DR. DAVID C. MILLER

David C. Miller, b May 4, 1834 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, d November 15, 1882 in Golinda, Falls County, Texas of "Black Jaundice" and was buried "at the back step of his office, with no marker" ‑a son of Samuel Miller (b ca 1781 in South Carolina, d May 4, 1846 in Spartanburg, South Carolina) and his wife, Sarah ("Sally" Chamblin) Miller (b November 5, 1806 in South Carolina, d February 22, 1881‑ daughter of James ("Monday") and Henrietta Miriam (Anderson) Chamblin.)

On January 24, 1866 in Palestine, Anderson County, Texas, Dr. Miller married Mrs. Laura Elizabeth (Newkirk) Henry, b in 1839 in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, d December 10, 1886 in Waco, McLennan County, Texas ‑ widow of Charles Thomas Henry, and daughter of Bryant Newkirk of North Carolina. Dr. David and Mrs. Laura Elizabeth (Newkirk) Miller had six children:

Laura Ermi, died in November 1882 in the "Black Jaundice Plague"; Mary Jamison ("Jemmie"), b ca 1868 in Leon County, Texas, attended the Waco Female College, d November 28, 1882 in the "Black Jaundice Plague" and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Waco, McLennan County, Texas; Joseph Sidney, b November 15, 1869 in Golinda, Falls County, Texas, d December 10, 1953 in Grandview, Johnson County, Texas, married Harriet Wozencraft Duty, b December 19, 1877, d March 26, 1904; Quessie Eugenia, b January 5, 1872 in Golinda, Falls County, Texas, married in November 1891 in Williamson, South Carolina, married Young William Garrett; Elmer Dee, b January 29, 1874 in Golinda, Falls County, Texas, d December 28, 1904 and buried in Guderian Cemetery, Falls County, Texas, married Augusta Guderian; and David C., Jr., b ca 1878 in Golinda, Falls County, Texas, died after an appendectomy in Scranton, Pennsylvania, married Bertha Deacon.

Dr. David C. Miller practiced medicine in Golinda from about 1869 until his death in 1882.

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart and her volunteers for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this web page. “Families of Falls County”, compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Department, pp. 305-306.