[1] Earning his bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College in 1869, Monteith served in 1869–71 as the principal of McIndoes Academy, of which he was an alum and his father a trustee.

[2] Monteith served in that position for two years before moving to Connecticut, where he was principal of Farmington High School from 1879 to 1899.

[3] He lived in Farmington for the rest of his life, commuting and staying overnight in Storrs three days a week.

They had two daughters: Isabel, a violinist and teacher at the Hartford Conservatory, and Marjorie, who scored the first goal at UConn's first-ever women's basketball game and captained the team.

His portrait, painted by Harold Green in Robert Brandegee's studio and completed around the time of Monteith's death, is held by the William Benton Museum of Art.