HORACE N. Montague, farmer and lumberman, was born in Westminster, Canada, October 22, 1824 to Charles and Maria (Hungerford) Montague. He spent his youth and early manhood in the country of his birth, employed chiefly in agriculture. He was married August 7, 1845, to Miss Jane Smith, of Canada.She was the daughter of Alexander and Jane Smith. They had five children, Charles, Mary Jane, Alexander, Horace N. and Maria Abigail. Mrs. Jane Montague, died July 3, 1866 [1868] at Komoke, Tuscola, Michigan. Mr. Montague was married to Mrs. Eliza J. (VanGuilder) Utter, of Caro, August 7, 1869. She was born in Onondaga County, N. Y., August 13, 1825. They have one daughter, Ida. Mrs.E. J. Montague's children by her former husband were Charles, Edmond H., Emma R., Frank S., Flora M. and Willie E. Utter.
Mr. Montague came with his family to Port Huron, Mich., in the spring of 1856; went two years after this to Macomb County, and remained some four years or more, and then came to Tuscola County. In October, 1863, he opened a blacksmith shop on land he had bought and built on in Centerville (now Caro), when there were only five or six houses in the place. He continued the blacksmith work four years, part of each season, working some at farm work in summers. During this time he bought eighty acres of land in Almer, north of Caro. Later he sold this and bought property in Indian Fields, and sold his first village property in Caro, but bought and built on another lot. Still later he sold all his estates there and settled in Wayne County. Nearly three years later he removed to Wells, and after residing there about six years, settled in section 16, in Almer, where they 640 acres of excellent land, 200 of which are already under cultivation. Mr. Montague himself turned the first furrow on the new place five years ago last August, and now on the whole 200 acres of improvement there are not 200 stumps. The soil is mostly a clay loam, and last year he had some thirty-five bushels of wheat to the acre. When he first came to Centerville or Caro, from Macomb County, twenty years ago last April, there was no direct road by which to come. He had to go first to Forestville (now Otisville) thence to Pine Run, from there to Pine Grove, thence by Tuscola Village to Vassar, and from there by Watrousville to Centerville. In returning, he and his brother went on horseback from Centerville to Macomb County, directly through the dense wilderness in two days. In bringing in the family he attempted to bring them by a newly cut road from Otisville to Vassar, saving a distance of some twenty miles.He mired his horses in the night; had to make a fire to see them, laid down poles and pried out one horse and with him drew the other out of the mud, and finally, though with great difficulty, reached his destination at Caro. When he landed, he and his sons only had $10 left but by frugality and persistent industry they have come to possess real and personal estate worth not less than $350,000.
“Tuscola County Business Card” excerpted from 1888 “Atlas of Tuscola County, Michigan” (Vassar, Mich. : Caro, Mich. : H.S. Hadsell ; E.R. Cookingham, 1888), on page 57.
Mr. Montague came with his family to Port Huron, Mich., in the spring of 1856; went two years after this to Macomb County, and remained some four years or more, and then came to Tuscola County. In October, 1863, he opened a blacksmith shop on land he had bought and built on in Centerville (now Caro), when there were only five or six houses in the place. He continued the blacksmith work four years, part of each season, working some at farm work in summers. During this time he bought eighty acres of land in Almer, north of Caro. Later he sold this and bought property in Indian Fields, and sold his first village property in Caro, but bought and built on another lot. Still later he sold all his estates there and settled in Wayne County. Nearly three years later he removed to Wells, and after residing there about six years, settled in section 16, in Almer, where they 640 acres of excellent land, 200 of which are already under cultivation. Mr. Montague himself turned the first furrow on the new place five years ago last August, and now on the whole 200 acres of improvement there are not 200 stumps. The soil is mostly a clay loam, and last year he had some thirty-five bushels of wheat to the acre. When he first came to Centerville or Caro, from Macomb County, twenty years ago last April, there was no direct road by which to come. He had to go first to Forestville (now Otisville) thence to Pine Run, from there to Pine Grove, thence by Tuscola Village to Vassar, and from there by Watrousville to Centerville. In returning, he and his brother went on horseback from Centerville to Macomb County, directly through the dense wilderness in two days. In bringing in the family he attempted to bring them by a newly cut road from Otisville to Vassar, saving a distance of some twenty miles.He mired his horses in the night; had to make a fire to see them, laid down poles and pried out one horse and with him drew the other out of the mud, and finally, though with great difficulty, reached his destination at Caro. When he landed, he and his sons only had $10 left but by frugality and persistent industry they have come to possess real and personal estate worth not less than $350,000.
“Tuscola County Business Card” excerpted from 1888 “Atlas of Tuscola County, Michigan” (Vassar, Mich. : Caro, Mich. : H.S. Hadsell ; E.R. Cookingham, 1888), on page 57.
HORACE N. Montague, farmer and lumberman, was born in Westminster, Canada, October 22, 1824 to Charles and Maria (Hungerford) Montague. He spent his youth and early manhood in the country of his birth, employed chiefly in agriculture. He was married August 7, 1845, to Miss Jane Smith, of Canada.She was the daughter of Alexander and Jane Smith. They had five children, Charles, Mary Jane, Alexander, Horace N. and Maria Abigail. Mrs. Jane Montague, died July 3, 1866 [1868] at Komoke, Tuscola, Michigan. Mr. Montague was married to Mrs. Eliza J. (VanGuilder) Utter, of Caro, August 7, 1869. She was born in Onondaga County, N. Y., August 13, 1825. They have one daughter, Ida. Mrs.E. J. Montague's children by her former husband were Charles, Edmond H., Emma R., Frank S., Flora M. and Willie E. Utter.
Mr. Montague came with his family to Port Huron, Mich., in the spring of 1856; went two years after this to Macomb County, and remained some four years or more, and then came to Tuscola County. In October, 1863, he opened a blacksmith shop on land he had bought and built on in Centerville (now Caro), when there were only five or six houses in the place. He continued the blacksmith work four years, part of each season, working some at farm work in summers. During this time he bought eighty acres of land in Almer, north of Caro. Later he sold this and bought property in Indian Fields, and sold his first village property in Caro, but bought and built on another lot. Still later he sold all his estates there and settled in Wayne County. Nearly three years later he removed to Wells, and after residing there about six years, settled in section 16, in Almer, where they 640 acres of excellent land, 200 of which are already under cultivation. Mr. Montague himself turned the first furrow on the new place five years ago last August, and now on the whole 200 acres of improvement there are not 200 stumps. The soil is mostly a clay loam, and last year he had some thirty-five bushels of wheat to the acre. When he first came to Centerville or Caro, from Macomb County, twenty years ago last April, there was no direct road by which to come. He had to go first to Forestville (now Otisville) thence to Pine Run, from there to Pine Grove, thence by Tuscola Village to Vassar, and from there by Watrousville to Centerville. In returning, he and his brother went on horseback from Centerville to Macomb County, directly through the dense wilderness in two days. In bringing in the family he attempted to bring them by a newly cut road from Otisville to Vassar, saving a distance of some twenty miles.He mired his horses in the night; had to make a fire to see them, laid down poles and pried out one horse and with him drew the other out of the mud, and finally, though with great difficulty, reached his destination at Caro. When he landed, he and his sons only had $10 left but by frugality and persistent industry they have come to possess real and personal estate worth not less than $350,000.
“Tuscola County Business Card” excerpted from 1888 “Atlas of Tuscola County, Michigan” (Vassar, Mich. : Caro, Mich. : H.S. Hadsell ; E.R. Cookingham, 1888), on page 57.
Mr. Montague came with his family to Port Huron, Mich., in the spring of 1856; went two years after this to Macomb County, and remained some four years or more, and then came to Tuscola County. In October, 1863, he opened a blacksmith shop on land he had bought and built on in Centerville (now Caro), when there were only five or six houses in the place. He continued the blacksmith work four years, part of each season, working some at farm work in summers. During this time he bought eighty acres of land in Almer, north of Caro. Later he sold this and bought property in Indian Fields, and sold his first village property in Caro, but bought and built on another lot. Still later he sold all his estates there and settled in Wayne County. Nearly three years later he removed to Wells, and after residing there about six years, settled in section 16, in Almer, where they 640 acres of excellent land, 200 of which are already under cultivation. Mr. Montague himself turned the first furrow on the new place five years ago last August, and now on the whole 200 acres of improvement there are not 200 stumps. The soil is mostly a clay loam, and last year he had some thirty-five bushels of wheat to the acre. When he first came to Centerville or Caro, from Macomb County, twenty years ago last April, there was no direct road by which to come. He had to go first to Forestville (now Otisville) thence to Pine Run, from there to Pine Grove, thence by Tuscola Village to Vassar, and from there by Watrousville to Centerville. In returning, he and his brother went on horseback from Centerville to Macomb County, directly through the dense wilderness in two days. In bringing in the family he attempted to bring them by a newly cut road from Otisville to Vassar, saving a distance of some twenty miles.He mired his horses in the night; had to make a fire to see them, laid down poles and pried out one horse and with him drew the other out of the mud, and finally, though with great difficulty, reached his destination at Caro. When he landed, he and his sons only had $10 left but by frugality and persistent industry they have come to possess real and personal estate worth not less than $350,000.
“Tuscola County Business Card” excerpted from 1888 “Atlas of Tuscola County, Michigan” (Vassar, Mich. : Caro, Mich. : H.S. Hadsell ; E.R. Cookingham, 1888), on page 57.
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