James "Jim" Cason Miller

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Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, Newton County, JP 2
Enumerated 2 and 3 Jun 1880
Page 4D SD 1 ED 56
26-26
Miller, James W M 31 Farmer Ga Ga Ga
Miller, Mariah W F 29 W Keeping house Tx Va Miss
Miller, Sarah W F 10 Dtr Tx Ga Tx
Miller, Robert W M 7 Son Tx Tx Tx
Miller, James W M 3 Son Tx Tx Tx
Miller, Mary W F 1 Dtr Tx Tx Tx

James married Mariah Eppes "Epsie" Cousins on 2 Mar 1868 in Newton County, Texas. Mariah (daughter of Robert L. Cousins and Sarah Jane Jordan) was born on 17 Apr 1851 in Newton County, Texas; died on 24 May 1916 in Newton County, Texas; was buried in Tanner Cemetery, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
His father and her stepfather, the Rev. Robert Marcus Miller, was said to have presided at their marriage.

1. Sarah Miller was born about 1870 in Texas; and died.
2. Robert Miller was born about 1873 in Texas; and died.
3. James Miller was born about 1877 in Texas; and died.
4. Andrew Jackson Miller was born about 1880 in Texas; died on 23 Jun 1944 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas.
5. Mary Miller was born about 1879 in Texas; and died.
6. Ruth Orlee Miller was born on 26 Jul 1881 in Newton, Newton County, Texas; died on 4 Dec 1947 in Burkeville, Newton County, Texas; was buried in Burkeville City Cemetery, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas.
7. James Jefferson Miller was born on 7 Nov 1883 in Newton County, Texas; died on 31 Jan 1961 in Woodville, Tyler County, Texas; was buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Woodville, Tyler County, Texas.
8. Thomas Alvin Miller was born about 1886 in Texas; died on 1 Dec 1960 in Newton, Newton County, Texas.
9. Harrison Miller was born in Dec 1888 in Newton County, Texas; and died.

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In "Newton County Nuggets" (Nortex Press, 1986), Dr. Arthur Miller wrote a 3 page history of the Miller family (p. 195-198).

He stated that in 1849, Rev. Robert Marcus Miller and George Miller brought their families to Texas. Rev. Miller, a Baptist Preacher, his wife, Averilla Elizabeth Hare and their son, James Cason, settled in the Spears Chapel settlement, five miles east of Burkeville. They had six more children before Averilla died. Four Hare families, orginally from South Carolina, also camed to Texas. Thomas Cason Hare and his wife Lucretia were probably the parents of Averilla Hare Miller. They are all bured at Tanner Cemetery, about a mile east of Burkeville.

George Miller had married Mary Owens of Florida, and they settled in the Quicksand community about ten miles southeast of Newton. They had three sons: Hamp, Ike and Burl---all of whom had quick tempers and loved a good fight. By contrast, Rev. Marcus's children were docile and easy going.

A neighbor of the Robert Marcus Miller family was Robert Cousins, born in Virginia. He was married to Sarah Jane Jordan, born in Alabama. They had six children before Robert Cousins died.

Another neighbor was Tom Byerly, he had lost his wife Matilda, so Tom and the widowed Sarah Jane Jordan Cousins were married, haviing one son, Caleb (sic) before Tom Byerly died.

Sarah Jane Jordan Cousins Byerly then married the widowed Rev. Robert Marcus Miller, and they proceeded to have six more children to add to their already large family.

Robert married Averilla Elizabeth Hare about 1845. Averilla was born about 1830; died about 1861 in Burkeville, Newton County, Texas; was buried in Tanner Cemetery, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]