Richard Marcus Miller

1866 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Richard Marcus Miller  [1]
  Born	22 Sep 1866	Burkeville, Newton County, Texas   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	Said to be buried at the Woods Cemetery.
  Person ID	I43197	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	31 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	Flora L. Woods,   b. 5 Apr 1870, Newton County, Texas ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	9 Oct 1884	Newton County, Texas   [1]
  Children	1. Carl A. Miller,   b. Aug 1885, Newton County, Texas ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Ethel Miller,   b. Jul 1887, Newton County, Texas ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Arthur Miller,   b. Oct 1890, Newton County, Texas ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Lela Miller,   b. Feb 1892, Texas ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Louie Miller,   b. 3 Mar 1898, Newton County, Texas ,   d. 20 Apr 1899, Newton County, Texas  (Age 1 years)
  Last Modified	29 May 2013
  Family ID	F12883	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 22 Sep 1866 - Burkeville, Newton County, Texas Married - 9 Oct 1884 - 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).