Miller H. B. Grace

Brief Life History of Miller H. B.

When Miller H. B. Grace was born on 5 September 1857, in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States, her father, James J Grace, was 26 and her mother, Temperance Jane Dukes, was 21. She married Benjamin R Johnston on 9 February 1876, in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Magisterial District 5, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Magisterial District 3 Court House, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States in 1920. She died on 2 December 1932, in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Cherry Grove Cemetery, Weir, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin R Johnston
1842–1921
Miller H. B. Grace
1857–1932
Marriage: 9 February 1876
James W. Johnston
1878–
Bunnie Marguerite Johnston
1893–1973

Sources (10)

  • Millar H Johnston, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Millie A Grace, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Miller H Johnston, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1963"

World Events (8)

1861

Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English: nickname from Old French cras, gras ‘fat, big’ (from Latin crassus, Anglo-Latin grassus).

English: topographic name from Middle English gras ‘grass, pasture’ (Old English græs), for someone who lived near an area of grassland.

Scottish: in some instances, probably a variant of Gracey .

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

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