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

266 DESCENDANTS OF PETER MONTAGUE.
1839.
Melissa Lee,
1840. Mary Ellen,
b. June 28, 1873 ; m., Feb. 6, 1889, Geo. W. Sabie,
and has children, Lewis M., b. Nov. 15, 1889 ;
Mattie Lee, b. Feb. 27, 1891.
b. Sept. 16, 1877.
679.
John James Key Montague, son of William W. [196], b. May 4,
1849, a t Minerva, Mason Co., Ky.
Taught school and studied law in the office of Judge George N.
Brown, admitted to the bar in June, 1873, and has practiced his pro-
fession in the courts of Kentucky ever since. Resides in Catletts-
burg, Ky., where he was elected, Aug., 1882, attorney for Boyd Co.
on the democratic ticket, and re-elected in Aug., 1886, serving eight
years. At the time of both elections the opposite party had a majority
in the Co. of at least 200 votes, and in 1882 a majority of the repub-
lican candidates were elected. He m., Oct. 21, 1885, Miss Jennie
Alice Williams, dau. of Samuel Parker Williams, who was born, raised
and died in Boyd Co., Ky.
CHILDREN.
1841. Johnie, (a dau.), b. Sept. 19, 1886.
1842. Mary Mercedes, b. Jan. 9, 1888.
1843. Grace Annie, b. Aug. 11, 1889.
680.
Philip C. Montague, son of William W. [196], b. March 29, 1852,
in Greenup Co. [now Boyd Co.], Ky.
He was raised on a farm until the age of nineteen years. Then
for several years engaged in the butcher and stock business in
Catlettsburgh, Ky., until he was burned out in the great fire of 1878.
Then he engaged in the railroad business, and has for the past eight
years been a passenger conductor on the Ky. Central and Ohio and
Big Sandy railroad. The following is copied from the daily news-
paper at Ashland, Ky. :
" Mr. Phil. Montague, conductor of trains No.
2 and 4 on the Ohio and Big Sandy R. R., completed his seventh
year on that line last Wednesday. Phil, is one of the most efficient
employees on the road and is very popular with both the manage-
ment and the patrons of the line. In relating his experiences as a
railroad man to the news man, he said that in the seven years he had
carried, on an average, thirty-five passengers each trip and during all