CFH First Draft: Harriett Faxon Montgomery

 This post is part of an ongoing series, sharing the first draft of my Revised Callin Family History. 

Harriett Marie Faxon is the 80th 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

80. Harriett Marie Faxon (Pamelia Callin-4, Hugh-3, James-2, James-1) was born on 15 Apr 1846 in Fredonia, Louisa County, Iowa.

Harriett married Henry Clay Montgomery, 6 Apr 1865, Fulton County, Indiana. Henry was the son of Benjamin Montgomery (1807–1846) and Rebecca Davidson (1813–1896), born on 23 Oct 1839 and raised in New Castle, Fulton County, Indiana. Henry set out for California as a young man, working as a blacksmith in Union, El Dorado County, in 1860. He enlisted in Company F of the 4th Regiment, California Infantry of the Union Army.  (It should be noted that cousin, (21.) Callin Montgomery was a private in that same company during the Civil War.)

Henry and Harriett lived in Bourbon, Marshall County, Indiana, where their elder son was born, then moved to Tippecanoe, Marshall County. Henry died on 7 Jun 1873 in Tippecanoe and was buried in Reichter Cemetery in Talma, Fulton County, Indiana. News of his death was reported in the Rochester Union Spy on 12 Jun 1873.

“MAN DROWNED. A man named CLAY MONTGOMERY, a cousin of the Montgomerys of this county, was drowned in the Tippecanoe River, at Tippecanoetown on Saturday last. He had been fishing, and his hook got entangled in some brush in the water. Deceased was an expert swimmer, and rather than break the hook, he stripped off his clothes and dived down to unfasten it. The spectators present saw that he did not rise again, and went to his aid. He was found in ten feet of water, sitting or squatting on the bottom, every muscle rigid, and evidently the victim of cramp. Every effort was made to resuscitate him, but all in vain. No water was found in the body a remarkable circumstance, truly - and one that should have encouraged long-continued efforts to restore life. The efforts made warmed the body and relaxed the muscles, but were otherwise unsuccessful. Deceased was about 27 years of age.”

Harriett Marie Faxon and Henry Clay Montgomery had the following children: 

       269          i.   Benjamin Ellsworth Montgomery, born 29 Jan 1866, Bourbon, Marshall, Indiana; married Sarah Jane Scott, 21 Dec 1895, Knox, Starke, Indiana; married Jennie R Owens, 22 Oct 1910, Porter County, Indiana; died 23 Sep 1930, Gary, Lake, Indiana.

                     ii.   Eddie Faxon Montgomery, born 2 Sep 1870, Tippecanoe, Tippecanoe, Indiana; died 21 Oct 1931, Gary, Lake, Indiana.

       270        iii.   Florence Amelia Montgomery, born 20 Aug 1873, Tippecanoe, Tippecanoe, Indiana; married John W Stevenson, 19 Oct 1895, Porter County, Indiana; died 7 Aug 1913, Knox, Starke, Indiana.

Florence was born just weeks after Henry’s death. Harriett married William King on 29 Jun 1875. They lived in Tippecanoe in 1880, then moved to Porter County, Indiana.

Harriett died on 25 Jan 1914 in Wheeler, Porter County, Indiana, and was buried in Janes Cemetery in Porter County.