HARVEY AND ELLA [BUTTERFIELD] MONTGOMERY
Harvey F. Montgomery was one of eight children born to Alfred and
Nancy (Thompson) Montgomery, who married around 1846 at Alexis,
Illinois. Their children were James, John William, Joseph, Sarah
Martha, Elizabeth Almina, Harvey F., Lorenzo Dow, and Frank.
Harvey and two of his brothers, John and Lorenzo, came to Nebraska
from Illinois about 1882. John settled at York and Lorenzo
homesteaded at Ewing. Harvey F. homesteaded the North Half of the
Northeast Quarter of Section 18 and the North Half of the Northwest
Quarter of Section 17 of Logan Township in the Walnut Grove
community of Knox County. He married Ella Butterfield, daughter of
Justin C. and Jane (Auten) Butterfield, July 22, 1886. She had been
the first teacher at Verdigris Bridge in 1881. Their son, Lee, was
born March 8, 1887. Ella died June 20, 1889, at 21 years of age and
was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Bazile Mills.
On June 6, 1891, Harvey married Cora Butterfield, a younger sister
of Ella. Three children were born to this union: Ray, Charley, and
Ella (Mrs. Orville Butterfield). They lived on their homestead 27
years before moving to Creighton. They enjoyed 52 years of married
life. Mrs. Montgomery died in 1943 and her husband in 1946. Both are
buried at the Hope (Enterprise) Cemetery near Venus.
“Harv” Montgomery will be remembered for his black coin purse in
which he always carried his silver coins, as those no-good green
backs weren’t for him!
A grandson, Bernard Montgomery, now owns this homestead which has
been in the family nearly 100 years.
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