John William MILLER5,3,4,2

18434 - UNKNOWN

Life History

after Jul 1842	Born in Mississippi.1,2
1843	Born in Mississippi.4
about 1865	Birth of daughter Fannie MILLER in Arkansas.3
8th Jan 1865	Married Mary M (NOMAIDENNAME) Wallis in Arkansas County, Arkansas.4
Apr 1867	Birth of daughter Jennie MILLER in Arkansas.3,6
about 1869	Birth of daughter Allie MILLER in Arkansas.3
about 1871	Birth of daughter Josephine MILLER in Arkansas.3
about 1873	Birth of son William MILLER in Arkansas.3
about 1875	Birth of daughter Ellen MILLER in Arkansas.3
1880	Resident in Prairie Township, Arkansas, Arkansas.3
UNKNOWN	Death of daughter Ellen MILLER.
UNKNOWN	Death of Mary M (NOMAIDENNAME) Wallis in Arkansas (presumed).
UNKNOWN	Death of daughter Kelly MILLER.
UNKNOWN	Death of daughter Lucy MILLER.
UNKNOWN	Death of daughter Allie MILLER.
UNKNOWN	Death of daughter Fannie MILLER.
UNKNOWN	Death of daughter Jennie MILLER.
UNKNOWN	Death of son William MILLER.
UNKNOWN	Death of daughter Josephine MILLER.
UNKNOWN	Died in Arkansas (presumed).

Other facts

	Birth of daughter Lucy MILLER in Arkansas.7
	Birth of daughter Kelly MILLER in Arkansas.

Notes

1860 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 27 July, Prairie Township, PO St Charles, page 65, Hse #477, Fam #456
John Miller 54 M Farmer $3200 Real Estate $1520 Personal born Prussia(Germany)
Nancy Miller 45 F House Keeper b Alabama
John Wm (William) Miller 17 M Farm Laborer b Mississippi

1880 Federal census, Arkansas County, Arkansas lists this family. All the children of John W and Mary were born in Arkansas.

1880 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas, 2 June, Prairie Township, page 21 (scan p15C), Hse #21, Fam #25
John W Miller W M 38 Farmer MS Prussia AL
Mary Miller W F 34 Wife House Keeper NY VT Ireland.
Carson Wallace W M 17 Step-Son AR AL NY [b abt 1863]
Fannie Miller W F 15 Dau AR MS NY
Jennie Miller W F 13 Dau AR MS NY
Allie Miller W F 11 Dau AR MS NY
Josephine Miller W F Dau 9 AR MS NY
Willie Miller W M 7 Son AR MS NY
Ellen Miller W F 5 Dau AR MS NY

The name Tannie is a mistranscription from the handwritten census information, for the correct name Fannie. This is in line with many other typos in the LDS online version of the 1880 census. I often see Goerge for George.

Likewise there is an error in the transcription of the child Josephine, which is clearly readable, though slightly faded. The census transcription names this child Joesy [actual spelling]. It is interesting that they have substituted a nickname, when the actual entry is readable as Josephine. These same errors occur in the Ancestry.com information, since they have taken the 1880 census transcription of the LDS library.

Two children, Lucy and Kelly (Cally?), reported by Bertie L McSwain, are missing from this census. It is not clear where they are in the birth order. Bertie lists Lucy before Fannie and Kelly after Fannie.

The report of Carson Wallace as a stepson of John W Miller indicates that Mary Wallis Miller was previously married to someone named Wallace. (This is probably only another spelling for Wallis.) The Miller genealogy reports that John and Mary married in 1865, so Carson's birthin about 1863 would indicate that John was not his father. John and Mary got married in the home of Mrs Sarah Wallis. This, then, must beMary's mother-in-law form her first marriage. As of October 2008, I do not have further information about the Wallis/Wallace family.

Sources

1. 1880 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
2. 1860 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 27 July, Prairie Township, PO St Charles, page 65, Hse #477, Fam #456
3. 1880 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 2 June, PrairieTownship, page 21 (scan p15C), Hse #21, Fam #25
4. Ancestry Trees
- Miller Family, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=*v28
5. Bertie Lois Dumond McSwain, Personal Conversation with Orville Boyd Jenkins, 1980
6. 1900 Federal Census, Arkansas County, Arkansas
- 6 June, Prairie Township, District 7, page 4A, Hse #55, Fam #56
7. Bertie Lois Dumond McSwain, letter to Orville and Edith Jenkins, 12 March, 1977