Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1885,
Hardin Co.

JUDGE A. B. MONTGOMERY, of Elizabethtown, Ky., and a native of Hardin
County, was born December 11, 1837. The family is one of the earliest in
the history of Elizabethtown, the grandfather of our subject being the
first dry goods merchant of that place. He was an Irishman by birth and
came to the United States in 1792, settling in Baltimore, Md., where he was
employed as a clerk until he came to Kentucky. He had but one child, a son,
William W. Montgomery, who was born in Hardin County, Ky., in 1809. William
W. was reared in that county, where he received a fair English education,
and for several years followed the profession of teaching. He married Miss
Catherine A. Brooks. She was born in 1811, in Fauquier County, Va., and
came to Kentucky about 1823. William W. Montgomery passed his entire life
in Hardin County, where he died in 1868 his wife surviving him until 1882.
They had a family of nine children, but four of whom are now living. Judge
A. B. Montgomery in his boyhood days attended the common schools, but in
1855 entered the Georgetown College, from whence he graduated in 1859. He
then began the study of law in the office of Hayes & Cofer, graduating from
the Louisville Law School in 1862. In consequence of failing health, he did
not engage in the practice of his employment until the year 1873, finding
his employment in the meantime in the pursuits of the farm, and doing
service as deputy sheriff of his county. In 1870 he was elected to the
office of county judge, serving in that capacity for four years. In 1877 he
was the choice of the Senatorial District as their representative, serving
with acceptance in the State Senate for four years. He is the senior
partner in the law firm of Montgomery & Poston, and has an extensive
practice. He married in 1866 Miss Mildred F., daughter of William B. Coons,
of Fayette County, Ky.

Montgomery Brooks Hayes Cofer Poston Coons
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Ireland MD Fauquier-VA Jefferson-KY Fayette-KY

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