Known as Jane, she was born in Pennsylvania (some say KY) but lived in southern Indiana most of her life. The name Montgomery is common, and her family could have come from anywhere in the British Isles. Her father may have been an attorney or justice of the peace. He was a landowner in both PA and Indiana.
Jane married Thomas Arbuckle in 1813 in Clark County, IN. His family had been in America for several generations and had made journey across the mountains from western VA to KY and then across the Ohio River to Clark County, Indiana. Both their families could have been from Scotland as his branch of the Arbuckles is thought to have been from Renfrew, Scotland and there were Montgomery immigrants from there as well.
When Thomas and Jane were married in 1813, southern Indiana was still sparsely populated. Most of Jane's siblings lived in the area as well as many of Thomas' siblings and cousins. Jane's dad died in l829 in Clark County, and among his bequests,
"I give and bequeath to my daughter, Jane Arbuckle, thirty dollars in money and one heifer that will have a calf spring."
Her husband died at age 60 in 1851. One of their sons was killed in the Civil War. Jane died in 1866 when she was 74. She has a namesake born almost 200 years after she was - Sarajane Lynch.
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