Background
Montgomery, Mack Allen was born on August 24, 1854 in Greenfield, Missouri, United States. Son of Review George Washington and Sarah Ann (Rankin) Montgomery.
Montgomery, Mack Allen was born on August 24, 1854 in Greenfield, Missouri, United States. Son of Review George Washington and Sarah Ann (Rankin) Montgomery.
Educational public schools, Missouri and Illinois, Lincoln (Illinois) University (now Lincoln College, James Milliken University), Bachelor of Arts, 1877, Master of Arts, 1880, University of Mississippi, Bachelor of Laws, 1890. Also studied in Europe.
Principal Bethany (Illinois) Academy, 1877-1880. Principal Southern Illinois Academy, 1880-1881, and of same as Southern Illinois College, 1881-1886. Principal city schools, Oxford, Mississippi, 1886-1888, and was joint editor Mississippi Teacher.
Admitted to bar, 1888.
Assistant United State Attorneys, 1889-1891. United State Attorneys, Northern district, Mississippi, 1891-1893 and 1897-January 1, 1906.
Member American Bar Association. Member Bibliophile Society, Boston. Republican.
Married Nashville, Tennessee, February 9, 1903, Elizabeth McLean Hardison.