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Franklin Pierce “Poke” Montgomery

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Franklin Pierce “Poke” Montgomery

Birth
Hindsboro, Douglas County, Illinois, USA
Death
13 May 1997 (aged 79)
Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Hindsboro, Douglas County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.7096138, Longitude: -88.1165924
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He was born in Hindsboro, Illinois, to James Harvey and Lillie May (Murphy) Montgomery. He was the youngest child of seven. His siblings are Jefferson Samuel Montgomery, Mary Gladys (Montgomery) Dickson, Myrtle May (Montgomery) McQueen, Clara (Montgomery) Lewis, James Paul Montgomery, and Lucille Easter (Montgomery) Shaw. (Lucille married the brother--Everett Nelson Shaw--of Poke's wife--Margaret Shaw.)

He married Margaret Gertrude Shaw December 23, 1941, in Bowling Green, Missouri. He was a feed salesman for Moorman Feed Company, and he and his wife owned and operated a restaurant called "Poke's Place" in Armstrong, Illinois.
He was born in Hindsboro, Illinois, to James Harvey and Lillie May (Murphy) Montgomery. He was the youngest child of seven. His siblings are Jefferson Samuel Montgomery, Mary Gladys (Montgomery) Dickson, Myrtle May (Montgomery) McQueen, Clara (Montgomery) Lewis, James Paul Montgomery, and Lucille Easter (Montgomery) Shaw. (Lucille married the brother--Everett Nelson Shaw--of Poke's wife--Margaret Shaw.)

He married Margaret Gertrude Shaw December 23, 1941, in Bowling Green, Missouri. He was a feed salesman for Moorman Feed Company, and he and his wife owned and operated a restaurant called "Poke's Place" in Armstrong, Illinois.

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Together Always Dec. 23, 1941



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