Stephen Marion Miller

Notes:

Dr. Arthur Miller writes that "The Kerrs are buried in Spears Chapel Cemetery; Steve and most of his children are buried at Sycamore Cemetery." (Newton County Nuggets, (Nortx Press, 1986, p. 197).

Stephen married Martha Caroline Kerr on 19 Dec 1877 in Newton County, Texas. Martha (daughter of John Byrd Kerr and Nancy Ann McMahon) was born on 12 Jul 1857 in Newton County, Texas; died on 23 Dec 1906 in Newton County, Texas; was buried in Spears Chapel Cemetery, Newton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In "Newton County Nuggets" (Nortex Press, 1986), Dr. Arthur Miller wrote a 3 page history of the Miller family (p. 195-198).

He stated that in 1849, Rev. Robert Marcus Miller and George Miller brought their families to Texas. Rev. Miller, a Baptist Preacher, his wife, Averilla Elizabeth Hare and their son, James Cason, settled in the Spears Chapel settlement, five miles east of Burkeville. They had six more children before Averilla died. Four Hare families, orginally from South Carolina, also camed to Texas. Thomas Cason Hare and his wife Lucretia were probably the parents of Averilla Hare Miller. They are all bured at Tanner Cemetery, about a mile east of Burkeville.

George Miller had married Mary Owens of Florida, and they settled in the Quicksand community about ten miles southeast of Newton. They had three sons: Hamp, Ike and Burl---all of whom had quick tempers and loved a good fight. By contrast, Rev. Marcus's children were docile and easy going.

A neighbor of the Robert Marcus Miller family was Robert Cousins, born in Virginia. He was married to Sarah Jane Jordan, born in Alabama. They had six children before Robert Cousins died.

Another neighbor was Tom Byerly, he had lost his wife Matilda, so Tom and the widowed Sarah Jane Jordan Cousins were married, haviing one son, Caleb (sic) before Tom Byerly died.

Sarah Jane Jordan Cousins Byerly then married the widowed Rev. Robert Marcus Miller, and they proceeded to have six more children to add to their already large family.

Robert married Averilla Elizabeth Hare about 1845. Averilla was born about 1830; died about 1861 in Burkeville, Newton County, Texas; was buried in Tanner Cemetery, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]