#52 Ancestors 52 Weeks – Challenge Week 48 Christopher Miller

#52 Ancestors 52 Weeks – Challenge Week 48
Prompt: Next to Last

Next to the Last Did Not Last

Christopher Columbus (Lum) Miller

By the Rev. Dr. Cynthia Forde

Columbus C. Miller (Lum) was the next to last child of John Miller and his wife, Nancy Mary Wilson.  He was born in Rising Fawn, Dade County, Georgia to a deeply religious and outstanding family. He moved to Polk County, Arkansas, with his parents in 1859 at 14 in Montgomery County, Arkansas. He died on 12 April 1891, leaving a wife and three children to mourn him.  The children scattered.  This next to the last line died out. 

Children of Christopher (Lum) Miller and Melinda A. (Sis) Wilson are:

i. James J. Miller, b. Jul 1869, Polk County, Arkansas; d. Abt. 1870, Polk County, Arkansas.

ii.  Nancy Miller, b. Sep 1870, Polk County, Arkansas; m. William F. LEMONS, 09 Oct 1897; b. Polk County, Arkansas. They had one child that died as an infant.

2.iii. Glydas (Dovie) Miller was born 10 February 1879in Polk County, Arkansas, and died 01 Jul 1958 in Siskiou, California.  She married Arlie B. Williams on 24 September 1899 in Polk County, Arkansas.  He was born 15 Nov 1872 in Arkansas and died on 22 Oct 1961 in Siskiou, California.  

12 day of May 1910, Kosoma Twp, Pushmataham Oklahoma, Pushmataha County Oklahoma.  Glydas (Dovie) and her brother Gaylord were living together: 

Gaylord 20 head Arkansas. Georgia, North Carolina.

Gertrude 04niece Arkansas. Arkansas. Arkansas

Name:    Dovie Williams

Age in 1910:    31

Estimated birth year:    1878

Birthplace:    Arkansas

Home in 1910:    KOSOMA TWP, PUSHMATAHA, Oklahoma

Race:    White

Gender:    Female

Series:    T624

Roll:    1271

Part:    2

Page:    295B

Year:    1910 12 May 1910, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma/Miller.

Glydas and her brother Gaylord were living together: 

Gaylord 20 head Arkansas. Georgia, North Carolina.

Gertrude 04 niece Arkansas. Arkansas. Arkansas

1920 U.S. Federal Census Lewiston Nez Pierce, Lewiston City, Idaho - 13 January 1920

Artie B. Williams W M 46 M  Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas

Dovie 40   WF 40 M Arkansas North Carolina Georgia

Gertrude Hinley 19 daughter Arkansas, Arkansas, Arkansas

1920 U.S. Federal Census Winchester Village, Lewiston, Idaho22 January 1920

Arley B. Williams W M 47 M Arkansas Alabama Arkansas

alone - they must have separated between 13 January and 22 January, or they are different men.   Glydas (Dovie) and Arlie had one daughter, Gertrude (Lulu) born 21 November 1901 in Polk County, Arkansas, who married: 1. Hinley (died before 1920); she married 2. Johnson.  Gertrude died on 11 March 1981 in Siskiou, California, leaving no heirs. 

iv. Gaylord Miller, b. May 1888, Polk County, Arkansas; d. 02 Oct 1940, Chiloquin, Washington. Gaylord lived with his sister Nancy.  He met his death in an untimely way according to the United Press on 2 October 1940 in Chiloquin, Washington.  

Man Dies from Stab Wounds, Indian Sought after Knifing at Chiloquin,  Gaylord Miller, 52, expires at Agency; Roland Hicks Hunted.

Gaylord Miller, 52, a white logger, died at the Agency hospital at 3 AM Wednesday of a stab wound in the chest, sustained a few hours earlier at an Indian house in Chiloquin. Sheriff Llyod L. Low and District Attorney L. Orth Sisemore, called to Chiloquin Wednesday morning, and said they were looking for Roland Hicks, a young Klamath Indian, as a suspect in the stabbing.

Party described

The officers questioned a number of Indians and other witnesses at Chiloquin and pieced together a story of a "Party" at the house of Rose Hough, in Chiloquin, followed by the knife play that left Miller bleeding on the floor.  They were told that those at the Hough house in the afternoon were Rose Hough, Rufus Hicks, and his wife, Monroe Faithful, Roland Hicks, and Miller.

In the late afternoon, according to the information given by the officers, all left but Roland Hicks, Miller and Mrs. Hough.  District Attorney Sisemore said he was told that Roade and Hicks became involved in an argument and Hicks hit the woman on the jaw.  She showed a "strawberry" on her cheek in support of that statement.  Hicks then left, leaving Miller at the house, according to this account.

Knock on Door

Later, Sisemore said he was told there was a knock at the rear door of the house. Miller heard the noise and went to the door.  Mrs. Hough told the officers she could not see the door from where she was sitting but said that she heard voices.  She said that Miller backed into the living room with his hands on his chest.   He fell down, and blood pumped from a hole in his chest.

Hicks suspected

Mrs. Hough went downtown, and it was some time before she could find an officer.  Miller was then removed to the Agency hospital, where he died of hemorrhage. Sisemore said that Hicks was suspected in the case because of the previous events of the afternoon, the fact he had disappeared, that Mrs. Hough said she saw him running from the house after Miller had been attacked, and remarks ascribed to Miller after the stabbing.    Sheriff Low was looking for Hicks at mid-afternoon and was expected to take him into custody shortly.  It was reported he had told persons at Chiloquin that if Sheriff Low came after him, he would be waiting.  Sisemore said the officers had reason to believe drinking had been going on before the trouble at the Hough house.  Hicks has been a prisoner at the county jail on misdemeanor charges. Miller has been working in the wood is this section for several years.  He lived at the home of Pat Cathright at Chiloquin.  Dr. George H. Adler, the coroner conducted an autopsy on the body of Miller Wednesday afternoon. He said he found the lung had been punctured with a sharp instrument causing a fatal hemorrhage.

October 5, 1940

Hicks accused of 1st Degree Murder in Knife Case.  

First Degree Murder Charges filed by federal officers Saturday morning against Raymond Hicks, 36-year-old Klamath Indian held in connection with the knife slaying of Gaylord Miller, white logger. Hicks was arraigned at 11:am. Saturday before US Commissioner Bert C. Thomas. Counsel for the Indian is an attorney J. J. O'Neil.  No bail, recommitted to the county jail.  The charge grew out of an alleged drinking party in a house at Chiloquin last Tuesday night.  When he answered a knock at the door, Miller received chest stabs and died at the Agency hospital the next morning.  Officers said Hicks had been at the house a short time earlier.

October 11, 1940

Roland Hicks, Klamath Indian, was indicted by the federal grand jury at Medford Thursday on a first degree murder charge.  Hicks is accused In the knife slaying of Gaylord Miller, a white logger, at the Rose Hugg home at Chiloquin. It has been alleged that he left the house after a party, returned to the back door, knocked, stabbed Miller when he answered the knock.  Hicks was quoted by the officers as saying he could remember nothing of the incident.

Christopher Columbus (Lum) Miller was born next to the last in a large family of fine young men and women.  His line did not last.  His line died out with the birth of a granddaughter.