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Miller, Mary (1839 - 1906) |
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Stan |
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stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org |
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MILLER HONEYWELL GRANT |
----Source: Clark County Press, Thursday, January 18, 1906
MARY MILLER LAID TO REST In the Greenwood Cemetery Friday Afternoon--Sketch of Her Life
All that is mortal of Mrs. Mary Miller was committed to its last
early resting place in the beautiful Greenwood Cemetery last Friday
afternoon, after a touching and most fitting funeral service at
Grace M. E. church, conducted by Pastor C. O. Presnall. Those
bearing the remains to the grave were Messrs. E. T. Burch, Wm.
Oelig, H. W. Hunt, Elias Peterson, A. Dingley and Chas. H.
Cummings. The body arrived from the west Friday evening,
accompanied by H. J. and Hannah Miller, the son and daughter, and
was taken to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Erastus Bowen where it
remained until the funeral.
Mary Honeywell was the eldest of three sisters who married three
brothers, these being Edward, Thomas and J. C. Miller,
respectively, and of these three couples only J. C. Miller and his
wife, who was Bessie Honeywell, are left. The girls were daughters
of "uncle" John and "aunt" Kate Honeywell, one of the pioneer
families of Clark County, now long since deceased.
The subject of this account was born in Ottawa, Canada, November
19, 1839. She was married to Edward Miller at Renfrew, Canada, in
1862 and in 1869 the family moved to Pennsylvania, where they lived
until 1876 when they moved to Clark County. It was three years
later that her husband, who was engaged with his brother Thomas in
the sawmill business, was scalded to death by escaping steam from
the boiler. She was the mother of four children, three of whom--
Mrs. A. R. Grant of Audubon, Iowa Hannah and H. J. Miller--are
living. Thomas, the fourth child, died in Colorado in 1896, whence
the mother had removed on account of his health, two years before.
Following this affliction she moved west to live with her two
children there.
Mrs. Miller united with the Methodist Episcopal church when she was
19 years of age and has ever lived a conscientious, sincere life
scattering an influence for good wherever she was. Her strong
character, sweet and genial disposition leaves a heritage rich and
lasting, not only for her children who appreciated her at her
worth, but to all who were privileged to know her.
The cause of Mrs. Miller's death was paralysis, she suffering her
first stroke Dec. 22 and a second one on the evening of January
2nd, this causing her death.
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