Rebecca VanMeter (Miller) Scholl (1803 - 1829)

Born 4 Apr 1803 in Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Scholl Jr. — married 28 Apr 1824 in Clark, Kentucky, United States

Died 1829 at about age 25 in Missouri, United States

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Biography

Rebecca VanMeter "V.G." Miller was born between 1775 and 1811 in Kentucky, United States.

Rebecca was married to Joseph Scholl on 28 Apr 1824 in Clark County, Kentucky.^[1] Rebecca died between 1801 and 1891 in Missouri, Unite.d States Wife of Joseph Scholl, Jr. whom she married in Kentucky on 28 April 1824. Their marriage was of only five years. Her husband was the grandson of Daniel Boone and Rebecca Bryan.

She was the daughter of Joseph Miller and Susannah Rector Miller of Shenndoah County, VA; then Clark county, KY. Two of her sisters married Scholls: Septimus Scholl married Sally Miller, and Jesse Boone Scholl married Elizabeth Miller.

In the settlement of the Kentucky wilderness, both Boone and Bryan's Station were solidified about 1790. They held a large group of tested family. They were true frontiersmen: Bold, fine riflemen with dependable and strong wives. There were roughly three generations of Boones, and in-laws: VanBibbers, Hays, Grants, Scholls, Callaways, Tates.

In 1799, Daniel Boone made a careful decision to end his days in the Territory of Missouri, which he knew would soon become a state. Boone, Col. Smith, Daniel Morgan Boone and Rebecca Scholl's husband, Joseph padled down the Ohio River to old Fort Massac at the southern tip of Illinois. From that point they went overland to Kaskaskia Island in the Mississippi. At this point Smith and Scholl returned home as they were displeased with what they saw.

The two Boones continued on to St. Louis, then up the Missouri River to the Femme Osage in what is now Warren County. It was perfect. Nathan and Olive Boone arrived soon and built the first house. Soon father and son had help building the lovely, true, three story home of large stones which stands today. Its sweeping views are of the pristine valley of the Missouri River. ozens and dozens of Daniel's children and grandchildren followed. Joseph and Rebecca Scholl chose to farm on the lovely Grand Prairie in Callaway county which was named for his cousin James Callaway who had recently been killed by Indians near the Scholl farm. [Son of Jemima Boone and Flanders Callaway].

Rebecca failed to regain her health following the birth of James Riley, so she returned to family in Kentucky. She died there within a few months.

Sources

1. ↑ Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850 via Ancestry.com

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