About William Allen Montgomery
Lived 1829 – 1905 (aged 76). William Allen Montgomery was an American lawyer and journalist.
William Allen Montgomery (November 16, 1829 – December 5, 1905) was an American lawyer, planter and Baptist minister. Trained as a lawyer in Tennessee, he was a cotton planter in Texas in the 1850s and served as a Confederate chaplain in the American Civil War. He served as the President of Carson–Newman University from 1888 to 1892.
Early life William Allen Montgomery was born on November 16, 1829, in Jefferson County, Tennessee. His father was William H. Montgomery and his mother, Sarah Jarnagin. and a Legum Doctor from the University of Tennessee in 1876. He subsequently served as the President of the Tennessee Baptist Convention in 1881.
Death Montgomery died on December 16, 1905.
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journalist and lawyer
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William Allen Montgomery was born on 16 November 1829 in Jefferson County.
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William Allen Montgomery died on 5 December 1905.
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William Allen Montgomery was a lawyer and journalist.
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