Nancy
Bronetta Montgomery
b. 1831
NANCY
BRONETTA MONTGOMERY (daughter
of Hugh
Montgomery and Annie
Underwood Battle) was born 1831 in Mississippi.
She married FREDERICK W. GOODE February 21, 1866 in Mississippi.
He was born 1836 in Alabama.
Mississippi Marriage Records "Bernetta". She
and Frederick had no children of their own.
She was commonly known as "Nette" (pronounced like "Nettie").
From Story of Pontotoc by E. T. Winston (1931), pages 142-143.
" Joel S. Pinson was another of our early settlers. His property was of
great extent, reaching from near Old Campground Church to what is known as
the Miss Nette Goode place. His property was left to his two sons,
Richard A. and Sam. The western part was given to Sam, whose home was the
old two story house, just south of Mr. Rob Callaway's, called "Stony
Lonesome"; the eastern half to Richard, who was Col. in the first Miss.
Cavalry. This includes the Tom Donaldson, Jackson, Crenshaw, Calloway and
other places in our community. Richard A. Pinson was married to Miss Sina
Duke and made his home at "Primrose", the Tom Donaldson place. Mr. Fred
Goode was overseer for Col. Dick Pinson. He was a fine man and liked by all.
Mr. Goode was married to Miss Nette Montgomery, a teacher of the
Monroe Neighborhood. They made their first home at the Tom Donaldson
homestead, later buying land and settling the place where Dewey Stacey now
lives. "Miss Nette" as she was lovingly called by her friends, was a power
in the community, both as teacher of the young and wise councillor (sic) of
the older ones. She spent the best years of her life teaching, and many of
our men and women of this and other communities owe not only their
education, but their ideals of life to Miss Nette. Having no children of her
own, she took a sister's children (the Nasons) and cared for them. Later she
mothered her brother's three orphan children, remembered by our people as
Mrs. Irene and Elvira and Goode Montgomery. She was always interested in the
affairs of the community and many is the man and woman who valued the advice
of Miss Nette above all others."
See listing of schools
of Pontotoc County in 1860 as recorded in the Chancery Clerk's book
(transcribed in From These Hills)
