The Families of Monts and Feagle Annals of Newberry, Part Two by John A. Chapman, page 621-23 It is a pleasure, a very great pleasure, to the historian, especially if he is an old man like myself, to look back into the past and record the deeds and fortunes of worthy men and their families. There is no pleasure in life equal to it. especially if we know some of the people of whom we write. It is like clothing in flesh and blood once more the ghosts of the departed and talking with them face to face. The Mounts Caspar Monts came from Germany when quite young ­ time when unknown to this writer. He married a Miss Minnick and settled near where Johc W. Monts now lives (1892). He reared a family of four sons and two daughters. Two of his sons died early; the other two, John and William, married and reared large families. John's first wife was a Miss Feagle, who brought him one son, Levi, and three daughters, Sallie, Polly and Mary. After her death he married a Miss Polly Kinard, and to them were born two sons, Adam and G. M. Monts. Levi Monts married a Miss Bowers and reared three daughters, Mrs. W. C. Sheely, Mrs. John Schumpert and Mrs. J. W. Dominick. Adam married a Miss Mayer and has three sons and one daughter. G. M. Monts married Miss Kate Feagle and has three daughters, Mrs. J. M. Sease and Misses Mary and Bessie. These three men have all acted their parts nobly. Levi is dead, but he is yet remembered and is often mentioned as an upright, God-fearing man. Adam Monts and G. M. are both what men should be - honest, truthful, upright, and they have, of course, weight and influence in the community in which they live. William Monts married Miss Sheely and reared six sons and six daughters. Four of these sons lost their lives in the late war; the other two are living - John W. and Jacob. John V. resides near the old homestead, a successful planter and a courteous and hospitable gentleman. He married a Miss Counts and has four children, Mrs. Johnson, of Kansas City, Mo.; Mamie, Edward and Clarence. One still at the old homestead. Jacob Monts lives in Richland County. Two of his daughters married Derricks, one O. P. Fulmer and another a Swindler. The record of the Monts family has always been good. The Feagles Lawrence Feagle, the first of the name in the county, was a German. The time when he came to this country is not known to the writer. He was married twice; first to Miss Leah Quattlebaum, and after her death to her sister Rachel. He reared a family of five sons and four daughters. Of this venerable man's children I can say nothing, except of his son George and his descendants. George Feagle married a Miss Houseal, a name now almost extinct in that part of the county, but which is well and honorably known in the town of Newberry and elsewhere. From this union there were born three sons, John N., Warren and Irvin; and six daughters, Kate, Mary, Josephine, Elizabeth, Pauline and Leonora. George Feagle enlisted and entered the Confederate States army in September, 1861, was captured at the battle of Gettysburg in 1863, and was taken to Point Lookout, in which prison he died in 1864, at the age of fifty-five years. His record is that of a good soldier. He shrank from no duty, but discharged all faithfully, whether as son, husband, father or soldier. His wife died in 1878, and lies buried in the cemetery at St. Paul's. Of his sons. Warren is in Texas, Irvin at Prosperity, and John lives on part of the old homestead.. He is a successful planter, and is prominent in the Church and State, having filled the office of Jury Commissioner with credit and honor. He married a Miss Sease, and has a large family of children. Of the daughters of John (should read George - correction submitted by Margaret Sease Jayroe) Feagle, Kate married G. M.. Monts (George Michael Monts); Josephine, Captain U. B. Whites; Pauline, N. B. Wheeler; Lizzie, A. H. Kohn; Mary, Francis Bobb, and Leonora, J. J. Wheeler. Of these, numerous descendants, children and grandchildren, all take a high stand in the community and with the people amongst whom they live. This record must not be closed without honorable mention of that venerable lady, Aunt Susannah Houseal, as she loves. to be called by the younger people. She is almost a lone survivor of the Houseal family in the Dutch Fork, a name which was once borne by many there. She lives with her niece, Mrs. G. M. Monts, and in her declining years is at peace with her surroundings and with all the world.