George Washington Miller

1862 - 1955  (92 years)

• Name	George Washington Miller  [1]
  Born	14 Dec 1862	Newton County, Texas   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Apr 1955	Burkeville, Newton County, Texas   [1]
  Buried	Tanner Cemetery, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas   [1]
  Person ID	I43195	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	29 May 2013

  
  

  Father	Rev. Robert Marcus Miller,   b. 15 Aug 1822, Georgia ,   d. 26 Feb 1872, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas  (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Sarah Jane Jordan,   b. 17 Jan 1831, Neshoba County, Mississippi ,   d. 11 Mar 1907, San Augustine County, Texas  (Age 76 years)
  Married	Aft 1861  [2]
  	Dr. Arthur Miller, in "Newton County Nuggets" states that Sarah and the Rev. Robert Marcus Miller added six more children to their already large families, the oldest George Washington was born in 1862 and the youngest, Levi, was born in 1872, six months after his father had passed away. This left Sarah Jane, widowed three times, with the responsibility for 19 children in total. Dr. Miller recalls that his grandfather, Robert Martin Miller (born to Rev. Miller and Averilla), recalled that life got pretty tough for the large family. One year there was a severe drought and all the crops were lost. The government shipped corn to all the afflicted communities, and it was distributed among the struggling families. That year they lived on corn pone (bread) and even made a coffee substiute, consisting of corn that had been ground, sieved, and where the shaff had been parched. This, and any wild game or hogs off range kept them from starving. Dr. Arthur A. Miller writes that before her death, Grandma Sarah had been making her home with her youngest child, Levi at Burkeville.
  Family ID	F12631	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rosalie "Rosa" Aquilla Gray,   b. 25 Jan 1867, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas ,   d. 1 Sep 1940, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas  (Age 73 years)
  Married	5 Jan 1882	Burkeville, Newton County, Texas   [1]
  Children	1. Murray Dallas Miller,   b. 18 Dec 1882, Newton County, Texas ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Hampton "Hamp" L. Miller,   b. 28 Jul 1885, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Cecil W. Miller,   b. 13 Feb 1887, Newton County, Texas ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Florence L. Miller,   b. 14 Jan 1889, Newton County, Texas ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 May 2013
  Family ID	F12885	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Dec 1862 - Newton County, Texas Married - 5 Jan 1882 - Burkeville, Newton County, Texas Died - 29 Apr 1955 - Burkeville, Newton County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S327] Dore, Barbara Yancey (RootsLady@rootslady.com) "Southeast Texas Regional Gedcom Project" http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bydore_1, (Dore, Barbara Yancey "Southeast Texas Regional Gedcom Project"; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bydore_1 ; Updated Tue Feb 24 22:17:40 2004 This Gedcom contains many regionally located but sometimes unconnected Southeast Texas persons. Some of the information has been collected during Barbara's past 35 years of family research. Many undocumented families in the area are included. ALWAYS verify!!). [S1590] Newton County Historical Commission, "Glimpses of Newton County History" (Nortex Press, Burnet, Texas, copyright 1982), p. 126 (Reliability: 3).