Yolo County Biographies


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J. C. MONTGOMERY
 
Other localities besides his own community recognize in Mr. Montgomery one of 
the most experienced horsemen of the entire state.  His interest in and liking 
for animals date back to his earliest recollections, and he can scarcely recall 
the time when he was not familiar with the qualifications necessary for 
well-bred horses.  The care of stock came intuitively to him, and even in early 
youth his judgment was sought by his seniors when in doubt as to the best method 
of caring for or training a certain horse.  As a boy he became interested in 
raising trotting stock, and he has continued in the enterprise to the present 
time, meanwhile selling many fine specimens, as well as retaining several that 
have made records.  At one time he was part owner of the famous French stallion 
Fortuno, which was awarded medals at French shows, and as a three-year-old won 
the second prize at the California state fair.  For a number of years the animal 
sired all of the fine colts raised in this vicinity and some fillies sired by 
him are still on the Montgomery farm.  Dan Logan, 2:11 �, which Mr. Montgomery 
owns and has entered at a number of races in the pacing class, and which was 
raised on his farm, is by Charles Dunby, out of Effie Logan, and a full brother 
of Jim Logan, the champion three-year-old pacer of the world, holding now and 
for some time past the world�s record of 2:03 �. 
 
The distinction of being a native-born son of Yolo county belongs to Mr. 
Montgomery, who was born near Davis in 1872, and is a member of a 
highly-respected family of the community.  Attendance at the public schools was 
followed by a course of study in Hesperian College at Woodland, and upon the 
completion of his education he returned to the old homestead to assist his 
mother in its management, remaining there until 1895.  For a time he farmed in 
partnership with his brother, and later he engaged in agricultural pursuits on 
his own account.  At this writing he owns and occupies forty acres in Solano 
county, across the line from Yolo county, besides owning fifty-five acres in the 
same neighborhood.  For three successive years his home ranch was under 
cultivation to sugar beets, and this enriched the soil to such an extent that 
the year afterward he harvested forty sacks of barley to the acre.
 
After leaving the old homestead, Mr. Montgomery established a home for himself, 
being united in marriage, in November of 1895, with Miss Glory C. Miller, who 
was born and reared in Woodland, Cal., and received an excellent education in 
the schools of the state.  Her father, Antone Miller, was an honored early 
settler of California, and a sketch of his life appears elsewhere in this 
volume.  Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery have two children, a daughter, Mary Ethel, to 
whom is being given all the educational advantages within the means of her 
parents, and a son, Edwin Lowell.  The family standing is high socially and they 
have a large circle of friends in the community, where for years they have been 
prominent residents.
 
Transcribed by Bea Barton
Source:  �History of Yolo County, California� by Tom Gregory.  Published by the 
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1913, pages 807 � 808.