The Family of John Robert MILLER
and Amanda Virginia TABLER
(4th. Generation)

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14 John Robert MILLER, b. 12 Aug 1850, Berkeley Co., VA s/o John William and Mary (MCALLISTER) MILLER (28/29), d. 12 Jan 1929, age 78, Opequon District, Berkeley Co., m. 12 Feb 1880, Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., WV, by John K. Nelson, to (15) Amanda Virginia TABLER, b. 7 Feb 1860, Berkeley Co., d/o Joshua G? and Mary (MOORE) TABLER (30/31), d. 5 Oct 1937, Jefferson Co., at the home of her son William Emmert MILLER. Both are buried in Smoketown Cemetery, south of Martinsburg, on WV Rt. 45 (Shepherdstown Road). John Robert MILLER, was born and raised in the Little Georgetown section of Berkeley Co., and  was a farmer most of his life. He and Amanda were life long residents of Berkeley Co., WV. The compiler's mother, Martha MYERS MORROW, remembers him as being a grandfather, who was always interested his children and grandchildren, and who was always doing little things that were beyond the norm. He always went barefooted in the summer, even in the stubble of the hayfield, claiming that the body received electricity through the ground. His son Ed (Howard Edgar MILLER) says he went to town, once a year, had his beard shaved off and got drunk. On his return, Amanda wouldn't let him in the house when he was drinking, so he would go down into the woods behind the house, where you could hear him yelling, "lost man, John R. MILLER, lost in the woods, " over and over again. His daughter Cecelia, would respond by crying, because he shaved off his beard. When the children were small, they lived in Martinsburg, where he worked on the B&O Railroad for awhile, and hauled junk for a dollar a day. When Martha MYERS was a child, John R. and Amanda lived in a little house next to the school house, the buildings north of Merce MYERS, who married daughter Rosa Cecelia,  in the Swan Pond area. Amanda would act as a substitute teacher if for some reason the teacher couldn't get there. Being that close to the MYERS farm, meant that Martha, her brother Kenneth, could walk up to the house as small children. As soon as they entered the house, John R, would yell to Amanda, "Ginny, these kids look hungry, get them some apple butter bread." He must have been a gentle man from all reports, and the trait passed to his sons, who were always glad to see you, and always interested in what you were doing. According to Martha (MYERS) MORROW, Amanda Virginia lived with son William Emmert near Shepherdstown after the death of John R. and was there in1930. In 1900 John R. was farming in Opequon District, Berkeley Co., WV. (BR12, O13, PI12, 23, 34, 36, WVBE1, 3, WVJE14)) Children;

BIBLE RECORD: John R. MILLER Family Bible owned by Mary Lee (MILLER) MYERS, Mondell Rd., Sharpsburg, MD, recorded by Dale W. MORROW 1973; John R MILLER s/o John W. MILLER b. 12 Aug 1850, m. 12 Feb 1880, Amanda Virginia TABLER b. 7 Feb 1860 d/o Joshua and Mary TABLER; Mary Bell MILLER b 1 Dec 1880, d. inf.; Charles Robert MILLER b. 10 Apr 1882; Rosa Cecelia MILLER b. 8 Dec 1883; Ivy Agnes MILLER b. 13 Dec 1885, d. inf.; Lylie Virginia MILLER b 20 Mar 1887 d. inf.; Guy William MILLER b. 21 Oct 1889; William Emmert MILLER b. 5 ___? 1895; John Edgar MILLER b. 26 Jun 1898 (changed name to Howard Edgar) (BR12)

14.2 Charles Robert MILLER, b. 10 Apr 1882, Berkeley Co., d. 1919, Berkeley Co., m. 13 Jul 1910, Berkeley Co., Mabel J. PRICE, b. c1889, Berkeley Co., d/o James and Ellen PRICE. In 1910 Charles was living in the 2nd. Ward, Martinsburg, Berkeley Co. with the John W. Dern family. Charles is buried in Smoketown Cemetery next to his parents. Charles died very young. They had one daughter, Gladys, who died five months after her father, and is buried beside her father. His wife, Mabel, remarried to a Frank Kimmerling, who was originally from OH. They may have left the Berkeley Co. area. The compiler has not found any other record of them in Berkeley Co. (O13, PI12, PI23, WVBE1) Child:

14.6 Guy William MILLER, b. 22 Sep 1889, Berkeley Co., d. 11 Sep 1974, Colton Nursing Home, Hagerstown, Washington Co., MD, m.15 Apr 1913, Hagerstown, Evia R. WILLIAMS, b. 24 Mar 1889, Funkstown, Washington Co., d/o Frank Keller and Anna (RODENHISER) WILLIAMS, d. 21 Jul 1947, Hagerstown. Both are buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown, MD. After moving to Hagerstown, he worked as a brakeman on the Cumberland Valley Railroad. In 1920 he was living in the 5th Ward, Hagerstown, and was a flagman on the  railroad. In 1930 he was in grocery sales, probably where he was employed by Harry S. Myer's grocery store for tweny-five years. At one time he was a turnkey with the sheriff's department in Washington Co. At his death, he was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. He was also a member of the Friendship Lodge AF&AM, Tall Cedars of Lebanon Forest 95, and the North American Rod and Gun Club. The club was located along the Potomac River at Snyder's Landing, where in his retired years he was a cook. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. (MDWA13-14, O14, PI34, PI35) Child:

14.6a Margaret Gaynell MILLER, b. 7 Jul 1914, Hagerstown, MD, m. 16 Sep 1939, Washington, DC, to John Edwin ROHRER, b. 12 Aug 1911, s/o Frank Davis and Daisy Ellen (RINEHART) ROHRER of Beaver Creek, Washington Co., MD, d. 15 Dec 1971, Hagerstown. He is buried at Beaver Creek Cemetery, Washington Co. MD. Margaret graduated from Hagerstown High School in 1932 and Towson State Normal School in 1935. She taught elementary school for 4 years before her marriage. They lived in  Asheville and Raleigh, NC, then moved to Washington, DC, for the duration of WWII. Back in Hagerstown in 1947, where she again taught in local schools for several years. She was active in the County PTA, and a member of the Board of Education from 1959-1963. She later worked as Director of Education for Trinity Lutheran Church, the community Action Council, and Head Start Program. She retired in 1976. Margaret was active in the MILLER Reunion held every year at Morgan Grove in Sheperdstown, and at last report (2004) was living in the Methodist Retirement Center in Williamsport, MD. (PI35) Child:

14.6a1a-J. T. ROHRER

  • 14.6a1a1 J. H. ROHRER

14.7 William Emmert MILLER, b. 5 __ 1895, Berkeley Co., d. 5 Jan 1983, Berkeley Co., m. _____, Mabel Pearl PRICE, b. 8 Aug ___, d/o James Carter and Emma Catherine (LAMP) PRICE, d. 4 Jul 1950, Martinsburg, WV. "Uncle Pete", as the compiler's side of the family called him lived all of his life in Jefferson and Berkeley Co's. For a number of years he farmed the old LICKLIDER farm a mile or two west of Shepherdstown, and ran a milk route, delivering milk into town. After retiring from the farm, he worked seasonally in the orchards and helped Ned MORROW at auctions in Jefferson and Berkeley counties. At his death, he was living in Martinsburg, Berkeley Co. (PI39, PI42, WVJE30) Children:

14.7a Daughter H. P. MILLER

14.7a1a-daughter B. K. FOUTZ

  • 14.7a1a1 daughter H. K. BASORE
  • 14.7a1a2 son T. A. BASORE
  • 14.7a1a3 daughter H. M. BASORE

14.7b Daughter A. L. MILLER

14.7b1 Daughter D. J. O'BRIEN

  • 14.7b1a son J. W. DAVIDSON
  • 14.7b1b daughter J. DAVIDSON

14.7b3 Son H. A. O'BRIEN

14.7d William Emmert MILLER, Jr. deceased bef. 2007;

14.7e-Steward Lee MILLER, b. 18 Sep 1922, d. 17 Jan 1967, m. Virginia HOTT b. 28 Apr 1923, Cumberland, Allegany Co., MD, s/o Herman H. Sr. and Ivy (KIDWELL) HOTT, d. 12 Mar 2010, Charles Town, Jefferson Co., WV.  Virginia retired after 20 years with Jefferson County Board of Education, as a teacher at Ransom Elementary School. she was a member of Charles Town Baptist Church. She graduated from Capon Bridge High School, Capon Bridge, Hampshire Co., WV, and Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, Jefferson Co.. She is buried in Pleasant View Memory Gardens. (PI39, PI42, WVBEB38) Children:

14.7f Guy Holland MILLER b. 5 Dec 1924, Shepherdstown, Jefferson Co., WV, d. 25 Apr 2007, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., WV. He was a resident of Charles Town, Jefferson Co.; He was m. to Christine GLASSFORD, who preceded him in death in 1988. Re was retired after 41 years from Powhatan Brass Works in Ranson, WV, a veteran of the U.S. Army during World War II, and member of Zion Episcopal Church in Charles Town; He was a member and past commander of Jackson-Perks American Legion Post 71 of Charles Town, a member of Post 71 Coffee Club, VFW Memorial Post 3522, Charles Town, and member and past president of Charles Town Lions Club. He is buried in Edge Hill Cemetery, Charles Town. (MDNP1, 27 Apr 2007)

14.7g Katherine Pearl 'Kitty' MILLER, m. Richard Dean 'Dick' MCNEAL, b. 28 Dec 1922, Hagerstown, Washington Co., MD, d. 9 Jul 2010, Washington Co., Hospital, Hagerstown, s/o Gaitley H. and Susan Katheryn (ZIMMERMAN) MCNEAL. . In the late 1970s, they lived on North U.S. Rt. 11, in Hagerstown, MD, near the airport. Richard was a member of St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Hagerstown, the Quiet Birdmen of Fairchild, Morris Frock American Legion Post 42, and the NRA. He retired in 1985 from Fairchild Industries as an aircraft mechanic. He was buried in Rest Haven Cemetery, Hagerstown, with military honors. (MDNP1 11 Jul 2010, PI39, PI43) Children:

14.7h Daughter Joyce L. MILLER

14.7i Lewis Newton MILLER, deceased bef. 2007;

14.7j Daughter M. M. MILLER

14.7j2 Son D. E. SHIELDS

  • 14.7j2a daughter B. E. SHIELDS
  • 14.7j2b son E. S. SHIELDS
  • 14.7j2c son E. P. SHIELDS

14.7j3 Son B. L. SHIELDS

  • 14.7j3a son _____?

14.7k Son D. C.  MILLER

14.7l Son T. G.  MILLER

14.8 Howard Edgar MILLER, b. 26 Jun 1898, Jefferson Co., d. 31 Aug 1983, Sharpsburg, Washington Co., MD, m. 30 Dec 1920, Emma Rebecca BRINING, b. 30 Mar 1901, d/o Floyd and Minnie BRINING, d. 21 Jan 1963.  Both are buried in Mt. View Cemetery, Sharpsburg, MD. Howard Edgar changed his name; he was born  John Edgar. "Uncle Ed", farmed a large farm outside Sharpsburg on the Mondell Road. He sold this when he retired, and lived in a trailer on the Mondell Road above the farm. He and brother Guy, each of them blind in one eye, had a unique way of traveling in a car together. Uncle Ed was blind in his right eye, Uncle Guy in his left. Ed would drive because he could see the left side of the road, and Guy in the passenger seat because he could see the right side of the road. (PI36-37).  Children:

14.8a Son H. E. MILLER

14.8a1-son L. B. MILLER

14.8b Son John Robert MILLER b. 29 Oct 1922, WV, d. 18 Oct 2009, Sharpsburg, Washington Co., MD, as a result of an automobile accident, m. Patsy VALENTINE. (MDP1-19 Oct 2009, PI36-37)

October 18, 2009

SHARPSBURG — The driver of a vehicle involved in an accident Sunday morning on Sharpsburg Pike was pronounced dead at Washington County Hospital, according to a Maryland State Police news release. It is not clear what caused the accident that resulted in the death of John Robert Miller, 86, of Bakersville Road, Boonsboro, Sgt. Andrew Smith said Sunday night. A passenger in the car, Patsy Miller, 81, of Boonsboro, was in fair condition Sunday night at Washington County Hospital, Smith said. She has been discharged from the hospital, a hospital spokeswoman said Monday morning. A 1992 Buick LeSabre being driven by John Robert Miller was northbound near 5604 Sharpsburg Pike (Md. 65) when it ran off the right roadside and struck a mailbox and drainage ditch, according to the state police. The vehicle then went airborne and struck a monument before overturning into a stone wall, police said. It came to rest on its roof. The accident just south of the Antietam National Battlefield visitors center was reported at 11:22 a.m., a Washington County 911 dispatcher said. (MDP1-19 Oct 2009)

October 22, 2009

John Robert Miller, 86

NOV. 29, 1922-OCT. 18, 2009

BOONSBORO - John Robert Miller, 86, of Boonsboro, Md., died Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009, as a result of an automobile accident. Born Nov. 29, 1922, in West Virginia, he was the son of the late Howard E. and Emma R. (Brining) Miller. He was a lifelong farmer and devoted member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Sharpsburg, where he served as treasurer for many years. Mr. Miller is survived by his wife of 62 years, Patsy Valentine Miller of Boonsboro; one sister, Geneva Barkdoll of Boonsboro; one brother, Howard E. Miller Jr. of Hagerstown, Md.; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by one sister, Mary Lee Myers. Graveside services will be Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, at 2:30 p.m. at Mountain View Cemetery, Sharpsburg. The Rev. Karen Erskine-Valentine and the Rev. Richard G. Hembrock will officiate. Friends may visit Bast-Stauffer Funeral Home, 7606 Old National Pike, Boonsboro, beginning Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, at 9 a.m. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 427, Sharpsburg, MD 21782. (MDP1-25 Oct 2009)

14.8e Daughter E. G. MILLER

14.8f Mary Lee MILLER, b. 1 Jan 1931,  Shepherdstown, Jefferson Co., WV, d. 27 Feb 2007, Washington County Hospital, Hagerstown, MD, m. 19 Jul 1952, Sharpsburg, Ronald G. MYERS, b. 22 Mar 1930, d. 1980s. in Sharpsburg. Mary Lee lived with her son outside Sharpsburg on Mondell Road. She was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Sharpsburg, MD. (LE53, O15,  PI36-37)

14.8f1 Judy Ann MYERS, b. 3 Mar 1954, Hagerstown, Washington Co., MD, d. 31 Mar 2006, at her home on Mondell Road, Sharpsburg, Washington Co., graduated Boonsboro High School in 1972, m. a STOTLER (divorced); she m. 2nd. 13 Jul 1985, Michael Wayne MILLER. She is buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Sharpsburg. (MDNP1 3 Mar 2006, PI37) Child:

  • 14.8f1a T. M. STOTLER b. 23 Oct 1972

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