Mrs. Mary Miller Bollinger Co
Mo Biography
- Mrs. Mary Miller, widow of Benjamin F.
Miller, is of German lineage,
and was born in 1832. Her parents were born in Illinois. Her
father
followed farming as a vocation and died about twenty years ago.
Her
mother, though born in 1802, is alive and strong and active for
one her
age. She resides in Bollinger County, Mo. Mrs. Miller was
married on
January 4, 1854, to Benjamin F. Miller, after which they located
on a
farm in Bollinger County. Mr. Miller was engaged in agricultural
pursuits until his death in October, 1885. To them were born ten
children, four of whom, Marshall, Eva Josephine (now the wife of
J.P.
Walker), Charles and Delia Jane, are living. The family live in
good
circumstances on 218 acres of land. Most of this farm is in
Castor
River Valley, and is very productive. It lies in Bollinger and
Wayne
Counties. The family residence, however, is in Bollinger
County, and
Mrs. Miller and children are among the most respected citizens
of their
section of the county. [p. 841]
Goodspeed's History of
Southeast Missouri, [p. 841]
Contributed by
Joe Crim
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