THOMASVILLE -- (Special) -- The Rev. Charlie Montgomery, retired
colored minister, died here after a lingering illness.
The Rev. Montgomery was born in slavery on Jan. 9, 1860, in Monroe
County near where Beatrice now is located. He was educated at Selma
University and said to be the first colored teacher in Monroe County.
Montgomery moved to Thomasville in 1896. He was an important factor in
building the C.M.E. High School here, having hauled the first lumber to
go into the building. He had served many churches and for a number of
years served as presiding elder.
SOURCE: The Mobile (Alabama) Register - March 26, 1948. (The article
was copied from microfilm on file at the Alabama State Archives,
Montgomery, Alabama.)
NOTE: The 1880 census listed
Charles
Montgomery as teaching school in Monroe County. Selma University was
founded in 1878, and he was one of the first students to attend the
school. Thomasville is in Clarke County.
Rev. Montgomery, my grandfather's brother, was the second oldest
child of my great grandparents, Jerry
and Emma Montgomery.
See 1880 census data at:
http://www.bjmcr.com/montg/80_cm.htm
See web page, "The Montgomerys of Monroe County, Alabama"
at:
http://www.bjmcr.com/
Bennie J. McRae, Jr.
LEST WE FORGET Web Site
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