Miller Cemetery, Steuban County, 2006 ************************************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ Submitted by: Christine "Chris" Penwell Located about 7 miles south of Jamestown off of highway 127. Turn left onto Woolridge Schoolhouse Rd. Turn left at Wariner Rd. Keep going left and follow the road back to the cemetery. The Cemetery is on a hill just past Wariner Cemetery. The Miller Cemetery doesn’t have a name posted on it. This cemetery was not plotted in straight rows. Therefore I tried the best I could to keep the positions of the graves in the best order that I could. Abstracted by Christine A. “Chris” Penwell of Noblesville, Indiana. Abstracted October 2001. In honor of my ancestors, the “Wells’, Blankenship’s, Downey’s and many more”. Name Born Died Row 1. R.S. Miller Nov. 2, 1890 June 27, 1923 Field Stone James Miller (Our Baby) May 6, 1938 May 6, 1938 Double Stone- “Miller” Billie & Bobby (Our Darlings) Jan. 1, 1940 Jan. 1, 1940 Row 2. “Brother” P.S. Miller May 8, 1872 Feb. 2, 1940 Mary Rowe-dau. of L.O. & C.L. McKinley July 20, 1908 Dec. 21, 1908 Clarine Wells-dau. of Otha Wells & Ida B. Brooks, Wells - Stone is broken and laying on the ground. Jan. 7, 1907 Jan. 7, 1907 Funeral Home Marker (Blank) Field Stone Aubrey Lee Wells- Son of Viola Wells, Lawless, Elmore June 30, 1904 April 5, 1926 Leatress Wells-Son of Aubrey Wells & Florence Beaty, Wells Oct. 10, 1926 Oct. 10, 1926 Lois Wells-Son of Aubrey Wells & Florence Beaty, Wells May 25, 1925 April 17, 1927 Row 3. J.B. Brummett Jan. 13, 1873 Sept. 22, 1891 Mallie L. wife of L.O. McKinley Dec. 3, 1879 June 18, 1905 Double Stone “Miller” Vie A. Aug. 14, 1882 Nov. 17, 1955 John H. Nov. 21, 1879 July 24, 1946 Charlie Son of J.H. & V.A. Miller Born & Died Dec. 1910 Dec. 1910 Field Stone Sarah E. Kean, Wells (1st wife of Otha Wells) May 30, 1875 Aug. 17, 1905 Lilburn “Lillian” Forest Wells Son of Otha Wells and Sarah E. Kean, Wells Jan. 21, 1902 May 20, 1903 William Winfield Scott Wells “W.W.S.” Oct. 11, 1852 March 11, 1900 Lucy Isable Blankenship, Wells Wife of W.W.S. Wells Sept. 15, 1858 Aug. 11, 1899 Row 4. Field Stone James R. Miller June 3, 1876 May 18, 1933 Mary Lee Miller July 31, 1881 July 27, 1950 Big bush growing out of grave. Headstone was not legible. Foot stone had the initials C.M.M. Field Stone Field Stone Field Stone Field Stone Field Stone John Wells (stone broken in half) 1823 1886 Marinda “Rendy” Downey, Wells Wife of John Wells 1827 Dec. 28, 1901 Sidney C. Wells Son of John Wells Jan. 9, 1857 Aug. 29, 1905 M. E. Wells, scratched in a large square rock. Believed to be, Mattie E. Dykes, Wells March 1896 Bef. March 4, 1918 2nd wife of John Cris Wells. From here on it was no longer possible to keep track of any type of rows. Field Stone Field Stone Field Stone Field Stone Field Stone Field Stone Field Stone Field Stone Emma M. Blankenship, Wells 1885 April 12, 1921 Scratched in a fieldstone with a large tree stump growing out of the grave. (Emma died in childbirth trying to give birth to twin girls. Verda and Verla Wells. The twins were born and died April 12, 1921). I believe that the twins are buried with Emma. She was the 3rd wife of John Cris Wells. 14 Field Stones Mary J. Skaggs May 22, 1846 June 26, 1902 F. Skaggs (The stone was sunken and I couldn’t get the dates from it). The Newest Part Of The Cemetery Hershey Glover August 1, 1906 Feb. 6, 1942 Double Stone “Franklin” Elizabeth C. Feb. 11, 1913 Sept. 2, 1995 Hershel June 18, 1906 June 29, 1999 Arnold Dale Franklin August 8, 1954 Jan. 13, 2002 “Mother” Mary E. wife of Shady Chapman Jan 31, 1891 August 17, 1932 Thelma dau. of Shady and M.E. Chapman Nov. 1, 1929 Nov. 1, 1929 Vernon C. son of Shady and M.E. Chapman Nov. 10, 1920 Oct. 10, 1940 “Father” Shady Chapman June 24, 1878 April 21, 1941 Benjamin Chapman Feb. 4, 1876 August 27, 1950 W.H. son of L.B. Chapman Dec. 5, 1916 August 6, 1919 Lillie Bertha Chapman Feb. 13, 1886 August 27, 1972 Annafay Franklin Feb. 11, 1956 Feb. 18, 1956