Tenth Generation

5487. Harriet Emily GRAVES was born on 22 November 1838 in Knox Co., TN.¹²⁷³ She died on 9 March 1926 at the age of 87 in Glenwood, Mills Co., IA.¹²⁷⁴ OBITUARY:vMRS. MILLER DIES SUDDENLY
Mrs. Harriet Miller, aged 87 Falls Asleep in Rocker at Her Home. Funeral Service Were Held This Thursday Morning.

Mrs. Harriet E. Miller
The death angel quietly stole over the threshold and claimed the spirit of Mrs. Harrie t Miller, aged pioneer as she sat in her rocker in the family home east of Glenwood Tuesday morning. Mrs Miller who was in her 87th year had been enjoying usual good health and the news of her death came as a shock to her many friends. Her daughter, Etta and Pearl with whom she made her home on the family homestead where they have lived so long were busy about the household duties. Their mother arose late, as was her custom, remarking however that her breakfast did not taste as good as usual and after eating but little returned to her rocker in the living room in which she fell asleep to awaken no more in this mortal sphere
Mrs. Miller was the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William W. Graves and was born in Knox County, Tennessee, November 22, 1838. She was the oldest of eleven children, two sisters and one brother having preceded her in death and six brothers and one sister survive her. She came here with her family from Tennessee in 1852. She was united in marriage with Joseph M. Miller November 14, 1861 and suffered all the pangs of a wife whose husband was exposed to shot and shell while battling for his cause in the great Civil War. There was born to her three sons and two daughters, the sons dying in infancy. Mrs. Miller united with the Methodist church in her young womanhood and remained a faithful member till her death. As a wife , mother and friend there were none more devoted than she. Her time was given completely to her family affairs rather than to public matter as she found her greatest enjoyment in the service she rendered for her loved ones within her family circle. Hers was a long useful life which came as beautifully and peacefully to the end of its earthly day as do the shades of twilight fade gradually from the glow of crimson and gold to the somber hues of dusk. Such lives remind us that beyond the night there in the dawn of another day which we like to believe brings with it reunion of broken family ties.
The sister Mary E. Burnett of Omaha and six brothers, A. H. Graves, Murray, Neb., C. M . Graves and E.L. Graves of Yakima, Wash., J.D. Graves, Peru, Neb., A.S. Graves, Washington a nd C.L. Graves, Union, Neb., together with her two daughters, Etta and Pearl are left to mourn her passing. Funeral services were held from the home at 10 O'Clock Thursday morning, her pastor, Rev. J.H. Freedline of the Glenwood M.E. Church officiating. The body was laid to rest in the Glenwood cemetery beside her husband and sons.(Source: Opinion-Tribune, March 11, 19 26.) She was buried on 11 March 1926 in Glenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox Co., TN.

Harriet Emily GRAVES and Joseph Madison MILLER¹²⁷⁴ were married on 14 November 1861 in Atchison Co., MO.¹²⁷⁴ They^¹²⁷⁴ appeared in the census in 1880 in Silver Creek, Mills Co., IA.²²⁰⁸ J.M. MILLER Self M M W 40 MO Occ: Farmer Fa: TN Mo: KY
H.E. MILLER Wife F M W 41 TN Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: TN
Etta MILLER Dau F S W 5 IA Fa: MO Mo: TN
Pearle MILLER Dau F S W 2 IA Fa: MO Mo: TN They had 5 children, three died in infancy. Joseph Madison MILLER¹²⁷⁴, son of Jessee MILLER and Martha LAYMAN, was born on 16 June 1840 in Buchanan Co., MO.^1274,2208 He served in the military on 13 August 1862 in Civil War. He died on 16 November 1916 at the age of 76 in Glenwood, Mills Co., IA.¹²⁷⁴ He enlisted 13 Aug 1862 as a private, 29th Iowa Infantry; participated in the battle of Little Rock, Camden Expedition, Duvalls Bluff, Helena, Arkansas, Yazoo Pass, and the capture of Mobile, Alabama. Farmer, Assessor and school director for 17 years. Methodist.

Harriet Emily GRAVES and Joseph Madison MILLER had the following children:

9842	i.	Joseph L. "Jody" MILLER died on 2 April 1864 in Atchison Co., MO. He was buried in April 1864 in Glenwood, Mills Co., IA.
9843	ii.	Charles H. MILLER died on 2 September 1872. He was buried in September 1872 in Glenwood, Mills Co., IA.
9844	iii.	William H. MILLER was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox Co., TN.
9845	iv.	Maretta Winifred "Etta" MILLER was born on 28 May 1875 in Center Twp., Mills Co., IA.^1274,2208 She appeared in the census in 1880 in Silver Creek, Mills Co., IA.²²⁰⁸ Etta MILLER Dau F S W 5 IA Fa: MO Mo: TN She died on 24 February 1948 at the age of 72 in Glenwood, Mills Co., IA.¹²⁷⁴ IOWA LADY DIES OF STROKE Miss Etta Miller, 75, resident of the vicinity of Glenwood & well known in this city, died Tuesday at the family home following a stroke Monday. She was a dau of the late Joe & Harriet Miller, and since the death of the parents, has been making her home with her sister, Miss Pearl Miller, on the old home farm. She was a niece of Judge C.L. Graves of this city an d a cousin of J.H. Graves of Plattsmouth. The funeral services will be held on Friday morning at 11 O'clock at the family home east of Glenwood with the interment at the Glenwood cemete ry. (newspaper and date unknown) Etta was buried on 27 February 1948 in Glenwood Cemetery, Mills Co., IA.
9846	v.	Ada Pearl MILLER was born on 8 November 1877 in Center Twp., Mills Co., IA.^1274,2208 She appeared in the census in 1880 in Silver Creek, Mills Co., IA.²²⁰⁸ Pearle MILLER Dau F S W 2 IA Fa: MO Mo: TN She died on 8 April 1965 at the age of 87 in Glenwood, Mills Co., IA.¹²⁷⁴ Located in the museum at Glenwood, Iowa is a framed certificate from the National Society of the Daughter of the American Revolution, listing Pearl Miller as recording secretary, charter members: Etta Miller & Pearl Miller.