Wife of J. Mid Montgomery

THE MONTGOMERY HOUSE

After less than four years of ownership, William T. Gibson sold the Lake farm to Green Cunningham on September 10, 1879 for $5,000. At the time of the sale, The Lake Farm was comprised of 160 acres carved out of lots 860, 797 and parts of land lots 798, 859, 870 and 869.

Cunningham died less than six years later on February 13, 1885. Cunningham was 68 years of age having been born May 22, 1817. In his will, he bequeathed the property to Willie Pamelia Bobo Montgomery. Willie was the niece of Cunningham's wife, Jincay Bobo and was Cunningham's legally adopted daughter. Jincay, born February 16, 1814, had preceded her husband in death on February 23, 1883.

Willie was married to James Middleton Montgomery. They had nine children. Mr. Montgomery died May 9, 1899. He died 22 days shy of his 53rd birthday. His daughter, Lucille Montgomery (born August 15, 1885), purchased the property on September 24, 1937. Mrs. Willie Montgomery, Lucille's mother, was still living in the house. By this time, the home was known as "the Montgomery House." Willie Montgomery passed away on October 14, 1943. Lucille Montgomery continued living in the house until her death on October 12, 1967.

The Montgomery's oldest daughter and Lucille's older sister, Rosalie, was born on September 9, 1879. She married Charles Morgan Sewell in August of 1904. Their daughter, Lavinia Sewell, became the eventual owner of the property when she and her husband, J.H. Wesley, purchased the property in 1969.

Mr. and Mrs. Wesley were preceded in death by two sons. Upon Lavinia Wesley's death, the property passed to her nephew, Charles Whitaker Sewell, and her niece Elizabeth Sewell Arnold.

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