Submitted by Carolyn J. Switzer
Frank Alexander Montgomery was born in 1830 in Adams County, MS. He was the grandson of Cato West. He grew up in Jefferson County, MS and attended Oakland College near Rodney. When Frank married Lottie Clark, they lived at his mother's plantation which he inherited when she died at a young age. In their 7th year of marriage they sold the plantation in Jefferson County and bought a new plantation in Bolivar County, MS. It was from here that he served as a Lt. Col. in the First Mississippi Calvary, Armstrong's Mississippi Brigade during the Civil War. In 1880 Frank was elected a state legislator and was returned to the House in 1882, 1884, and 1896. He also served one term as Judge of the 4th Circuit Court of Mississippi.
In 1901 Frank Montgomery wrote an autobiography which is online. It is called "Reminiscences of a Mississippian in Peace and War." This book (300+ pages) is about his life and times in Mississippi from 1830-1900. The index includes many Jefferson County, MS names. It is very interesting reading.