Adaline volunteered as a nurse during the American Civil War.
Adaline was born in 1826 to Hiram and Eunice (Murray) Miller in New York. She passed away in 1911 in Sierra Madre, California after residing with her sister, Eliza for a number of years in Los Angeles, California.
During the United States Civil War, Adeline was sent out from Chicago in 1861 to hospitals near Cairo, Illinois, and Paducah, Kentucky. Then went to floating hospitals at Columbus, Kentucky, and Milliken's Bend providing care to both soldiers and emancipated Americans. Next she was at Nashville, Tennessee serving destitute white families at a refugee home. Later, Miss Miller was assigned to be United States Christian Commission special diet kitchen manager at Bragg's Barracks hospital at Chattanooga, and Number 2 hospital at Nashville, Tennessee, serving through the duration of the Civil War.
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1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850" citing Affiliate Publication Number: M432; Line: 28; FamilySearch Record: M852-X4V (accessed 17 April 2023) FamilySearch Image: S3HY-6QN7-FQV Name: Adeline Miller; Census Date: 1850; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; Birth Date: 1826; Birth Place: New York; Ethnicity: American; Race: White; Age: 24 years; Source House Nbr: 4732; Ude Batch Nbr: N00996-3; Record Nbr: 17901; Vis Status: VISIBLE; Film Nbr: 7675; System Of Record: SLS; Digital Film Nbr: 004193251.
1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860" citing Page: 252; Affiliate Publication Number: M653; Affiliate Film Number: 166; FHL microfilm: 803166; Record number: 9899; FamilySearch Record: MX4L-ZSB (accessed 17 April 2023) FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YBX-BLK Image number 00256 Name: Adaline L Miller; Census Date: 1860; Census Place: Chicago City 5th Ward, Cook, Illinois, United States; Birth Date: 1827; Birth Place: New York; Race: White; Age: 33.
1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870" citing Page: 11; Affiliate Publication Number: M593; Line: 34; FHL microfilm: 000545706; Record number: 438; FamilySearch Record: M67X-SMQ (accessed 17 April 2023) FamilySearch Image: S3HT-625C-32 Image number 00015 Name: Adaline Miller; Census Date: 1870; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; Ethnicity: American; Race: White; Birth Date: 1830; Birth Place: New York; Age: 40.
1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880" citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm . FamilySearch Record: MXNY-3XS (accessed 17 April 2023) FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YB2-98Q3 Image number 00307 Name: Adaline L. Miller; Census Date: 1880; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; Ethnicity: American; Marital Status: Single; Occupation: At Home; Race: White; Birth Date: 1826; Birth Place: New York, United States; Age: 54; Relationship To Head: Daughter; Source Person Nbr: 1.
Pension: "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934" citing Affiliate Publication Title: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Affiliate Publication Number: T288; Affiliate Film Number: 325; FHL microfilm: 000541081; FamilySearch Record: QVNS-1MQ2 (accessed 17 April 2023) FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GTBP-T7H Image number 03596 Name: Adaline L Miller; Pension Date: 1891.
Pension: "United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933" citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,635,588. FamilySearch Record: 2M26-KRM (accessed 17 April 2023) FamilySearch Image: 939K-F9SS-55 Name: Adaline S Miller; Pension Date: 1907-1933; Pension Place: United States; Death Date: 16 Nov 1911; Event Type: Pension.
1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900" citing Affiliate Publication Number: T623; Line: 63; FHL microfilm: 1240090; Record number: 2715; FamilySearch Record: M9PJ-X9C (accessed 17 April 2023) FamilySearch Image: S3HY-DH8W-BJY Image number 00060 Name: Adaline A Miller; Census Date: 1900; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States; Birth Date: Jul 1827; Birth Place: New York; Ethnicity: American; Marital Status: Single; Race: White; Age: 73; Relationship To Head: Head.
1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910" citing enumeration district (ED) ED 212, sheet 12A, family 298, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 82; FHL microfilm 1,374,095. FamilySearch Record: MV21-WCJ (accessed 17 April 2023) FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GRVH-Y6B Image number 01250 Name: Adaline L Miller; Census Date: 1910; Census Place: Los Angeles Assembly District 72, Los Angeles, California, United States; Birth Date: 1827; Birth Place: New York; Marital Status: Single; Race: White; Age: 83; Relationship To Head: Sister.
Death: "California Death Index, 1905-1939" citing 30239, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento; FHL microfilm 1,686,046. FamilySearch Record: QKSM-SXR8 (accessed 17 April 2023) FamilySearch Image: 33S7-81SL-Q7H Image number 00327 Name: Adaline S Miller; Death Date: 1911; Death Place: , , California, United States; Birth Date: 1826; Age: 85; Source Certificate Nbr: 30239.
Burial: "California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002" citing Record number: 2; FamilySearch Record: 6CNJ-Y33Z (accessed 17 April 2023) FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C34P-Z6CG Image number 00589 Name: Adeline S Miller; Burial Date: 18 Nov 1911; Burial Place: Los Angeles, California, United States; Birth Date: 1826; Age: 85; Source Ssn: N.
Memorial: Find a Grave (has image) Find A Grave: Memorial #76975559 (accessed 17 April 2023) Memorial page for Adaline Miller (Jul 1827-17 Nov 1911), citing Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Don Lynch (contributor 47271760).
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