Rev. Robert Marcus Miller

1822 - 1872  (49 years)

• Name	Robert Marcus Miller  [1, 2]
  Prefix	Rev.
  Birth	15 Aug 1822	Georgia   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Feb 1872	Burkeville, Newton County, Texas   [2]
  Burial	Tanner Cemetery, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas   [3, 4]
  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.
  Person ID	I42175	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	2 Jun 2013

  
  

  Family 1	Averilla Elizabeth Hare,   b. Abt 1830   d. Abt 1861, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas (Age ~ 31 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1845  [1]
  Children	1. James "Jim" Cason Miller,   b. Jan 1849, Miller County, Georgia d. Abt 1890 (Age ~ 40 years)   2. Mary Jane Miller,   b. Abt 1851, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   3. Stephen Marion Miller,   b. Abt 1853, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   4. Robert Martin Miller,   b. Abt 1855, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   5. Joseph Andrew Miller,   b. 14 Apr 1859, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas d. 21 Dec 1943 (Age 84 years)   6. Averilla Elizabeth "Beth" Miller,   b. 22 Oct 1860, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F12881	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 May 2013

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah Jane Jordan,   b. 17 Jan 1831, Neshoba County, Mississippi d. 11 Mar 1907, San Augustine County, Texas (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	Aft 1861  [1]
  	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.
  Children	1. George Washington Miller,   b. 14 Dec 1862, Newton County, Texas d. 29 Apr 1955, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas (Age 92 years)   2. Henry Clay Miller,   b. 3 Oct 1864, Newton County, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   3. Richard Marcus Miller,   b. 22 Sep 1866, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   4. Abraham Jacob "Jake" Miller,   b. 25 Apr 1868, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas d. 20 Apr 1940, Newton County, Texas (Age 71 years)   5. Sarah Susan Miller,   b. 8 Jan 1870, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   6. Leviah "Levi" Jefferson Miller,   b. 1 Jun 1872, Newton, Newton County, Texas d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F12631	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jun 2013

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 15 Aug 1822 - Georgia Death - 26 Feb 1872 - Burkeville, Newton County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1590] Newton County Historical Commission, "Glimpses of Newton County History" (Nortex Press, Burnet, Texas, copyright 1982), p. 126 (Reliability: 3). [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 40354314 (Reliability: 3). [S1590] Newton County Historical Commission, "Glimpses of Newton County History" (Nortex Press, Burnet, Texas, copyright 1982). [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 40354314 see also #10713321 at Little Flock Cemetery, no tombstone photo, however, appears to be included simply by virtue of his marriage to Sarah Jane Jordan who was buried at Little Flock (Reliability: 3).