Emily was born on August 18, 1874 in Arkansas City, Arkansas County, Arkansas. On January 24, 1895 at the age of 21, she married Henry Clay Long, a 41 year old widower with 10 children in Sebastian County, Arkansas. They were living in the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory at the time they were married. The couple had one child, Floyd Daniel Long in 1903, with Henry dying in 1904.
She then married Elijah Spencer Miller on December 4, 1904 in Carter County, Oklahoma. Elijah was a 55 year old widower with seven children, whose wife (Harriet Curbow) also died in 1904. From this marriage they had four girls, Cleo, Lucille, Nellie and Hattie. Elijah was from Mississippi. His father, James Turner Miller, was a successful blacksmith that owned a slave and served in the Confederacy during the Civil War. He was killed during a robbery when returning home from getting supplies in Waco, Texas. The killer was never prosecuted.
Elijah died at the age of 75 on September 16, 1924 and was buried in an unmarked paupers grave near Graham, Oklahoma. Emily, now age 52, and Hattie, age 7, moved in with her daughter, Cleo and son-in-law, Nathanial Murry along with their two children, at Cyril, Caddo County, Oklahoma.
In 1928, she applied for a widow's pension based on Elijah's Civil War Service in which she stated:
"I am 53 years old the 18th of this last August. I am crippled up with the rhematism so I can't get out pick cotton. I am so heavy on my feet. I have no income - me and little girl are living with my son-in-law and he is working on the railroad. Cannot make enough to clothe me. This is the reason I need a pension."
In an annual report of Rosie Miller to County Judge dated September 4, 1928, she states that she has not remarried; has one minor daughter, Hattie Miller, age 13. States - "I am disabled to do anything. Sure do need the pension." Explains that her daughter Hattie cannot got to school because she is picking cotton. Six individuals sign on Rosie's behalf stating that she is "conducting a home that is morally fit to rear children and that Rosie is a fit person." These people included several grocers, the Chevrolet dealer and the dry goods store owner. Additionally, the report listed another six people that were "acquainted with" Rosey - these included her banker, another grocer, her druggist, the filling station owner and the barber. She further states that she is the widow of Spencer Miller who died on 16 Sept. 1924. She has one minor child, "one girl," age 11 who was born Jan 23, 1917 - Hattie Miller. She owns no real estate or personal property or income. She states that her rent is $7.00 per month.
In an annual report of Rosie Miller to County Judge dated September 28, 1929, she states that she has one minor child, Hattie Miller, age 12, born January 23, 1917. She has not remarried. She does not work - she claims to be disabled. She is living with her son-in-law. She pays no rent. She owns no personal property. Her daughter does not attend school because she is picking cotton. "I am living with my son-in-law. He is not able to take care of me and my daughter for his wages ae only $2.56 cents a day and has to pay $10.00 a month house rent. He works on the railroad. My daughter attends school at Cyril when she goes, but she is picking cotton now. I haven't got any widow's pensions for 3 months."
In a letter dated February 18, 1930 from County Judge to Mrs. Rosey Miller, Cyril, Oklahoma, the judge stated: "Dear Madam: Information has been brought to this office that your daughter, Hattie Miller, age twelve years, is not attending school. I have held you on the widow's pension list since in 1929 and one of the provisions of the widow's pension law is that the children shall attend school. If there is any reason for this child remaining out of school, inform me at once to save your widow's pension from being cut off. Yours very truly, County Judge."
Emily died May 8, 1931 in a hospital in Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma of Gallstone Cholecystitis (Gallbladder inflammation). On May 9, 1931, she was buried at Fairview Cemetery, Apache, Caddo County, Oklahoma.
Contributor: Mr. E (50248426)
She then married Elijah Spencer Miller on December 4, 1904 in Carter County, Oklahoma. Elijah was a 55 year old widower with seven children, whose wife (Harriet Curbow) also died in 1904. From this marriage they had four girls, Cleo, Lucille, Nellie and Hattie. Elijah was from Mississippi. His father, James Turner Miller, was a successful blacksmith that owned a slave and served in the Confederacy during the Civil War. He was killed during a robbery when returning home from getting supplies in Waco, Texas. The killer was never prosecuted.
Elijah died at the age of 75 on September 16, 1924 and was buried in an unmarked paupers grave near Graham, Oklahoma. Emily, now age 52, and Hattie, age 7, moved in with her daughter, Cleo and son-in-law, Nathanial Murry along with their two children, at Cyril, Caddo County, Oklahoma.
In 1928, she applied for a widow's pension based on Elijah's Civil War Service in which she stated:
"I am 53 years old the 18th of this last August. I am crippled up with the rhematism so I can't get out pick cotton. I am so heavy on my feet. I have no income - me and little girl are living with my son-in-law and he is working on the railroad. Cannot make enough to clothe me. This is the reason I need a pension."
In an annual report of Rosie Miller to County Judge dated September 4, 1928, she states that she has not remarried; has one minor daughter, Hattie Miller, age 13. States - "I am disabled to do anything. Sure do need the pension." Explains that her daughter Hattie cannot got to school because she is picking cotton. Six individuals sign on Rosie's behalf stating that she is "conducting a home that is morally fit to rear children and that Rosie is a fit person." These people included several grocers, the Chevrolet dealer and the dry goods store owner. Additionally, the report listed another six people that were "acquainted with" Rosey - these included her banker, another grocer, her druggist, the filling station owner and the barber. She further states that she is the widow of Spencer Miller who died on 16 Sept. 1924. She has one minor child, "one girl," age 11 who was born Jan 23, 1917 - Hattie Miller. She owns no real estate or personal property or income. She states that her rent is $7.00 per month.
In an annual report of Rosie Miller to County Judge dated September 28, 1929, she states that she has one minor child, Hattie Miller, age 12, born January 23, 1917. She has not remarried. She does not work - she claims to be disabled. She is living with her son-in-law. She pays no rent. She owns no personal property. Her daughter does not attend school because she is picking cotton. "I am living with my son-in-law. He is not able to take care of me and my daughter for his wages ae only $2.56 cents a day and has to pay $10.00 a month house rent. He works on the railroad. My daughter attends school at Cyril when she goes, but she is picking cotton now. I haven't got any widow's pensions for 3 months."
In a letter dated February 18, 1930 from County Judge to Mrs. Rosey Miller, Cyril, Oklahoma, the judge stated: "Dear Madam: Information has been brought to this office that your daughter, Hattie Miller, age twelve years, is not attending school. I have held you on the widow's pension list since in 1929 and one of the provisions of the widow's pension law is that the children shall attend school. If there is any reason for this child remaining out of school, inform me at once to save your widow's pension from being cut off. Yours very truly, County Judge."
Emily died May 8, 1931 in a hospital in Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma of Gallstone Cholecystitis (Gallbladder inflammation). On May 9, 1931, she was buried at Fairview Cemetery, Apache, Caddo County, Oklahoma.
Contributor: Mr. E (50248426)
Emily was born on August 18, 1874 in Arkansas City, Arkansas County, Arkansas. On January 24, 1895 at the age of 21, she married Henry Clay Long, a 41 year old widower with 10 children in Sebastian County, Arkansas. They were living in the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory at the time they were married. The couple had one child, Floyd Daniel Long in 1903, with Henry dying in 1904.
She then married Elijah Spencer Miller on December 4, 1904 in Carter County, Oklahoma. Elijah was a 55 year old widower with seven children, whose wife (Harriet Curbow) also died in 1904. From this marriage they had four girls, Cleo, Lucille, Nellie and Hattie. Elijah was from Mississippi. His father, James Turner Miller, was a successful blacksmith that owned a slave and served in the Confederacy during the Civil War. He was killed during a robbery when returning home from getting supplies in Waco, Texas. The killer was never prosecuted.
Elijah died at the age of 75 on September 16, 1924 and was buried in an unmarked paupers grave near Graham, Oklahoma. Emily, now age 52, and Hattie, age 7, moved in with her daughter, Cleo and son-in-law, Nathanial Murry along with their two children, at Cyril, Caddo County, Oklahoma.
In 1928, she applied for a widow's pension based on Elijah's Civil War Service in which she stated:
"I am 53 years old the 18th of this last August. I am crippled up with the rhematism so I can't get out pick cotton. I am so heavy on my feet. I have no income - me and little girl are living with my son-in-law and he is working on the railroad. Cannot make enough to clothe me. This is the reason I need a pension."
In an annual report of Rosie Miller to County Judge dated September 4, 1928, she states that she has not remarried; has one minor daughter, Hattie Miller, age 13. States - "I am disabled to do anything. Sure do need the pension." Explains that her daughter Hattie cannot got to school because she is picking cotton. Six individuals sign on Rosie's behalf stating that she is "conducting a home that is morally fit to rear children and that Rosie is a fit person." These people included several grocers, the Chevrolet dealer and the dry goods store owner. Additionally, the report listed another six people that were "acquainted with" Rosey - these included her banker, another grocer, her druggist, the filling station owner and the barber. She further states that she is the widow of Spencer Miller who died on 16 Sept. 1924. She has one minor child, "one girl," age 11 who was born Jan 23, 1917 - Hattie Miller. She owns no real estate or personal property or income. She states that her rent is $7.00 per month.
In an annual report of Rosie Miller to County Judge dated September 28, 1929, she states that she has one minor child, Hattie Miller, age 12, born January 23, 1917. She has not remarried. She does not work - she claims to be disabled. She is living with her son-in-law. She pays no rent. She owns no personal property. Her daughter does not attend school because she is picking cotton. "I am living with my son-in-law. He is not able to take care of me and my daughter for his wages ae only $2.56 cents a day and has to pay $10.00 a month house rent. He works on the railroad. My daughter attends school at Cyril when she goes, but she is picking cotton now. I haven't got any widow's pensions for 3 months."
In a letter dated February 18, 1930 from County Judge to Mrs. Rosey Miller, Cyril, Oklahoma, the judge stated: "Dear Madam: Information has been brought to this office that your daughter, Hattie Miller, age twelve years, is not attending school. I have held you on the widow's pension list since in 1929 and one of the provisions of the widow's pension law is that the children shall attend school. If there is any reason for this child remaining out of school, inform me at once to save your widow's pension from being cut off. Yours very truly, County Judge."
Emily died May 8, 1931 in a hospital in Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma of Gallstone Cholecystitis (Gallbladder inflammation). On May 9, 1931, she was buried at Fairview Cemetery, Apache, Caddo County, Oklahoma.
Contributor: Mr. E (50248426)
She then married Elijah Spencer Miller on December 4, 1904 in Carter County, Oklahoma. Elijah was a 55 year old widower with seven children, whose wife (Harriet Curbow) also died in 1904. From this marriage they had four girls, Cleo, Lucille, Nellie and Hattie. Elijah was from Mississippi. His father, James Turner Miller, was a successful blacksmith that owned a slave and served in the Confederacy during the Civil War. He was killed during a robbery when returning home from getting supplies in Waco, Texas. The killer was never prosecuted.
Elijah died at the age of 75 on September 16, 1924 and was buried in an unmarked paupers grave near Graham, Oklahoma. Emily, now age 52, and Hattie, age 7, moved in with her daughter, Cleo and son-in-law, Nathanial Murry along with their two children, at Cyril, Caddo County, Oklahoma.
In 1928, she applied for a widow's pension based on Elijah's Civil War Service in which she stated:
"I am 53 years old the 18th of this last August. I am crippled up with the rhematism so I can't get out pick cotton. I am so heavy on my feet. I have no income - me and little girl are living with my son-in-law and he is working on the railroad. Cannot make enough to clothe me. This is the reason I need a pension."
In an annual report of Rosie Miller to County Judge dated September 4, 1928, she states that she has not remarried; has one minor daughter, Hattie Miller, age 13. States - "I am disabled to do anything. Sure do need the pension." Explains that her daughter Hattie cannot got to school because she is picking cotton. Six individuals sign on Rosie's behalf stating that she is "conducting a home that is morally fit to rear children and that Rosie is a fit person." These people included several grocers, the Chevrolet dealer and the dry goods store owner. Additionally, the report listed another six people that were "acquainted with" Rosey - these included her banker, another grocer, her druggist, the filling station owner and the barber. She further states that she is the widow of Spencer Miller who died on 16 Sept. 1924. She has one minor child, "one girl," age 11 who was born Jan 23, 1917 - Hattie Miller. She owns no real estate or personal property or income. She states that her rent is $7.00 per month.
In an annual report of Rosie Miller to County Judge dated September 28, 1929, she states that she has one minor child, Hattie Miller, age 12, born January 23, 1917. She has not remarried. She does not work - she claims to be disabled. She is living with her son-in-law. She pays no rent. She owns no personal property. Her daughter does not attend school because she is picking cotton. "I am living with my son-in-law. He is not able to take care of me and my daughter for his wages ae only $2.56 cents a day and has to pay $10.00 a month house rent. He works on the railroad. My daughter attends school at Cyril when she goes, but she is picking cotton now. I haven't got any widow's pensions for 3 months."
In a letter dated February 18, 1930 from County Judge to Mrs. Rosey Miller, Cyril, Oklahoma, the judge stated: "Dear Madam: Information has been brought to this office that your daughter, Hattie Miller, age twelve years, is not attending school. I have held you on the widow's pension list since in 1929 and one of the provisions of the widow's pension law is that the children shall attend school. If there is any reason for this child remaining out of school, inform me at once to save your widow's pension from being cut off. Yours very truly, County Judge."
Emily died May 8, 1931 in a hospital in Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma of Gallstone Cholecystitis (Gallbladder inflammation). On May 9, 1931, she was buried at Fairview Cemetery, Apache, Caddo County, Oklahoma.
Contributor: Mr. E (50248426)
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