Isaiah Montgomery

Isaiah Montgomery

Isaiah Montgomery (May 21, 1847 – March 5, 1924)the son of Ben Montgomery, and the founder of Mound Bayou, Mississippi.

Born into] , Isaiah was afforded an education due to his father's relatively influential position on the Davis Bend plantation. Following the end of the American Civil War, he began a business with his father, until Ben Montgomery's death in 1877.

Ben Montgomery had long dreamed of establishing a colony , and after his father's death Isaiah worked to make that dream come true. The result of his labor was the foundation of Mound Bayou, in 1887.

External links

* [http://www.moundbayou.org Mound Bayou, Mississippi ] at www.moundbayou.org


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