Andrew Jackson Montgomery

b. 4 April 1801, d. 1863
  • Andrew Jackson Montgomery was born on 4 April 1801 in Tennessee near Maryville.
  • He married Mary Mahulda Farris, daughter of William Farris and Mahala H. Kennerly, in 1844, and Andrew's brother Edley married Mary Mahulda's twin sister Emeline.
  • Andrew Jackson Montgomery and Mary Mahulda Farris appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Grimes County, Tennessee, and also Virginia-born J. D. Stonam, age 52, likely a brother of Bryant et al. (A Virginia-born John Stonum, age 60, is enumerated in the 1860 Grimes County household of Bryant and his siblings.) Other members of the household included Edmund Montgomery, Mary Montgomery and William Montgomery.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1950 census.
  • Andrew Jackson Montgomery and Mary Mahulda Farris appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Plantersville, Grimes County, Tennessee, and five other children, not yet recorded: Edmond, Mary, Bailey, Relest? and Hezakiah.. Other members of the household included John Montgomery.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
  • Andrew Jackson Montgomery died in 1863 in Stoneham, Grimes County, Texas.
  • A short biography appears in Robin Montgomery's The History of Montgomery County (1974).
  • For additional biographical information, see The Texas Handbook Online.
  • Last Edited: 7 Oct 2009

Family: Mary Mahulda Farris b. circa 1825