Wife of Stafford Montgomery. They are listed on the 1900 United States Census,District 76,Police Jury Ward 3,Saint Helena,Louisiana. Melissa is listed as being born April 1830.
Obituary found on back of death certificate:
Old Aunt Melissa Montgomery died at her home near this town last Monday at the age of 104 years, according to the best information obtainable. She was an old-time darkey, indeed, and of that tribe whose ranks are so near depleted that but few are left, but they will live in song and story as long as the worlds stands. She had a number of children before the Civil War, many of whom long since died of old age, and some children at the funeral Tuesday had long ago passed their three score and ten years, all honorable and well esteemed by both races, not one of whom was ever charged with any crimes. We have been unable to secure anything like a definite number of her descendants, but they run into the hundreds, even to the fifth generation. She had often been referred to as the Mother of Cross Roads A.M.E. Church, and no one ever doubted her sincerity as a Christian. In that church yard cemetery she was laid to rest Tuesday with suitable and imposing ceremonies to rise again in "That Great Day"
Obituary found on back of death certificate:
Old Aunt Melissa Montgomery died at her home near this town last Monday at the age of 104 years, according to the best information obtainable. She was an old-time darkey, indeed, and of that tribe whose ranks are so near depleted that but few are left, but they will live in song and story as long as the worlds stands. She had a number of children before the Civil War, many of whom long since died of old age, and some children at the funeral Tuesday had long ago passed their three score and ten years, all honorable and well esteemed by both races, not one of whom was ever charged with any crimes. We have been unable to secure anything like a definite number of her descendants, but they run into the hundreds, even to the fifth generation. She had often been referred to as the Mother of Cross Roads A.M.E. Church, and no one ever doubted her sincerity as a Christian. In that church yard cemetery she was laid to rest Tuesday with suitable and imposing ceremonies to rise again in "That Great Day"
Wife of Stafford Montgomery. They are listed on the 1900 United States Census,District 76,Police Jury Ward 3,Saint Helena,Louisiana. Melissa is listed as being born April 1830.
Obituary found on back of death certificate:
Old Aunt Melissa Montgomery died at her home near this town last Monday at the age of 104 years, according to the best information obtainable. She was an old-time darkey, indeed, and of that tribe whose ranks are so near depleted that but few are left, but they will live in song and story as long as the worlds stands. She had a number of children before the Civil War, many of whom long since died of old age, and some children at the funeral Tuesday had long ago passed their three score and ten years, all honorable and well esteemed by both races, not one of whom was ever charged with any crimes. We have been unable to secure anything like a definite number of her descendants, but they run into the hundreds, even to the fifth generation. She had often been referred to as the Mother of Cross Roads A.M.E. Church, and no one ever doubted her sincerity as a Christian. In that church yard cemetery she was laid to rest Tuesday with suitable and imposing ceremonies to rise again in "That Great Day"
Obituary found on back of death certificate:
Old Aunt Melissa Montgomery died at her home near this town last Monday at the age of 104 years, according to the best information obtainable. She was an old-time darkey, indeed, and of that tribe whose ranks are so near depleted that but few are left, but they will live in song and story as long as the worlds stands. She had a number of children before the Civil War, many of whom long since died of old age, and some children at the funeral Tuesday had long ago passed their three score and ten years, all honorable and well esteemed by both races, not one of whom was ever charged with any crimes. We have been unable to secure anything like a definite number of her descendants, but they run into the hundreds, even to the fifth generation. She had often been referred to as the Mother of Cross Roads A.M.E. Church, and no one ever doubted her sincerity as a Christian. In that church yard cemetery she was laid to rest Tuesday with suitable and imposing ceremonies to rise again in "That Great Day"
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