Josiah Abner Miller

about 1816–15 August 1882 (Age 66)
Beat 4 Mount Carmel, Covington, Mississippi, United States

The Life of Josiah Abner

When Josiah Abner Miller was born about 1816, in Beat 4 Mount Carmel, Covington, Mississippi, United States, his father, James Miller, was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth Warren, was 20. He married Mary Patience Smith on 31 July 1837, in Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 15 August 1882, in Woodworth, Rapides, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Miller Cemetery, Claiborne, Louisiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Josiah Abner Miller
1816–1882
Mary Patience Smith
1818–1901
Marriage: 31 July 1837
James F Miller
1838–1865
John F Miller
1840–1865
William R Miller
1842–1863
Josiah Stephen Miller
1844–1917
Elizabeth Miller
1847–1910
Ezekiel Miller
1848–1924
Martha Julia Miller
1850–1916
Henry Miller
1853–
Mary Susan Miller
1855–1928
Sarah Jane Miller
1858–1912
Permella Jane Miller
1860–1938

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
31 July 1837
Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States
children

(11)

    James F Miller

    Male1838–1865Male

    John F Miller

    Male1840–1865Male

    William R Miller

    Male1842–1863Male

    Josiah Stephen Miller

    Male1844–1917Male

    Elizabeth Miller

    Female1847–1910Female

+6 More Children

Parents and Siblings

siblings

(10)

+5 More Children

World Events (8)

1817

Age 1

Mississippi is the 20th state.
1819 · Panic! of 1819

Age 3

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 
1836 · Remember the Alamo

Age 20

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

1 English and Scottish: occupational name for a miller. The standard modern vocabulary word represents the northern Middle English term, an agent derivative of mille ‘mill’, reinforced by Old Norse mylnari ( see Milner ). In southern, western, and central England Millward (literally, ‘mill keeper’) was the usual term. The American surname has absorbed many cognate surnames from other European languages, for example French Meunier , Dumoulin , Demoulins, and Moulin ; German Mueller ; Dutch Molenaar ; Italian Molinaro ; Spanish Molinero; Hungarian Molnár; Slavic Mlinar , etc.2 Southwestern and Swiss German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Müller ( see Mueller ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Sources (3)

  • 1840 √ - Josiah Miller, Henry Miller & Basil Smith, "United States Census, 1840"
  • 1860 √ - Josiah Abner Miller, "United States Census, 1860"
  • 1880 √ - Josiah Miller, "United States Census, 1880"

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