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James Miller
2 Sep 1818 – 2 Sep 1882
| Birth | 2 Sep 1818 |
| Death | 2 Sep 1882 |
| Cemetery | Applegate Pioneer Cemetery Yoncalla , Douglas County , Oregon , USA |
| Added by | jessicado on 29 Mar 2009 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35338927 |
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s/o James Miller / Susannah Basham Pioneer of OR Trail Arrival 15 Oct 1852 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ James Miller: b. 1784, Greenbrier, VA (during the Civil War, this section became West Virginia); d. 10 April 1846, Moniteau Co., Missouri. Susannah Basham Miller: b. ca 1796, Bedford Co., Virginia; d. 11 September 1842, Moniteau Co., Missouri. *********** James of this memorial m. Lucinda Whitsett 27 August 1835, Cole Co., Missouri. After Lucinda passed away 15 April 1846, Moniteau Co., MO, James m. Sarah Musik (various spellings) 30 December 1849 in Moniteau Co., Missouri. 1850 U.S. Census for Moniteau County, Missouri (23 Oct): James Miller M 32 Tennessee Sarah Miller F 30 Missouri John Miller M 12 Missouri Malinda Miller F 9 Missouri James Miller M 5 Missouri Jonathan Miller M 3 Missouri Living next are John (30 yrs) & Nancy Miller; also living nearby are Thomas (27 yrs) & Eliza Miller. James' brothers? All are farmers. At this time, James & Sarah hd no known children. James came West with the 1852 emigration. His wife Sarah and two of his children (Ephraim Lanson Miller & James Carter/Cortez Miller) died on the plains of cholera. Ephraim Lanson Miller was a son with Sarah who was born & died in 1852. Note: The 1852 overland migration was the largest on record, with numbers swelled by Oregon-bound settlers as well as hordes of gold-seekers destined for California. It also was a year in which cholera took a terrible toll in lives. James m. Margaret R. Swift 3 April 1853, Umpqua County, OR. 1860 U.S. Census for Umpqua Co., Oregon: James Miller M 41 Tennessee Margt R Miller F 26 Missouri Jonn P Miller M 12 Missouri Geo H Miller M 6 Oregon Benjn F Miller M 4 Oregon Alice R Miller F 2 Oregon 1870 U.S. Census for Douglas Co., OR: James Miller M 57 Tennessee Margaret Miller F 38 Missouri George Miller M 16 Oregon Benjaman Miller M 14 Oregon Carine Miller F 12 Oregon Mary Miller F 8 Oregon Alice Miller F 6 Oregon 1880 U.S. Census for Yoncalla, Douglas Co., OR: James Miller Self M 61 Tennessee; widower; farmer Benj Miller Son M 24 Oregon Mary Miller Daughter F 18 Oregon Alice Miller Daughter F 16 Oregon Ira Applegate Grandson M 4 Oregon Notes: Children info: John Thomas Miller, b. 13 Dec. 1837, Moniteau County, MO. (1836-4 May 1927, Douglas Co., OR) m. 1870 Mary Emma Bridges. He is buried in this cem. Jonathan Paris Basham Miller, b. 6 Sept. 1846, Moniteau County, MO. (1847-1926); he is buried in this cem. Thanks to Linda Smiley for providing some of the family data. Linda's 2-gr-grandmother was James Miller's daughter Mary Luella Miller ?
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- Melinda Miller Applegate 1812–1888
- Elizabeth Basham Miller Applegate 1816–1882
- Mary Elizabeth Miller Hildebrand 1820–1860
- Susan E Miller Reavis 1828–1859
Children
- John Thomas "Jt" Miller 1837–1927 FaG
- Malinda A. Miller Applegate 1840–1930 FaG
- James Carter Miller 1843–1852 FaG
- Jonathan Paris Basham Miller 1846–1926 FaG
- Ephraim Lanson Miller 1852–1852 FaG
- Benjamine Harrison Miller 1855–1900 FaG
- Alice "Elsie" Careen Miller Staley 1858–1902 FaG
- Mary Luella Miller Huntington 1861–1915 FaG
- Sarah Alice Miller Love 1864–1919 FaG
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