Roger Merrill Seward, Jr.

Notes:

Birth:
Virginia, Births, 1864-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia
Name: Roger Merrill Seward
Birth Date: 26 Aug 1949
Birth Place: Elizabeth City County, VA
[Note: Elizabeth City County existed until 1952, when it was incorporated as the independent city of Hampton, Virginia]

Died:
Nevada State Health Division, Office of Vital Statistics. State Death Index. Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, Carson City, Nevada
Name: Roger Merrill Seward
Birth Date: 26 Aug 1949
Birth Place: Virginia
Death Date: 29 Jul 1988
Death Place: Esmeralda, Nevada

Notes:

OBITUARY

The Sussex-Surry Dispatch, Waverly, VA; 27 Feb 1969

Roger Merrill Seward, 55, of Surry, died Friday, February 21 at his home after a brief illness. Mr. Seward was a member of Moore's Swamp Babtist Church and he was also a deacon at the church. He was a lifelong resident and farmer of Surry County and the son of Edward R. and Martha A. Seward. He was a Veteran of World War II in the Army Air Force.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Anna Miller Seward, one son, Roger Merrill Seward, Jr., one daughter, Kathryn Tate Seward, one brother, E. Wilson Seward, all of Elberson and one sister, Mrs. Evelyn S. Johnson of Ivor.

The body was taken to the Providence Funeral Home, Wakefield. Funeral services were held at Moore's Swamp Baptist Church, Monday, February 24 at 2:30 p.m. with burial at Moores Swamp Church cemetery. Rev. James R. Luck officiated.

Pallbearers were; Griffin W. Seward, J. Harman Seward, Marvin R. Seward, Elbert C. Seward, B. Alvin Seward, Jr., Walter B. Rollings, R. Oliver Harris, and Albert S. James.

Buried:
Grave location, obituary, biography and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=66700041

Roger married Anna Middleton Miller. Anna (daughter of Ellis Le Campion Miller, Sr. and Rebecca Sterrett Thompson) 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. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1920 Census
Name: Anna M Miller
Age: 5 months
Birth Year: abt 1920
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1920: South River, Rockbridge, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Ellis L Miller
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Rebecca S Miller
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
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



Birth:
Social Security Death Index
Name: Anna M. Seward
Last Residence: 23236 Richmond, Chesterfield, Virginia
BORN: 19 Jul 1919
Died: 24 Dec 2006
State (Year) SSN issued: Virginia (Before 1951)

Buried:
Grave location, portrait, biography, and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=66700442

Died:
Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia
Name: Anna Miller Seward
Death Date: 24 Dec 2006
Death Place: Chesterfield Co. VA

Notes:

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:

CENSUS RECORDS

1900 Census
Name: Rebecca S Thompson
Age: 18
Birth Date: Jun 1881
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Walkers Creek, Rockbridge, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter (Child)
Marital Status: Single
Father's name: Stuert T Thompson
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Bell D Thompson
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Stuert T Thompson 47
Bell D Thompson 47
Rebecca S Thompson 18
Mary T Thompson 16
Mery S Steward 19
William Tyre 16
John D Sterrett 77 [great uncle]

1920 Census
Name: Rebecca S Miller
Age: 38
Birth Year: abt 1882
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1920: South River, Rockbridge, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Ellis L Miller
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Able to Speak English: Yes
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: Rebecca S Miller
Age: 58
Estimated birth year: abt 1882
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Home in 1940: South River, Rockbridge, Virginia
Street: Road 777
Inferred Residence in 1935: South River, Rockbridge, Virginia
Residence in 1935: Same House
Highest Grade Completed: High School, 4th year
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: Yes
Household Members:
Ellis Lec Miller 78
Rebecca S Miller 58
Ellis L Miller 17
Anna M Miller 20


OBITUARY

The News Gazette; Lexington VA; 1 April 1964

Mrs. Sterrett Thompson Miller, 83, died at a nursing home in Dunn Loring Saturday.

A native of Rockbridge County, she was a daughter of the late Stuart Thompson and Rebecca [Isabella] Sterrett Thompson.

She was a member of the Old Stone Presbyterian at Timber Ridge.

Surviving her are four daughters, Mrs. H.D. Fox of Fairfield; Miss Isabella Miller of Alexander; Mrs. Thomas G. Camp of Silver Springs, Md., and Mrs. Roger H. Seward of Elberton; two sons, Stuart T. Miller of Summit, N.J. and E. L. Miller, Jr. of Fairfield; and one sister, Mrs. D. E. Brady of Glasgow.

A funeral service was held Tuesday afternoon at Old Stone Presbyterian Church with burial in the church cemetery. The Rev. Robert Tabscott officiated.


Buried:
Grave location, portrait, obituary, and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=61931988

Died:
Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia
Name: Sterrett T Miller
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age at Death: 82
Birth Date: 22 Jun 1881
Death Date: 29 Mar 1964
Death Place: Vienna, Fairfax, Virginia
Registration Date: 2 Apr 1964
Father: Stuart Thompson
Mother: Belle D Sterrett
Spouse: Ellis L Miller

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

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1900 Census
Name: Stuert T Thompson [Stuart T Thompson]
Age: 47
Birth Date: Dec 1852
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Walkers Creek, Rockbridge, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Bell D Thompson
Marriage Year: 1866
Years Married: 34
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Stuart T Thompson 47
Bell D Thompson 47
Rebecca S Thompson 18
Mary T Thompson 16
Mery S Steward 19
William Tyre 16
John D Sterrett 77

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=44095325

Died:
Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia
Name: Stuart Thomas Thompson
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age at Death: 82
Birth Date: 10 Dec 1852
Death Date: 17 May 1935
Death Place: Rockbridge, Virginia
Registration Date: 20 May 1935
Father: Chas Thompson
Mother: Mary Demaris Wilson
Spouse: Belle Sterrett

Stuart married Isabella Dunlap Sterrett 22 Mar 1876, Rockbridge Co. VA. Isabella (daughter of James Reid Sterrett and Rebecca Alexander Willson) was born 10 Aug 1851, Rockbridge Co. VA; died 02 Jan 1921, Rockbridge Co. VA; was buried , Timber Ridge ARP Church Cemetery, Timber Ridge, Rockbridge Co. VA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1860 Census
Name: Isabella Sterrett
Age: 7
Birth Year: abt 1853
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Virginia
Home in 1860: District 6, Rockbridge, Virginia
Post Office: Lexington
Family Number: 466
Household Members:
James R Sterrett 40
Rebecca Sterrett 34
Robert Sterrett 16
Samuel W Sterrett 12
Isabella Sterrett 7
John F Sterrett 5
Thomas Sterrett 3
Madison M Sterrett 2
Sterrett 6 months

1900 Census
Name: Bell D Thompson
Age: 47
Birth Date: Aug 1852
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Walkers Creek, Rockbridge, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Stuart T Thompson
Marriage Year: 1866
Years Married: 34
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother: number of living children: 2
Mother: How many children: 2
Household Members:
Stuart T Thompson 47
Bell D Thompson 47
Rebecca S Thompson 18
Mary T Thompson 16
Mery S Steward 19
William Tyre 16
John D Sterrett 77 [uncle]

Buried:
Grave location and tombstone photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=44096086

Died:
Virginia, Deaths, 1912-2014. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia
Name: Belle Dunlap Thompson
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age at Death: 69
Birth Date: 10 Aug 1851
Death Date: 26 May 1921
Death Place: Rockbridge, Virginia
Registration Date: 6 Jun 1921
Father: Jas Reid Sterrett
Mother: Rebecca Alexandre Willson

Notes:

Married:
Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013
Name: Belle D. Sterrett
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Age: 23
Birth Date: 1853
Birth Place: Rockbridge
Marriage Date: 22 Mar 1876
Marriage Place: Rockbridge County, Virginia
Father: J. R. Sterrett
Mother: Rebecca Sterrett
Spouse: Stuart T. Thompson
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Age: 23
Birth Date: 1853
Birth Place: Augusta Co.
Father: Chas. S. Thompson
Mother: Mary Thompson
FHL Film Number: 33797