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John Douglas “Doug” Miller

Birth	:	6 Feb 1861 Cedar County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	25 Mar 1934 Miller, Hand County, South Dakota, USA
Burial	:	G A R Cemetery, Miller, Hand County, USA
Coordinate	:	44.5078011, -98.9858017
Plot	:	block 1, lot 18, grave 4
Description	:	Dennis W. McWhorter provided middle name. 1-3-2017 South Dakota Birth Index of daughter Veda Miller, gives full name of her parents. South Dakota Death Index ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J.D. MILLER, PIONEER RESIDENT, PASSES Last Sunday, March 25th, the news was phoned about the city that John Douglass Miller had passed away at his home on South Main Str., where he had been bedfast for eighteen months. In September, 1933, Mr. Miller had a paralytic stroke while acting as Manager of the Farmers' Elevator. He had been confined to his home ever since by excessive suffering... Read More	Dennis W. McWhorter provided middle name. 1-3-2017 South Dakota Birth Index of daughter Veda Miller, gives full name of her parents. South Dakota Death Index ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J.D. MILLER, PIONEER RESIDENT, PASSES Last Sunday, March 25th, the news was phoned about the city that John Douglass Miller had passed away at his home on South Main Str., where he had been bedfast for eighteen months. In September, 1933, Mr. Miller had a paralytic stroke while acting as Manager of the Farmers' Elevator. He had been confined to his home ever since by excessive suffering until Sunday when his Spirit was called by a Divine Providence, whose inscrutible laws are man's greatest mystery. "Doug" Miller, as known to his large circle of business and social acquaintances, is the last member of a colony of adventurous Iowans, who came to Dakota Territory in September, 1881, to open up new homes and combat nature in the raw. This colony consisted of a dozen or so men under the leadership of his father, Henry Miller. They selected the present townsite of Miller, and gave it the family name. Douglass helped to build the first board shack on First street about where the first artesian well was put down in 1886. He was born in Cedar County, Ia., February 9th, 1861, making him seventy-three years of age last month. He was married to Adda L. McWhorter, April 15th, 1891, the duaghter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. McWhorter, also pioneer settlers. To this union was born Lee D., now of New York City; Fanny, now Mrs. J. F. Drinkall, of Cleveland, Ohio; Charles, deceased; Veda and Lynn of Miller. Douglass Miller was a prominent citizen of the town for fifty-three years. In his young manhood he was a member of the town's best bands, and a member of Miller's famous champion hook and ladder team which won the state flag for three successive years at state tournaments, and in a free-for-all contest, captured the world's championship for three hundred yards and man at top of ladder. With his father and brother, "Mack", he conducted the City Roiler Mills for twenty-five years, also engaging in farming on lands they owned close to town. For the past several years he had been manager of the Farmers' Elevator located in this city. The original Miller family, who established this town and resided here were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Miller, their sons, William, Eudell, Douglass, Charles, Homer, Mack, Edward, and daughter Carrie. If memory is not at fault, there was one son who remained in Iowa. The family established this paper, issuing the first copy January 2nd, 1882. But one brother, Homer Mack, remains of this large family. He resides in Los Angeles, California. In fact, very few of the hardy spirits who came in those early days to dream dreams of a great commonwealth remain to vision the work they gave their lives to accomplish. Funeral services will be conducted today, Thursday, at two o'clock by Rev. Andrews, at the Miller home, South Main Str. Burial will be at the City Cemetery. The Miller Press, Miller, Hand, South Dakota Thursday, March 29, 1934 p1 c1

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John Douglas “Doug” Miller death on 25 Mar 1934 in Miller, Hand County, South Dakota, USA
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Latitude: 44.5078011
Longitude: -98.9858017

Family Members:

Parent

Henry Miller

(1825 - 1897)

Nancy Johnson Miller

(1831 - 1902)

Spouse

Adda Leola McWhorter Miller

(1871 - 1953)

Siblings

William H. Miller

(1857 - 1892)

Carrie Miller Coquillette

(1867 - 1915)

Children

Lee Douglas Miller

(unknow - 1936)

Charles Winsor “Charley” Miller

(1894 - 1908)

Veda Miller

(1900 - 1969)

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Coordinate: 44.5078011, -98.9858017

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Coordinate: 44.6918983, -98.6853027

16. Cedar Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.2775002, -99.2238998

17. Mount Calvary Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.7827988, -99.1097031

18. Sand Creek Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.3055800, -98.6791200

19. Ebenezer Baptist Cemetery
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Coordinate: 44.2106018, -98.9056015

20. Mondamin Cemetery
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21. Highmore Cemetery
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24. New Zion Cemetery
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