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Descendants of John DURHAM

15. ROBERT⁴ MILLER (SARAH³ CONSEALER, HANNAH² DURHAM, JOHN¹) (Source: Joseph Romeo.) was born 27 Sep 1822 in Delaware (Source: Silas Farmer, Sumpter History, (1890).), and died 27 Jan 1912 in Michigan (Source: Dick Klopshinske citing tombstone.). He married MARY ANN DEAN (Source: Joseph Romeo.), daughter of JAMES DEAN and DENA MDNNMUNKN. She was born 1825 in Delaware (Source: Wayne Co. Records. From death record.), and died 16 Aug 1880 in Sumpter Twp., Wayne, Michigan (Source: Wayne Co. Records.).

Notes for ROBERT MILLER:
From Dick Klopshinske, quoting book by Jeanne Hartwick "Sumpter Township 1840-1910" which quotes from 'History of Detroit and Wayne County and Early Michigan' Vol II, by Silas Farmer 1890.
"ROBERT MILLER was born in Delaware, Sept. 27, 1822, came to Michigan in 1864, and settled in Sumpter. He married Mary Jones, of New Jersey. They had 12 children, nine of whom survive [1890], viz.: Maria, Elizabeth, Sarah, Josiah, Mary, Virginia, Philander, Rebecca and Oliver. His wife died Aug. 16, 1880.

Dick Klopshinske has 9/28/1821, presumably from family data or tombstones. But earlier census figures indicate Robert was even younger (b. ca. 1824), and are more likely to be reliable.

1850 DE New Castle Apoquinnimink 100 p485wr p243st 8 October 1850 - all white, all bDE
Robert Miller 26 farmer, Mary A 24, Maria 5, Elisabeth 3, Sarah 6/12, Sarah 63, John Hewes 16 farmer (by ditto)
The older Sarah is Robert's mother, double-listed also with Robert's brother Josiah. John Hewes is evidently the son of Robert's deceased sister and her husband Benjamin Hughes.
1860 DE Kent Duck Creek 100 (Smyrna) p17wr p505st 8 Jun 1860 - all mulatto except Thomas and Susan, all bDE
Robt Miller 35 farmer PE 443, Mary 33, Maria 15, Elizabeth 13, Sarah 10, Theodore 9, Lydia 6, Jesse (male) 4, [continued on next page] Robt Miller 1, Thomas Evans 11 black, Susan Evans 14 black
On same page as Joseph and Rachael Grinage.
1870 MI Wayne Sumpter (Martinsville) p7wr p427st 21 Jun 1870 - all white
Miller Robert 45 farmer PE 200 bDE, Mary 43 keeps house bDE, Robert 11 at school bDE, Mary 8 bDE, Virginia 6 bMI, Philander 3 bMI, Elnora 8/12 bMI, Josiah 14 bDE
Next door to George and Rosetta Miller, Geo. bDE.
1880 MI Wayne Sumpter p18Bwr 12&14 Jun 1880 - all mulatto, all pbDE
Miller Robert 57 mar farmer bDE, Mary D wife 57 mar keeping house bDE, Josiah son 24 single farmer bDE, Mary dau 18 bDE, Filander son 14 bMI, Rebecca dau 10 bMI, Oliver son 8 bMI
1900 MI Wayne Sumpter p2Bwr 4 Jun 1900
Miller Robert head W M 78 bSep 1821 widower bDE pbDE no occup rents house
Living alone, apparently in a house on a farm, judging by neighbors.
1910 not found.

From "Indexed Lists of Landowners from 1876" of the Downriver Genealogical Society, 1980, Robert Miller and son-in-law John Perkins owned adjacent farms on the east side of Haggerty Road, John's on the southeast corner of Harris Road and Robert's immediately to the south of that. Each had 40 acres.

The Miller stone in Martinsville cemetery is a Oblisk with names on 4 sides,
two of which are now illegible. Information of death for Robert is on one of
these unreadable sides, but was copied by an uncle about 40 years ago.
Robert Miller d 27 Jan 1912
Mary w/o Robert died Aug 16 1880 aged 52y 8m 22d
Lydia d/o R & M Miller died Dec 22 1884 age 22y 4m 4d
No information from 4th side (something was there, but is now lost)
Small stones on the plot are:
Robert J. s/o R & M Miller b. Apr 24 1859 died Apr 24 1877 age 18 years
Charles 1867-1897
Robert 1821-1912 [Dick Klopshinske]

More About ROBERT MILLER:
Burial: Unknown, Martinsville Cemetery, Huron Twp. (Source: Dick Klopshinske.)

Notes for MARY ANN DEAN:
Wayne Co death records Bk. 5, p. 146 - 2400 - Aug. 16, 1880
Mary Miller - Female - White - Married - 55 y. - Sumpter - [cause] unknown - DE birth - [occup.] unknown
James Dean - DE - Dena Dean - DE
Recorded June 13, 1881

This seems to establish Dean as Mary's birth name, though the Sumpter History cited in Robert's notes refers to her as Mary Jones.

More About MARY ANN DEAN:
Burial: Unknown, Martinsville Cemetery, Huron Twp. (Source: Dick Klopshinske.)

Children of ROBERT MILLER and MARY DEAN are:

ANNA MARIA⁵ MILLER (Source: Joseph Romeo. Citing 1870 census.), b. 1845, Delaware (Source: Tombstone.); d. 1940 (Source: Dick Klopshinske.); m. JOHN PERKINS (Source: 1860 census.), 09 Oct 1862 (Source: Silas Farmer, Sumpter History, (1890).); b. 23 Nov 1839, Delaware (Source: Barbara Perkins. 1860 census.); d. 14 Apr 1905, Sumpter Twp., Wayne, Michigan (Source: Wayne Co. Records. Death record).

Notes for ANNA MARIA MILLER:
1910 MI Wayne Sumpter p7Bwr p154Bst 29 Apr 1910 - all white
Perkins Anna M 64 widow 9 children 7 living bPA pbUS farmer, John H[?] son 21 bMI fbUS mbPA farm laborer, Scholtz Hagen[?] g-son 11 bMI fbGermany mbMI
1920 not found.
1930 - see listing of son-in-law Darwin White.

Burial at Mallett Cemetery, Huron Twp., MI. Stone reads 1845-1940. [Dick Klopshinkse]

More About ANNA MARIA MILLER:
Burial: Unknown, Mallette Cemetery, Huron Twp. (Source: Dick Klopshinske. Tombstone viewed personally by DWF.)

Notes for JOHN PERKINS:
1850 and 1860 - see father's listings.
1870 MI Wayne Canton (Wayne) p6wr 26 Jul 1870 - all mulatto
Perkins John 30 farmer PE 500 bDE, Maria 24 keeping house bDE, Clara 3 bMI, Ida 1 bMI
Father Mitchell, Michael and Catherine Fisher, and widow Rachel Sheldon on previous page.
1880 MI Wayne Sumpter p7wr p441st 4 Jun 1880 - all white
Perkins John 41 farmer bDE pbDE, Ann M wife keeping house bDE pbDE, [all children bMI pbDE] Clara dau 13, Ida dau 11, Sarah J dau 8, Agnes dau 5, Sally dau 2, Anna May dau 2/mo[?] bMay
1900 MI Wayne Sumpter - all white
Perkins John 61 bMar 1839 mar 37y bDE pbDE farmer owns no mortgage, Maria wife 55 bSep 1844 mar 37y 9 children 8 living bDE pbDE, Ettie M dau 16 bMay 1884 bMI pbDE, John E son 10 bJul 1889 bMI pbDE

From "Indexed Lists of Landowners from 1876" of the Downriver Genealogical Society, 1980, Robert Miller and son-in-law John Perkins owned adjacent farms on the east side of Haggerty Road, John's on the southeast corner of Harris Road and Robert's immediately to the south of that. Each had 40 acres.

Wayne Co death records Book 19 first ledger book p. 25, record 10-1653 from FHC microfilm 1377698:
14 Apr 1905
John Perkins, male, white, married, 66y -- 20d, Sumpter, valvular insufficiency of right side, PA, farmer
Michael Perkins of Sumpter and Lydia Beckets of Sumpter
Recorded 5 May 1905

From Dick Klopshinske, quoting book by Jeanne Hartwick "Sumpter Township 1840-1910" which quotes from 'History of Detroit and Wayne County and Early Michigan' Vol II, by Silas Farmer 1890.
"JOHN PERKINS was born in Kent Co., Delaware, March 23, 1839, and came to Michigan with his parents and settled in the town of Canton, Wayne Co. His father still resides there [1890 I assume]. George [?] removed to Sumpter in 1783 [sic - DWF, 1873?], and purchased the farm of 40 acres he now lives on. On Oct. 9, 1862, he married Miss Anna M.[aria] Miller, daughter of Robert Miller, of Sumpter. They had eight children, seven of whom are living, viz.: Clara, Ida, Sarah, Agnes, Sally, Annie, and Etta. Clara married Augustus Schultz, of New Boston." In the same book is an atlas for the year 1876, which shows that R. Miller and J. Perkins have adjoining 40 acre farms in section 1 of Sumpter township. W. Pickerem's farm is a couple of miles away. An 1892 atlas map has J. Perkins on the same farm, and also a J. Perkins on a farm in section 14, near that of W. Pickerem. Robert Miller apparently has sold his farm, as it now belongs to N. McNaughton.

Burial at Mallett Cemetery, Huron Twp. MI. Stone reads 1839-1903. [Dick Klopshinske]

More About JOHN PERKINS:
Burial: Unknown, Mallette Cemetery, Huron Twp. (Source: Dick Klopshinske. Tombstone viewed personally by DWF.)

	ii.		ELIZABETH MILLER (Source: Dick Klopshinske.), b. 1847, Delaware (Source: Dick Klopshinske.); d. 1927, Michigan (Source: Dick Klopshinske.).
	iii.		SARAH MILLER (Source: Dick Klopshinske.), b. 1849, Delaware (Source: Dick Klopshinske.).
	iv.		THEODORE MILLER (Source: 1860 census.), b. ca. 1851, Delaware (Source: 1860 census.).
	v.		LYDIA ANN MILLER (Source: Wayne Co. Records.), b. 07 Dec 1855, Delaware (Source: Dick Klopshinske citing tombstone. By computation from death record it should be 8/18/1854.); d. 22 Dec 1882, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Source: Wayne Co. Records. Death in PA presumed, but burial in MI. MI death record indicates place as Sumpter, Wayne, MI.); m. WILLIAM THOMAS DURHAM (Source: (1) 1850 census., (2) Wayne Co. Records. Wife's death record.); b. 09 May 1849, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Source: Joseph Romeo.); d. Aft. 1880.

Notes for LYDIA ANN MILLER:
Wayne Co death records Bk. 6, p. 11 - 2308 FHC microfilm 1377694
Dec. 22, 1882
Lidda Durham - Fem[ale] - Black - Married - 28y 4m 4d - Sumpter - Consumption - DE - Housewife
Robert Miller - Sumpter MI - Mary Miller - Sumpter MI
Recorded June 4, 1883

Dick Klopshinske: burial at Martinsville Cemetery, Sumpter Twp., south of Belleville. Dick has death in 1884, possibly occurring in PA, with burial in MI.

1882 - Philadelphia, Registration of Deaths, Vol. 2, Page 250, Lydia A Durham, 28 y. date 21 Dec 1882 [JR]

More About LYDIA ANN MILLER:
Burial: Martinsville Cemetery, Huron Twp., Michigan (Source: Dick Klopshinske.)

Notes for WILLIAM THOMAS DURHAM:
Church records: Dec. 13, 1853, baptised, Thos. Durham, b. 9 May 1849, and John Durham, b. 20 Apr 1852, of Elijah and Ann Durham, Old Swedes' Church, Philadelphia [Joseph Romeo].

1850 and 1860: see father's listings.
1870: see father's listing and the apparent double listing with the family where he was employed:
1870 MI Wayne Canton p. 43R:
William Durham 21 M M farm laborer bPA, living with a large Daniel Cobb family, Daniel from Canada, Mary wife from NY, his(?) mother Eva from NY, and 7 children.
1880 PA Philadelphia Philadelphia (1336 S. Front St.) p17wr p82Ast 7 Jun 1880 - all white
Dyrham Wm T 31 mar bPA pbDE barber, Lidia A wife 25 mar bMI pbDE housekeeping, Dean Ellen niece 24 single bDE pbDE dressmaking

1878 - Philadelphia, Registration of Deaths, Vol. 1, Page 94, Cora Durham, 5 m. [JR]

1850 PA Phila. Co., Southwark, Ward 1, 1-2, 25 Jul 1850 (Thomas)
1860 PA Phila. Co., Phila., Ward 1, Precinct 8, 1128-1282, 23 Jun 1860 (Thomas)
1870 MI Wayne Canton Twp., 85-79, 27 Jul 1870 (William)
1870 MI Wayne Canton Twp., 302-281, 02 Aug 1870 (William)
1878 - Philadelphia, Registration of Deaths, Vol. 1, Page 94, Cora Durham, 5 m.
1880 PA Phila. Co., Phila., Ward 1, ed6, 127-143, 07 Jun 1880 [JR]

	vi.		JOSIAH MILLER (Source: Dick Klopshinske.), b. 1857, Delaware (Source: Dick Klopshinske.).
	vii.		ROBERT J. MILLER (Source: Dick Klopshinske.), b. 1859, Delaware (Source: Dick Klopshinske.); d. 24 Apr 1877, Michigan (Source: Wayne Co. Records. Dick Klopshinske confirms year, as does Romulus cemetery.).

Notes for ROBERT J. MILLER:
Wayne Co death record Bk. 4, Page 107, 2005 24 Apr 1877
Robert Miller, M[ale] - W[hite] - Single, 18y, Sumpter, Dropsy, DE, Farmer
Robert Miller - Sumpter and Mary Miller
Recorded 15 May [1878] [JR]

More About ROBERT J. MILLER:
Burial: Unknown, Martinsville Cemetery, Huron Twp. (Source: Dick Klopshinske.)

	viii.		MARY ANN MILLER (Source: Dick Klopshinske.), b. 1863, Delaware (Source: Dick Klopshinske.); d. 1933, Michigan (Source: Dick Klopshinske.).
	ix.		VIRGINIA ARRIMINA MILLER (Source: Dick Klopshinske.), b. 1864, Michigan (Source: Dick Klopshinske.); d. 1920, Michigan (Source: Dick Klopshinske.).
	x.		PHILANDER CHARLES MILLER (Source: Wayne Co. Records.), b. 26 May 1867, Sumpter Twp., Wayne, Michigan (Source: Wayne Co. Records.); d. 1897, Michigan (Source: Dick Klopshinske.).

Notes for PHILANDER CHARLES MILLER:
Wayne Co. birth records: 49 - 712 May 26, 1867
Philaman Miller NJ [abbrev for mulatto?] - Male - Sumpter
Robert Miller - Mary Miller - Sumpter - DE-DE - [blank]
Recorded 21 May 1868

More About PHILANDER CHARLES MILLER:
Burial: Martinsville Cemetery, Huron, Wayne, Michigan

	xi.		ELINORA REBECCA MILLER (Source: Dick Klopshinske.), b. 1869, Michigan (Source: Dick Klopshinske.); d. 1925, Michigan (Source: Dick Klopshinske.).
	xii.		OLIVER MILLER (Source: 1880 census.), b. ca. 1872, Michigan (Source: 1880 census.); d. Aft. 1880, Michigan (Source: 1880 census. Dick Klopshinski has that he died in 1872, but he is in the 1880 census.).

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