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Milton Eastland Montgomery

Son of James L. Montgomery · 1886–1974

Milton Eastland Montgomery

Confirmed

Son of James L. Montgomery · 1886–1974

Born
27 October 1886
Died
at Corpus Christi, Texas, on 17 August 1974
Parents
James L. Montgomery
Sources
4

Research status

Research status: CONFIRMED son of James L. Montgomery. Evidence: his obituary in the Corpus Christi Caller-Times of 18 August 1974 says Milton E. Montgomery, 87, died on 17 August 1974, was born at Pilgrim, Texas, and was a First World War veteran and retired barber; the sisters it names include Mrs. Eunice Jarratt and Mrs. Charles Jarratt, the daughters named in James L. Montgomery’s 1932 obituary, where “Milton of Westhoff” is a son S1666. Added to the family tree on 11 October 2026

Life in the order the records give it

Birth1886
Born 27 October 1886 at Pilgrim, Gonzales County, Texas, by the Texas death index, which names his parents as James Lafayette and Elizabeth Jane S1666. In 1900 a Milton is among the children of James L. and Elizabeth Montgomery in Gonzales County S1209
Death1974
Died at Corpus Christi, Texas, on 17 August 1974; the funeral notices of 20 August give a graveside service at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery on 21 August 1974 S1666

Family parents, marriages, children, siblings

Siblings
His sisters with cards: Eunice Faye Montgomery and W. Irene Montgomery. His wife and children are not named here, because they may be living

Open questions what is probable, weak or missing — confirm or correct it

Probable
Probable confirm or correct → His mother is entered as Elizabeth Billings. Evidence: the death index gives her as Elizabeth Jane, and the obituaries of his sisters Eunice and Irene give their mother as Elizabeth Billings Montgomery S1667 S1668. What is weak: the maiden name rests on his sisters’ obituaries, not on a record of his own
Weak or missing
What is weak or missing: the obituary does not name his parents; the birth date is from the death index only, and the death certificate image has not been opened; the newspaper text is machine-read. Know more? Use “Add to this record”.

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Milton Eastland Montgomery · Sources

Citations

Sources cited on this card

4 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. S12091900 census — James L. Montgomery and Elizabeth L., Gonzales County, Texas. Ancestry, “1900 United States Federal Census”, record 43467931. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 3 October 2026. Confirmed Gonzales Co., Precinct 5, ED 58, sheet 13B, 29 June 1900: James L. Montgomery, born Dec 1866 in Texas, parents born in Tennessee, farmer, married 14 years; wife Elizabeth L., born June 1865 in Texas, 5 children all living; children Milton (1886), Owen (1888), Eunice (1892), Talmage (1894) and Ruefell (1897). Billings households live next door. ⚠ The census gives Ruefell as born Aug 1897; her death certificate (S1211) says 14 Aug 1896. Neither is a birth record, so the year is unresolved.
  2. S1666Obituary and funeral notices of Milton E. Montgomery — Corpus Christi Caller-Times, 18 and 20 August 1974; Texas death index. Obituary, 18 August 1974, p. 20, and funeral notices of 20 August; Newspapers.com, read from the machine-read page text on 2 October 2026, not from the page images. Milton E. Montgomery, 87, died 17 August 1974; born at Pilgrim, Texas; First World War veteran, retired barber; sisters named include Mrs. Eunice Jarratt and Mrs. Charles Jarratt; graveside service at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, 21 August 1974. Texas death certificate index, Ancestry record 359905, index only: born 27 October 1886, died 17 August 1974 at Corpus Christi; parents James Lafayette and Elizabeth Jane. The obituary does not name his parents. His wife and children are not named here.
  3. S1667Obituary of Mrs. Eunice Faye Jarratt — Victoria Advocate, 2 July 1976, p. 8. Newspapers.com, read from the machine-read page text on 2 October 2026, not from the page image. Mrs. Eunice Faye Jarratt, 84, a resident of Victoria since 1918, died Thursday in a local rest home; born 30 March 1892 in Gonzales County; “daughter of the late James and Elizabeth Billings Montgomery”; “Mrs. Jarratt was the wife of John L. Jarratt, Sr., who died April 9, 1969”; burial Evergreen Cemetery, Victoria. Thursday was 1 July 1976. Her sons and grandchildren are not named here.
  4. S1668Obituaries of Mrs. Irene Jarratt — Victoria Advocate, 9 January 1986, p. 16, and Austin American-Statesman, 8 January 1986, p. 13. Newspapers.com, read from the machine-read page text on 2 October 2026, not from the page images. Victoria: Mrs. Irene Jarratt, 82, of Austin, died Tuesday in an Austin nursing home; born at Pilgrim, 14 August 1903, “daughter of James L. and Elizabeth Billings Montgomery”; “She married Charles Allen Jarratt in Victoria Nov. 19, 1918”; burial Leesville Cemetery near Nixon. Austin: “Mrs. W. Irene Jarratt”, the same date and survivors. Tuesday was 7 January 1986. Survivors are not named here.

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