William Alexander Miller

The following is what I have found so far on the family of William Alexander Miller, father of my Charles Wesley.  The family lived in Mason County, West Virginia, except for the short period of time they spent in Illinois where several of Charles's siblings were born.  I believe they went to Illinois with Elizabeth's parents, Eli and Mary McGuire and her brother, John.   The McGuire's went on to live in Kansas while William and Elizabeth Miller decided to return to West Virginia.  If you would like to know the sources that I used, please let me know and I'll be happy to share them with you.

Name: William Alexander MILLER
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Birth: 1844 Place: Virginia
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Father: William N. MILLER (1812-)
Mother: Elizabeth Wright (1825-1898)
Marriage: 1866 Place: Mason, Mason, West Virginia


Spouse: Elizabeth J. McGuire
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Birth: 1846 Place: Virginia
Death: 20 Jul 1895 Place: Point Pleasant, Mason, West Virginia
Burial: 22 Jul 1895 Place: Point Pleasant, Mason, West Virginia
Father: Eli McGuire (1823-1901)
Mother: Mary Knapp (1826-1921)


Children
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1 M: Charles Wesley MILLER
Birth: 1 Dec 1867 Place: Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Death: 21 Sep 1947 Place: Mason County, Kentucky
Spouse: Mary Elzeta COCHRAN
Marriage: 17 Oct 1892 Place: ...................................................


2 M: Richard A. MILLER
Birth: 23 Jul 1869 Place: Mason County, West Virginia
Death: 30 Aug 1924 Place: Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia
Spouse: Sarah Louise Kapp
Marriage: 1890 Place: Jackson, West Virginia


3 M: John M. MILLER
Birth: 1872 Place: Illinois
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4 F: Mary MILLER
Birth: 1874 Place: Illinois
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5 F: Alice MILLER
Birth: 1876 Place: Illinois
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6 F: Rachel MILLER
Birth: 5 Jan 1878 Place: Mason, Mason, West Virginia
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7 F: unknown MILLER
Birth: 24 May 1889 Place: Mason County, West Virginia
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8 ?: unknown MILLER
Birth: bef 1889 Place: ...................................................
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Last Modified: 11 Mar 2010
Created: 30 Mar 2010

Frank Bernard Clark

On October 16, 1875, Frank Bernard Clark was born in Bradford, Kentucky. He was the firstborn of John Joseph and Belle (Stairs) Clark. By the time he was four years old, the family had moved to Grant's Lick, in Campbell County, Kentucky.

The 1890 census was destroyed by fire, and Frank cannot be positively identified in the 1900 census so there is some question as to where he was located during that time. It is known that he was in the military in the very late 1890's, but his particular place of service is unknown.

In 1907, he and Ella Myrtle Nower were married. Frank and Myrtle did not stay in Kentucky. Their first son, Richard Covell was born in Illinois on March 31, 1908. The 1910 census shows the family living in Kansas City, Missouri, although family members today believe that Juanita, the second child, was born in Indiana in September of that year.

At this time, it is unknown where the next two children, Ernest William (1913) and Evelyn Lucille (1915) were born. However, Frances Irene was born in Covington, Kentucky in 1918 and her sister, Irma Elizabeth, was born in 1920 in Fort Thomas, Kentucky.

Frank was a painter and carpenter, although it is known that he was once a marshal in the town of Augusta, Kentucky. During the early days of his marriage, the fingers of his right hand were cut off in a corn shredder late one night after a long day's work leaving him with only a thumb on that hand.

In their later years, Frank and Myrtle lived on Second Street in Ripley, Ohio. On September 18, 1960, Frank entered the Veteran's Hospital in Cincinnati. Six days later, he died there of heart failure. He was 84 years old. He is buried in Locust Grove Cemetery in Dover, Kentucky.