Clay County Family Files
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JACOB MILLER FAMILY OF CLAY COUNTY, KANSAS
The information below was submitted by Gail Burk--thanks so much!
Jacob Smith MILLER was already residing in Sherman Township, Clay
County, Kansas by the time of the 1870 U. S. federal census. Jacob was born 6
December 1837, at Guernsey County, Ohio. He married 28 September 1865, at
Naples Illinois (Scott County), to Anna GILSON, who immigrated from County
Mayo in Ireland as a young girl. Jacob Miller and Anna Gilson were both residing
on the same farm in Scott County, Illinois, at the time of the 1860 census. Jacob Smith Miller served in the Union Army during the Civil War. He enlisted on 14 August 1862, at Naples, Scott County, Illinois, and served as a private for the duration of the war in the 129th Illinois Infantry, Company I. He mustered out on 8 June 1865, and later received a military pension.
CLAY COUNTY BIRTHS--JACOB MILLER Family
John Gilson Miller, born 21 October 1866, at Morganville
Margaret A. Miller, born 1 January 1868, at Morganville
Ida C. Miller, born 6 June 1871, at Morganville
Hattie S. Miller, born 4 March 1873, at Morganville
James Henry Miller, born 18 April 1874, at Morganville
William Albert Miller, born 26 January, 1876, at Morganville
Mary Alma Miller, born 8 August 1877, at Morganville
Charles Lester Miller, born 1 December 1879, at Morganville
Gertrude Estella Miller, born 10 August 1881, at Morganvile
Perry L. Miller, born 21 July 1883, at Morganville
Claud E. Miller, born 14 August 1888, at Morganville
CLAY COUNTY MARRIAGES--JACOB MILLER Family
John Gilson Miller wed #1, Anna Louisa Diderika Dirks,
6 March 1889, at Morganville (see license)
Mary Alma Miller wed #1, Benjamin Bird McLavy,
26 November 1896 at the home of the bride's parents in Morganville (see license)
Charles Lester Miller wed Margaret Hannah Rhodes,
28 October 1903 at Clifton (see license)
Gertrude Estella Miller wed Charles William Eubanks of Clay County,
26 November 1903 at Morganville (see license)
Perry L. Miller wed Patience Caudwell,
29 June 1904 at Clay Center (see license)
John Gilson Miller wed #2, Leona Dawes Delfs of Clay County,
12 March 1940, at Abilene, Kansas (well, not Clay County!)
JACOB MILLER Family Marriages--place of marriage unknown
Hattie S. Miller wed William G. Gaston of Clay County,
4 March 1905
James Henry Miller wed #1, Julia Connally,
March 1905
James Henry Miller wed #2, Florence (surname unknown),
in Missouri (date of marriage unknown)
Mary Alma Miller wed #2, John S. Elster,
in January, 1938, at Sioux Falls, South Dakota
JACOB MILLER family--Clay County deaths
Jacob Smith Miller, died 15 June 1912, at Morganville
buried Sherman Cemetery
Anna Gilson Miller, died 20 April 1919, at Morganville
buried Sherman Cemetery
John Gilson Miller, died 17 June 1945, at Clay Center
buried Greenwood Cemetery
Margaret A. Miller, died in infancy on 8 April 1868, at Morganville
buried Sherman Cemetery
Ida C. Miller, died in childhood on 19 June 1876, at Morganville
buried Sherman Cemetery
Hattie S. Miller Gaston, died 30 April 1913*, at Clay Center
buried Greenwood Cemetery (*Greenwood Cemetery listings on the Clay
County KHHP indicate Hattie�s burial on 2 May 1912)
William Albert Miller, died in infancy on 13 November 1876, at Morganville
buried Sherman Cemetery
Gertrude Estella Miller Eubanks, died at age 78 in November 1959, at Clay Co.
buried Greenwood Cemetery on 21 November 1959
Perry L. Miller, died in 1924, at Morganville
(family story says he was kicked by a horse)
buried Sherman Cemetery
Claud E. Miller, died in infancy on 30 November 1889, at Morganville
buried Sherman Cemetery
JACOB MILLER family deaths-- outside of Clay County
Mary Alma Miller McLavy Elster, died 29 April 1951, at Long Beach California
Charles Lester Miller, died in January 1945, perhaps at Clifton, Kansas
buried IOOF Cemetery, Clifton, Kansas
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