Martha Belle Dean

Martha Belle Dean

• Father: Thomas Dean b. 1 January 1847, d. 27 March 1924
• Mother: Rachel Phipps b. 1 March 1852, d. 11 November 1933

• Martha Belle Dean was born on 14 January 1877 in Cleburne County, Alabama.
• She married Allie Hampton Montgomery, son of M. Montgomery and Junietta Rosalee Whittington, on 7 August 1898 in Grimes County, Texas.
• Allie Hampton Montgomery and Martha Belle Dean appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Iola, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Ruby D. Montgomery.
• Allie Hampton Montgomery and Martha Belle Dean appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Harris County, Texas. Other members of the household included Ruby D. Montgomery, Jennie Mae Montgomery, Allen Crosland Montgomery, Audrey D. Montgomery and Josephine Olivette Montgomery. Fifteen boarders also were enumerated in the household.
• She was operating a boarding house, according to the 1920 census.
• Allie Hampton Montgomery registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, while living with his wife Martha Belle in Benton (RFD 3, Box 65), employed there farming.
• Allie Hampton Montgomery and Martha Belle Dean appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Benton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana. Other members of the household included Jennie Mae Montgomery, Allen Crosland Montgomery, Audrey D. Montgomery, Josephine Olivette Montgomery, A. Harold Montgomery, Imogene Montgomery and Roberta G. Montgomery.
• Allie Hampton Montgomery and Martha Belle Dean appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Benton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, at Sixth Street. Other members of the household included Josephine Olivette Montgomery, A. Harold Montgomery, Imogene Montgomery and Roberta G. Montgomery.
• Allie Hampton Montgomery and Martha Belle Dean appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Benton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana. Other members of the household included Josephine Olivette Montgomery, Imogene Montgomery and Roberta G. Montgomery.
• Allie Hampton Montgomery registered for the draft in 1942 in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, in 1942 while living with his wife in Benton, and employed there by C. C. Whittington.
• Martha Belle Dean died on 9 November 1956 at age 79 in Benton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
• Her husband Allie Hampton Montgomery became a widower at her death.
• She was interred at Forest Park Cemetery (East), 2700 St. Vincent Avenue, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
• The following appeared on 15 November 1956 in The Ruston Leader: Last rites were held Sunday for Mrs. A. H. Montgomery, 79, of Benton, La., mother of Harold Montgomery of Ruston and Doyline.
       Mrs. Montgomery, wife of the well-known retired Benton farmer, A. H. Montgomery, died at her home in Benton, Thursday night following a lengthy illness.
       Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Benton Methodist Church with Rev. L. A. Carrington, pastor, officiating. Burial was in Forest Park Cemetery.
       Mrs. Montgomery was born in Cleburne County, Ala., but had lived in Benton where she was a member of the Methodist Church, for the past 40 years.
       In addition to her husband and her son here, she is survived by six daughters, Mrs. W. C. Ivey, Mrs. T. L. Rodes and Miss Olivette Montgomery, all of Benton, Mrs. W. S. Jones of Shreveport, Mrs. W. T. Steele of Memphis and Mrs. Henry Morgan of Lake Charles; one other son, Allen C. Montgomery of Bossier City; two brothers, J. J. Dean of Houston, Texas, and J. S. Dean of San Antonio; four sisters, Mrs. R. E. Cleveland, Jr., and Mrs. E. N. Colson, both of Iola, Texas, Mrs. R. C. Conlee of Kilgore, Texas, and Mrs. Rory Gentry of Houston, nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

• Last Edited: 4 Feb 2014