midshipman, June 4, 1812, and served on Lake Ontario on the Hamilton, Madison and Gen- eral Pike, 1812-13 ; volunteered for service on Lake Erie under Commodore Perry ; joined the Niagara, and for his service, Sept. 10, 1813, received a sword and the thanks of congress. He took part in the blockade, and in the attack on Mackinaw,

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Aug. 4, 1814 ; assisted in the destruction of a British block-house and gun-brig, and was ac- tively engaged until the close of the war, return- ing to New York in 1815. He sailed under Com. Stephen Decatur for Algiers and took part in the successful operations against the pirates in the Mediterranean. He cruised on board the Hornet and Cyane on the African coast, 1817-20 ; and was promoted lieutenant, April 1, 1818. He was married in 1821 to Mary, daughter of William and Delia (Harned) Henry of New York. He served on the Erie of the Mediterranean station, 1821- 26 ; was executive officer of the Peacock in the West Indian in 1828, was transferred to the flagship Erie off Havana, and commanded it in a cruise off the coast of Mexico. He served on recruiting service in Philadelphia, Pa., and New