Tag: Montgomery
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Now that we’ve covered those who left, let’s begin looking at those who stayed in Milton Township!
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The Milton Township Diaspora (part 3) When we last talked about Sarah (Montgomery) Davidson and her family, they set out from Fulton County, Indiana, and took to the Oregon Trail in 1852: Sarah and Henry Davidson took their four children and their adopted niece, Sarah Farrell, on the trip; we have only talked about Sarah…
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A tale from when the West was still young Once upon a time, several families founded a town in Ohio. Benjamin Montgomery (1766-1841) brought his wife, Nancy, and their six children from Virginia to settle in Weller Township, Richland County, Ohio, where they laid out a town in 1816. Benjamin called the town “Olivesburg” after…
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Meet the Montgomery family A “shirttail relative” is a distant or honorary relative, such as a fourth cousin or family friend who is treated as a relative. For example, I am “Uncle Tad” in a few households where I bear no familial relationship – so that would make me a “shirttail” to those kids. As…
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A Quick Overview of my work under this surname The revised Callin Family History is where I focused most of my efforts from 2015 to 2022. I started with James Callin, my 5x-great grandfather, and traced as many of his descendants as I could using Ancestry’s World Deluxe membership (which includes partial access to Newspapers.com…
Mightier Acorns 