William Stuart Miller (1873 - abt. 1912)

Born Dec 1873 in Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Pauline McConnell (Prickett) Miller — married 23 Aug 1898 (to 23 Jan 1912) in Rural Retreat, Wythe County, Virginia, United States of America

Descendants

Died about 23 Jan 1912 at about age 38 in , , Florida, United States

Biography

William Miller was born in December 1873, probably in Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee, the only known child of Charles Miller and Amanda Young.

On 23 August 1898, when he was twenty-four, he married Pauline Prickett. She bore him six children, three sons and three daughters:

1. Ralph Edison Miller
2. Harold Miller
3. Bessie Miller
4. Willie Gladys Miller
5. Shirley Rosmore Miller
6. James Robert Jackson Miller.

1900 census

Wm S Miller appears in the 1900 United States Federal Census as a 26-year-old literate farmer who rents his farm, living with his wife, Polly, and six-month-old son.

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1900 census for William Miller household

Name: Wm S Miller; Age:

26; Birth Date: Dec 1873; Birthplace: Tennessee; Home in 1900: Atkins, Smyth, Virginia; House Number: 1; Sheet Number: 12; Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 209 207; Family Number: 224; Race: White; Gender: Male; Head of House: Head; Marital Status: Married; Spouse's Name: Polly Miller; Marriage Year: 1899; Father's Birthplace: Virginia; Mother's Birthplace: Virginia; Occupation: Farmer; Months not employed: 0; Can Read: Yes; Can Write: Yes; Can Speak English: Yes; House Owned or Rented: R; Home Free or Mortgaged: F; Farm or House: F.

Household Members: Name Age

Wm S Miller 26

Polly Miller 18

Ralph Miller 6/12.^[1]

They lived in Atkins, Virginia, until Pauline left him about 1911 and returned home to Rural Retreat, Wythe County, Virginia, with her children.

On 23 January 1912, when he was thirty-eight, Will died in Florida.

Email from Bill Bedwell:

I never heard Mam-Mam say a word about Will's family. One summer when I was in Rural Retreat, Harold said he was going to visit aunt Ginny [Miller] who lived across the railroad and slightly west at the next street crossing the railroad. It was called Miller Street. OR ... maybe it was the house on the same side of the railroad but next to Miller street (perhaps that is really the house, now that I think of it). Harold Lee went with Harold to visit them, but I was too shy and Frazier did not go, most likely for the same reason. They said she was very nice and had lots of cats. I think Harold's Uncle Charlie Miller (the dentist, then pharmacist) lived with her, but died before she did. Apparently they lived on an inheritance. Mam-Mam, Mama and I used to visit a family called Keys who lived near that house and it was always pointed out that Aunt Ginny lived in one of the houses we saw on the trip. Mama never seemed very interested in any of them, but Shirley and Harold did. Gladys never mentioned them either. They all mentioned that when someone in the Miller family died without a will (or with a faulty will) that a lawyer or some sort of man came to see them when they were children and offered each one of them if they (or their parents) would sign something that would prevent them from "breaking the will." They thought they were rich. Gladys always seem to begrudge that, and I think Mama did too.

Bill^[2]

N.B. For further information about the Miller family, see the attached .pdf by clicking here.

Citations

1. ↑ 1900 Census, Atkins, Smyth County, Virginia, Page: 12, Image 23 of 28, Enumeration District 0078, FHL microfilm 1241728, Ancestry.com. Transcription URL: https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&indiv=try&h=72424458. Image URL: https://www.ancestryheritagequest.com/interactive/7602/4117934_00412?pid=72424458&backurl=https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db%3D1900usfedcen%26indiv%3Dtry%26h%3D72424458&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true. Accessed 15 Dec 2018.
2. ↑ , Bill Bedwell, email to Patricia Hickin, 21 Sept 2000.

Acknowledgments

• Patricia Prickett Hickin created William Stuart Miller (1873-abt.1912) on 14 June 2013.

Sources

• William "Bill" Bedwell, Email to Patricia Prickett Hickin, 21 Sept 2000.

• 1900 Census, Atkins, Smyth County, Virginia, Page: 12, Image 23 of 28, Enumeration District 0078, FHL microfilm 1241728, Ancestry.com. Transcription URL: https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&indiv=try&h=72424458. Image URL: https://www.ancestryheritagequest.com/interactive/7602/4117934_00412?pid=72424458&backurl=https://search.ancestryheritagequest.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db%3D1900usfedcen%26indiv%3Dtry%26h%3D72424458&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true. Accessed 15 Dec 2018