This post is part of an ongoing series, sharing the first draft of my Revised Callin Family History.
Orbra Fitch Montgomery is the 71st 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
71. Orbra Fitch Montgomery (Theodore-4, Elizabeth Callen-3, James "2nd"-2, James "1st"-1) was born at the farm home of his parents, just west of Rochester on 3 Oct 1858. He graduated from high school in 1878 and completed a course in the early eighties at Indiana University. He studied law with the firm of Holman and Essick until he was admitted to the bar in 1884, practicing law until his demise.
In 1901 he married Amanda Thompson "Madge" Taylor (1860–1922) daughter of John S Taylor (1831–1900) and Susan Ambrose (1833–1900). Madge was born on 4 June 1860 in Miami County, Indiana, and moved to Rochester with her parents when she was four years of age.
For more than 30 years, Orbra was a member of the Fulton County Bar Association, and one of Rochester's most prominent attorneys. He suffered from some kind of paralyzing illness in the final decade of his life, and was confined to his home in his last three years. He died on 9 Sep 1918 in Rochester and was buried in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery there. Madge died from "pernicious anemia" on 28 Nov 1922 and was buried with her husband.
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