THE B.O. GAINES HISTORY OF SCOTT COUNTY, two volumes, B.O. Gaines, B.O. 
Gaines Press, 1905.

HENRY PARTLOW MONTGOMERY, of Georgetown was born in Gallatin county,
Kentucky, on the 8th of February, 1839.  His ancestral history is one of
close identification with Virginia and Kentucky, and shows an honorable 
connection of many of the members of the family with the events which 
secured to America her independence and resulted in the development of 
Kentucky.  The grandfather, Robert Montgomery, was one of the heroes of 
the Revolution, and was wounded at the battle of Guilford Court House, 
but eventually recovered from his injuries; in 1785 he removed to 
Kentucky.  The father, John Montgomery was born in Woodford county, this
State, and became a successful farmer.  He married Elizabeth Bohannon, 
also a native of Woodford county and a daughter of John Bohannon, who 
devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits and was descended
from Virginian ancestry who established homes in Kentucky in 1786.
     Henry P. Montgomery is therefore a representative of two of the old
families of the State, and his honorable career has added new luster to 
the family name.  Of America is the self-made man a product, and the 
record of accomplishments in this individual sense is the record which 
the true and loyal American holds in deepest regard and highest honor. 
In tracing the career of the subject of this review we are enabled to 
gain a recognition of this sort of record, for he has devoted his life 
to a calling where wealth or family cannot avail one in striving for 
success.  The lawyer must depend upon the broadest intellectuality, 
unfaltering application and ready adaptability, and with these
attributes he may attain to distinguished honors.  Mr. Montgomery was
prepared for his professional career by a broad education.  He attended 
Center College, at Danville, Kentucky, and graduated in June, 1860 with 
the second honors in a class of thirty-five, which included in its 
membership Rev. E. O. Guerrant, now a prominent Presbyterian minister of
Kentucky; Edward Marvin, a leading Presbyterian divine of New York, and
Hon. Edward Warring, member of Congress from Kentucky.
     Mr. Montgomery read law under the preceptorship of H. J. Atbett, of
Warsaw, Kentucky, and was admitted to the bar in Gallatin county in 
1860.  He began practice in Shelby county, where he remained until 
January, 1862, when he removed to Owenton, and was an active and 
influential member of that bar until September, 1882.  At that time he 
came to Georgetown where he now enjoys a large law practice.  In Owen 
county he was elected County Attorney, serving for seven consecutive 
years from 1863.  He was also school Commissioner for four years.  He 
has held the office of special Judge of the Circuit Court by 
appointment, but has never been an office seeker, preferring to devote
his entire attention to his professional duties.  In politics he is a 
strong prohibition.
     Mr. Montgomery engages in general law practice, but confines his
attention mostly to civil cases.  He has been connected with some of the
most important litigation that has been heard in this section of the 
State; was associate council [sic] for the defense in the noted case of 
the Commonwealth versus Thomas Buford, who was tried for the murder of 
Judge John M. Elliott, of the Court of Appeals, a case attracting a 
widespread attention.  He is most careful and pain-taking in the 
preparation of his cases, and then, in the court room, rests his cause 
on a plain statement of facts and the justice of our laws.  He loses 
sight of no point that will advance the interest of his client, and is 
a forceful and earnest speaker.  He has also been closely identified
with the growth and best interests of the city, and has done much to 
promote its progress and substantial growth.  He has been President and 
attorney of the First National Bank of Georgetown since its organization
in 1883; was President of the Water Supply Company, supplying water and 
electric light to the city, and gives an active support to all measures 
calculated to promote the educational, social, moral or material welfare
of the community.
     Mr. Montgomery has been twice married.  He first wedded Miss Nannie
E. Kenney, of Owen county, a daughter of Richard Kenney.  Their marriage
was celebrated in 1864, and she died in 1887, leaving three children - 
Harry, Bessie, wife of John H. Cooper, and Staiar.  In 1889 he was again
married, his second union being with Mrs. Alice P. Mundy, daughter of 
Hon. A. P. Grover, a member of Congress from 1867 to 1869 from the 
Louisville district.  He finds his chief and most abiding source of 
enjoyment in his home life.  In the pleasures that have their root in 
family affection, he spends the hours spared from professional duties, 
and in the home circle he finds the needed rest and relaxation from the 
stress and strain of public life.  He was formerly a member of the Odd 
Fellows society, and is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church.

Montgomery Bohannon Guerrant Marvin Warring Atbett Buford Elliott Kenney
Cooper Mundy Grover
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Gallatin-KY Woodford-KY Shelby-KY Owen-KY VA

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