From a Kentucky paper published Sunday, August 3, 1969 in The Lexington Herald-Leader:
In 1913 Elethea Ann (Barton) Miller (1855-1934), widow of Thomas D. Miller (1842-1886), made application for her husband's military pension. Though Mr. Miller had fought for the Confederacy while serving in a Mississippi cavalry unit, his wife was entitled to his pension from the state she was then living.
Elethea Miller made her home in Duckett, Howard County, Arkansas according to the pension record. In 1932 she supplemented her pension request, indicating a current address of Mena, Arkansas.
FamilySearch has scanned many Confederate pension records. If you've registered with FamilySearch you can find Elethea's application at the link cited below, beginning with Image No. 598 of 1392.
FamilySearch is free, and it is an AWESOME database. Do it! Or you can bear with my copies attached here:
Source: "Arkansas Confederate Pensions, 1901-1929," database with images, FamilySearch : 2 December 2019), Milam, J, A - Mitchell, J, W > image 598 of 1392; Citing Arkansas State Auditor, History Commission, Little Rock.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-TGDP-H?cc=1837922&wc=M617-GP8%3A164379601
BTW, Thomas Miller's middle name was given on his son's birth certificate. I've seen it spelled phonetically, but will use this spelling until I find a better source.
A few records and articles of descendants of Susie Teague (1881-1952) and her husband Bogayn Miller (1877-1955)
On December 21, 1916, their eldest child, Eleathia (1901-1981) married Urban William Eddy (1897-1965)
In Apache, Oklahoma, on page 3, The Apache Review newspaper on Friday, January 3, 1941, spoke of dinner guests of Susie and Bogayn. Love small town papers!
Front and back sides of Bogayn's World War II draft card dated April 25, 1942:
The Apache Review paper on November 6, 1942, page 4, spoke of a three month California vacation:
Sad news published Thursday, April 27, 1944 in The Petaluma Argus Courier paper, page 6:
And back in Oklahoma, The Apache Review paper on page 3, dated May 19, 1944, had Esther's obit, too:
On the front page of The Apache Review paper dated June 20, 1952 was Susie Miller's obituary:
And on Friday, July 29, 1955 The Apache Review carried Bogayn's obit on the front page:
Published September 2, 1955 in The Apache Review, page 2:
22 July 2023 - LATE FRIDAY UPDATE: Attached are screenshots from Ancestry of my timeline on Bogey Miller.
TO BE CONTINUED:
A marriage record from the Comanche County Courthouse in Oklahoma 1929. First the whole page. (Click once inside to enlarge the image. Click once again to return to this page)
A cropped image showing the marriage license and marriage certificate data:
Source: Ancestry.com
Is this the same Peter Vasil mentioned in the news article above? If so, this serves as a clue who the sons' parents are:
Joseph Vasil's 1942 World War II draft card--front and back:
ODE TO LEONARD, TEXAS:
The first birth location I find for Joseph's wife Neva is on her Social Security application. In September 1943 she had filled out the requisite forms. The excerpt posted online shows "Leonard Hunt, Texas" as her birthplace. (And it's missing a needed comma before the county name of Hunt, tsk tsk).
Try finding a town or ghost town in Texas near Hunt County with the name "Leonard!"
I couldn't.
Later census records only showed "Texas" as a birth location. So off to the many Texas birth indexes, I go.
In Ancestry's database entitled Texas, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1903-1932, a search for Miller babies born in Hunt County in 1911 resulted in:
Isn't it beautiful! Finding proof is always a treat.
Now, let's dig in:
The Texas State Board of Health's Certificate of Birth for
Town: Celeste
County: Hunt
D.O.B. Aug 29
Name: Miller #36882
Female White Legitimate Alive
Father's name: B L Miller, American
Mother's name: Susie Teague, American
Parents' Home: Celeste, Tex
Occupation: Farmer
Name of person reporting: J. E. _______?
So, Baby Girl Neva, how did your mother happen to be in Celeste, Texas when she went into labor? Were your parents en route to another town? Visiting family or friends nearby?
Wikipedia has a page on Celeste, Texas. Note which famous veteran from World War II once lived in Celeste:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celeste,_Texas
Neva and Joseph in Springfield, Illinois in 1930?
FamilySearch is an amazing resource when searching for an ancestor or proof of his/her residence, birth date, or military discharge dates. And it is free to those who register.
If a record or an image you want isn't available online at their site, FamilySearch will tell you where you might find it.
If a record or an image you want isn't available online at their site, FamilySearch will tell you where you might find it.
I've just spent an hour viewing these links below. Some contain a FAVORITE sentence of mine:
"To view a digital version of this item, click here." Ahh, access!
Veterans Administration Master Index - via FamilySearch Historical Records:
https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/United_States,_Veterans_Administration_Master_Index_-_FamilySearch_Historical_Records
U.S. National Archives, Military Records, 1885-2004
https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/United_States,_National_Archives,_Military_Records,_1885-2004
I bookmarked this site. Once again, FamilySearch is free to those who register:
https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2968245
This link connects you to what is inside the Granite Mountain Record Vault buried deep in Utah. #TornadoProof
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/4092378?availability=Family%20History%20Library
My Dad served in Korea during the war. Years ago we ordered and received his military file from NARA (National Archives) and also his father's records from the Great War.
I thought I had exhausted the many online military databases available regarding my Grandfather's service in World War I. But upon signing on to FamilySearch today, it suggested a record I hadn't seen before.
It was a simple card showing his enlistment and discharge dates. Full legal name, address, DOB. Yes, I already knew those dates from other records, but hey! It's another source. Secondary proof! Proof I might obtain when learning of a distant cousin whose birth date is unknown.
An added bonus was seeing yet another (miss)spelling of Grandpa's middle name. A three-syllable word that I've not seen with any other person. This rendition appeared to be typed phonetically: Sulvenious. #SMH
It was a reminder to allow for misspellings when searching databases by keyword.
If I may, here is some news of the day. All clippings are from The Welch Watchman in Welch, Craig County, in northeastern Oklahoma.
Yes, I know. Quaint.
Published June 1, 1921, front page:
From June 8, 1921, page 3:
And from June 22, 1921, page 1:
The June 1, 1921 article above mentioned the local theater would soon show The Miracle Man, claiming it was the "biggest picture produced since the Birth of a Race." It was endorsed by churches as the "cleanest and highest class picture of the age." Well, then!
Before "googling" Birth of a Race I thought surely the writer instead meant the well-known Birth of a Nation by D.W. Griffith.
But, no.
Birth of a Race appears to be a rebuttal to that hideously racist film that also had "Birth" in its title.
Two articles are from the March 21, 1907 edition, page 6. Welch was then in Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory. Soon to become the new state of Oklahoma. My Pennsylvania people had once lived near there in the late 1870s. But had moved on into Pawnee County.
Yes, I know. Quaint.
Published June 1, 1921, front page:
From June 8, 1921, page 3:
And from June 22, 1921, page 1:
The June 1, 1921 article above mentioned the local theater would soon show The Miracle Man, claiming it was the "biggest picture produced since the Birth of a Race." It was endorsed by churches as the "cleanest and highest class picture of the age." Well, then!
Before "googling" Birth of a Race I thought surely the writer instead meant the well-known Birth of a Nation by D.W. Griffith.
But, no.
Birth of a Race appears to be a rebuttal to that hideously racist film that also had "Birth" in its title.
Wiki provided details. Links to streaming both silent films are added inside two of its articles:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_a_Race
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Miracle_Man_(1919_film)
--Thanks for dropping by!
(to be continued)
1. See Jacob Winters near the bottom. It is the only Winters from Iowa I found listed--so far. Possibly Andrew Winters' granddad? It's a lousy copy, I know. And some of his descendants lived in Iowa at the time so... But then, YOUR Winters may have lived in another state. Several Winters fought the Brits during the Rev. War.
From: Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1801-1815, 1818-1872
2. ANDREW JACKSON WINTERS:
See No. 12 - Andrew J Winters
Source: Ancestry.com. U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
3. JAMES WINTERS and NANCY ACKLEY:
4. LOUIS WINTERS:
Happy to find this brief mention of my Great-Grand uncle's marriage to Annie Harmon. #OldNewspapersROCK
From The Galveston Daily News, in Galveston, Texas on Sunday, February 1, 1874, page 4:
Barney was 28 years old, and living in Chambers County, Texas. Annie Harmon was 17, and the daughter of Joshua Charles Harmon (1826-1896) and Claraneizo Peveto (1828-1916)--residents of Liberty, Texas.
Annie bore Barney three (known) children before his untimely death in March of 1880 at age 34. Annie then married James Frisbie (1853-1927) in August 1880.
Again, I'm ever so grateful to the web site The Portal To Texas History for its rich database. See for yourself Barney and Annie's marriage license data in print at the bottom of page 4:
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth462593/m1/4/zoom/?q=%22Barney%20Weiser%22&resolution=4&lat=859.092419912944&lon=2090.2600374546146