Elenorah was the great-granddaughter of Henry Hancock, the brother of John Hancock, signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Elnorah's parents were:
Joseph Enclio Hancock, b. May 7, 1822 in Euclid, Cuyahoga County, OH. and d. Jul. 18, 1924 at the age of 102 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. &
Nancy Augusta Bemis, b. Jun. 14, 1829 in Ellisburg, Jefferson County, NY. and d. Jun. 15, 1908 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA.
On Aug. 31, 1848, Joseph marr. (his 2nd wife), Nancy Augusta Bemis in Council Bluffs, IA.
Joseph & Nancy Hancock's children were:
1. Alvin R. Hancock, b. 1848 and d. 1849
2. Alvin Bemis Hancock, b. Jan. 13, 1850 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA. and d. Nov. 24, 1896 by suicide (ingesting poison), in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. Alvin marr. Elizabeth Penman Nish.
2. Elenorah/Elnora Hancock, b. Mar. 19, 1851 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA. (-who was almost buried alive as a tiny infant) and d. Jan. 26, 1949 in Highland, San Bernardino County, CA. Elenorah marr. George Miller
3. Solomon Hancock, b. Nov. 11, 1852 in Ogden, Weber county, UT. and d. Apr. 4, 1901 (in an insane asylum) in Highland, San Bernardino, CA. Solomon marr. Eudora Hammack.
4. Jerusha Hancock, b. Aug. 30, 1854 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Nov. 18, 1953 at the age of 99 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. Jerusha marr. Charles Hudson Tyler.
5. Lucina Harriet Hancock, b. Apr. 29, 1856 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Apr. 22, 1938 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. Lucina marr. George L. Lord
6. Foster K. Hancock, b. Oct. 21, 1857 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Jul. 5, 1934 of a heart attack in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. Foster marr. Catherine Mapstead.
7. Joseph Nephi Hancock, b. Nov. 25, 1867 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Mar. 3, 1917 by suicide (gunshot wound), in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA.
"As a child Mrs. Miller was a member of a party which set out from Council Bluffs for the west shortly after her birth, March 19, 1851. Taken ill during the trek across the desert, she fell in a coma and was believed dead.
Her father, unable to find a suitable casket, placed her in his fiddle box while the party searched for an oasis in which to bury her. Before a grave was dug, an elderly woman in the wagon train volunteered to try to revive the baby.
WATER PRECIOUS
Calling upon each person in the group to give her a few cups of precious water, the woman heated the water and bathed the child in it. As Mrs. Miller told the story:
"I then began to squawk and kept on squawking ever since."
In the Jun. 22, 1860 U. S. census, 9 yr. old Elnorah Hantock (Hancock), b. in IA., was living in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA. with her
37 yr. old father, Joseph Hantock (Hancock), a farmer, b. in OH.
31 yr. old mother, Nancy Hantock (Hancock), b. in NY.
9 yr. old brother, Alvin Hantock, (Hancock), b. in IA.,
7 yr. old brother, Solomon Hantock [Hancock], attending school, b. in UT.
5 yr. old sister, Jerusha Hantock (Hancock), b. in CA.
4 yr. old sister, Lucina Hantock, (Hancock), b. in CA.
2 yr. old brother, Foster Hantock, (Hancock), b. in CA.
In the 1870 U. S. census, 19 yr. old Elnora Hancock, b. in IA., was living in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA. with her
48 yr. old father, Joseph Hancock, a farmer, b. in OH.
41 yr. old mother, Nancy Hancock, b. in NY.
20 yr. old brother, Alvin Hancock, a farm laborer, b. in IA
17 yr. old brother, Soloman Hancock, b. in UT.
15 yr. old sister, Jerusha Hancock, b. in CA.
14 yr. old sister, Suana (Lucina) Hancock, attending school, b. in CA.
12 yr. old brother, Forster (Foster) Hancock, attending school, b. in CA.
3 yr. old brother, Joseph N Hancock, b. in CA.
Joseph Sr.'s real estate was valued at $400 and his personal estate at $2,000.
Elenorah Hancock and George Miller Jr. were married.
George & Elenorah Miller's children were:
1. Joseph Miller, b. Jun. 1, 1872 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Jun. 1, 1872 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA.
2. Nancy E Miller, b. Mar. 30, 1873 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Mar. 30, 1873 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA.
3. Elenorah 'Nancy' Augusta Miller, b. Feb. 1, 1874 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Feb. 25, 1925 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. Elenorah marr. John Rosswell Crandall.
4. George Elijah Miller, b. Dec. 5, 1875 in Highland, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Dec. 13, 1911 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA.
5. Ida Ann Miller, b. Dec. 24, 1878 in Highland, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Jul. 29, 1962 in Cajon, San Bernardino County, CA. Ida marr. James Osmer Lamb.
6. Mary Catherine 'Marie' Miller, b. Sep. 27, 1881 in San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Dec. 30, 1959 in Los Angeles County, CA. Marie marr. 1) William Penn Rodgers in 1920 and 2) Irwin Stanley Burgess in 1941.
7. William Franklin Miller, b. Sep. 30, 1884 in Highland, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Aug. 20, 1974 in Highland, San Bernardino County, CA.
8. Charles Boughton Miller, b. Mar. 16, 1891 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Jun. 5, 1955 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, C
The picture is of the wedding anniversary taken in Sept. 1941, 70 years of marriage.
Surrounded by scores of friends and relatives, Mr. and Mrs. George Miller Jr. observed their anniversary with an "Open House" at their home, 1683 Victoria avenue. In the celebration they played an active part that belied their ages; he is 91 and she is 90.
In fact, in the midst of congratulatory speeches, Mr.Miller remarked the "secret" of happy married life is: "Let a woman have her own way. Never try to stop her talking when she starts".
Wife of George Miller Jr., 31 August 1871, San Bernardino, CA.
Mother of 7 children; Joseph, Elenorah Augusta, "Nancy" Miller Crandall, George Elijah Miller, Ida Ann Miller Lamb, Mary Catherine Miller Rogers Burgess, William Franklin Miller, and Charles Boughton Miller.
She was born at Council Bluffs, Iowa, March 19,1851, and three months later, while on the hazardous trip by wagon train to California, she was laid out in a makeshift coffin preparatory to burial. Materials being scarce, the casket was nothing more than a crude violin case.
One of the members of the train, however, was not convinced that the baby girl was dead despite the fact that nearly everybody else thought so. Crude treatment was administered and the child recovered so well she is active and alert at 90.
The violin case is still on display at the anniversary observance.
At this observance are four living children, Mrs.J. O.Lamb, William F. Miller, Mrs. Irwin S. Burgess, and Charles B. Miller. Four grandchildren, five great grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild was little blonde, Honore Ashworth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ashworth
The San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 17, Col. 3
Fri., Jan. 28, 1949
Last Survivor Of 1854 Wagon Train Dies
Death Takes Elenorah Hancock Miller, 97, At Home in Highland
The last survivor of a covered wagon train which wound down the old Mormon trail through Cajon pass in 1854, Mrs. Elnorah Hancock Miller, 97, died at 8:30 Wednesday night in her home at 1683 Victoria avenue, Highland, where she had lived for 95 years.
As a child Mrs. Miller was a member of a party which set out from Council Bluffs for the west shortly after her birth, March 19, 1851. Taken ill during the trek across the desert, she fell in a coma and was believed dead.
Her father, unable to find a suitable casket, placed her in his fiddle box while the party searched for an oasis in which to bury her. Before a grave was dug, an elderly woman in the wagon train volunteered to try to revive the baby.
WATER PRECIOUS
Calling upon each person in the group to give her a few cups of precious water, the woman heated the water and bathed the child in it. As Mrs. Miller told the story:
"I then began to squawk and kept on squawking ever since."
She was the daughter of Joseph and Nancy Bemis Hancock, descendants of the pioneer Adams and Hancock families of New England. Her sister, Mrs. Jerusha Tyler, 94, of san Bernardino, is the only living relative of this branch.
Mrs. Miller is survived by two daughters, Ida A. Lamb of Highland and Mary Burgess of Los Angeles; two sons, Charles Miller of Los Angeles and William F. Miller of Highland.
Four grandchildren: William and Robert Taylor of Fresno, Mildred Perkins of Fresno, Lois Ashworth of Mentone and June Stone of Bloomington, and six great-great-grandchildren.
SERVICES MONDAY
Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Mark B. Shaw chapel, followed by interment in the family plot in City cemetery.
Pallbearers will be six of Mrs. Miller's nephews, Karl King, Robert Hancock, Don Tyler, Ernest Lord, John Hancock and Charles Hancock.
Elnorah's parents were:
Joseph Enclio Hancock, b. May 7, 1822 in Euclid, Cuyahoga County, OH. and d. Jul. 18, 1924 at the age of 102 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. &
Nancy Augusta Bemis, b. Jun. 14, 1829 in Ellisburg, Jefferson County, NY. and d. Jun. 15, 1908 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA.
On Aug. 31, 1848, Joseph marr. (his 2nd wife), Nancy Augusta Bemis in Council Bluffs, IA.
Joseph & Nancy Hancock's children were:
1. Alvin R. Hancock, b. 1848 and d. 1849
2. Alvin Bemis Hancock, b. Jan. 13, 1850 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA. and d. Nov. 24, 1896 by suicide (ingesting poison), in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. Alvin marr. Elizabeth Penman Nish.
2. Elenorah/Elnora Hancock, b. Mar. 19, 1851 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA. (-who was almost buried alive as a tiny infant) and d. Jan. 26, 1949 in Highland, San Bernardino County, CA. Elenorah marr. George Miller
3. Solomon Hancock, b. Nov. 11, 1852 in Ogden, Weber county, UT. and d. Apr. 4, 1901 (in an insane asylum) in Highland, San Bernardino, CA. Solomon marr. Eudora Hammack.
4. Jerusha Hancock, b. Aug. 30, 1854 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Nov. 18, 1953 at the age of 99 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. Jerusha marr. Charles Hudson Tyler.
5. Lucina Harriet Hancock, b. Apr. 29, 1856 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Apr. 22, 1938 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. Lucina marr. George L. Lord
6. Foster K. Hancock, b. Oct. 21, 1857 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Jul. 5, 1934 of a heart attack in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. Foster marr. Catherine Mapstead.
7. Joseph Nephi Hancock, b. Nov. 25, 1867 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Mar. 3, 1917 by suicide (gunshot wound), in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA.
"As a child Mrs. Miller was a member of a party which set out from Council Bluffs for the west shortly after her birth, March 19, 1851. Taken ill during the trek across the desert, she fell in a coma and was believed dead.
Her father, unable to find a suitable casket, placed her in his fiddle box while the party searched for an oasis in which to bury her. Before a grave was dug, an elderly woman in the wagon train volunteered to try to revive the baby.
WATER PRECIOUS
Calling upon each person in the group to give her a few cups of precious water, the woman heated the water and bathed the child in it. As Mrs. Miller told the story:
"I then began to squawk and kept on squawking ever since."
In the Jun. 22, 1860 U. S. census, 9 yr. old Elnorah Hantock (Hancock), b. in IA., was living in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA. with her
37 yr. old father, Joseph Hantock (Hancock), a farmer, b. in OH.
31 yr. old mother, Nancy Hantock (Hancock), b. in NY.
9 yr. old brother, Alvin Hantock, (Hancock), b. in IA.,
7 yr. old brother, Solomon Hantock [Hancock], attending school, b. in UT.
5 yr. old sister, Jerusha Hantock (Hancock), b. in CA.
4 yr. old sister, Lucina Hantock, (Hancock), b. in CA.
2 yr. old brother, Foster Hantock, (Hancock), b. in CA.
In the 1870 U. S. census, 19 yr. old Elnora Hancock, b. in IA., was living in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA. with her
48 yr. old father, Joseph Hancock, a farmer, b. in OH.
41 yr. old mother, Nancy Hancock, b. in NY.
20 yr. old brother, Alvin Hancock, a farm laborer, b. in IA
17 yr. old brother, Soloman Hancock, b. in UT.
15 yr. old sister, Jerusha Hancock, b. in CA.
14 yr. old sister, Suana (Lucina) Hancock, attending school, b. in CA.
12 yr. old brother, Forster (Foster) Hancock, attending school, b. in CA.
3 yr. old brother, Joseph N Hancock, b. in CA.
Joseph Sr.'s real estate was valued at $400 and his personal estate at $2,000.
Elenorah Hancock and George Miller Jr. were married.
George & Elenorah Miller's children were:
1. Joseph Miller, b. Jun. 1, 1872 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Jun. 1, 1872 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA.
2. Nancy E Miller, b. Mar. 30, 1873 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Mar. 30, 1873 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA.
3. Elenorah 'Nancy' Augusta Miller, b. Feb. 1, 1874 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Feb. 25, 1925 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. Elenorah marr. John Rosswell Crandall.
4. George Elijah Miller, b. Dec. 5, 1875 in Highland, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Dec. 13, 1911 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA.
5. Ida Ann Miller, b. Dec. 24, 1878 in Highland, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Jul. 29, 1962 in Cajon, San Bernardino County, CA. Ida marr. James Osmer Lamb.
6. Mary Catherine 'Marie' Miller, b. Sep. 27, 1881 in San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Dec. 30, 1959 in Los Angeles County, CA. Marie marr. 1) William Penn Rodgers in 1920 and 2) Irwin Stanley Burgess in 1941.
7. William Franklin Miller, b. Sep. 30, 1884 in Highland, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Aug. 20, 1974 in Highland, San Bernardino County, CA.
8. Charles Boughton Miller, b. Mar. 16, 1891 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Jun. 5, 1955 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, C
The picture is of the wedding anniversary taken in Sept. 1941, 70 years of marriage.
Surrounded by scores of friends and relatives, Mr. and Mrs. George Miller Jr. observed their anniversary with an "Open House" at their home, 1683 Victoria avenue. In the celebration they played an active part that belied their ages; he is 91 and she is 90.
In fact, in the midst of congratulatory speeches, Mr.Miller remarked the "secret" of happy married life is: "Let a woman have her own way. Never try to stop her talking when she starts".
Wife of George Miller Jr., 31 August 1871, San Bernardino, CA.
Mother of 7 children; Joseph, Elenorah Augusta, "Nancy" Miller Crandall, George Elijah Miller, Ida Ann Miller Lamb, Mary Catherine Miller Rogers Burgess, William Franklin Miller, and Charles Boughton Miller.
She was born at Council Bluffs, Iowa, March 19,1851, and three months later, while on the hazardous trip by wagon train to California, she was laid out in a makeshift coffin preparatory to burial. Materials being scarce, the casket was nothing more than a crude violin case.
One of the members of the train, however, was not convinced that the baby girl was dead despite the fact that nearly everybody else thought so. Crude treatment was administered and the child recovered so well she is active and alert at 90.
The violin case is still on display at the anniversary observance.
At this observance are four living children, Mrs.J. O.Lamb, William F. Miller, Mrs. Irwin S. Burgess, and Charles B. Miller. Four grandchildren, five great grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild was little blonde, Honore Ashworth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ashworth
The San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 17, Col. 3
Fri., Jan. 28, 1949
Last Survivor Of 1854 Wagon Train Dies
Death Takes Elenorah Hancock Miller, 97, At Home in Highland
The last survivor of a covered wagon train which wound down the old Mormon trail through Cajon pass in 1854, Mrs. Elnorah Hancock Miller, 97, died at 8:30 Wednesday night in her home at 1683 Victoria avenue, Highland, where she had lived for 95 years.
As a child Mrs. Miller was a member of a party which set out from Council Bluffs for the west shortly after her birth, March 19, 1851. Taken ill during the trek across the desert, she fell in a coma and was believed dead.
Her father, unable to find a suitable casket, placed her in his fiddle box while the party searched for an oasis in which to bury her. Before a grave was dug, an elderly woman in the wagon train volunteered to try to revive the baby.
WATER PRECIOUS
Calling upon each person in the group to give her a few cups of precious water, the woman heated the water and bathed the child in it. As Mrs. Miller told the story:
"I then began to squawk and kept on squawking ever since."
She was the daughter of Joseph and Nancy Bemis Hancock, descendants of the pioneer Adams and Hancock families of New England. Her sister, Mrs. Jerusha Tyler, 94, of san Bernardino, is the only living relative of this branch.
Mrs. Miller is survived by two daughters, Ida A. Lamb of Highland and Mary Burgess of Los Angeles; two sons, Charles Miller of Los Angeles and William F. Miller of Highland.
Four grandchildren: William and Robert Taylor of Fresno, Mildred Perkins of Fresno, Lois Ashworth of Mentone and June Stone of Bloomington, and six great-great-grandchildren.
SERVICES MONDAY
Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Mark B. Shaw chapel, followed by interment in the family plot in City cemetery.
Pallbearers will be six of Mrs. Miller's nephews, Karl King, Robert Hancock, Don Tyler, Ernest Lord, John Hancock and Charles Hancock.
Elenorah was the great-granddaughter of Henry Hancock, the brother of John Hancock, signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Elnorah's parents were:
Joseph Enclio Hancock, b. May 7, 1822 in Euclid, Cuyahoga County, OH. and d. Jul. 18, 1924 at the age of 102 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. &
Nancy Augusta Bemis, b. Jun. 14, 1829 in Ellisburg, Jefferson County, NY. and d. Jun. 15, 1908 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA.
On Aug. 31, 1848, Joseph marr. (his 2nd wife), Nancy Augusta Bemis in Council Bluffs, IA.
Joseph & Nancy Hancock's children were:
1. Alvin R. Hancock, b. 1848 and d. 1849
2. Alvin Bemis Hancock, b. Jan. 13, 1850 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA. and d. Nov. 24, 1896 by suicide (ingesting poison), in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. Alvin marr. Elizabeth Penman Nish.
2. Elenorah/Elnora Hancock, b. Mar. 19, 1851 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA. (-who was almost buried alive as a tiny infant) and d. Jan. 26, 1949 in Highland, San Bernardino County, CA. Elenorah marr. George Miller
3. Solomon Hancock, b. Nov. 11, 1852 in Ogden, Weber county, UT. and d. Apr. 4, 1901 (in an insane asylum) in Highland, San Bernardino, CA. Solomon marr. Eudora Hammack.
4. Jerusha Hancock, b. Aug. 30, 1854 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Nov. 18, 1953 at the age of 99 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. Jerusha marr. Charles Hudson Tyler.
5. Lucina Harriet Hancock, b. Apr. 29, 1856 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Apr. 22, 1938 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. Lucina marr. George L. Lord
6. Foster K. Hancock, b. Oct. 21, 1857 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Jul. 5, 1934 of a heart attack in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. Foster marr. Catherine Mapstead.
7. Joseph Nephi Hancock, b. Nov. 25, 1867 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Mar. 3, 1917 by suicide (gunshot wound), in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA.
"As a child Mrs. Miller was a member of a party which set out from Council Bluffs for the west shortly after her birth, March 19, 1851. Taken ill during the trek across the desert, she fell in a coma and was believed dead.
Her father, unable to find a suitable casket, placed her in his fiddle box while the party searched for an oasis in which to bury her. Before a grave was dug, an elderly woman in the wagon train volunteered to try to revive the baby.
WATER PRECIOUS
Calling upon each person in the group to give her a few cups of precious water, the woman heated the water and bathed the child in it. As Mrs. Miller told the story:
"I then began to squawk and kept on squawking ever since."
In the Jun. 22, 1860 U. S. census, 9 yr. old Elnorah Hantock (Hancock), b. in IA., was living in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA. with her
37 yr. old father, Joseph Hantock (Hancock), a farmer, b. in OH.
31 yr. old mother, Nancy Hantock (Hancock), b. in NY.
9 yr. old brother, Alvin Hantock, (Hancock), b. in IA.,
7 yr. old brother, Solomon Hantock [Hancock], attending school, b. in UT.
5 yr. old sister, Jerusha Hantock (Hancock), b. in CA.
4 yr. old sister, Lucina Hantock, (Hancock), b. in CA.
2 yr. old brother, Foster Hantock, (Hancock), b. in CA.
In the 1870 U. S. census, 19 yr. old Elnora Hancock, b. in IA., was living in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA. with her
48 yr. old father, Joseph Hancock, a farmer, b. in OH.
41 yr. old mother, Nancy Hancock, b. in NY.
20 yr. old brother, Alvin Hancock, a farm laborer, b. in IA
17 yr. old brother, Soloman Hancock, b. in UT.
15 yr. old sister, Jerusha Hancock, b. in CA.
14 yr. old sister, Suana (Lucina) Hancock, attending school, b. in CA.
12 yr. old brother, Forster (Foster) Hancock, attending school, b. in CA.
3 yr. old brother, Joseph N Hancock, b. in CA.
Joseph Sr.'s real estate was valued at $400 and his personal estate at $2,000.
Elenorah Hancock and George Miller Jr. were married.
George & Elenorah Miller's children were:
1. Joseph Miller, b. Jun. 1, 1872 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Jun. 1, 1872 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA.
2. Nancy E Miller, b. Mar. 30, 1873 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Mar. 30, 1873 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA.
3. Elenorah 'Nancy' Augusta Miller, b. Feb. 1, 1874 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Feb. 25, 1925 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. Elenorah marr. John Rosswell Crandall.
4. George Elijah Miller, b. Dec. 5, 1875 in Highland, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Dec. 13, 1911 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA.
5. Ida Ann Miller, b. Dec. 24, 1878 in Highland, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Jul. 29, 1962 in Cajon, San Bernardino County, CA. Ida marr. James Osmer Lamb.
6. Mary Catherine 'Marie' Miller, b. Sep. 27, 1881 in San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Dec. 30, 1959 in Los Angeles County, CA. Marie marr. 1) William Penn Rodgers in 1920 and 2) Irwin Stanley Burgess in 1941.
7. William Franklin Miller, b. Sep. 30, 1884 in Highland, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Aug. 20, 1974 in Highland, San Bernardino County, CA.
8. Charles Boughton Miller, b. Mar. 16, 1891 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Jun. 5, 1955 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, C
The picture is of the wedding anniversary taken in Sept. 1941, 70 years of marriage.
Surrounded by scores of friends and relatives, Mr. and Mrs. George Miller Jr. observed their anniversary with an "Open House" at their home, 1683 Victoria avenue. In the celebration they played an active part that belied their ages; he is 91 and she is 90.
In fact, in the midst of congratulatory speeches, Mr.Miller remarked the "secret" of happy married life is: "Let a woman have her own way. Never try to stop her talking when she starts".
Wife of George Miller Jr., 31 August 1871, San Bernardino, CA.
Mother of 7 children; Joseph, Elenorah Augusta, "Nancy" Miller Crandall, George Elijah Miller, Ida Ann Miller Lamb, Mary Catherine Miller Rogers Burgess, William Franklin Miller, and Charles Boughton Miller.
She was born at Council Bluffs, Iowa, March 19,1851, and three months later, while on the hazardous trip by wagon train to California, she was laid out in a makeshift coffin preparatory to burial. Materials being scarce, the casket was nothing more than a crude violin case.
One of the members of the train, however, was not convinced that the baby girl was dead despite the fact that nearly everybody else thought so. Crude treatment was administered and the child recovered so well she is active and alert at 90.
The violin case is still on display at the anniversary observance.
At this observance are four living children, Mrs.J. O.Lamb, William F. Miller, Mrs. Irwin S. Burgess, and Charles B. Miller. Four grandchildren, five great grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild was little blonde, Honore Ashworth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ashworth
The San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 17, Col. 3
Fri., Jan. 28, 1949
Last Survivor Of 1854 Wagon Train Dies
Death Takes Elenorah Hancock Miller, 97, At Home in Highland
The last survivor of a covered wagon train which wound down the old Mormon trail through Cajon pass in 1854, Mrs. Elnorah Hancock Miller, 97, died at 8:30 Wednesday night in her home at 1683 Victoria avenue, Highland, where she had lived for 95 years.
As a child Mrs. Miller was a member of a party which set out from Council Bluffs for the west shortly after her birth, March 19, 1851. Taken ill during the trek across the desert, she fell in a coma and was believed dead.
Her father, unable to find a suitable casket, placed her in his fiddle box while the party searched for an oasis in which to bury her. Before a grave was dug, an elderly woman in the wagon train volunteered to try to revive the baby.
WATER PRECIOUS
Calling upon each person in the group to give her a few cups of precious water, the woman heated the water and bathed the child in it. As Mrs. Miller told the story:
"I then began to squawk and kept on squawking ever since."
She was the daughter of Joseph and Nancy Bemis Hancock, descendants of the pioneer Adams and Hancock families of New England. Her sister, Mrs. Jerusha Tyler, 94, of san Bernardino, is the only living relative of this branch.
Mrs. Miller is survived by two daughters, Ida A. Lamb of Highland and Mary Burgess of Los Angeles; two sons, Charles Miller of Los Angeles and William F. Miller of Highland.
Four grandchildren: William and Robert Taylor of Fresno, Mildred Perkins of Fresno, Lois Ashworth of Mentone and June Stone of Bloomington, and six great-great-grandchildren.
SERVICES MONDAY
Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Mark B. Shaw chapel, followed by interment in the family plot in City cemetery.
Pallbearers will be six of Mrs. Miller's nephews, Karl King, Robert Hancock, Don Tyler, Ernest Lord, John Hancock and Charles Hancock.
Elnorah's parents were:
Joseph Enclio Hancock, b. May 7, 1822 in Euclid, Cuyahoga County, OH. and d. Jul. 18, 1924 at the age of 102 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. &
Nancy Augusta Bemis, b. Jun. 14, 1829 in Ellisburg, Jefferson County, NY. and d. Jun. 15, 1908 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA.
On Aug. 31, 1848, Joseph marr. (his 2nd wife), Nancy Augusta Bemis in Council Bluffs, IA.
Joseph & Nancy Hancock's children were:
1. Alvin R. Hancock, b. 1848 and d. 1849
2. Alvin Bemis Hancock, b. Jan. 13, 1850 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA. and d. Nov. 24, 1896 by suicide (ingesting poison), in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. Alvin marr. Elizabeth Penman Nish.
2. Elenorah/Elnora Hancock, b. Mar. 19, 1851 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA. (-who was almost buried alive as a tiny infant) and d. Jan. 26, 1949 in Highland, San Bernardino County, CA. Elenorah marr. George Miller
3. Solomon Hancock, b. Nov. 11, 1852 in Ogden, Weber county, UT. and d. Apr. 4, 1901 (in an insane asylum) in Highland, San Bernardino, CA. Solomon marr. Eudora Hammack.
4. Jerusha Hancock, b. Aug. 30, 1854 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Nov. 18, 1953 at the age of 99 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. Jerusha marr. Charles Hudson Tyler.
5. Lucina Harriet Hancock, b. Apr. 29, 1856 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Apr. 22, 1938 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. Lucina marr. George L. Lord
6. Foster K. Hancock, b. Oct. 21, 1857 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Jul. 5, 1934 of a heart attack in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. Foster marr. Catherine Mapstead.
7. Joseph Nephi Hancock, b. Nov. 25, 1867 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Mar. 3, 1917 by suicide (gunshot wound), in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA.
"As a child Mrs. Miller was a member of a party which set out from Council Bluffs for the west shortly after her birth, March 19, 1851. Taken ill during the trek across the desert, she fell in a coma and was believed dead.
Her father, unable to find a suitable casket, placed her in his fiddle box while the party searched for an oasis in which to bury her. Before a grave was dug, an elderly woman in the wagon train volunteered to try to revive the baby.
WATER PRECIOUS
Calling upon each person in the group to give her a few cups of precious water, the woman heated the water and bathed the child in it. As Mrs. Miller told the story:
"I then began to squawk and kept on squawking ever since."
In the Jun. 22, 1860 U. S. census, 9 yr. old Elnorah Hantock (Hancock), b. in IA., was living in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA. with her
37 yr. old father, Joseph Hantock (Hancock), a farmer, b. in OH.
31 yr. old mother, Nancy Hantock (Hancock), b. in NY.
9 yr. old brother, Alvin Hantock, (Hancock), b. in IA.,
7 yr. old brother, Solomon Hantock [Hancock], attending school, b. in UT.
5 yr. old sister, Jerusha Hantock (Hancock), b. in CA.
4 yr. old sister, Lucina Hantock, (Hancock), b. in CA.
2 yr. old brother, Foster Hantock, (Hancock), b. in CA.
In the 1870 U. S. census, 19 yr. old Elnora Hancock, b. in IA., was living in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA. with her
48 yr. old father, Joseph Hancock, a farmer, b. in OH.
41 yr. old mother, Nancy Hancock, b. in NY.
20 yr. old brother, Alvin Hancock, a farm laborer, b. in IA
17 yr. old brother, Soloman Hancock, b. in UT.
15 yr. old sister, Jerusha Hancock, b. in CA.
14 yr. old sister, Suana (Lucina) Hancock, attending school, b. in CA.
12 yr. old brother, Forster (Foster) Hancock, attending school, b. in CA.
3 yr. old brother, Joseph N Hancock, b. in CA.
Joseph Sr.'s real estate was valued at $400 and his personal estate at $2,000.
Elenorah Hancock and George Miller Jr. were married.
George & Elenorah Miller's children were:
1. Joseph Miller, b. Jun. 1, 1872 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Jun. 1, 1872 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA.
2. Nancy E Miller, b. Mar. 30, 1873 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Mar. 30, 1873 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA.
3. Elenorah 'Nancy' Augusta Miller, b. Feb. 1, 1874 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Feb. 25, 1925 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. Elenorah marr. John Rosswell Crandall.
4. George Elijah Miller, b. Dec. 5, 1875 in Highland, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Dec. 13, 1911 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA.
5. Ida Ann Miller, b. Dec. 24, 1878 in Highland, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Jul. 29, 1962 in Cajon, San Bernardino County, CA. Ida marr. James Osmer Lamb.
6. Mary Catherine 'Marie' Miller, b. Sep. 27, 1881 in San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Dec. 30, 1959 in Los Angeles County, CA. Marie marr. 1) William Penn Rodgers in 1920 and 2) Irwin Stanley Burgess in 1941.
7. William Franklin Miller, b. Sep. 30, 1884 in Highland, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Aug. 20, 1974 in Highland, San Bernardino County, CA.
8. Charles Boughton Miller, b. Mar. 16, 1891 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, CA. and d. Jun. 5, 1955 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, C
The picture is of the wedding anniversary taken in Sept. 1941, 70 years of marriage.
Surrounded by scores of friends and relatives, Mr. and Mrs. George Miller Jr. observed their anniversary with an "Open House" at their home, 1683 Victoria avenue. In the celebration they played an active part that belied their ages; he is 91 and she is 90.
In fact, in the midst of congratulatory speeches, Mr.Miller remarked the "secret" of happy married life is: "Let a woman have her own way. Never try to stop her talking when she starts".
Wife of George Miller Jr., 31 August 1871, San Bernardino, CA.
Mother of 7 children; Joseph, Elenorah Augusta, "Nancy" Miller Crandall, George Elijah Miller, Ida Ann Miller Lamb, Mary Catherine Miller Rogers Burgess, William Franklin Miller, and Charles Boughton Miller.
She was born at Council Bluffs, Iowa, March 19,1851, and three months later, while on the hazardous trip by wagon train to California, she was laid out in a makeshift coffin preparatory to burial. Materials being scarce, the casket was nothing more than a crude violin case.
One of the members of the train, however, was not convinced that the baby girl was dead despite the fact that nearly everybody else thought so. Crude treatment was administered and the child recovered so well she is active and alert at 90.
The violin case is still on display at the anniversary observance.
At this observance are four living children, Mrs.J. O.Lamb, William F. Miller, Mrs. Irwin S. Burgess, and Charles B. Miller. Four grandchildren, five great grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild was little blonde, Honore Ashworth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ashworth
The San Bernardino Daily Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 17, Col. 3
Fri., Jan. 28, 1949
Last Survivor Of 1854 Wagon Train Dies
Death Takes Elenorah Hancock Miller, 97, At Home in Highland
The last survivor of a covered wagon train which wound down the old Mormon trail through Cajon pass in 1854, Mrs. Elnorah Hancock Miller, 97, died at 8:30 Wednesday night in her home at 1683 Victoria avenue, Highland, where she had lived for 95 years.
As a child Mrs. Miller was a member of a party which set out from Council Bluffs for the west shortly after her birth, March 19, 1851. Taken ill during the trek across the desert, she fell in a coma and was believed dead.
Her father, unable to find a suitable casket, placed her in his fiddle box while the party searched for an oasis in which to bury her. Before a grave was dug, an elderly woman in the wagon train volunteered to try to revive the baby.
WATER PRECIOUS
Calling upon each person in the group to give her a few cups of precious water, the woman heated the water and bathed the child in it. As Mrs. Miller told the story:
"I then began to squawk and kept on squawking ever since."
She was the daughter of Joseph and Nancy Bemis Hancock, descendants of the pioneer Adams and Hancock families of New England. Her sister, Mrs. Jerusha Tyler, 94, of san Bernardino, is the only living relative of this branch.
Mrs. Miller is survived by two daughters, Ida A. Lamb of Highland and Mary Burgess of Los Angeles; two sons, Charles Miller of Los Angeles and William F. Miller of Highland.
Four grandchildren: William and Robert Taylor of Fresno, Mildred Perkins of Fresno, Lois Ashworth of Mentone and June Stone of Bloomington, and six great-great-grandchildren.
SERVICES MONDAY
Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Mark B. Shaw chapel, followed by interment in the family plot in City cemetery.
Pallbearers will be six of Mrs. Miller's nephews, Karl King, Robert Hancock, Don Tyler, Ernest Lord, John Hancock and Charles Hancock.
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