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Roadham N. Miller, 7 South 49 West



In 1880 DeKalb County, Missouri, Rhode M. Miller is 42, Rebecca Miller 40 Wife, Jessie Miller 10 Son, Laura Miller 7 Daughter, Albert Miller 5 Son, and Frank Miller 4 Son.

In 1900 DeKalb County, "Rhona M." Miller is 64, Rebecka F. Miller 62 Wife, Franklin Miller 23 Son, and Wal*Er West 16 Hired Hand.

Rebecca F. Selby Miller BIRTH 15 Feb 1838 DEATH 19 Jun 1907 BURIAL Black Cemetery Daviess County, Missouri, MEMORIAL ID 31030206.

Roadham claimed a quarter in section 22, 7S 49W in 1910.

Rhoadham N. Miller, born February 24, 1836 in Tennessee to O. Miller and Polla Redding, died December 10, 1910 in Daviess County, Missouri to be buried in Jefferson. The informant was Laura West of Winston, Ioa.

His will lists Albert Miller Son, Jesse Miller Son, Laura West Daughter, and Frank Miller Son.


JESSE

In 1900 DeKalb County, Jess E. is farming, born September 1869, Nora E. October 1869,
In 1910 Kit Carson County, Jesse is 40, farming, married 12 years to Nora E. 39. She's had two kids, none living. Paul Edward, 5, nephew is living with them. So is her father, Andrw Parker 73, widowed, born in West Virginia.

Jesse E. Miller claimed a quarter in section 13, 7S 49W in Mach 1913, and another in August 1913.

In 1920 Kit Carson County, Jess E., Nora E. and Paul E. are still farming. They are on the same page as Lola Miller (housekeeper of John McNeill, who she later married.)

July 1929 Frederick, Maryland "An early report said 12 persons were believed to have lost their lives. A Railroad report said seven passengers and a porter were in the car. One train, carrying several passengers hit a weakened bridge near here early this morning and after two locomotives, a baggage car, and a chair car passed over the structure, a chair car plunged into the stream which had become a raging torrent 10 feet deep and 100 yards wide. From the second car only one person emerged. One man broke a window and bleeding from many cuts swam to safety. More than a score of persons were injured. Another car was thrown of the tracks. The rest of the coaches were upright and on the tracks. A cloudburst last night, releasing seven or eight inches of water, turned an ordinary sand draw into a raging, swirling around the 75-foot wooden bridge over the draw. The water ate away the approaches and when the heavy train rolled over the structure it gave way. Rescuers were delayed by the flood waters which .... Railroad officials said recovery of the bodies would be attempted after the water had gone down sufficiently to make rescue work safe. The officials said they had obtained the last names of three of the dead which were Read, Miller, and Bradford. The railroad was asked to notify Jess Miller of Seibert Col., apparently a relative of the dead named Miller. These three were taken from the submerged Pullman."

Jess and Nora are in 1930 Kit Carson County, Jess doing odd jobs.

They're still there in 1940 and 1950.

April 1942

NOV 29 1948; "Jess Miller, 79-year-old Seibert, Colo., filling station operator, goes on trial Tuesday at Colorado Springs on charges he shot to death Eugene Bill Chance, 43, as the aftermath of a practical joke. Miller is the oldest man ever to face a murder charge in El Paso county. Chance was a wealthy wheat grower. Miller is expected to plead self-defense.; (Photo By The Denver Post via Getty Images)"

The Wilmore (Comanche County, Kansas) News, October 15, 1948.
"BILL CHANCE SHOT BY COLO. SERVICE STATION OWNER
Comanche County people were shocked last Sunday to learn that Bill Chance, who had been a resident of the Wilmore community since 1931, had been shot to death in Siebert, Colo., last Saturday afternoon by Jess Miller, a 79 year old filling station operator in that city.
Mr. Chance died instantly from a .22 caliber rifle, the bullet entering his head near one eye. According to reports, Chance and two ranch companions were joking Mr. Miller about his handlebar mustache and Miller warned them to leave and not bother him or he would shoot the first man that came closer than the gasoline pumps.
Chance, jokingly, as he always did, told Miller that he did not have the nerve to shoot. Chance advanced to within two feet of the doorway and Miller fired without bringing the gun to his shoulder. A coroner's jury returned a verdict that death was felonious.
On Monday of this week many friends attended the military services held in Siebert by the John Wrenn Post No. 6492, Veterans of Foreign Wars, of which Bill was a member. Friends attending the services, now living in Colorado and who were former residents of this county, included Mr. and Mrs. Henry York of Hugo, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Huckelbridge of Genoa, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Jarnagin of Siebert, Mr. and Mrs. Byron Jarnagin of Burlington and Mr. and Mrs. Claude Bramlett and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bramlett of Flagler, Colo. -- Western Star"

" Another interesting resident of Seibert was Miller. Jess claimed to be related to the notorious Jesse James. He also claimed to have killed a man in Missouri. He did kill a man in Seibert in 1948. Jess had a filling station on the northwest corner of the intersection of Highways 59 and 24. He also Jess sold "historical" relics and had a cottage camp. Diagonally across from Jess's filling There are many unmarked graves in the section which we have no way of identifying in any way. So it is very possible there were others before our records indicate."

IF ANYONE HAS INFORMATION ON THE DEATH OF JESS OR NORA, PLEASE LET US KNOW.

These are possible:
Jessie E. Miller BIRTH 1869 DEATH 1956 BURIAL Golden Cemetery Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado, PLOT City 186A MEMORIAL ID 53260228 .

Nora Ellen Miller BIRTH 1869 DEATH 1962 BURIAL Monte Vista Cemetery Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colorado, MEMORIAL ID 98074657.

ALBERT

In 1900 Daviess County, Albert L. Miller is farming, 25, Lou M. Miller 21 Wife, and William B. Miller 2/12 Son.

Lou Myrtle Osborn Miller BIRTH 13 Apr 1879 DEATH 13 Feb 1905 BURIAL Black Cemetery Daviess County, Missouri, MEMORIAL ID 31030201.
In 1910 Daviess County, Mary A. Osborne is widowed, 66, Gertrude Osborne 38 Daughter, and Wm. Bryan Miller 10 Grandson.

Albert is single in 1910 Kit Carson County, living alone.

Albert L. Miller claimed a quarter in section 13, 7S 49W in 1911.

In 1920 Hood River County, Oregon, Albert is 45, no occupation, boarding with the Walter and Clara Breed family.

In 1930 Morrow County, Oregon, Albert is 55, boss of a bridge gang, in a rooming house on Lenden Street in Heppner.seven
Albert Lee Miller Birth Date: 2 Oct 1874 Birth Place: Missouri Death Date: 24 Feb 1943 Death Place: Troutdale, Multnomah, Oregon, Father: Rhode N. Miller Mother: Ann Alexander.

His son Paul Edward Miller BIRTH 1905 DEATH 1965 BURIAL Fairview Cemetery Burlington, Kit Carson County, Colorado, MEMORIAL ID 88781839.

FRANK

Frank O. Miller is in Daviess County in 1910, 33, , married to Redza M. 25 born in Missouri. THey have Orin N. Miller 3 born in Kansas.

Frank O Miller BIRTH 29 Jun 1876 Winston, Daviess County, Missouri, DEATH 20 Feb 1918 Laclede, Linn County, Missouri, BURIAL Dowty Cemetery Laclede County, Missouri, MEMORIAL ID 13207466 .
Relza Margaret Reid 5 October 1948 Camden, Missouri, United States Birth 24 April 1884 Winston, Daviess, Missouri, Death 5 October 1948 Camden, Missouri, Dowty Cemetery Laclede County, Missouri, MEMORIAL ID 46343750.

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