MILLER, Roy W. 1874-1931

MILLER, OWEN, STRONG

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 6/28/2010 at 23:55:38

#1:

Roy W. Miller
Buried Here Today

The remains of Roy W. Miller, a former Osage man, were brought to Osage from Independence, Monday, for burial beside his mother, Mrs. Mary Owen, in the local cemetery.

Mr. Miller was 66** years of age, and had been cared for at the sanitarium for the past twenty eight of them.

Surviving are his brothers and sisters as follows: Beatrice Owen, Mrs. John Strong, Osage; Ralph Owen, California; Fred Green of Wyandotte, Michigan; and Mrs. Eva Whipple, of Cleveland, Ohio.

Funeral services will be held this afternoon at the Shellady Funeral Home in charge of the Reverend S. W. Ellis.

[Mitchell County Press, Wednesday, October 28, 1931]

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#2:

[ Info on Roy W. Miller

It looks like his actual birth date was November 1874 (or ca. 1874) see notes I found below. He was born to Mary Eva (Miller). Her first husband Green, or Greene, as mentioned in her obituary; her second husband Charles Owen.

(D.M. Scott)
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Heres some notes I made on him.

#2
1880 - US CENSUS - Detroit, Wayne, Michigan

Mary E. Green, age 27*
George F. Green, son, 9, born Conn.;
Eva, 7, born Michigan;
Roy, 5, born Michigan;
Gertrude, 3, born Michigan;
Betsey Green, mother-in-law, 80, born Vermont.

*Note: She must have been a widow already.

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#3:

1900 - US Census - Osage, Mitchell, Iowa
Roy W. Miller born November 1874 in Michigan is listed as the step-son of Charles Owen and his wife Mary E., and his sister Gertrude Strong, in the same census, is listed with them as a step-daughter of Charles Owen.
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#4:
World War I Draft Registration:
(September 12, 1918)

Roy Miller is listed as age 42, no birth date given; Insane; and living at the Independence State Hospital. His nearest relative listed on this is Mrs. J. N. Strong (this would be his siter Gertrude (nee Green) Strong who married John Nelson Strong)

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#5: Iowa Cemetery Records
Name: Roy Miller
Death Date: 1931
Page #: 92
Birth Date: 1874
Cemetery: Osage
Level Info: Mitchell County, Iowa Grave Records

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#6:

According to his mother's (Mary Eva (Miller Owen)) obituary, his father was R. F. Greene, but the obit and World War I Draft registration is using last name Miller (his mothers maiden name).

(Credit: D.M. Scott)

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#7:

The Osage City Cemetery listing on IaGenWeb shows:

MILLER, ROY W. (death/burial date) 26 OCT 1931 (burial location) 0925 5 (page) 56

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COMMENTS:
** The #1 obituary says he was 66 when he died in 1931. If true, he would have been born about 1865, but his mother (See her obituary -- Mary Eva Owen) was born in 1852, and probably would have been too young to give birth to a child in 1865. Therefore it is more plausible to go with the 1900 census and presume he was born in November 1874, dying at age 56. -- K.K.