Memorials › Dora Ann Bratton Miller
Dora Ann Bratton Miller
15 Jan 1879 – 4 Jun 1954
| Birth | 15 Jan 1879 |
| Death | 4 Jun 1954 |
| Cemetery | Memorial Park Cemetery Amarillo , Potter County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Lori on 08 Nov 2015 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59574809 |
Gravesite details
Shared stone with spouse. Their son Dewel and daughters Jessie White and Ozell Falls are buried same cemetery
Bio
Dora Ann Bratton was the next-to-youngest of the 9 children born to Elijah P. Bratton and Lucinda Fields. Most of the family links for the children of Elijah and Lucinda were established by the discovery of a Declaration of Heirship lawsuit filed in 1958 in the county court of Fannin County, Texas, Cause No 4785, styled R.M. McCleary et al vs. Shella Bratton Landers, et al. Dora's older brother William E. Bratton (1868-1930, memorial #50050276) had no children, his widow Mary Ann Hamilton (1872-1957, memorial #50050306) never remarried and at her death left a tract of land in Fannin County to William's brothers and sisters. By that time all the Bratton siblings are deceased, and the heirship case is filed in connection with her estate to determine how to distribute the proceeds from its sale among their descendants. Dora appears as a child with her parents on the 1880 Grayson County TX census, and was baptized at Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Elm Grove, in neighboring Collin Cty TX. The church no longer exists but its large cemetery remains, with Dora's parents and maternal grandparents buried there. Dora was orphaned by age 4. By age 17 she marries Andrew A. Miller, on 19 Jul 1896 in Collin Cty TX. There is a family photo of the two of them on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary in 1946. The young couple first settles in northeast Texas, and their movements appear to track those of Andrew's parents and siblings. Dora and husband Andrew move to Cookville, Titus County about 1899, where they stay for 21 years. Then about 1920 they move to Cooper, Delta County TX, where they stay about 7 years before moving to Amarillo about 1927 and live the rest of their lives. The cotton crop in Cooper failed in 1926, and many residents lost their farms and moved away for jobs. "It was if Delta County got a jump start on the Great Depression." https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/delta-county Andrew was a farmer until arriving in Amarillo, where he got a job as a dishwasher at a hotel. In family letters written circa 1945-46 to their daughter Addie, who remained in Titus County, Dora writes about feeling poorly and being in bed, trying to quilt, and getting a permanent wave in her hair. She dies four years after Andrew, of senility and a coronary. Dora and Andrew Miller had six daughters and one son: Addie, Essie, Ruby, Dewel (only son), Jessie Lee (daughter, nickname "Jake"), and twins Wilma Ozell and Lillian Artell.
Photos
Family
Parents
Spouse
Siblings
- Thomas Jackson Bratton 1862–?
- Kate Bratton Adeaholt 1864–1935
- Henry Green Bratton 1866–1925
- William E Bratton 1868–1930
- Mattie Frances Bratton Garner 1871–1935
- John Russell Bratton 1875–1943
- Calvin L Bratton 1876–1955
- Lula Bratton Bynum 1880–1945
Children
- Addie Lena Miller Lilly 1897–1965 FaG
- Mattie Essie Miller Godsey 1900–1940 FaG
- Ruby May Miller Lemmond 1902–1984 FaG
- Dewel E. Miller 1905–1973 FaG
- Jessie Lee Miller White 1907–1990 FaG
- Ozell Wilma Miller Gibson Falls 1911–1990 FaG
- Lillian Artell "Mongo" Miller McNett 1911–2001 FaG
Export GEDCOM
This person only · Entire connected family