Son of Calvin Clark and Desdemona Anderson Montgomery.
"William was twice mayor of Marion, president of the Merchants and Farmers bank, and president of the Marion Business league. He was born in Marion county, South Carolina, May 20, 1851. He is the son of Calvin Montgomery, a farmer, who died while his son was a child, and of Desda Anderson Montgomery. The family are descendants of a Scotchman who came to this country in 1735 and settled near the line of Virginia and North Carolina.
Until he was eighteen years of age, William J. Montgomery lived on a farm, where as a healthy and robust young man fond of books and sports of field and stream, he divided his time between school and manual labor on the farm. Like many of America's leading men, he worked his way through both school and college. After attending several preparatory schools, he took a literary course in Wofford college, where in 1875 he was graduated with the degree of A. B. In his college work and in after life he has been a great reader, especially of the lives of the great men of this and other countries. It was his mother's wish and his own desire that he become a member of the legal profession. In 1875 he became town clerk of Marion, and while in this position he devoted all his spare time to the study of law. In 1877 he was admitted to the bar by the circuit court of South Carolina, and immediately commenced practice. He has been successful as an attorney and also as a banker and a public man.
He was president of the Merchants and Farmers bank from its organization until it liquidated to form the Farmers and Merchants bank, of which he is also president. In 1882 he was elected a member of the house of representatives of South Carolina, and again in 1899. He was a member of the Constitutional convention in 1895, and was twice elected mayor of Marion. He is president of the State Bankers association and of the Marion Business league. He attends the Southern Methodist church. In politics he is a Democrat of the Grover Cleveland school. Hunting and fishing are his favorite forms of amusement. In advising young men how to succeed in life, he says: "Strict integrity, industry, economy, sobriety, will bring success in any line of achievement."
On December 13, 1877, Mr. Montgomery was married to Annie Stackhouse, daughter of Colonel E. T. Stackhouse, of Marion county, who at the time of his death was a member of congress. Of their six children, five are now (1907) living."
- Published in Men of Mark in South Carolina: Ideals of American Life Vol. 1 by J. C. Hemphill, 1907
"William was twice mayor of Marion, president of the Merchants and Farmers bank, and president of the Marion Business league. He was born in Marion county, South Carolina, May 20, 1851. He is the son of Calvin Montgomery, a farmer, who died while his son was a child, and of Desda Anderson Montgomery. The family are descendants of a Scotchman who came to this country in 1735 and settled near the line of Virginia and North Carolina.
Until he was eighteen years of age, William J. Montgomery lived on a farm, where as a healthy and robust young man fond of books and sports of field and stream, he divided his time between school and manual labor on the farm. Like many of America's leading men, he worked his way through both school and college. After attending several preparatory schools, he took a literary course in Wofford college, where in 1875 he was graduated with the degree of A. B. In his college work and in after life he has been a great reader, especially of the lives of the great men of this and other countries. It was his mother's wish and his own desire that he become a member of the legal profession. In 1875 he became town clerk of Marion, and while in this position he devoted all his spare time to the study of law. In 1877 he was admitted to the bar by the circuit court of South Carolina, and immediately commenced practice. He has been successful as an attorney and also as a banker and a public man.
He was president of the Merchants and Farmers bank from its organization until it liquidated to form the Farmers and Merchants bank, of which he is also president. In 1882 he was elected a member of the house of representatives of South Carolina, and again in 1899. He was a member of the Constitutional convention in 1895, and was twice elected mayor of Marion. He is president of the State Bankers association and of the Marion Business league. He attends the Southern Methodist church. In politics he is a Democrat of the Grover Cleveland school. Hunting and fishing are his favorite forms of amusement. In advising young men how to succeed in life, he says: "Strict integrity, industry, economy, sobriety, will bring success in any line of achievement."
On December 13, 1877, Mr. Montgomery was married to Annie Stackhouse, daughter of Colonel E. T. Stackhouse, of Marion county, who at the time of his death was a member of congress. Of their six children, five are now (1907) living."
- Published in Men of Mark in South Carolina: Ideals of American Life Vol. 1 by J. C. Hemphill, 1907
Son of Calvin Clark and Desdemona Anderson Montgomery.
"William was twice mayor of Marion, president of the Merchants and Farmers bank, and president of the Marion Business league. He was born in Marion county, South Carolina, May 20, 1851. He is the son of Calvin Montgomery, a farmer, who died while his son was a child, and of Desda Anderson Montgomery. The family are descendants of a Scotchman who came to this country in 1735 and settled near the line of Virginia and North Carolina.
Until he was eighteen years of age, William J. Montgomery lived on a farm, where as a healthy and robust young man fond of books and sports of field and stream, he divided his time between school and manual labor on the farm. Like many of America's leading men, he worked his way through both school and college. After attending several preparatory schools, he took a literary course in Wofford college, where in 1875 he was graduated with the degree of A. B. In his college work and in after life he has been a great reader, especially of the lives of the great men of this and other countries. It was his mother's wish and his own desire that he become a member of the legal profession. In 1875 he became town clerk of Marion, and while in this position he devoted all his spare time to the study of law. In 1877 he was admitted to the bar by the circuit court of South Carolina, and immediately commenced practice. He has been successful as an attorney and also as a banker and a public man.
He was president of the Merchants and Farmers bank from its organization until it liquidated to form the Farmers and Merchants bank, of which he is also president. In 1882 he was elected a member of the house of representatives of South Carolina, and again in 1899. He was a member of the Constitutional convention in 1895, and was twice elected mayor of Marion. He is president of the State Bankers association and of the Marion Business league. He attends the Southern Methodist church. In politics he is a Democrat of the Grover Cleveland school. Hunting and fishing are his favorite forms of amusement. In advising young men how to succeed in life, he says: "Strict integrity, industry, economy, sobriety, will bring success in any line of achievement."
On December 13, 1877, Mr. Montgomery was married to Annie Stackhouse, daughter of Colonel E. T. Stackhouse, of Marion county, who at the time of his death was a member of congress. Of their six children, five are now (1907) living."
- Published in Men of Mark in South Carolina: Ideals of American Life Vol. 1 by J. C. Hemphill, 1907
"William was twice mayor of Marion, president of the Merchants and Farmers bank, and president of the Marion Business league. He was born in Marion county, South Carolina, May 20, 1851. He is the son of Calvin Montgomery, a farmer, who died while his son was a child, and of Desda Anderson Montgomery. The family are descendants of a Scotchman who came to this country in 1735 and settled near the line of Virginia and North Carolina.
Until he was eighteen years of age, William J. Montgomery lived on a farm, where as a healthy and robust young man fond of books and sports of field and stream, he divided his time between school and manual labor on the farm. Like many of America's leading men, he worked his way through both school and college. After attending several preparatory schools, he took a literary course in Wofford college, where in 1875 he was graduated with the degree of A. B. In his college work and in after life he has been a great reader, especially of the lives of the great men of this and other countries. It was his mother's wish and his own desire that he become a member of the legal profession. In 1875 he became town clerk of Marion, and while in this position he devoted all his spare time to the study of law. In 1877 he was admitted to the bar by the circuit court of South Carolina, and immediately commenced practice. He has been successful as an attorney and also as a banker and a public man.
He was president of the Merchants and Farmers bank from its organization until it liquidated to form the Farmers and Merchants bank, of which he is also president. In 1882 he was elected a member of the house of representatives of South Carolina, and again in 1899. He was a member of the Constitutional convention in 1895, and was twice elected mayor of Marion. He is president of the State Bankers association and of the Marion Business league. He attends the Southern Methodist church. In politics he is a Democrat of the Grover Cleveland school. Hunting and fishing are his favorite forms of amusement. In advising young men how to succeed in life, he says: "Strict integrity, industry, economy, sobriety, will bring success in any line of achievement."
On December 13, 1877, Mr. Montgomery was married to Annie Stackhouse, daughter of Colonel E. T. Stackhouse, of Marion county, who at the time of his death was a member of congress. Of their six children, five are now (1907) living."
- Published in Men of Mark in South Carolina: Ideals of American Life Vol. 1 by J. C. Hemphill, 1907
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