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

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William Downman Montague, son of Capt. William [3180], b.
March 3, 1802, baptized by Rev. Daniel McNaughton, rector of
Christ church, Lancaster Co. He m., Miss Jane New of Richmond,
Va., and about 1840 moved to Ark. In 185 1 he was living at Van
Buren, Crawford Co., Ark. Search has been made for his children,
but without results.
CHILDREN.
3264. Olivia, b. , was m. and had a family, in 185 1.
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3265. Leoflora, b. , was m. and had a family, in 185 1.
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3266. Finances, b. , d. in 1 1849.
3267 Lucy, b. 1837-
3268. Eliza, b. 1840.
3269 Elvira, b. 1843.
3270 Ezra, b. 1846.
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Col. Thomas Ball Montague, son of Capt. William [3180], b.
Feb. 3, 18 1 8 at " Paradise " the plantation of his father in the Co.
of Henrico, about four miles below Richmond, on the Williamsburgh
road. Grad. at William and Mary college in 1836. He was mustered
in Confederate service in Gloucester Co., as Captain Co. A, 34th Va.
artillery, May, 1861. This company went to Gloucester Point, taking
with them two cannon which belonged to the Botetourt Guards, a
volunteer Co. prior to the war of which he was Capt. He served
through the war. Fought in battles around Richmond, and of Seven
Pines. Was afterwards stationed on John's island near Charleston,
S. C. After heavy fighting, he was sent back to Va. and stationed
near Petersburg in the battery of heavy artillery known as " Monta-
gue's battery." In the battle of the Crater he was severely shocked,
but continued at his post by giving signs, not being able to talk. He
was Col. of Montague's battery and so served until the surrender at
Appomattox.
He m. (1), Miss Sarah Ann Jones, at Queen's Creek on the York
river by Rev. William Servient Jones, her uncle and adopted father.
She was b. at Yorktown, Va. and d. in the town of Botetourt, now
Gloucester C. H. He m. (2), about 1857, Mrs. Mary B. Jones, widow,
whose maiden name was Miss Pollard. _ She d. 1889. He d. Aug.
29, 1874, having been thrown out of a buggy and killed, in the Co.