Shared Photo: Milliken House

Question

In 1983, when the last surviving member of the nuclear Milliken family had passed away, and family members went to Texas to clear out the house and put it on the market, I went along, as a great-granddaughter of Wm Dickerson and Margaret Milliken. As I was cleaning out the back kitchen, I asked my uncle, who had spent many childhood summers visiting in the house, why there was a rifle mounted above the kitchen door. My uncle said that my great grandmother had kept it there  "for Indians and carpet-baggers."

I wanted to share this family photo of John Milliken with the community. Location: Lewisville, Denton, Texas. Date: 2013.

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Wow what and amazing house thank you for sharing

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You're certainly welcome!

Answer 1

Great pic Suzan.  I love the story also.  I didn't know that it had remained in the family after all that time.  I'm glad you got to go there.  A friend of mine in Richardson, TX drove by and took pictures of the house for me a few years ago.

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Yeah - it was pretty special to be able to visit it. Then, years later (1996), when we were moving cross country from Maryland to San Diego, I just blindly sent a note to "The Milliken House" to see if it was still there, and if the folks in it would be willing to meet us. They were - and it was lovely! It was during Christmas, and they'd decorated it for the local "Christmas Walk."  They showed us all the renovations (i.e; replace the stone foundation my great grandfather'd put in with cement!)  and changes, and I was able to tell them some of the stories of the house and family. We had a great lunch, and I found out that in renovating the 'sunroom' into the family room, they'd found a trunk of old love letters from my great aunt Lina (who never married because her brothers didn't approve of the young man) to/from a local gentleman. I later met the local town 'historian' of Lewisville, and he said that the gentleman was his uncle - so we were almost related by marriage! The fun part of genealogy!  Oh - for some reason, I picked up recently that  it's now a B&B, but I haven't verified that.