Individual Details
James Davis Miller
(June 27, 1845 - August 2, 1929)
Events
| Birth | June 27, 1845 | Indiana, United States |  | ||
| Census | 1850 | Baugo, Elkhart, Indiana, United States | | ||
| Census | 1870 | Washington, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Marriage | 1879 | Waverly, Bremer, Iowa, United States - Mary Ella Gaines | | ||
| Census | 1880 | Bennezette, Butler, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Civil | 1895 | Land 160 acres - Bennezette, Butler, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Census | 1900 | Jackson, Butler, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Census | 1905 | Butler, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Residence | September 20, 1905 | Beaver, Butler, Iowa, United States |  | | |
| Census | 1910 | Beaver, Butler, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Residence | February 17, 1910 | Beaver, Butler, Iowa, United States | | | |
| Widow | 1917 | ||||
| Civil | 1917 | Land, 160 acres - Bennezette, Butler, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Census | 1920 | Coldwater, Butler, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Census | 1925 | Greene, Butler, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Residence | March 14, 1928 | Greene, Butler, Iowa, United States | | | |
| Death | August 2, 1929 | Greene, Butler, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Burial | August 4, 1929 | Rose Hill Cemetery, Greene, Butler, Iowa, United States | | | |
| Probate | August 28, 1929 | Greene, Butler, Iowa, United States | | ||
| Occupation | | ||||
| Cause of death | Natural causes |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Ella Gaines (1855 - 1917) |
| Child | William Earl Miller (1879 - 1949) |
| Child | James Archard Miller (1882 - 1965) |
| Father | Jacob Miller (1808 - 1854) |
| Mother | Sarah Ann Davis (1814 - 1888) |
| Sibling | Mary Miller (1834 - 1906) |
| Sibling | Pleasant Miller (1835 - 1910) |
| Sibling | Alexander Miller (1837 - 1900) |
| Sibling | Jake Miller (1841 - 1928) |
| Sibling | Horton Miller (1843 - 1920) |
| Sibling | Sarah Ann Miller (1847 - 1931) |
| Sibling | Will Miller (1849 - 1930) |
| Sibling | John Miller (1851 - 1902) |
| Sibling | Susan E. Miller (1854 - 1940) |
Notes
Residence
Mr and Mrs James Miller living west of town have been enjoying the wonders of the Portland fair for the past weekResidence
James Miller and wife, of Greene, visited at the home of his sister, Mrs. Jake Shannon this weekResidence
James is the informant on brother Jacke's Iowa death record.Burial
May the God of all grace comfort and sustain them for he has promised to give beauty for ashes, the oil of joy in the mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness Isaac 61:3Endnotes
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3. Iowa Recorder, The Digital Archives of the Greene (Greene, Iowa) Public Library, 1929 Aug 7 page 1 of 10, column 5 midway Obituary, Miller JD, thank you from family below.
4. Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, NARA Microfilm, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2009, Year: 1850; Census Place: Bango, Elkhart, Indiana; Roll: M432_144; Page: 6A; Image: 16.
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12. Laird and Lee, Chicago. Glimpses of the Lewis And Clark Exposition, Portland, Oregon, And the Golden West: Illustrating the Nation's Wonderful Progress And Development. Chicago: Laird & Lee, 1905, Main Terrace no pages.
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19. Ancestry.com Operations Inc, Iowa, U.S., Cemetery Records, 1662-1999 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000), Index, no image.
20. Iowa Death Records 1904-1951 database, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.30 October 2018, FamilySearch.org, Certificate No. 121247, digital folder 101768573, image 01336 (1336 of 1400).
21. Iowa Recorder, The Digital Archives of the Greene (Greene, Iowa) Public Library, 1929 Oct 9 page 10 of 12 colum 6 bottom executors notice.
22. Iowa Recorder, The Digital Archives of the Greene (Greene, Iowa) Public Library, 1929 Aug 7 page 1 of 10, column 5 midway Obituary, Miller JD, thank you from family below.
23. , "FindAGrave.com," online database, Find a Grave ( http://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), .
24. Ancestry.com Operations Inc, Iowa, U.S., Cemetery Records, 1662-1999 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000), Index, no image.
25. Iowa Death Records 1904-1951 database, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.30 October 2018, FamilySearch.org, Certificate No. 121247, digital folder 101768573, image 01336 (1336 of 1400).
26. Iowa Recorder, The Digital Archives of the Greene (Greene, Iowa) Public Library, 1929 Aug 7 page 1 of 10, column 5 midway Obituary, Miller JD, thank you from family below.
27. Iowa Recorder, The Digital Archives of the Greene (Greene, Iowa) Public Library, 1929 Aug 28, page 6 of 10 column 3 bottom, Probate of J D Miller, said will.
28. United States 1880 census database, FamilySearch.org, 14 June 2016. Citing NARA microfilm publication T9. Washington, D.C., FHL microfilm 1254329, digital folder 005160591, image 00764 (7 of 11).
29. United States Census 1910 database, FamilySearch.org, 14 June 2016. Citing NARA microfilm publication T624, Washington, D.C, FHL microfilm 1374407, digital folder 004971407, image 00461 (12 of 14).