Original Pony Express Station keeper and rider, Civil War Officer, City Clerk. While station keeper at Sand Springs, Montgomery escaped death at the hands of the Pah-Utes, and with a small band of other employees, he marched to Cold Springs Station, where the keeper had been massacred only a few days before. There they rounded up the stray sheep belonging to the company and herded them back to Carson City. Every foot of the way through hostile Indian territory and at each bend in the trail, a potential ambush. After this heroic act he became a Pony Express rider between Friday's and Reese River Stations in August 1860. He moved to California and settled in San Jose after leaving the Pony Express. Montgomery enlisted in the Army on January 31, 1865 as a Second Lieutenant in Company A, 2d Calvary Infantry. While in the Army, Montgomery served at the San Francisco Presidio and later at Gila, near Ft. Apache and Apache Pass in Arizona. His duties included scout, guide, interpreter and bearer of dispatches. He was engaged in considerable Apache fighting until June 1866 when their unit was replaced. After the Civil War he returned to San Jose and married Kate Geneva Scott. They had three children; William, Emile, and Geneva. He was the City Clerk for the City of San Jose when he died.
Original Pony Express Station keeper and rider, Civil War Officer, City Clerk. While station keeper at Sand Springs, Montgomery escaped death at the hands of the Pah-Utes, and with a small band of other employees, he marched to Cold Springs Station, where the keeper had been massacred only a few days before. There they rounded up the stray sheep belonging to the company and herded them back to Carson City. Every foot of the way through hostile Indian territory and at each bend in the trail, a potential ambush. After this heroic act he became a Pony Express rider between Friday's and Reese River Stations in August 1860. He moved to California and settled in San Jose after leaving the Pony Express. Montgomery enlisted in the Army on January 31, 1865 as a Second Lieutenant in Company A, 2d Calvary Infantry. While in the Army, Montgomery served at the San Francisco Presidio and later at Gila, near Ft. Apache and Apache Pass in Arizona. His duties included scout, guide, interpreter and bearer of dispatches. He was engaged in considerable Apache fighting until June 1866 when their unit was replaced. After the Civil War he returned to San Jose and married Kate Geneva Scott. They had three children; William, Emile, and Geneva. He was the City Clerk for the City of San Jose when he died.
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