This post is part of an ongoing series, sharing the first draft of my Revised Callin Family History.
Commodore Wilson Montgomery is the 70th person in a descendant report beginning with the earliest known ancestor of our Callin family, (1.) James Callin. This descendant report uses the Register Style of the New England Historic and Genealogical Society.
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Fifth Generation
70. Commodore “Com” Wilson Montgomery (Theodore-4, Elizabeth Callen-3, James "2nd"-2, James "1st"-1) was born on 11 Dec 1854, just after his family returned from their adventure in California. He grew up on the farm his father established on the outskirts of Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana, and he attended the local schools, where he did well. He even served as a teacher for seven years.
On 7 June 1877, he married Alla M Shoup in Fulton County. Alla was born in Independence, Missouri, in Aug 1855, daughter of John R Shoup (1828–1901) and Helen M. "Nellie" Barrett (1828–1905). Her family relocated to Indiana after the Civil War.
Com was one of the foremost farmers in the county; he was active in the Grange, a director for several years in the Agricultural and Fair Society, secretary of the Fulton County Anti Horse Thief Society, Vice-president of the Farmers Mutual Insurance Co., and always prominent in Farmers' Institute work.
Com was stricken with a fatal form of peritonitis which ended his life on 26 Mar 1904 at the age of 49. He was buried in Rochester I.O.O.F. Cemetery. Alla moved to Long Beach, California, in 1913 to be near several of her siblings and children, and she died there on 17 Aug 1939. She was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. Alla’s obituary was published in The Rochester News-Sentinel on Thursday, 24 Aug 1939.
“Relatives in this city have received word of the death of Mrs. Alla M. Montgomery, aged 88, which occurred at her home in Long Beach, Cal., Aug 17. Death was due to infirmities incident to old age.
“The deceased was the widow of the late Commodore Montgomery, who long resided on a farm a mile west of this city in the Burton Road. She was born in Independence, Mo., and had lived in Long Beach since 1913, moving to the California city from Rochester. She was a member of the Presbyterian church.
“Survivors are two sins, Guy D. Montgomery, Los Angeles, Cal., and Wilson Montgomery, Chicago, Ill.; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Bloom, Oxnard, Cal.; Mrs. Fred Hoffman, Long Beach, Cal.; and Mrs. Lettie Hoover, in West Virginia; and a brother, Charles Shoup, of San Francisco, Cal.
“Several children in addition to the husband preceded Mrs. Montgomery in death. They were Robert Montgomery, Cincinnati, Ohio; Charles Montgomery, Jacksonville, Fla.; Mrs. Edward Murphy of this city; Dora and Hugh, who died in infancy.
“Funeral services were held in Long Beach with interment there on Aug 19th.”
Commodore Wilson Montgomery and Alla M Shoup had the following children:
244 i. Clara Gertrude Montgomery, born 11 Apr 1878, Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana; married Edward Eugene Murphy, 11 Oct 1903, Rochester; died 15 Oct 1908, Rochester.
ii. Dora E Montgomery was born on 9 Jan 1880 and died from diphtheria on 27 Sep 1888 at the age of 8.
245 iii. Orbra Wilson Montgomery, born 12 Dec 1881, Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana; married Ethel Belle Baker, 29 Nov 1906, Rochester; died 11 May 1951, Cook County, Illinois.
246 iv. Robert Shoup Montgomery, born 14 Apr 1884, Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana; married Winona Jennie Baker, 15 June 1911, Indiana; died 28 Nov 1935, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana.
247 v. Charles Lee Montgomery, born 20 July 1886, Fulton County, Indiana; married Mary Fern Ault, 26 Sep 1908, Rochester, Fulton County; died 27 Mar 1927, Jackson County, Florida.
248 vi. Guy D Montgomery, born 1 Feb 1891, Fulton County, Indiana; married Ethel Lackey, 18 Dec 1909, Rochester, Fulton County; died 20 Nov 1960, Los Angeles County, California.
vii. Hugh Montgomery was born on 9 Aug 1894 and died on 29 Mar 1895. He was buried in Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana.
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