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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Mary Jane Strider: Birth: 1848 in LaSalle County, IL. Death: 27 MAR 1909 in Boulder, CO

  2. George Albert Strider: Birth: 29 JUL 1851 in Serena, LaSalle, IL. Death: 3 AUG 1925 in Sonoma County, CA


Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. John M Montgomery: Birth: 11 APR 1852. Death: 20 SEP 1854

  2. Luceva Amanda Montgomery: Birth: NOV 1855 in Serena Township, LaSalle County, IL.

  3. Luevia Montgomery: Birth: 1857 in Serena Township, LaSalle County, IL. Death: BEF 1870 in Serena Township, LaSalle County, IL

  4. Florilla Ursula Montgomery: Birth: JUL 1857 in Serena Township, LaSalle County, IL. Death: 2 OCT 1921 in Highland Park, CA

  5. William Manley Montgomery: Birth: 17 APR 1860 in Somonauk, DeKalb County, IL. Death: BEF 1883

  6. Minnie Maria Montgomery: Birth: JUL 1865 in Serena Township, LaSalle County, IL.

  7. Allen Lee Montgomery: Birth: 12 JUN 1867 in Serena Township, LaSalle County, IL. Death: 25 FEB 1928 in San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

  8. Anne Ella Montgomery: Birth: 6 MAR 1869 in Serena Township, LaSalle County, IL. Death: 31 DEC 1948 in Iowa Falls, Hardin County, IA


Notes
a. Note:   Thomas Lett had 3 sisters who each married three Springstead brothers. Those three Springstead brothers had a younger sister named Amanda Harriet. Amanda's first husband, John G. Strider, died 11 April 1851, shortly after his return from the California (Gold Rush) with 210 ounces of gold valued at $3,675.00. His total estate was valued at $4,797.37, less $1,130.89 in debts.
  A lengthy Probate File exists at the LaSalle County Geneology Guild, Ottawa, IL, for John G. Strider, of which a copy has been obtained. John did not die until 11 April 1951, according to his Probate file. According to the 1850 Census of LaSalle County, IL, Amanda and her daughter were living with her parents, thought heretofore because John had died, but was it because John was in California for the gold rush? Amanda and John Strider had one daughter together, Mary Jane Strider.
  Amanda married John Nelson Montgomery 84 days after her husband, John G. Strider, had died. Amanda was with child when her husband died 12 Apr 1851. George Albert Strider was born in May of 1851, according to later 1860 US Census records, and was in the household with Amanda and husband John N at age 8. George Albert is named as a brother to Mary Jane on land records of 1857, with Jeremiah Poor as the children's legal Guardian.
  According to the 1900 Census, Amanda and John N. Montogmery indicated having had 10 children, of whom 8 were still living in 1900.
  According to the 1900 Census, her daughter, Minnie, was listed as having been born in Illinois in 1865.


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