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and Representative Citizens
Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. -
Chicago, Illinois
1907
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GEORGE H. MONTGOMERY,
a representative citizen of Youngstown, has been county surveyor of
Mahoning County, Ohio, since 1897, being his own successor in the
office and now serving in his third term. Mr. Montgomery
was born in Youngstown township, Mahoning County, Ohio, in 1873.
His father, Lewis Montgomery, has resided here all his life.
He was the son of Robert Montgomery, one of the early
settlers in this section of the state.
George M. Montgomery, after completing the
common school course at Youngstown, entered the Northern Normal
University at Ada, Ohio, and completed his course in civil
engineering at the Ohio State University in 1896. He located
immediately at Youngstown and became a member of the firm of
Haseltine Brothers & Montgomery, succeeding that of
Haseltine Brothers. On the death of Robert Haseltine
in 1905, the firm became Haseltine & Montgomery,
general civil and mining engineers. This is at present the
leading firm of its kind in the city.
Mr. Montgomery married Ella Robinson,
daughter of James Robinson, of Niles. Ohio. They
have two children, Mary Louisa and Robert
Morris. The family belongs to the First Presbyterian
Church at Youngstown. Mr. Montgomery is a member of the
order of Knights of Pythias. As a good citizen he takes an
interest in politics and invariably gives time and attention to
secure the election of first-class men, with good records, to
positions of responsibility in both local and national affairs.
Source:
20th Century History of Youngstown and Mahoning Co., Ohio
and Representative Citizens -
Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. -
Chicago, Illinois -
1907 - Page 672 |
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HON. RANDALL MONTGOMERY,
who, as general manager, is connected with a number of important
business enterprises at Youngstown, Ohio, was born on Federal
street, Youngstown, in 1851, and has been a citizen of prominence
here for many years, serving as mayor from 1888 until 1892, and for
four years as member of the Legislature from Mahoning County.
After completing the public school course at
Youngstown, Mr. Montgomery worked for some four years in the
grocery store of A. J. Morgan, and was then in the hardware
line with Fowler, Stambaugh & Company. Later he
embarked in a plumbing business under the firm name of Montgomery,
Thompson & Company, which was the foundation of the immense
business of Stambaugh, Thompson & Company. Mr.
Montgomery was in the plumbing business for nine years, but
prior to this he had worked several years in the oil fields.
He was elected mayor of Youngstown while in the plumbing business,
from which he then retired. After completing a very popular
administration as mayor. Mr. Montgomery was then
elected to the State Legislature and served with distinction, for
four years. Subsequently he was appointed city commissioner
and on the death of Mr. Holmes, he became general
manager of the Youngstown Consolidated Gas and Electric Company, the
Youngstown & Sharon Street Railway, the Valley Street Railway, the
Sharon & New Castle Street Railway, the Wheatland Street Railway,
the Shenango Valley Electric Light Company, and the Sharon Gas &
Water Company.
Mr. Montgomery is also a member of the
hoard of directors of the Chamber of Commerce and is a trustee and
president of the Youngstown Hospital Association. Fraternally
he is an Elk, a Knight of Pythias, an Odd Fellow and a 32nd degree
Mason.
Source:
20th Century History of Youngstown and Mahoning Co., Ohio
and Representative Citizens -
Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. -
Chicago, Illinois -
1907 - Page 791 |
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R.
B. MURRAY, who has attained much prominence in
the practice of his profession, is one of the leading attorneys of
Youngstown, in which city he was born, and is the son of Ira and
Hannah (Carothers) Murray. Ira Murray was
born in New York in 1806, and came to Wayne, Ashtabula County, in
1821, but subsequently located in Youngstown in 1826, where he
practically passed the remainder of his life, engaged in following
his trade as a tanner.
R. B. Murray was reared in Youngstown, attending
the public schools of the city and later attending Allegheny
College, of which he is now a trustee, and the University of
Michigan. After leaving the latter institution he opened an
office in Youngstown in 1868 and embarked in the practice of his
profession, and has been in continued practice since that time.
For a period of 16 years, from 1870 to 1886 inclusive, he was
associated with the Hon. A. W. Jones, but since then has been
alone the greater part of the time, and has long enjoyed one of the
most extensive and lucrative practices in the city.
Mr. Murray was married in 1872 to
Sophia Bond, of Geneseo, New York. She died on Nov.
19, 1885, leaving no children. Mr. Murray's
second marriage occurred on June 30, 1897, to Wealthy A. Darby,
of Meadville, Pennsylvania.
While never seeking political preferment, Mr.
Murray has always been an active party man, and has always
worked for the success of his party without any expectation of
personal reward. He is a member of the following fraternities:
Phi Beta Kappa, a Greek fraternity, which was founded in 1775, by
Washington, Jefferson and others, at William and Mary
College, Virginia, and of which he is one of the two members now in
Mahoning County; a member of the Masonic order for many years.
He is now and for most of his life has been an active member of the
Trinity M. E. Church, of which lie has for a number of years been a
member of the board of trustees.
Source:
20th Century History of Youngstown and Mahoning Co., Ohio
and Representative Citizens -
Publ. by Biographical Publishing Co. -
Chicago, Illinois -
1907 - Page 842 |
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