She was the daughter of William Taylor and Narcissa Smith.

OBIT:

"THE GREENFIELD VIDETTE GREENFIELD MISSOURI
THURSDAY APRIL 12 1917

MRS JULIA ANN MONTGOMERY LIVED IN DADE COUNTY FOR 77 YEARS. HER DEATH LAST THURSDAY WAS THE 1ST TO OCCUR IN 63 YEARS.
MOTHER OF A NUMBER OF DADES PROMINENT CITIZENS,
AUNT JULIA ANN MONTGOMERY,WIFE OF EMSLEY C MONTGOMERY, AND THE MOTHER OF A LARGE FAMILY OF 11. SURVIVING CHILDREN AMONG WHOM ARE INCLUDED
A NUMBER OF PROMINENT CITIZENS. DIED AT HER HOME IN SAC TOWNSHIP THURSDAY APRIL 5TH. SHE WAS AMONG THE EARLIEST OF THE SURVIVING PIONEERS OF THE COUNTY HAVING COME TO THIS COUNTY IN 1840 OVER THREE QUARTERS OF A CENTURY AGO
SHE WAS BORN IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MISSOURI ON SEPTEMBER 4TH 1831. HER MAIDEN NAME HAVING BEEN TAYLOR AND WAS AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH 85 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 1 DAY OLD. SHE WAS MARRIED TO EMSLEY C MONTGOMERY ON OCTOBER 31 1847 AND TO THEM 11 CHILDREN WERE BORN 6 DAUGHTERS AND 5 SONS. 2 OF THE DAUGHTERS DYING IN INFANCY. THE SURVIVING 9 CHILDREN RESIDE IN DADE COUNTY EXCEPT 1 WHO LIVES IN CEDAR COUNTY AND ALL WERE PRESENT DURING THEIR MOTHERS ILLNESS AND AT HER FUNERAL
IT IS A REMARKABLE FACT THAT IN THE CIRCLE OF THIS LARGE FAMILY CONSISTING OF PARENTS
AND 9 CHILDREN THAT THIS IS THE 1ST DEATH THAT HAS OCCURED IN 63 YEARS. THE SURVIVING CHILDREN ARE JUDGE CHARLES W MONTGOMERY OF THIS CITY .THOMAS B.,SUSAN A.,JOHN F .,EMSLEY E.AND JOSIAH B MONTGOMERY. MRS MARGARET E CURTIS,MRS MARY M WEST, ALL OF DADE COUNTY AND MRS ARMILDA J. DIVINE OF CEDAR COUNTY. HER AGED HUSBAND TO WHOM SHE WAS WEDDED NEARLY 70 YEARS ALSO SURVIVES HER. HE IS A VETERAN OF THE 6TH MISSOURI VOLUNTEER CAVALRY AND WILL REACH HIS 92ND BIRTHDAY ON JUNE 12TH. WITH HIS FAITHFUL WIFE HE 1ST MOVED TO THE FARM WHERE HER DEATH OCCURRED LAST THURSDAY IN SEPTEMBER 1853 AND THEY HAD CONTINUOSLY RESIDED ON THAT PLACE A TOTAL OF NEARLY 64 YEARS MRS MONTGOMERY PROFESSED FAITH IN CHRIST AND UNITED WITH THE CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WHEN QUITE YOUNG AND HAD SINCE LIVED A CONSISTENT MEMBER THEREOF.
HER LAST ILLNESS EXTENDED OVER A PERIOD OF 2 YEARS TIME BUT WAS BORNE WITH CHRISTIAN FORTITUDE AND PATIENCE AS ONE OF THE MANY GRACES THAT ADORNED HER CHARACTER. THE DAY BEFORE HER DEATH SHE STATED THAT SHE WAS GOING TO THE GLORY LAND AND ASKED HER AGED HUSBAND TO COME TO HER THERE BUT OWING TO HIS AFFLICTION THE MESSAGE HAD TO BE REPEATED TO HIM BY ONE OF HIS SONS AND HE RESPONDED "I AM COMING ". REV. J. H. BARNETT, AN OLD FRIEND OF THE FAMILY PRESIDED AT THE FUNERAL SERVICE WHICH WAS HELD AT THE BALD MOUND CEMETERY IN SAC TOWNSHIP AND NOT FAR FROM THE HOME WHERE THE DECEASED SPENT SO MANY YEARS OF HER LONG AN USEFUL LIFE. IT WAS LARGELY ATTENDED BY RELATIVES AND SORROWING FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY"