| Gary's Genealogy |
| Notes for John Polk Montgomery |
| From Gencircles: "Polk was born in Agnes, Tx , he and Mertice went to school in Springtown through the eighth grade for him eleventh for her. He owned a drug store in Springtown that was destroyed by fire, he then traveled to Amarillo and set up a freighting company, he also filed on 160 acres of land that is the present 7th St. of Amarillo. Their next move was to Ok. to Indian Territory for the Oklahoma Land Rush. He filed on another 160 acres and they lived in a dugout, he improved this land, sold it and went back to Springtown. Subsequently he filed on land in New Mexico in 1914-1918 but eventually moved back to Springtown where his mother lived and needed him. There is a more thorough description of their lives in Gene Montgomery's book Garde Bien." |
| Revised: 18-Mar-07 12:58 PM |
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