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

264 DESCENDANTS OF PETER MONTAGUE.
not relax her exertions, as long as her weak frame would permit her
to do anything. But what was of more value than all, she was a
christian in the true sense of that term. Two years previous to her
death she made a profession of religion and united with the Metho-
dist church. In her, the church has lost one of its brightest
ornaments."
" Thy day has come, not gone,
Thy sun has risen, not set,
Thy life is now beyond
The reach of death or change
Not ended but begun."
657.
Albert G. Montague, son of Dudley S. [195],
in Kanawha Co., West Va.
b. Aug. 10, 1840,.
For many years he resided near Winfield, West Va., receiving such
education as the common schools afforded. At the age of eighteen
he went to St. Louis, Mo., and engaged in the clothing business until
Jan., 1861, when he removed to Milwaukee, Wis. But being in ill
health he returned to WT
est Va., and in the fall of 1861 became
deputy clerk of Putnam Co., in the office of his brother George B.,
where he remained until June, 1863. He then entered the Quarter-
master's Dept., under Capt. H. S. Dewey, Ass't Q. M. of the U. S.
Army, at Charleston, West Va., until Aug., 1865, when he again
entered the clerk's office of Putnam Co. until Jan., 1867 In the fall
of 1872 he began teaching school near Coalsburg, West Va., and
there remained until 1874, when he entered the office of Stuart M.
Buck, coal operator at Hampton, West Va., and remained with Mr.
Buck until 1888. Was elected Justice of the Peace for the District
of Cabin Creek, Kanawha Co., West Va., which he is now holding.
He is also secretary of the Cedar Grove Loan Association and secre-
tary of the Board of Education of Cabin Creek District, the latter
office he has held since July, 1881. He m., April 1, 187 1, Betty H„
Keeney and resides at East Bank, West Va.
CHILD.
1823. Walter Street, b. Aug. 5, 1872.
666.
George W. Montague, son of William W. [196], b. Dec. 24,,