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

366 DESCENDANTS OF PETER MONTAGUE.
25th Va. Confederate Cavalry, under Capt. G. G. Junkin of Gen.
Bradley Johnston's command. Was badly wounded in left arm, April
6, 1865, in the last battle that was fought in S. W., Va. A piece of
lead, a piece of his coat and 32 pieces of bone were taken from the
wound. In the winter of 1890 a sore appeared under the shoulder
blade, which a surgeon opened and took from it a piece of an over-
coat, the size of a rifle ball that had worked over there from his arm
from the wound received more than 25 years before. Jan. 1, 1868,
he began business as a merchant in Christiansburg, succeeding to the
business of his mother's father Mr. Kyle, where he is still located.
He 771., May 26, 1868, Miss Mary Grove Smith, dau. of Mr. Floyd
Smith who was for many years sheriff of Montgomery Co. She was
b. May 29, 185 1. Her mother was Catherine Deal of Penn.
CHILDREN.
2837. Catherine Floyd, b. Nov. 29, 1872.
2838. William McKelvey, b. Sept. 4, 1874.
2839. J0J171 Cci77ipbell, b. May 6, 1876.
2840. Jere77iiah Kyle, b. July 28, 1878.
2841. Robert Trigg Mosby, b. July 10, 1880.
2842. Mary Grove, b. July 15, 1882.
1588.
Rice Daniel Montague, son of William McC. [544], b. May 20,
1849. Began as a farmer, settling in Craig Co., but left there and
became a merchant at Christiansburgh, then at Gravel Hill, Craig
Co., then bought at Gap Mills, West Va. Has since sold out, and
removed to Portland, Oregon where he now resides. Has been suc-
cessful as a business man. He 771., 1869 Julia Ann Godbey, dau. of
Andrew J. Godbey, who was for many years clerk of Floyd Co., Va.
and was also sheriff. She was b. Oct. 27, 1849. Her mother was
Miss Ellen H. Deskins of Tazwell Co.
2843. Walter, b. July 17, 1870.
2844. Er7iest, b. July 4, 1872.
2845. Gibson, b. Nov. 27, 1878.
2846. Kirk, b. Aug. 10, 1885.
CHILDREN.
1590.
Elizabeth McKelvey Montague, dau. of William McC. [544]*
b. March 12, 1853; m. Oct., 1870, William F. Tallant. His father