Warren County Iowa Genealogical Society

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    Eliza A. (NEEDLES) MILLER

    BIRTH: June 22, 1862
    DEATH: April 24, 1904
    PARENTS: Solomon and Martha NEEDLES
    SPOUSE: #1 Thomas STRAHAN - married Dec 1, 1881; #2 Jacob Solomon MILLER - Married August 18, 1886
    CHILDREN: (with Thomas) Carrie STRAHAN; (with Jacob) Eugene "Gene" S. MILLER, Miles N. MILLER, William H. MILLER, May MILLER, and Janie J. MILLER
    BURIAL: Shupe Cemetery, Lacona, Iowa

    Eliza grew up in White Breast Township in Warren County, Iowa. She married Thomas STRAHAN in 1881 when she was 19. Thomas died on April 26, 1882 and Eliza married Jacob MILLER in 1886.

    Chariton Herald Patriot newspaper, Chariton, Iowa, Thursday, April 28, 1904, p. 8, col. 2: "Mrs. Jake MILLER died at her home three and one half miles northwest of this city Monday morning. Mrs. MILLER has been in very poor health for several months past. Her remains were interred in the Shupe cemetery near her home. The sorrowing husband and family have the sympathy of all."

    (Source - Information gathered by Karon K. for the Warren County Genealogical Society picnic on June 23, 2014 at Shupe Cemetery, Lacona, Iowa)