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

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DESCENDANTS OF PETER MONTAGUE.
She m., Jan. 8, 1855, Col. Alexander Greenwood Gower, who was
b. March 31, 1828, at Abbot, Maine. From 1866 to 1869 he was
Gen'l Supt. of the Missouri Valley R. R., a line running from Kansas
City, Mo., to St. Joseph, Mo., and in the spring of 1869 he severed
his connection with this line and accepted the position of Supt. of
construction of the St. Joseph, and St. Louis R. R., a line running
from Lexington, Mo., to St. Joseph, Mo., and when this line was
completed it was made part of the North Missouri R. R. and Col.
Gower was appointed Supt. of the St. Joseph and St. Louis division,
also of the west division of the North Missouri R. R., which extended
from Kansas City to Moberly, Mo. This position he retained until
about 1872, when he removed to Chicago, 111. to accept the position
of Supt. of construction of the Chicago custom house, which position
he held up to the day of his death. He d. Sept. 24, 1874, in Chicago.
She d. Oct. 14, 1868, in Weston, Mo.
CHILDREN.
2181. Minnie Hughes, b. Dec. 6, 1856, in Lexington, Ky.; m., April 28, 1880,
in St. Joseph, Mo., Henry Mazzini Hansen, who
was b. Jan. 5, 1851, in Cologne, Germany. She
d. Sept. 8, 1888, in St. Joseph, Mo.
2182. Emma Hunt,
2183. Robert,
2184. George Smith,
b. Aug. 4, 1858, in Covington, Ky., d. Jan. 15, 1884, in
Lexington, Ky.
b. March 15, 1862, in Monee, Will Co., 111., d. the
same day.
b. April 12, 1863, in Monee, Will Co., 111. He resides
(1890) in St. Joseph, Mo.
916.
Andrew Jackson Herndon, son of Fielding and Mildred [Mon-
tague 264] Herndon, b. Feb. 11, 1823, in Orange Co., Va.
Lie resided in Va. until about 1855, when he moved to Ohio and
first located in Salem township, Wyandot Co., where he resided about
one year, since which time he has resided in Carey. He m., Sept. 23,
1 841, Miss Mary J. Dunaway, of Orange Co., Va. She was b. Feb.
9, 1820, in Orange Co., and^/. April 13, 1882. He d. Sept. 25, 1885.
He was for many years an earnest and consistent member of the
Baptist church, and strove to illustrate his faith by his works, which
he succeeded in doing in an eminent degree in his humble, devoted,
industrious, honest, and noiseless life. He was buried in Spring
Grove cemetery.