THOMAS HILL MONTAGUE
Is a member of the law firm of Slater & Montague, of Richmond City.
He was born at Glenanburn, Gloucester county, Virginia, on December
29, 1866, in early life attended schools in Gloucester, Mathews and
Middlesex counties, Virginia, later attended a preparatory school in
Albemarle county, and in 1887 took the law course at the University
of Virginia. He was admitted to the Bar on January 18, 1888, has
been practicing in Richmond since that date, and in partnership with E.
Beverly Slater since October 1, 1888. He is a member of the Second
Baptist church of Richmond, and is secretary of the Richmond Light
Infantry Blues Association.
His father, Thomas Ball Montague, jr., born in Gloucester county,
Virginia, now deceased, was a son of Capt. Thomas Ball Montague, sr.,
who died in Essex county, Virginia, a son of William Montague of Essex
county, who was a son of John Montague, who was a son of Peter Montague,
who came to Virginia from England, and settled in Lancaster
county, on the 22d day of August, 1634. His grave may now be seen
in Lancaster county, where he died at an advanced age.
The mother of Thomas Hill Montague, now living in Richmond, is
Josephine Tabitha, nee Hill, her father a resident of New Kent county,
his maternal grandmother was Tabitha Christian, his maternal great
grandmother, Elizabeth Graves.
