Husband of Caroline Brogan Miller.
Son of David Esau & Orlena (Lena) Mayes Miller.
In the 1900 census, David E is listed as a farmer.
"Little Dave" as David Paris Miller was known, was born the same year his mother Orlena died of TB. After her death at the age of 40, some of Dave's older siblings still living at home were farmed out to other family and friends.
Dave was then raised by his father's 2nd wife, Mary Elizabeth. Mary would raise her own children she brought to the marriage, and would care for not only Dave, but his older siblings Wannie and Myrtle. I believe Mary was a good step-mother to these children.
Mary died in 1912, when he was 7, and I have often wondered what that must have been like for a small boy to have lost two mothers by the age of 7:(
His father would quickly marry a third time to Flossie Harvey. Wannie, Myrtle and Dave would shortly after leave or be sent to live with other relatives and friends of the family.
Dave was again living in his father's home during the 1920 census, age 17. He was close to his half brother Woodrow and spent quite a bit of time with him, especially in his younger years.
Dave purchased his first car about 1925, a Ford Model T.
He tried coal mining once, but settled on farming most of his younger years.
He married Caroline Brogan 19 December 1930 in Union County, TN
Early on, Dave was a farming tenant on his Aunt Sarah Miller Cook's farm. Sarah (sister to Dave's father David) and her husband Richard were important family in Dave's life and he would work for his Uncle Richard for many years.
The Richard Cook lands were the original Miller homestead of Martin Luther Miller that has been passed down through the generations to Sarah Miller Cook. Two of his children were born there.
Dave and Caroline would have 3 children:
Thomas Jefferson Miller, born 10 January 1932
Mary "Lena" Miller, born Sep. 2, 1933
Ruble Miller, born 25 August 1936
Both Tom and Lena are born on the Miller/Cook farm. These are likely the last of the Millers to be born on the old Martin Miller lands.
It is here and in New Market, TN that Dave plowed the land with the mules pictured here. Dave stayed about 3/4 mile from the main house. Between the main house and Dave's was a road and Herbert Cooks stand. Dave and his half-brother Woodrow Miller would use a double-handled saw to cut wood for Richard Cooks farm. Woodrow also recalled bringing in corn with Dave for Richard Cook.
Dave would work/help farm his Uncle Richard Cook's land for many years. He would actually follow his Uncle when they were forced to move from their lands in the 30s due to TVA putting in Norris Dam.
October 15, 1935, Dave is mentioned in a TVA interview with Richard and Sarah Cook, on their farm in Union County.
A quote from the TVA interview, "Mr. Cook purchased a place in Jefferson County near New Market early enough this year so that Dave Miller, formally a tenant on the home farm could go there and raise a crop this season".
By or near the end of 1935, Richard Cooks Farm (Old Martin Miller Homestead) would be under water.
When the Cooks were forced to relocate due to the Norris Dam, Dave would move next door to them and made his home in New Market:
1940 Census:
name: David P Miller
event place: Civil District 7, Jefferson, Tennessee, marital status: Married
birthplace: Tennessee
estimated birth year: 1904
head David P Miller M 36 Tennessee
wife Caroline Miller F 28 Tennessee
son T J Miller M 7
daughter Lena Miller F 6
son Ruben Miller M 3
Dave is renting his home, is a farmer working 60 hours per week. His highest grade of learning is recorded as 5th grade.
(Richard Cook and wife Sarah are living next door, with daughter Lela)
In 1942 Dave moved his family to the Piedmont area and stayed the rest of his life. They first rented a home "up the hill" from "Baby Rays" original old store. (that home is long gone now) The photo of the entire family sitting on the porch is taken there. After that, they moved "down the hill" to the land Dave would purchase. Miller family still live on those lands today.
When Dave moved to Piedmont, he first worked for TVA on the building of Cherokee Dam at Jefferson City.
Around 1948 he went to work for Sanford, factory labor, in Knoxville until he retired at the age of 66.
1948 is also the first year the family would have electricity in the home. My father Tom would study by oil lamplight until the age of 16.
Dave always wore overalls in later years (and was actually buried in a new pair) and always from his earliest days wore a hat. When he was a younger man, he rolled his own cigarettes from a can of Prince Albert, but in later years would switch to chew.
His wife Caroline's health was poor in later years, and Dave cared for her. He loved to talk and visit with folks, laid back and enjoyed joking around. He enjoyed a cold beer and had a passion for cars.
He would live several of his last years with his son Ruble, and pass in a nursing home of a massive stroke.
Son of David Esau & Orlena (Lena) Mayes Miller.
In the 1900 census, David E is listed as a farmer.
"Little Dave" as David Paris Miller was known, was born the same year his mother Orlena died of TB. After her death at the age of 40, some of Dave's older siblings still living at home were farmed out to other family and friends.
Dave was then raised by his father's 2nd wife, Mary Elizabeth. Mary would raise her own children she brought to the marriage, and would care for not only Dave, but his older siblings Wannie and Myrtle. I believe Mary was a good step-mother to these children.
Mary died in 1912, when he was 7, and I have often wondered what that must have been like for a small boy to have lost two mothers by the age of 7:(
His father would quickly marry a third time to Flossie Harvey. Wannie, Myrtle and Dave would shortly after leave or be sent to live with other relatives and friends of the family.
Dave was again living in his father's home during the 1920 census, age 17. He was close to his half brother Woodrow and spent quite a bit of time with him, especially in his younger years.
Dave purchased his first car about 1925, a Ford Model T.
He tried coal mining once, but settled on farming most of his younger years.
He married Caroline Brogan 19 December 1930 in Union County, TN
Early on, Dave was a farming tenant on his Aunt Sarah Miller Cook's farm. Sarah (sister to Dave's father David) and her husband Richard were important family in Dave's life and he would work for his Uncle Richard for many years.
The Richard Cook lands were the original Miller homestead of Martin Luther Miller that has been passed down through the generations to Sarah Miller Cook. Two of his children were born there.
Dave and Caroline would have 3 children:
Thomas Jefferson Miller, born 10 January 1932
Mary "Lena" Miller, born Sep. 2, 1933
Ruble Miller, born 25 August 1936
Both Tom and Lena are born on the Miller/Cook farm. These are likely the last of the Millers to be born on the old Martin Miller lands.
It is here and in New Market, TN that Dave plowed the land with the mules pictured here. Dave stayed about 3/4 mile from the main house. Between the main house and Dave's was a road and Herbert Cooks stand. Dave and his half-brother Woodrow Miller would use a double-handled saw to cut wood for Richard Cooks farm. Woodrow also recalled bringing in corn with Dave for Richard Cook.
Dave would work/help farm his Uncle Richard Cook's land for many years. He would actually follow his Uncle when they were forced to move from their lands in the 30s due to TVA putting in Norris Dam.
October 15, 1935, Dave is mentioned in a TVA interview with Richard and Sarah Cook, on their farm in Union County.
A quote from the TVA interview, "Mr. Cook purchased a place in Jefferson County near New Market early enough this year so that Dave Miller, formally a tenant on the home farm could go there and raise a crop this season".
By or near the end of 1935, Richard Cooks Farm (Old Martin Miller Homestead) would be under water.
When the Cooks were forced to relocate due to the Norris Dam, Dave would move next door to them and made his home in New Market:
1940 Census:
name: David P Miller
event place: Civil District 7, Jefferson, Tennessee, marital status: Married
birthplace: Tennessee
estimated birth year: 1904
head David P Miller M 36 Tennessee
wife Caroline Miller F 28 Tennessee
son T J Miller M 7
daughter Lena Miller F 6
son Ruben Miller M 3
Dave is renting his home, is a farmer working 60 hours per week. His highest grade of learning is recorded as 5th grade.
(Richard Cook and wife Sarah are living next door, with daughter Lela)
In 1942 Dave moved his family to the Piedmont area and stayed the rest of his life. They first rented a home "up the hill" from "Baby Rays" original old store. (that home is long gone now) The photo of the entire family sitting on the porch is taken there. After that, they moved "down the hill" to the land Dave would purchase. Miller family still live on those lands today.
When Dave moved to Piedmont, he first worked for TVA on the building of Cherokee Dam at Jefferson City.
Around 1948 he went to work for Sanford, factory labor, in Knoxville until he retired at the age of 66.
1948 is also the first year the family would have electricity in the home. My father Tom would study by oil lamplight until the age of 16.
Dave always wore overalls in later years (and was actually buried in a new pair) and always from his earliest days wore a hat. When he was a younger man, he rolled his own cigarettes from a can of Prince Albert, but in later years would switch to chew.
His wife Caroline's health was poor in later years, and Dave cared for her. He loved to talk and visit with folks, laid back and enjoyed joking around. He enjoyed a cold beer and had a passion for cars.
He would live several of his last years with his son Ruble, and pass in a nursing home of a massive stroke.
Husband of Caroline Brogan Miller.
Son of David Esau & Orlena (Lena) Mayes Miller.
In the 1900 census, David E is listed as a farmer.
"Little Dave" as David Paris Miller was known, was born the same year his mother Orlena died of TB. After her death at the age of 40, some of Dave's older siblings still living at home were farmed out to other family and friends.
Dave was then raised by his father's 2nd wife, Mary Elizabeth. Mary would raise her own children she brought to the marriage, and would care for not only Dave, but his older siblings Wannie and Myrtle. I believe Mary was a good step-mother to these children.
Mary died in 1912, when he was 7, and I have often wondered what that must have been like for a small boy to have lost two mothers by the age of 7:(
His father would quickly marry a third time to Flossie Harvey. Wannie, Myrtle and Dave would shortly after leave or be sent to live with other relatives and friends of the family.
Dave was again living in his father's home during the 1920 census, age 17. He was close to his half brother Woodrow and spent quite a bit of time with him, especially in his younger years.
Dave purchased his first car about 1925, a Ford Model T.
He tried coal mining once, but settled on farming most of his younger years.
He married Caroline Brogan 19 December 1930 in Union County, TN
Early on, Dave was a farming tenant on his Aunt Sarah Miller Cook's farm. Sarah (sister to Dave's father David) and her husband Richard were important family in Dave's life and he would work for his Uncle Richard for many years.
The Richard Cook lands were the original Miller homestead of Martin Luther Miller that has been passed down through the generations to Sarah Miller Cook. Two of his children were born there.
Dave and Caroline would have 3 children:
Thomas Jefferson Miller, born 10 January 1932
Mary "Lena" Miller, born Sep. 2, 1933
Ruble Miller, born 25 August 1936
Both Tom and Lena are born on the Miller/Cook farm. These are likely the last of the Millers to be born on the old Martin Miller lands.
It is here and in New Market, TN that Dave plowed the land with the mules pictured here. Dave stayed about 3/4 mile from the main house. Between the main house and Dave's was a road and Herbert Cooks stand. Dave and his half-brother Woodrow Miller would use a double-handled saw to cut wood for Richard Cooks farm. Woodrow also recalled bringing in corn with Dave for Richard Cook.
Dave would work/help farm his Uncle Richard Cook's land for many years. He would actually follow his Uncle when they were forced to move from their lands in the 30s due to TVA putting in Norris Dam.
October 15, 1935, Dave is mentioned in a TVA interview with Richard and Sarah Cook, on their farm in Union County.
A quote from the TVA interview, "Mr. Cook purchased a place in Jefferson County near New Market early enough this year so that Dave Miller, formally a tenant on the home farm could go there and raise a crop this season".
By or near the end of 1935, Richard Cooks Farm (Old Martin Miller Homestead) would be under water.
When the Cooks were forced to relocate due to the Norris Dam, Dave would move next door to them and made his home in New Market:
1940 Census:
name: David P Miller
event place: Civil District 7, Jefferson, Tennessee, marital status: Married
birthplace: Tennessee
estimated birth year: 1904
head David P Miller M 36 Tennessee
wife Caroline Miller F 28 Tennessee
son T J Miller M 7
daughter Lena Miller F 6
son Ruben Miller M 3
Dave is renting his home, is a farmer working 60 hours per week. His highest grade of learning is recorded as 5th grade.
(Richard Cook and wife Sarah are living next door, with daughter Lela)
In 1942 Dave moved his family to the Piedmont area and stayed the rest of his life. They first rented a home "up the hill" from "Baby Rays" original old store. (that home is long gone now) The photo of the entire family sitting on the porch is taken there. After that, they moved "down the hill" to the land Dave would purchase. Miller family still live on those lands today.
When Dave moved to Piedmont, he first worked for TVA on the building of Cherokee Dam at Jefferson City.
Around 1948 he went to work for Sanford, factory labor, in Knoxville until he retired at the age of 66.
1948 is also the first year the family would have electricity in the home. My father Tom would study by oil lamplight until the age of 16.
Dave always wore overalls in later years (and was actually buried in a new pair) and always from his earliest days wore a hat. When he was a younger man, he rolled his own cigarettes from a can of Prince Albert, but in later years would switch to chew.
His wife Caroline's health was poor in later years, and Dave cared for her. He loved to talk and visit with folks, laid back and enjoyed joking around. He enjoyed a cold beer and had a passion for cars.
He would live several of his last years with his son Ruble, and pass in a nursing home of a massive stroke.
Son of David Esau & Orlena (Lena) Mayes Miller.
In the 1900 census, David E is listed as a farmer.
"Little Dave" as David Paris Miller was known, was born the same year his mother Orlena died of TB. After her death at the age of 40, some of Dave's older siblings still living at home were farmed out to other family and friends.
Dave was then raised by his father's 2nd wife, Mary Elizabeth. Mary would raise her own children she brought to the marriage, and would care for not only Dave, but his older siblings Wannie and Myrtle. I believe Mary was a good step-mother to these children.
Mary died in 1912, when he was 7, and I have often wondered what that must have been like for a small boy to have lost two mothers by the age of 7:(
His father would quickly marry a third time to Flossie Harvey. Wannie, Myrtle and Dave would shortly after leave or be sent to live with other relatives and friends of the family.
Dave was again living in his father's home during the 1920 census, age 17. He was close to his half brother Woodrow and spent quite a bit of time with him, especially in his younger years.
Dave purchased his first car about 1925, a Ford Model T.
He tried coal mining once, but settled on farming most of his younger years.
He married Caroline Brogan 19 December 1930 in Union County, TN
Early on, Dave was a farming tenant on his Aunt Sarah Miller Cook's farm. Sarah (sister to Dave's father David) and her husband Richard were important family in Dave's life and he would work for his Uncle Richard for many years.
The Richard Cook lands were the original Miller homestead of Martin Luther Miller that has been passed down through the generations to Sarah Miller Cook. Two of his children were born there.
Dave and Caroline would have 3 children:
Thomas Jefferson Miller, born 10 January 1932
Mary "Lena" Miller, born Sep. 2, 1933
Ruble Miller, born 25 August 1936
Both Tom and Lena are born on the Miller/Cook farm. These are likely the last of the Millers to be born on the old Martin Miller lands.
It is here and in New Market, TN that Dave plowed the land with the mules pictured here. Dave stayed about 3/4 mile from the main house. Between the main house and Dave's was a road and Herbert Cooks stand. Dave and his half-brother Woodrow Miller would use a double-handled saw to cut wood for Richard Cooks farm. Woodrow also recalled bringing in corn with Dave for Richard Cook.
Dave would work/help farm his Uncle Richard Cook's land for many years. He would actually follow his Uncle when they were forced to move from their lands in the 30s due to TVA putting in Norris Dam.
October 15, 1935, Dave is mentioned in a TVA interview with Richard and Sarah Cook, on their farm in Union County.
A quote from the TVA interview, "Mr. Cook purchased a place in Jefferson County near New Market early enough this year so that Dave Miller, formally a tenant on the home farm could go there and raise a crop this season".
By or near the end of 1935, Richard Cooks Farm (Old Martin Miller Homestead) would be under water.
When the Cooks were forced to relocate due to the Norris Dam, Dave would move next door to them and made his home in New Market:
1940 Census:
name: David P Miller
event place: Civil District 7, Jefferson, Tennessee, marital status: Married
birthplace: Tennessee
estimated birth year: 1904
head David P Miller M 36 Tennessee
wife Caroline Miller F 28 Tennessee
son T J Miller M 7
daughter Lena Miller F 6
son Ruben Miller M 3
Dave is renting his home, is a farmer working 60 hours per week. His highest grade of learning is recorded as 5th grade.
(Richard Cook and wife Sarah are living next door, with daughter Lela)
In 1942 Dave moved his family to the Piedmont area and stayed the rest of his life. They first rented a home "up the hill" from "Baby Rays" original old store. (that home is long gone now) The photo of the entire family sitting on the porch is taken there. After that, they moved "down the hill" to the land Dave would purchase. Miller family still live on those lands today.
When Dave moved to Piedmont, he first worked for TVA on the building of Cherokee Dam at Jefferson City.
Around 1948 he went to work for Sanford, factory labor, in Knoxville until he retired at the age of 66.
1948 is also the first year the family would have electricity in the home. My father Tom would study by oil lamplight until the age of 16.
Dave always wore overalls in later years (and was actually buried in a new pair) and always from his earliest days wore a hat. When he was a younger man, he rolled his own cigarettes from a can of Prince Albert, but in later years would switch to chew.
His wife Caroline's health was poor in later years, and Dave cared for her. He loved to talk and visit with folks, laid back and enjoyed joking around. He enjoyed a cold beer and had a passion for cars.
He would live several of his last years with his son Ruble, and pass in a nursing home of a massive stroke.
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