Transcription of Statement by Ellen A. Wright (nee
Miller). Ellen was 85 years old when she
wrote this statement and some of the facts she states contradicts other
information made in family records. I have
tried to transcribe this word for word, including misspellings and other
errors. The document was typed with some
handwritten insertions, which I have noted.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
STATE OF MISSOURI. COUNTY OF CAPE GIRARDEAU.
I, Ellen A. Wright aged 85 years
past hereby certify that I was born in the County
of Cape Girardeau, State of Missouri, February 5,
1828. My parents were Alexander and Elizebeth Miller, both natives of Calvert County State of
Maryland. My father was the son of John
and Ellen Miller of Calbert
County, State of Maryland,
and my father married in Calvert
County, Maryland to a
Miss Elizabeth Jones. They were b oth memb ers
of the Methodist Episcopal, Church of Calvert County, Maryland and brought
their Church membership with them to Cape
Girardeau County, Missouri
in 1818. My father�s oldest son Benjamin
Miller was born in Calvery County Maryland and came
with my parents in 1818 to Cape Girardeau County Missouri. My parents Alexander and Elizebeth
Miller lived on the farm now known as the Cape Girardeau County Poor Farm, as
the County has purchased this farm.
My
parents, Alexander Miller and Elizebeth Miller was
the parents of the following children my brother;
- Benjamin
Miller was, born in Calvert County Maryland 1815 and came with his parents
to Cape Girardeau County Missouri in 1818 and my parents came down the
Ohio River to Cairo Illinois in a large keel boat, they were forty days
coming down the Ohio River this was before Steam Boats and
Rail Roads, and my brother Benjamin Miller married Amanda Poe, daughter of
Isaih Poe by his first wife Sarah Poe, she had
been a widow King before her marriage to Isiah
Poe.
- My
sister Barbera Elizabeth Miller was born in Cape
Girardeau County Missouri and born about 1819 in Cape Girardeau County
Missouri and she married a brother of my brother Benjamin Miller�s wife�s
Brother Hasting Poe son of the above Isiah and
Sarah Poe, and they had the following children;
1.
Isiah Poe, a son and married
a Miss Martha Williams daughter of Jacob Williams;
2.
Sarah Poe and married Oscar Penny both dead
and
Benjamin Miller had the following children by his wife Amanda Poe Miller:
1.
Barbera, and she married
Thomas Penny both dead, no children.
2.
Sarah Miller, she married John Williams she is dead ,
had children (inserted into the document in handwriting: Lou, Benjamin, William, Ellen, Sarah, Mary)
3.
Elizabeth Miller, she married Louis Bean, she is
dead. (inserted into the document in
handwriting: children Mabel and Robert)
4.
A.H. Miller M.D.
5.
Annie Miller Juden
6.
Mattie Miller and married (inserted into the document
in handwriting: Jno
J. Westerns)
7.
Georgia Miller Daffron (this was handwritten into the document)
8.
I. Ben Miller (this was handwritten into the document)
My parents children continued,
The third was a daughter, Mary Jane Miller she was born
March 23, 1825 and she married William Nunn and Jesse Miller was the youngest
child and son, he married and had a family and as stated was born in Cape Girardeau Missouri
and 1855 I married my first husband Columbus George Henderson. Born in the house I am now living in now
(June 25, 1913), living in 1811 his father was George Henderson a native of the
State of Pennsylvania.
Isah Poe was a native of North Carolina and was in the war of 1812
and 1815 had the following children by his first wife:
Hastings Poe he married as above stated.
Amanda Poe she married my brother Benjamin Miller.
The Grand Parents of mine on paternal side was, John and
Ellen Miller of Calvert County,
Maryland and, Louis Poe daughter
of the above Isiah Poe she married a W. W. Williams
they are dead.
I.
Benjamin Miller is a son of the above Benjamin and
Amanda Miller.
Signed Ellen A. Wright 1913
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