Lessie (Bigham) Miller
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Lessarah Ellen (Bigham) Miller (1872 - 1952)

Lessarah Ellen (Lessie) Miller formerly Bigham aka Lee
Born in Doniphan County, Kansas, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , , , , , , , , , , , , and [half]
Wife of — married 12 Jan 1892 (to 1897) in Saint Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United Statesmap
Wife of — married 12 Mar 1901 in Saint Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , and
Died at age 80 in Hood River, Oregon, United Statesmap
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Biography

Lessarah Ellen Bigham was born12 Jul 1872 in Doniphan County, Kansas. [1]She is the daughter of Robert Bigham and Amanda Miller.[2] She had 14 siblings, unfortunately many did not grow to adulthood.

Lessie married (1) William Henry Lee in 1892, in St. Joseph, Missouri. [3] He passed away in Avenue City, Missouri (just outside of St Joseph) 12 September 1897. The 1900 census finds Lessie and her 3 small boys, Robert, Ray & Orie Lee, living with her parents, in Jefferson Township, Missouri.[4] Lessie remarried on 12 March 1901 to Robert Miller in St. Joseph, Missouri. [5] Lessie, the 3 little boys, her new husband and her father, Robert Bigham, and his second wife , Virginia, and children left soon for Idaho where they resided[6] before removing to Eastern Oregon, and finally settling in Hood River. [7][8][9] [10] Lessie passed away 1 October 1952 in Hood River, Oregon. She is buried in the dlewilde Cemetery, Hood River, Hood River County, Orego.[11]

Siblings

Children of Robert & Amanda:

Children of Robert & Virginia:

Notes

"My grandmother (Lessie) was raised in the old southern traditions, she went to a young women's seminary, and was accompanied everyplace by her "negro mammy" Mary (her words)" from a letter written by Robert Earl Lee, Jr to Marty Lee

Sources

  1. ↑ "Kansas State Census, 1875", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6X-MV1C : 12 November 2017), Lessie Bigham in entry for Robert Bigham, 1875, Doniphan, Doniphan, Kansas, United States.
  2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFPT-HFP : 12 August 2017), Lessarah Bigham in household of Robert M Bigham, Iowa, Doniphan, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 74, sheet 480C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0379; FHL microfilm 1,254,379.
  3. ↑ "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKZ7-KGVB : 2 October 2019), William H Lee and Lessie E Bigham, 20 Jan 1892; citing Marriage, Buchanan, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 007424543.
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3HX-8XX : accessed 10 June 2018), Lessie E Lee in household of Robert N Bigham, Jefferson Township, Andrew, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 6, sheet 12B, family 233, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,836.
  5. ↑ "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKZ7-2BPX : 2 October 2019), Robert Miller and Lessie E Lee, 12 Mar 1901; citing Marriage, Buchanan, Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City; FHL microfilm 007424546.
  6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLHT-22L : accessed 16 March 2020), Lessie E Miller in household of Robert Miller, Filer, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 265, sheet 1B, family 26, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 228; FHL microfilm 1,374,241.
  7. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4ZK-VF3 : accessed 16 March 2020), Lessie Miller in household of Robert Miller, Hood River, Hood River, Oregon, United States; citing ED 77, sheet 3A, line 38, family 14, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1494; FHL microfilm 1,821,494.
  8. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC96-14Y : accessed 16 March 2020), Lessie Miller in household of Robert Miller, Hood River, Hood River, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 1B, line 69, family 17, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1942; FHL microfilm 2,341,676.
  9. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRRP-VPB : 29 February 2020), Lessie Miller in household of Robert Miller, Hood River, North Election Precinct, Hood River, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 14-10, sheet 1A, line 27, family 15, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3361.
  10. ↑ From Sharon Ross
  11. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 March 2020), memorial page for Lessie Ellen Bigham Miller (12 Jul 1872–1 Oct 1952), Find A Grave Memorial no. 63867164, citing Idlewilde Cemetery, Hood River, Hood River County, Oregon, USA ; Maintained by Jeffrey Bryant (contributor 46919897) .
  • Miller Family Bible in possession of Linda Van Winkle

Acknowledgements

  • WikiTree profile Bigham-270 created through the import of RamageRice102011.ged on Oct 12, 2011 by Molly Rice.




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