William Harrison MillerAge: 90 years1838–1929
- Name
- William Harrison Miller
- Given names
- William Harrison
- Surname
- Miller
 Birth | May 17, 1838 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 7 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
 Marriage | Mary Greene — View this family October 1857 (Age 19 years) |
 Birth of a daughter#1 | Nancy Jane Miller October 12, 1859 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 18 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Mary Ann Miller July 13, 1860 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | William Lee Miller July 25, 1863 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 22 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Vena Tamer Miller March 30, 1866 (Age 27 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 28 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 28 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 30 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Birth of a son #5 | John F Miller about 1870 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | Reuben Miller about 1872 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Eliza Caroline Miller September 17, 1873 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a wife | Mary Greene May 13, 1877 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 39 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a son | John F Miller after 1880 (Age 41 years) |
| Death of a son | Reuben Miller June 10, 1882 (Age 44 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 59 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 77 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a daughter | Mary Ann Miller February 8, 1918 (Age 79 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 78 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 79 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Death of a daughter | Eliza Caroline Miller May 8, 1926 (Age 87 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Vena Tamer Miller November 2, 1927 (Age 89 years) |
 Death | February 1, 1929 (Age 90 years) |
| Family with Mary Greene |
| himself |
William Harrison Miller Birth: May 17, 1838 — North Carolina, United States Death: February 1, 1929 — Electra, Wichita, Texas, United States |
| wife |
Mary Greene Birth: February 22, 1829 27 27 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: May 13, 1877 — Wichita, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: October 1857 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Nancy Jane Miller Birth: October 12, 1859 21 30 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: September 18, 1931 — Electra, Wichita, Texas, United States |
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9 months daughter |
Mary Ann Miller Birth: July 13, 1860 22 31 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: February 8, 1918 — Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, United States |
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3 years son |
William Lee Miller Birth: July 25, 1863 25 34 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: April 15, 1957 — Westminster, Orange, California, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Vena Tamer Miller Birth: March 30, 1866 27 37 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: November 2, 1927 — Electra, Wichita, Texas, United States |
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5 years son |
John F Miller Birth: about 1870 31 40 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: after 1880 |
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3 years son |
Reuben Miller Birth: about 1872 33 42 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: June 10, 1882 — Grayson, Texas, United States |
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21 months daughter |
Eliza Caroline Miller Birth: September 17, 1873 35 44 — Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States Death: May 8, 1926 — Electra, Wichita, Texas, United States |
| Larkin Greene + Mary Greene |
| wife’s husband |
Larkin Greene Birth: March 9, 1825 34 28 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: November 2, 1850 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
| wife |
Mary Greene Birth: February 22, 1829 27 27 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: May 13, 1877 — Wichita, Texas, United States |
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Marriage: April 30, 1846 — |
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10 months step-son |
Richard C Green Birth: February 14, 1847 21 17 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: November 25, 1906 — Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States |
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3 years step-son |
Solomon Greene Birth: about 1849 23 19 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: about 1849 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States |
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22 months step-son |
Larkin George Greene Birth: November 3, 1850 25 21 — Meat Camp, Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: November 2, 1915 — Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
| … … + Mary Greene |
| wife |
Mary Greene Birth: February 22, 1829 27 27 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: May 13, 1877 — Wichita, Texas, United States |
| step-daughter |
Sarah Elizabeth Greene Birth: March 4, 1854 25 — North Carolina, United States Death: May 15, 1933 — Electra, Wichita, Texas, United States |
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3 years step-daughter |
Martha W Greene Birth: about 1856 26 — North Carolina, United States Death: before 1900 |