William Owen Montgomery

William Owen Montgomery Memorial Photos Flowers Edit Learn about removing the ads from this memorial... Birth: Feb. 26, 1865 Adana, Turkey Death: Aug. 2, 1885 Homer Cortland County New York, USA

William Owen Montgomery, first child of Rev. Giles Foster Montgomery and Emily Ruth Redington, b. Feb. 26, 1865 at Adana, Turkey where his parents were then in missionary service with the Congregational Church.

As a young boy William was sent to the United States to attend school residing with the family of his cousin, Rev. William Albert Robinson, and the latter's widowed mother, Semantha (Washburn) Robinson. William d. unmarried at Homer, NY on Aug. 2, 1886 and is interred at the Robinson family plot at Homer's Glenwood Cemetery.

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Parents:

 Giles Foster Montgomery (1835 - 1888)

 Emily Ruth Redington Montgomery (1839 - 1898)

Inscription: WILL Son of Rev. G.F. & E.R. Montgomery Died Aug. 2, 1885 Æ 20 Y'rs

On the day William died he was 20 years old, and Aetatis (i.e., Æ, "Aged," in the XX year of his Age, etc.) 21. However, by the late 1800s the meaning of the symbol "Æ" for the Latin term Aetatis had long been forgotten, and assumed to have meant one's chronological "age."

Burial: Glenwood Cemetery Homer Cortland County New York, USA Plot: Section 8

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Maintained by: Don Blauvelt Originally Created by: Carol Darling Record added: Nov 11, 2009 Find A Grave Memorial# 44199643