Blanche had pneumonia as a teenager. After that she never washed or even cut her hair. She combed it with a fine bone comb and wore it in a bun. She and Henry had no wedding photo taken, and when Anna Belle was 5, they had their first family portrait that she always referred to as her wedding photo. She was an avid quilter, making hand tied crazy quilts from feed sacks to velvet scraps. All were intricately embroidered.
"Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2CCH-WVR : accessed 14 November 2015), Henry W Miller and Blanche D O'Neal, 17 Sep 1902; citing Marriage, Gentry, Missouri, United States, p. 411, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3CV-ZX5 : accessed 14 November 2015), Henry W Miller in household of James M Miller, Jackson Township (north half), Gentry, Missouri, United States; citing sheet 9B, family 182, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,855.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3CV-2N5 : accessed 29 December 2015), Blanche D Oneale in household of Isaac N Oneale, Jackson Township (north half), Gentry, Missouri, United States; citing sheet 11A, family 219, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,855.
"Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2CCH-WVT : accessed 29 December 2015), Henry W Miller and Blanche D O'Neal, 17 Sep 1902; citing Marriage, Gentry, Missouri, United States, p. 411, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.
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