History and genealogy of Peter Montague, of Nansemond and ...

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quently organized the " Mississippi Valley Fire and Marine Ins. Co."
and the "Mound City Life Ins. Co." of St. Louis, and became presi-
dent of both. He is a member of the Christian church, and possessed
the splendid error of excessive charity of feeling which was but
injustice to himself. Benevolence, his weakness, was prostituted to
base purposes by those he thought worthy of his confidence, nearly
sweeping away his splendid fortune and rendering himself the slave
to good intentions. His easiness of disposition, always inclined to
right, sprung from his own honest impulses. He could never conceive
that the recipient of a kindness could wrong a benefactor. He
m. Sept. 25, 1855, Hannah Welch, dau. of Dr. Thomas Welch of
Craborchard, Ky.
1690. Clara GeJuio, b.
1691. Emma, b.
1692. William G., b.
1693. Florence, b
1694. Annie Viola, b.
CHILDREN.
— , m. Wm. C. Farrar, Att'y at Law, and resides
in St. Louis.
— , m. Edmond A. B. Garesche, Att'y at Law, and
resides in St. Louis.
585.
Mary Jane Jennings, dau. of James and Ann B. [Montague 184]
Jennings, b. Feb. 18, 182 1, in Cartersville, Va.
She m., June 24, 1844, Abram Granville Switzer. He was b. in
Rockingham Co., Va., and was a member of the firm of Switzer,
Piatt & Co., of St. Louis, Mo., one of the leading mercantile houses
of the west before the war. He moved to St. Louis early in life and
built up the large commercial house of which he remained a member
to the time of his death, May 26, 1864. Mrs. Switzer resides in St.
Louis.
CHILDREN.
1695. Edward Montague, b. March 18, 185 1.
1696. Charles McLaran, b. June 5, 1853, in St. Louis. He graduated at
Princeton College, class of 1873, and at the
St. Louis Law School in 1875. Was admitted
to the St.. Louis bar that year. He followed
his profession until 1878, when he connected
himself with his brother in commercial life
and became a member of the firm of E. M.
Switzer & Co. of St. Louis.