LU112.66

Print, Photographic

Pictured: Harriet A. Crump Montgomery, born on January 12, 1870 in Alton Township to Alantha P. (Young) Crump and Benjamin Franklin Crump; Harriet married Samuel Griffith Montgomery on November 21, 1895 in Janesville where they resided; S. G. Montgomery, owned a livery stable with Mr. Empey in Janesville. Harriet's siblings: Ruth Sarah Crump, married to Maurice Alvin Devereaux; Samuel D. Crump, married to Nellie Cox; and Charley W. Crump, married to Susie Gates. Black and white photographic print from the album of Mark Benjamin Devereaux; scanned image.

Images were donated by the descendant of Marquis Lafayette Devereaux, Civil War veteran who was born in Busti, Chautauqua County, New York on February 13, ca. 1831 to Enoch Devereaux and Abigail Ellis Devereaux; moved to Wisconsin in 1851, then 1856 to 1861 lived in Concord, Minnesota, Dodge County. He enlisted in Company C, 2nd Minnesota Volunteers; ca. 1864 (according to Civil War Pension papers) he was boarding at the house of Mrs. Louisa Cummins; on March 11, 1865 he married Harriet Mariah Cummins, the daughter of John and Louisa Cummins, Waseca County. Marquis and Harriet had the following children: (1) Clara Louise Devereaux born 1868, died 1884. (2) Maurice Alvin Devereaux born 1870, died 1928. (3) Jennie Calista Devereaux born 1872, died 1944. (4) Amy Gladys Devereaux born 1874, died 1945. (5) Nellie Myrtle Devereaux born 1876, died 1919. (6) Harriet Alberta Devereaux born 1881, died 1881. Marquis L. Devereaux died Feb. 25, 1883, and buried in the Janesville Cemetery.