s/o James Miller / Susannah Basham

Pioneer of OR Trail
Arrival 15 Oct 1852

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James Miller: b. 1784, Greenbrier, VA (during the Civil War, this section became West Virginia); d. 10 April 1846, Moniteau Co., Missouri.

Susannah Basham Miller: b. ca 1796, Bedford Co., Virginia; d. 11 September 1842, Moniteau Co., Missouri.

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James of this memorial m. Lucinda Whitsett 27 August 1835, Cole Co., Missouri.

After Lucinda passed away 15 April 1846, Moniteau Co., MO, James m. Sarah Musik (various spellings) 30 December 1849 in Moniteau Co., Missouri.

1850 U.S. Census for Moniteau County, Missouri (23 Oct):
James Miller M 32 Tennessee
Sarah Miller F 30 Missouri
John Miller M 12 Missouri
Malinda Miller F 9 Missouri
James Miller M 5 Missouri
Jonathan Miller M 3 Missouri

Living next are John (30 yrs) & Nancy Miller; also living nearby are Thomas (27 yrs) & Eliza Miller. James' brothers? All are farmers. At this time, James & Sarah hd no known children.

James came West with the 1852 emigration. His wife Sarah and two of his children (Ephraim Lanson Miller & James Carter/Cortez Miller) died on the plains of cholera. Ephraim Lanson Miller was a son with Sarah who was born & died in 1852.

Note: The 1852 overland migration was the largest on record, with numbers swelled by Oregon-bound settlers as well as hordes of gold-seekers destined for California. It also was a year in which cholera took a terrible toll in lives.

James m. Margaret R. Swift 3 April 1853, Umpqua County, OR.

1860 U.S. Census for Umpqua Co., Oregon:
James Miller M 41 Tennessee
Margt R Miller F 26 Missouri
Jonn P Miller M 12 Missouri
Geo H Miller M 6 Oregon
Benjn F Miller M 4 Oregon
Alice R Miller F 2 Oregon

1870 U.S. Census for Douglas Co., OR:
James Miller M 57 Tennessee
Margaret Miller F 38 Missouri
George Miller M 16 Oregon
Benjaman Miller M 14 Oregon
Carine Miller F 12 Oregon
Mary Miller F 8 Oregon
Alice Miller F 6 Oregon

1880 U.S. Census for Yoncalla, Douglas Co., OR:
James Miller Self M 61 Tennessee; widower; farmer
Benj Miller Son M 24 Oregon
Mary Miller Daughter F 18 Oregon
Alice Miller Daughter F 16 Oregon
Ira Applegate Grandson M 4 Oregon

Notes: Children info:

John Thomas Miller, b. 13 Dec. 1837, Moniteau County, MO. (1836-4 May 1927, Douglas Co., OR) m. 1870 Mary Emma Bridges. He is buried in this cem.

Jonathan Paris Basham Miller, b. 6 Sept. 1846, Moniteau County, MO.
(1847-1926); he is buried in this cem.

Thanks to Linda Smiley for providing some of the family data. Linda's 2-gr-grandmother was James Miller's daughter Mary Luella Miller ?