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Note: N80 Sometime before April 1882 he worked as a "foreman" at the Mt. Sterling (Ky.) Democrat, a weekly newspaper, which probably means he was a typesetter (compositor, "printer") overseeing the typesetting and printing of the paper. In April 1879, he was initiated as a journeyman member of the International Typographical Union in Louisville, Ky. He is listed in the Louisville city directories of 1880, 1881, and 1883-85 as a printer at the Louisville Commercial, a daily newspaper.
Louisville, Ky., city directories:
1880 : Montague, Samuel F, printer Commercial [Louisville Commercial newspaper], r 31 Green, nr Brook.
1881: printer Lou Commercial, r 27 Jefferson, nr 2d
Not in the 1882 directory. The only Montague is John N., tailor, F.L. Trunk.
1883: printer, bds 1406 Magnolia--same address as Clinton Montague, saw mill.
1884: printer Lou Commercial, r 1406 Magazine [Magnolia?]--same address as his father Clinton Montague, carpenter, and brother William, printer. There's also a Charles, tailor, F.L. Trunk, bds ss Portland av bet 14th and 15th.
1885: printer, bds 430 Washington. Other Montagues: Chas J., foreman, and Henry, tailor, F.L. Trunk, both bds 1435 Portland. No Clinton, no William.
On 2 Apr 1886, he was admitted to the Cincinnati Typographical Union No. 3. He worked in the ad room of the Cincinnati Post, an afternoon daily. Cincinnati city directories:
1886-87: Montague, S.F., printer, bds. 142 Plum [between Second and Third Streets]
1888-89: Montague, S.F., printer, h. 17 Carlisle Av. (West End). Listed below that is "Chas., printer, rooms 17 Carlisle Av." (his teenage brother?) This is the only appearance of Chas., printer.
In May 1912 he was elected a trustee of the Sinking Fund of the Cincinnati Typographical Union No. 3 (per an Enquirer item).
His obit in the Post:
"MONTAGUE DIES/Oldest Printer on Post to/Be Buried Tuesday
Samuel F. Montague, printer, employed on The Post 37 years, is dead at his home, 116 E. McMillan st., after an illness of two months. He was 65 years of age, and in point of years of service and years of life was The Post's oldest employe [. . .]"
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