Background
Montague, Richard Ward was born on February 11, 1862 in Charles City, Iowa, United States. Son of John Vose Wood and Martha Washington (Jackson) Montague.
Montague, Richard Ward was born on February 11, 1862 in Charles City, Iowa, United States. Son of John Vose Wood and Martha Washington (Jackson) Montague.
Graduated from the high school, Mason City, Iowa, 1878. B.Ph., State University of Iowa, 1883, Bachelor of Laws, 1884. Honorary Master of Arts, University of Oregon, 1919.
Admitted to Iowa bar, 1884, and practiced at.
Member charter communications, Portland, 1901, 08, 11, 13.
Married Ellen Amelia Barton, June 5, 1889. Children: Margaret (Mistress B. B. Payne), John Richard, Caroline Content (Mistress George J. Beggs).