1874 was known as the "grasshopper" year and food on the prairie was very, very scarce in the winter of 1874-1875. My grandmother, Wilma, said if it had not been for her father's skill at hunting they would all have starved to death.
Frances' father, Joseph D. Miller, did die on 12 Feb 1875 and is buried in the Gerber Cemetery, Hickory County, Missouri. The rest of the family, with the exception of Samuel, returned to Indiana a few months later.
1874 was known as the "grasshopper" year and food on the prairie was very, very scarce in the winter of 1874-1875. My grandmother, Wilma, said if it had not been for her father's skill at hunting they would all have starved to death.
Frances' father, Joseph D. Miller, did die on 12 Feb 1875 and is buried in the Gerber Cemetery, Hickory County, Missouri. The rest of the family, with the exception of Samuel, returned to Indiana a few months later.
Family Members
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Susan Elmira Nelson Landes
1856–1941
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Joseph E "Joe" Nelson
1859–1915
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George Edwin Nelson
1861–1932
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Sarah Jane Nelson Miller
1863–1953
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Nancy Ann Nelson
1866–1869
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Mary Wilhelmina "Wilma" Nelson Miller
1868–1951
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Thomas Ulysses Nelson
1870–1950
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Harvey Sheridan Nelson
1873–1893
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Elizabeth Mertie "Mertie" Nelson
1875–1924
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Samuel Frederick Nelson
1877–1917
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John Oliver Nelson
1880–1961
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Lewis Ray Nelson
1885–1889
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