Parents: Thomas Nielson Larsen and Caroline Margaret Jensen
Spouse: Hans Peter Miller
John Riggs Murdock Company 1862
EARLY SETTLER ANSWERS TO THE GREAT BEYOND
Mrs. Caroline M.C. Miller, one of Richfield's earliest pioneers died last Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Caroline M. Peterson of Gunnison, where she had gone on a visit two weeks ago. She was taken ill shortly after her arrival and her illness increased until death released her. The remains were brought here Saturday for interment.
In the death of Mrs. Miller, Richfield loses another of its early settlers. She was born in East Maria, Bornholm, Denmark in 1840. She joined the Mormon church in Denmark in 1862, and left her native land for Utah. At that time the sailing vessel was the mode of traveling and the ox team the method of locomotion on the American prairies. When the company of emigrants with which she was traveling reached Florence, Nebraska, she was married to Hans P. Miller and together this happy couple endured the slow mode of travel in their efforts to reach Utah, their land of promise, and on the overland journey they walked most of the way.
They settled in Mt. Pleasant and in 1864 when the Sevier valley was opened to settlement they came to Richfield. Here they endured all the trials and sufferings of the pioneers, and just as things began to take definite shape the Indian depredations compelled the settlers to abandon their homes and flee north.
In 1871 the Millers returned to Richfield, the Black Hawk treaty having been signed and peace declared. From then on the good couple participated in all the church and community activities that tended to the upbuilding of Sevier Valley. In 1894 Mr. Miller died, and Mrs. Miller continued on in her church and community work. She was a Relief Society teacher for years and engaged in every line of philanthropic work that fell to her lot.
Her first home in Richfield was a cellar, and later she occupied an abode, house with willow roof, so that she endured all the vicissitudes of pioneer life, and through it all she was cheerful, optimistic and with abiding faith in her God and her people. She toiled in the fields; she carded and spun wool wherewith to clothe her family, but always found time to assist her friends and neighbors in healing the sick and comforting those who mourned.
Twice she was honored by the Daughters of the Pioneers when called to represent "Utah" in celebrating July 24, Pioneer Day.
She was the mother of eleven children and in addition was foster mother to two emigrant boys. she is survived by these sons and daughters, Mr. H.P. Miller, Venice; J. Clarence Miller, Mrs. Laura M. Smith, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Marie M. Johnson, Los Angeles; Mrs. Caroline M. Peterson, Gunnison; Mrs. Martha M. Crosby, Flagstaff, Arizona; Mrs. Eleanora M. Nelson, Richfield; Miss Eudora Miller, late teacher in Springville High School.
Mrs. Miller has lived practically all her life in Richfield since 1871 except for a period from 1908 to 1918 when she was in Salt Lake city, and during that time she was a faithful worker in the temple.
Funeral services are being held in the Second Ward chapel this afternoon.
Richfield Reaper
28 June 1923
Spouse: Hans Peter Miller
John Riggs Murdock Company 1862
EARLY SETTLER ANSWERS TO THE GREAT BEYOND
Mrs. Caroline M.C. Miller, one of Richfield's earliest pioneers died last Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Caroline M. Peterson of Gunnison, where she had gone on a visit two weeks ago. She was taken ill shortly after her arrival and her illness increased until death released her. The remains were brought here Saturday for interment.
In the death of Mrs. Miller, Richfield loses another of its early settlers. She was born in East Maria, Bornholm, Denmark in 1840. She joined the Mormon church in Denmark in 1862, and left her native land for Utah. At that time the sailing vessel was the mode of traveling and the ox team the method of locomotion on the American prairies. When the company of emigrants with which she was traveling reached Florence, Nebraska, she was married to Hans P. Miller and together this happy couple endured the slow mode of travel in their efforts to reach Utah, their land of promise, and on the overland journey they walked most of the way.
They settled in Mt. Pleasant and in 1864 when the Sevier valley was opened to settlement they came to Richfield. Here they endured all the trials and sufferings of the pioneers, and just as things began to take definite shape the Indian depredations compelled the settlers to abandon their homes and flee north.
In 1871 the Millers returned to Richfield, the Black Hawk treaty having been signed and peace declared. From then on the good couple participated in all the church and community activities that tended to the upbuilding of Sevier Valley. In 1894 Mr. Miller died, and Mrs. Miller continued on in her church and community work. She was a Relief Society teacher for years and engaged in every line of philanthropic work that fell to her lot.
Her first home in Richfield was a cellar, and later she occupied an abode, house with willow roof, so that she endured all the vicissitudes of pioneer life, and through it all she was cheerful, optimistic and with abiding faith in her God and her people. She toiled in the fields; she carded and spun wool wherewith to clothe her family, but always found time to assist her friends and neighbors in healing the sick and comforting those who mourned.
Twice she was honored by the Daughters of the Pioneers when called to represent "Utah" in celebrating July 24, Pioneer Day.
She was the mother of eleven children and in addition was foster mother to two emigrant boys. she is survived by these sons and daughters, Mr. H.P. Miller, Venice; J. Clarence Miller, Mrs. Laura M. Smith, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Marie M. Johnson, Los Angeles; Mrs. Caroline M. Peterson, Gunnison; Mrs. Martha M. Crosby, Flagstaff, Arizona; Mrs. Eleanora M. Nelson, Richfield; Miss Eudora Miller, late teacher in Springville High School.
Mrs. Miller has lived practically all her life in Richfield since 1871 except for a period from 1908 to 1918 when she was in Salt Lake city, and during that time she was a faithful worker in the temple.
Funeral services are being held in the Second Ward chapel this afternoon.
Richfield Reaper
28 June 1923
Parents: Thomas Nielson Larsen and Caroline Margaret Jensen
Spouse: Hans Peter Miller
John Riggs Murdock Company 1862
EARLY SETTLER ANSWERS TO THE GREAT BEYOND
Mrs. Caroline M.C. Miller, one of Richfield's earliest pioneers died last Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Caroline M. Peterson of Gunnison, where she had gone on a visit two weeks ago. She was taken ill shortly after her arrival and her illness increased until death released her. The remains were brought here Saturday for interment.
In the death of Mrs. Miller, Richfield loses another of its early settlers. She was born in East Maria, Bornholm, Denmark in 1840. She joined the Mormon church in Denmark in 1862, and left her native land for Utah. At that time the sailing vessel was the mode of traveling and the ox team the method of locomotion on the American prairies. When the company of emigrants with which she was traveling reached Florence, Nebraska, she was married to Hans P. Miller and together this happy couple endured the slow mode of travel in their efforts to reach Utah, their land of promise, and on the overland journey they walked most of the way.
They settled in Mt. Pleasant and in 1864 when the Sevier valley was opened to settlement they came to Richfield. Here they endured all the trials and sufferings of the pioneers, and just as things began to take definite shape the Indian depredations compelled the settlers to abandon their homes and flee north.
In 1871 the Millers returned to Richfield, the Black Hawk treaty having been signed and peace declared. From then on the good couple participated in all the church and community activities that tended to the upbuilding of Sevier Valley. In 1894 Mr. Miller died, and Mrs. Miller continued on in her church and community work. She was a Relief Society teacher for years and engaged in every line of philanthropic work that fell to her lot.
Her first home in Richfield was a cellar, and later she occupied an abode, house with willow roof, so that she endured all the vicissitudes of pioneer life, and through it all she was cheerful, optimistic and with abiding faith in her God and her people. She toiled in the fields; she carded and spun wool wherewith to clothe her family, but always found time to assist her friends and neighbors in healing the sick and comforting those who mourned.
Twice she was honored by the Daughters of the Pioneers when called to represent "Utah" in celebrating July 24, Pioneer Day.
She was the mother of eleven children and in addition was foster mother to two emigrant boys. she is survived by these sons and daughters, Mr. H.P. Miller, Venice; J. Clarence Miller, Mrs. Laura M. Smith, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Marie M. Johnson, Los Angeles; Mrs. Caroline M. Peterson, Gunnison; Mrs. Martha M. Crosby, Flagstaff, Arizona; Mrs. Eleanora M. Nelson, Richfield; Miss Eudora Miller, late teacher in Springville High School.
Mrs. Miller has lived practically all her life in Richfield since 1871 except for a period from 1908 to 1918 when she was in Salt Lake city, and during that time she was a faithful worker in the temple.
Funeral services are being held in the Second Ward chapel this afternoon.
Richfield Reaper
28 June 1923
Spouse: Hans Peter Miller
John Riggs Murdock Company 1862
EARLY SETTLER ANSWERS TO THE GREAT BEYOND
Mrs. Caroline M.C. Miller, one of Richfield's earliest pioneers died last Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Caroline M. Peterson of Gunnison, where she had gone on a visit two weeks ago. She was taken ill shortly after her arrival and her illness increased until death released her. The remains were brought here Saturday for interment.
In the death of Mrs. Miller, Richfield loses another of its early settlers. She was born in East Maria, Bornholm, Denmark in 1840. She joined the Mormon church in Denmark in 1862, and left her native land for Utah. At that time the sailing vessel was the mode of traveling and the ox team the method of locomotion on the American prairies. When the company of emigrants with which she was traveling reached Florence, Nebraska, she was married to Hans P. Miller and together this happy couple endured the slow mode of travel in their efforts to reach Utah, their land of promise, and on the overland journey they walked most of the way.
They settled in Mt. Pleasant and in 1864 when the Sevier valley was opened to settlement they came to Richfield. Here they endured all the trials and sufferings of the pioneers, and just as things began to take definite shape the Indian depredations compelled the settlers to abandon their homes and flee north.
In 1871 the Millers returned to Richfield, the Black Hawk treaty having been signed and peace declared. From then on the good couple participated in all the church and community activities that tended to the upbuilding of Sevier Valley. In 1894 Mr. Miller died, and Mrs. Miller continued on in her church and community work. She was a Relief Society teacher for years and engaged in every line of philanthropic work that fell to her lot.
Her first home in Richfield was a cellar, and later she occupied an abode, house with willow roof, so that she endured all the vicissitudes of pioneer life, and through it all she was cheerful, optimistic and with abiding faith in her God and her people. She toiled in the fields; she carded and spun wool wherewith to clothe her family, but always found time to assist her friends and neighbors in healing the sick and comforting those who mourned.
Twice she was honored by the Daughters of the Pioneers when called to represent "Utah" in celebrating July 24, Pioneer Day.
She was the mother of eleven children and in addition was foster mother to two emigrant boys. she is survived by these sons and daughters, Mr. H.P. Miller, Venice; J. Clarence Miller, Mrs. Laura M. Smith, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Marie M. Johnson, Los Angeles; Mrs. Caroline M. Peterson, Gunnison; Mrs. Martha M. Crosby, Flagstaff, Arizona; Mrs. Eleanora M. Nelson, Richfield; Miss Eudora Miller, late teacher in Springville High School.
Mrs. Miller has lived practically all her life in Richfield since 1871 except for a period from 1908 to 1918 when she was in Salt Lake city, and during that time she was a faithful worker in the temple.
Funeral services are being held in the Second Ward chapel this afternoon.
Richfield Reaper
28 June 1923
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