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Hon. David J. Montgomery, planter, Prescott, Ark. No worthy reference to the agricultural affairs of the county would be complete without mention of Mr. Montgomery, among others engaged in tilling the soil. He owes his nativity to Tennessee, his birth occurring April 8, 1821, and is the son of Andrew H. and Elizabeth (Morris) Montgomery, the father a native of South Carolina, born in 1794, and the mother a native of Tennessee, born in 1797. The parents were married in Tennessee in 1819, and the result of this union was eleven children—five sons and six daughters— two sons now living. The mother died in 1842, and the father then married Mrs. (Talley) Robison in 1843. Two children were born to them, but both are deceased. The father was in the War of 1812, and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He died in 1804. David J. Montgomery early had instilled into his youthful mind all the duties of farm life, and this calling has ever continued to be his chosen field of labor. He was married in 1841 to Miss Louisa Crabb, a native of Tennessee, born in 1820, and the daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth Crabb. Himself and wife have ten children, six of whom are now living: James M., David J., Elizabeth A. (wife of J. G. Carington, now living in Prescott, Ark.), Melissa A. (wife of L. D. Scott, now living in Prescott), Nannie J. (wife of T. S. Bryan, now residing in Prescott, Ark.,) and Mollie (wife of S. D. Corman, a farmer, living in Nevada County, Ark.). Mr. Montgomery emigrated from Tennessee to Mississippi, thence to Arkansas, in 1844, and settled in Hempstead County, of this State. His wife, who was a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, died here in 1887. Mr. Montgomery’s second marriage occurred in 1887, to the daughter of Hiram and Elizabeth (Kicks) Kinchen. By her previous marriage Mrs. Montgomery became the mother of five children, three of whom are living: Fannie B. (wife of J. H. Leiper, now residing in Denver, Colo.), Flora A. (wife of W. E. Gibson, now residing in Memphis, Tenn.) and Lila L. (wife of L. B. Stine, now residing in Camden). Mrs. Montgomery’s first husband died November 17, 1885. She was born in Georgia on March 13, 1837. Mr. Montgomery enlisted in the Confederate army during the late war, and served from 1803 to the close of the war. He was in the battles of Elkin’s Ferry and Poison Springs. He represented Hempstead County in the Legislature in 1874, and served as justice of the peace for a number of years. He is the owner of 240 acres of land, and is one of the foremost farmers of the county. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and in politics is strictly Democratic. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.