The census of 1900 shows Waightstill Montgomery (my Mom’s great-grandfather) living in Collin County, Texas, Precinct 2. His is the 244th dwelling visited and the 251st family in the order of the visits of the enumerator, James T. Lacy.
The same census shows James Lough (my Dad’s great-grandfather) living in the same county, same precinct, same enumerator. His is the 297th dwelling visited and the 305th family.
They may not have known each other—I can’t figure out how far apart they lived or how large the area was that James Lacy was visiting; but isn’t it fun to think that my Dad’s great-grandfather might have known my Mom’s great-grandfather? My Dad’s great-grandfather might have bought groceries or done blacksmithing or wagon business with my Mom’s great-grandfather!
Waightstill is buried in the Montgomery family cemetery southeast of Blue Ridge, TX. James is buried in the Old Liberty cemetery northeast of Farmersville, TX. They are buried about 6-8 miles apart.
One question is: where is Fayburg, where Waightstill and his son operated a mercantile? Fayburg is 2.5 miles south of Blue Ridge on Hwy. 78. The town was originally spelled “Fayburgh”, but the “h” was dropped 6 Nov 1893. There once was a post office there, but service was discontinued 15 May 1926 and delivery was only to Farmersville. The satellite photo of Fayburg on MapQuest shows that there is nothing left there.
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