Died in Camden, Ala., June 6th, 1886, Mrs. Sarah Pressly Miller, in the 59th year of her age. She was one of the daughters of Dr. Samuel and Elizabeth (Hearst) Pressly, born in Abbeville County, December 24th, 1827, and removed with her parents to Wilcox County, Ala. in 1836. She completed the course of her academic studies in Due West under the tuition of the late Dr. J. I. Bonner and the late Miss Elizabeth McQuerns... After this she returned to Alabama and was married on the 25th of August, 1846 to the late Dr. John Miller who was called from the labors of the holy ministry about eight years ago.... She was the mother of ten children, eight of whom are living. Of these eight, five are sons and three are daughters. Her daughters are married; one living in Oak Hill, Ala.; one at Gadsen, northern Alabama; one at Chester, S.C. Of her five sons, only one is married - the eldest, and engaged in the practice of law in Camden, Ala.; one is a Professor of Mathematics in Erskine College; one is engaged in the pursuit of agriculture in Wilcox County; one is teaching in his native county, also one is a student at Erskine College.
Died in Camden, Ala., June 6th, 1886, Mrs. Sarah Pressly Miller, in the 59th year of her age. She was one of the daughters of Dr. Samuel and Elizabeth (Hearst) Pressly, born in Abbeville County, December 24th, 1827, and removed with her parents to Wilcox County, Ala. in 1836. She completed the course of her academic studies in Due West under the tuition of the late Dr. J. I. Bonner and the late Miss Elizabeth McQuerns... After this she returned to Alabama and was married on the 25th of August, 1846 to the late Dr. John Miller who was called from the labors of the holy ministry about eight years ago.... She was the mother of ten children, eight of whom are living. Of these eight, five are sons and three are daughters. Her daughters are married; one living in Oak Hill, Ala.; one at Gadsen, northern Alabama; one at Chester, S.C. Of her five sons, only one is married - the eldest, and engaged in the practice of law in Camden, Ala.; one is a Professor of Mathematics in Erskine College; one is engaged in the pursuit of agriculture in Wilcox County; one is teaching in his native county, also one is a student at Erskine College.
Family Members
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Elizabeth Lorraine Miller
1847–1862
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Joseph Neely Miller
1849–1910
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Samuel Pressly Miller
1851–1851
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Nancy Barnette Miller Kittrell Pogue
1852–1938
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Jane Patterson Miller Dale
1855–1903
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Judge John Hearst Miller
1858–1919
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Sarah Louise "Sallie" Miller Brice
1858–1948
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James Pressly Miller
1861–1906
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Benjamin Meek Miller
1864–1944
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David Pressly Miller
1869–1899
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