Family History of Rebecca Polk
liam Jackson Miller (1845-1921)
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Family History of Rebecca Polk
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- Alvin Norris Summers (1875-1957). 239
liam Jackson Miller (1845-1921).
235 She had two siblings: William Christopher Miller (1880-1956), who went by his middle name Chris, and Oquilla Coula Miller (1876-1953). 236 Mamie’s family grew up in the Hebron community, which was located five to six miles south of Walker and in present day Denham Springs. 237 Mamie’s father was a farmer. 238 Sometime before she was 23 years old, Mamie met and married Alvin Norris Summers (1875-1957). 239 The two would have three children together. Mamie only completed school up to 5 th or 6 th grade, as the area she grew up in was rural, and it was common that girls were only taught up to that age during that period of time. 240 This is compatible with data in Century of Difference as Figure 2.2 “High School Gradua- tion Rates for All and by Gender, Region, and Racial Ancestry, by Year Person Turned Twenty-One.” 241 According to the gender chart, around 23% of women aged 21 in 1910 had graduated high school, and 23% of indi- viduals living in the south had. It can be inferred that since Mamie 235 "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://fami- lysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6QR9-47K?cc=1325221&wc=9BWM- VZV%3A1030552101%2C1032409601%2C1032418301 : 5 August 2014), Louisiana > Livingston > ED 58 Wards 3, 7 > image 31 of 37; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).; Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42752225/wil- liam-j-miller : accessed 16 April 2022), memorial page for William J Miller (14 Feb 1845–26 Dec 1921), Find a Grave Memorial ID 42752225, citing Hebron Baptist Cemetery, Denham Springs, Livingston Parish, Louisiana, USA ; Maintained by Jerry Biggs (contributor 46959146) . 236 Seal, interview, April 23, 2022. 237 Ibid. 238 Ibid. 239 "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://fami- lysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPY4-HB8 : accessed 16 April 2022), Minnie Summers in household of Alvin Sum- mers, Police Jury Ward 2, Livingston, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 64, sheet 2A, family 33, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 518; FHL microfilm 1,374,531. 240 “United States Census, 1910,” FamilySearch, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPY4-HB8. 241 Fisher and Hout, Century of Difference: How America Changed in the Last One Hundred Years, 13. 70 was 21 in 1908, the data in 1910 is comparable, thus it was not unu- sual that Mamie was not a high school graduate. Only attending school until 5 th or 6 th grade did not hold Mamie back from being a vicarious reader. According to her granddaughter, Nelda, Mamie read as often as she could and would read anything she could get her hands on. Mamie was highly respected in her community and church, Walker Baptist Church. 242 She was viewed as a Bible scholar, read the Bible every day, and taught Sunday School to sen- iors. 243 Mamie passed away in 1872 at the age of 84 or 85. 244 Family alive in April 2022 are unsure of her exact date of death, or her cause of death. 245 She was buried at Hebron Baptist Cemetery in Denham Springs, Louisiana. 246 Download 0.91 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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