CHARLES H. MONTAGUE, farmer, sec. 27, Green Tp., was born in Vergennes, Kent Co., Mich., Dec. 13, 1848, and is a son of James and Laura L. (Hungerford) Montague. The father was born Dec. 12, 1810, in Maine, and is a son of William and Anna (Crawford) MOntague, natives of England. William Montague removed with his family to New York and left them there while he participated in the wae of 1812. After its close he removed to Canada, where he passed the remainder of his life. James Montague went to Lowell, Kent Co. Mich., and improved a farm of 160 acres, which he sold in the spring of 1856 and came to Mecosta County, where he entered 160 acres of land under the Homestead Act, on sec. 27, his present estate. He has at various times handled lands to considerable extnet, and has been the proprietor of 1,000 acres; is still holding 500 acres. His wife died Dec. 5, 1875. She was the mother of 11 children: William J., Abigail, Laura E., Charles H., Mary, Joseph K., Helen M., John T., Samuel H., and George W. Mr. Montague married Mrs. Sarah Wheeler for a second wife, and, after her death, was married to Mrs. Polly Tanner.
The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm, receiving a fair education, and remained under the parental roof until he was married to Elizabeth McGill, May 26, 1871. She was born in Canada, March 28, 1849, and of daughter of Malcolm and Mary E. (Burt) McGill, the former of Scotch lineage and the latter a native of Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Montague have four children, viz: Minnie L., born June 17, 1872; Nellie, June 2, 1874; James H., Nov. 2, 1876; George H., May 22, 1880. Mr. Montague is a Republican in politics, and is the proprietor of 140 acres of land, now his homestead, with 71 acres under cultivation.
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