Ellis Le Campion Miller, Sr.

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CENSUS RECORDS

1870 Census
Name: Ellis Miller
Age in 1870: 9
Birth Year: abt 1861
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Hampton, Rappahannock, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Washington
Household Members:
Middleton Miller 54
Anna S Miller 44
Josephine Miller 20
Fannie Miller 18
Hawel Miller 14
Ellis Miller 9
Albert Miller 4
Clarence Miller 4 months
Henry Miller 12
Turner Ledley 35
Heneretta Ficklin 25
Alice Jordan 20

1920 Census
Name: Ellis L Miller
Age: 58
Birth Year: abt 1862
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1920: South River, Rockbridge, Virginia
House Number: Farm
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Rebecca S Miller
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Farmer
Industry: General Farm
Employment Field: Employer
Home Owned or Rented: Own
Home Free or Mortgaged: Mortgaged
Able to Read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members:
Ellis L Miller 58
Rebecca S Miller 38
Frances S Miller 11
Isabell S Miller 9
Josephine L Miller 7
Stewart T Miller 4 years 3 months
Anna M Miller 5 months

1940 Census
Name: Ellis Lec Miller
Respondent: Yes
Age: 78
Estimated birth year: abt 1862
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: South River, Rockbridge, Virginia
Street: Road 777
Farm: Yes
Inferred Residence in 1935: South River, Rockbridge, Virginia
Residence in 1935: Same House
Occupation: Farmer
House Owned or Rented: Owned
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: $2000
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year
Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 50
Class of Worker: Working on own account
Weeks Worked in 1939: 52
Income Other Sources: Yes
Household Members:
Ellis Lec Miller 78
Rebecca S Miller 58
Ellis L Miller 17
Anna M Miller 20



OBITUARY

Lexington Gazette; 19 April 1940

Ellis LeCampion Miller, 78, died Sunday at his home near Decatur after a brief illness. He was a prominent farmer of that neighborhood. He was born at Washington, Virginia, a son of Middleton Miller and Anna Hubbs Miller.

Funeral Services were conducted at the home Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock by the Rev. Robert Ray, pastor of the Old Stone Presbyterian church at Timber Ridge, an internment was in the Timber Ridge Cemetery.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Rebecca Thompson Miller; four daughter, Mrs. Harry D. Fox, Miss Anna Miller of Aqua, Mrs. Thomas D. Camp of Richmond, and Miss Isabella Miller of Lexington; two sons Stuart T. Miller, Washington, D.C., USA and Ellis LeCampion, Jr. of Aqua.



Buried:
Grave location, biography, portrait, obituary and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=61931837

Died:
Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia
Name: Ellis Le Campion Miller
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age at Death: 78
Birth Date: 21 May 1861
Death Date: 14 Apr 1940
Death Place: Aqua, Rockbridge, Virginia
Registration Date: 17 Apr 1940
Father: Middleton Miller
Mother: Annah L Hubbs
Spouse: Rebecca S Tompson

Ellis married Rebecca Sterrett Thompson 01 Jan 1908, Rockbridge Co. VA. Rebecca (daughter of Stuart Thomas Thompson and Isabella Dunlap Sterrett) was born 22 Jun 1881, Rockbridge Co. VA; died 29 Mar 1964, Fairax Co. VA; was buried , Timber Ridge ARP Church Cemetery, Timber Ridge, Rockbridge Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013
Name: Rebecca Sterrett Thompson
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Age: 26
Birth Date: 1882
Birth Place: Rockbridge
Marriage Date: 1 Jan 1908
Marriage Place: Rockbridge County, Virginia
Father: S. T. Thompson
Mother: B. D. Thompson
Spouse: Ellis Le Campion Miller
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Age: 46
Birth Date: 1862
Birth Place: Rappahannock Co., VA.
Father: Middleton Miller
Mother: Anna L. A. Miller
FHL Film Number: 33798

1. Frances Scott Miller was born 07 Nov 1908, Rockbridge Co. VA; died 15 Feb 1966, Augusta Co., VA; was buried , Fairfield Cemetery, Fairfield, Rockbridge Co. VA.
2. Isabella Scott (Izzie) Miller was born 06 Apr 1910, Rockbridge Co. VA; died 14 Jun 2002, Harrisonburg, Rockingham Co. VA; was buried , Timber Ridge ARP Church Cemetery, Timber Ridge, Rockbridge Co. VA.
3. Josephine LeCampion (Jo) Miller was born 17 Jan 1912, Rockbridge Co. VA; died 04 Jan 2009, Silver Spring, Montgomery Co. MD; was buried , Timber Ridge ARP Church Cemetery, Timber Ridge, Rockbridge Co. VA.
4. Stuart Thompson Miller was born 23 Sep 1915, Rockbridge Co. VA; died 21 Oct 1998, DeKalb Co. GA; was buried , Green Lawn Cemetery, Roswell, Fulton Co. GA.
5. Anna Middleton Miller was born 19 Jul. 1919, Rockbridge Co. VA; died 24 Dec 2006, Chesterfield Co. VA; was buried , Moores Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery, Dendron, Surry Co. VA.
6. Ellis Le Campion Miller, Jr. was born 25 Sep 1922, Rockbridge Co. VA; died 04 Jun 2003, Rockbridge Co. VA; was buried , Timber Ridge ARP Church Cemetery, Timber Ridge, Rockbridge Co. VA.