. Past and present of Montgomery County, Illinois . a hotel for a number ofyears. When the first passenger train ranthrough the town it stopped here and thepassengers took dinner at Mr. Cundiffs now owns two houses in the town and isproprietor of a livery stable which he is con-ducting. He also built the first livery stable inWitt. He made all of the improvements uponhis farms, assisting materially in developing thecounty, ami in his business life has so managedbis affairs as to receive a good financial return. In L863 Mr. Cundiff was united in marriageto Miss Mildred Knight, a daughte
. Past and present of Montgomery County, Illinois . a hotel for a number ofyears. When the first passenger train ranthrough the town it stopped here and thepassengers took dinner at Mr. Cundiffs now owns two houses in the town and isproprietor of a livery stable which he is con-ducting. He also built the first livery stable inWitt. He made all of the improvements uponhis farms, assisting materially in developing thecounty, ami in his business life has so managedbis affairs as to receive a good financial return. In L863 Mr. Cundiff was united in marriageto Miss Mildred Knight, a daughter of JosephKnight, and they became the parents of fourchildren, but Alma B. died at the age of twen-ty-three years, being accidentally killed by thetrain in Hillsboro in June, L894. Those still liv-ing are: Mary Ellen, the wife of Milton Salli-day, of Litchfield; Dora, the wife of BaineyMathewson, of Coffeen: and Charles, who ismarried and lives in Coffeen. Mrs. Cundiff belongs to the Free Methodistchurch, while Mr. Cundiff is identified with the. MR. AND MRS. H. C. CUNDIFF UBRARV OF THE UNIVERSITY OF \UlNOL PAST AND PRESENT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY 21 1 Modern W Imen camp. He votes with the Democracy and is interested in the success ofhis party, but has never sought or desired office,preferring in give his time ami energies in hisbusiness affairs. Saving always lived in Mont-gomery county, he has a wide acquaintancewithin its borders, and that many who haveknown him from early boyhood are numberedamong his stanchest friends is an indicationthat his has been an honorable and upright ca-reer. JAM PS P. BANDY. James P. Bandy, who i> successfully en-gaged m farming in North Litchfield township,was born December 30, 1845, in Macon county, Tennessee, his parents being Wesley and Pris-cilla (Ozbun) Bandy, also natives of Tennes-see. The father was of French descent amiboth the paternal and the maternal great-grand-fathers were Revolutionary soldiers, servingunder General Washington. T
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