Montgomery family

Biographical Note

Giles Foster Montgomery

• 1835, Nov. 8: Born, Walden, Vt.
• 1860: Graduated, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt.
• 1863: Graduated, Lane Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio Married Emily Redington Sailed to Turkey as a missionary
• 1864: Stationed at Adana, Turkey
• 1865: Transferred to Marash, Turkey
• 1883: Returned to Adana, Turkey
• 1885: Assumed pastorate, Phoenix, Oswego Co., N.Y.
• 1886: Returned to Adana, Turkey
• 1888: Died, Adana, Turkey

Emily Redington Montgomery

• 1839, Aug. 2: Born, Moscow, N.Y.
• 1863: Married Giles Foster Montgomery Sailed to Turkey as missionary
• 1876: Visited the United States
• 1877: Returned to Marash, Turkey
• 1883: Transferred to Adana, Turkey
• 1884: Returned to the United States
• 1887: Returned to Adana, Turkey
• 1888: Moved to New Haven, Conn.
• 1892: Returned to Turkey
• 1898, Feb. 19: Died, Beirut, Syria

George Redington Montgomery

• 1870, June 17: Born, Marash, Turkey
• 1892: A.B., Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
• 1894: LL.B., Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
• 1897: War correspondent, London Standard, and special correspondent, London Daily Graphic, London England
• 1897 - 1898 : Student, University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
• 1900: B.D., Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
• 1900 - 1904 : Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
• 1901: Ph.D., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. Ordained Congregationalist minister
• 1901 - 1904 : Pastor, Olivet Church, Bridgeport, Conn.
• 1902: Married Emily E. Emerson (died 1903)
• 1903: Published The Place of Values. Bridgeport, Conn.: G. R. Montgomery
• 1904 - 1905 : Professor of philosophy, Carleton College, Northfield, Minn.
• 1906 - 1916 : Assistant minister, Madison Square Presbyterian Church, New York, N.Y.
• 1907: Married Helen M. Perkins
• 1910: Published The Unexplored Self. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons
• 1911 - 1918 : Lecturer, New York University, New York, N.Y.
• 1916: Special assistant to the United States ambassador, Constantinople, Turkey
• 1917: Air service, Paris, France
• 1918: Secretary of Paris Division, YMCA Attached to Paris Peace Conference
• 1919: Technical adviser, Inter-allied Commission on Mandates in Turkey (King-Crane Commission)
• 1919 - 1920 : Assistant professor of French, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
• 1920 - 1923 : Director, Armenia America Society
• 1925 - 1940 : Pastor, Noroton Presbyterian Church, Darien, Conn.
• 1929 - 1945 : Editorial writer, Stamford Advocate
• 1940 - 1945 : Pastor emeritus, Noroton Presbyterian Church, Darien, Conn.
• 1942: Published English Language Sounds. Stamford, Conn.: R. Montgomery Publishing Co.
• 1945, Nov. 29: Died, Stamford, Conn.

Marshall Hugh Montgomery

• 1909, May 16: Born, New York
• 1931: B.A., Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt.
• 1933: Married Prudence B. Ingham
• 1931 - 1940 : Discount banker, New York Hanseatic Corp.
• 1940 - 1951 : Secretary, D. W. Rich & Co.
• 1951 - 1974 : Vice president, Aubrey G. Langston & Co. Member, American Stock Exchange
• 2000: Died

From the guide to the Montgomery Family Papers, 1771-1974, (bulk 1858-1974), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)