Henry Lee Montgomery, (Dr. Lee) was the son my my 3rd Great Grandfather John M. Montgomery and brother to my Great Great Grandfather Thomas Marion (Dr. Tom) Montgomery. I just posted a couple published histories about him and a photograph in a previous posts. Henry Lee Montgomery, Dr. Birth – 26 Sep 1866, Mississippi...
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Biographies
Henry Lee Montgomery, Dr. (1866-1952) – Shared Memories
William Furlsbury Carter (1811-1888) – Published Biography
William F. Carter was my 3rd Great Grandfather with his second wife Roxena Meacham Carter (1830-1919) through their daughter Junietta Carter (1865-1937) who married John Henry Wall (1861-1881) in 1881. William had quite a rich history and an interesting life. I’ve run across many biographies, journal entries, stories and other tales of his life’s...
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Henry Lee Montgomery, Dr. (1866-1952) – Published Biographies
Dr. Lee Montgomery was the brother of my Great Great Grandfather Dr. Thomas Marion Montgomery. There were quite a few doctors in the Montgomery family! I’ve been privileged to have gathered some good information here-and-there about some of the Montgomery brothers, and so I thought I’d share some of it, starting with my relative’s...
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James Ewell “J.E.” McCall (1826-1896) – Published Biography
The following is a history of my 3rd Great Grandfather James Ewell McCall published in the Goodspeed Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas in 1890. Judge J. E. McCall, an agriculturist of Herring Township, was born in Alabama, March 11, 1826, and is a son of John and Sarah (McCall) McCall, who were...
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Robbert Harreld, Captain (1761-1824) – Biography
Captain Robbert Harreld is my 5th Great Grandfather through his daughter Sinai who married William Neal, Sr. Sinai and William Neal’s son James Preston Neal had told a story of he and his brother (my 3rd Great Grandfather William Thomas Neal) as boys having had the opportunity to meet Samuel Houston and welcomed him...
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Andrew Alexander Crawford (1812-1862) – Published Biography
I was reviewing the 1850 census today, and noticed how closely Hugh Tinnin was living to his daughter Lucy Jane Tinnin Neal. I started to go through the pages of the census and noticed Andrew and Sinai Neal Buchanan nearby. The Buchanans and Neals both had a Tinnin kid staying with them, so I...
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John Keener “J.K.” McCall (1872-1966) – Biography
John Keener “J.K.” McCall was my 2nd Great-Grandfather. While my sister was in college she took a class on the subject of genealogy. As part of her family research she collected a few items that made great additions to my collection of family history material. One of these items was a typed letter from...
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James Preston Neal (1820-1896) – Published Biographies
Recently I got an email in response to my post on Hugh Tinnin asking about his son-in-law James Preston Neal. I was very excited to connect with someone from this line, and we’ve been sharing some information the past couple months. It made me realize that I haven’t done a blog post on this...
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John M. Montgomery, Dr. (1823-1896) – Published Biography
Dr. John M. Montgomery is my 3rd-Great-Grandfather through his son Dr. Thomas Marion Montgomery. The following is a history of him I found in The Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas. Chicago: Goodspeed Publishers, 1891. DR. JOHN M. MONTGOMERY Dr. John M. Montgomery, Sr., one of the oldest practitioners in the county of...
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Hugh Tinnin (1800-1869) – Published Biography
Hugh Tinnin was my 4th great grandfather through his daughter Lucille who married William T. Neal. The following is a history I found of him included in the History of Washington County, Arkansas. 1989. pgs 1416-1417. Most of this history I referenced in my post about Tinnin Road, but here’s the entire copy. Hugh...
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