Woodruff-Stone History - Person Sheet
Woodruff-Stone History - Person Sheet
NameJohn MILLER 
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49Birth20 Feb 1889, Texas, Dallas County, Dallas
Death16 Mar 1916, Kansas, Crawford County, Girard
BurialKansas, Crawford County, Pittsburg
FatherAndrew Jackson MILLER (1848-)
MotherMaggie Josephine GRAHAM (1862-1904)
Notes for John MILLER
Indicates name was John Andrew and his obituary says “John J. Miller”.50
Obituary notes for John MILLER
Died from Injuries
John J. Miller died at the Girard hospital yesterday from burns recieved at NO. 48 Saturday, the lames being caused by the premature explosion of a shot. He as born in Dallas, Tex, Feb 28,1889 and died at the age of 27 years. His father lives in Dallas and he has four brothers employed in the mines around Girard and two sisters who lilve near here. He was married Feb. 22, 1916 at Fort Scott to Miss Lillie Davis, who had only lived here about three weeks. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 10 o’clock a. m. at the residence of his brother, Thomas Miller, 712 South Cherokee Street. Rev. W. E. Babb will officiate and an address will be made by Geo. D. Brewer, the deceased having been a member of the Socialist local. Burial will be in the Mt. Olive cemetery at Pittsburg.
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Burns Were Fatal to Miner.
J.J. Miller, Bridegroom of Two Weeks, Died in Hospital.
Girard, March 16. John J. Miller, who was injured by the premature explosion of a shot in Central mine No. 48 Saturday, died in the Girard hospital Monday morning. His injuries were chiefly burns but they were extremely bad ones. Had he lived, he would have been blind. His face, arms, and body all caught the blast of the flames.
There are two explanations offered for the accident. Some believe Mr. Miller’s lamp set a bank of gas on fire as he was tamping in his shot and this ignited the shot. Others think a spark was struck from a particle of sulphur. He was hurled back 25 or 30 feet from the shot.
Mr. Miller was 24 years old and lived in Girard. He was married only two weeks before his death to Miss Lillian Davis of Fort Scott. He had come here from Oklahoma not long ago. Three brothers living there survive him. The funeral was held yesterday morning at the home of one of them, J. E. Miller. Rev. W. E. Babb of the Christian church officiated. Burial was in Mt. Olive Cemetery at Pittsburg.
John J. Miller died at the Girard hospital yesterday from burns recieved at NO. 48 Saturday, the lames being caused by the premature explosion of a shot. He as born in Dallas, Tex, Feb 28,1889 and died at the age of 27 years. His father lives in Dallas and he has four brothers employed in the mines around Girard and two sisters who lilve near here. He was married Feb. 22, 1916 at Fort Scott to Miss Lillie Davis, who had only lived here about three weeks. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 10 o’clock a. m. at the residence of his brother, Thomas Miller, 712 South Cherokee Street. Rev. W. E. Babb will officiate and an address will be made by Geo. D. Brewer, the deceased having been a member of the Socialist local. Burial will be in the Mt. Olive cemetery at Pittsburg.
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Burns Were Fatal to Miner.
J.J. Miller, Bridegroom of Two Weeks, Died in Hospital.
Girard, March 16. John J. Miller, who was injured by the premature explosion of a shot in Central mine No. 48 Saturday, died in the Girard hospital Monday morning. His injuries were chiefly burns but they were extremely bad ones. Had he lived, he would have been blind. His face, arms, and body all caught the blast of the flames.
There are two explanations offered for the accident. Some believe Mr. Miller’s lamp set a bank of gas on fire as he was tamping in his shot and this ignited the shot. Others think a spark was struck from a particle of sulphur. He was hurled back 25 or 30 feet from the shot.
Mr. Miller was 24 years old and lived in Girard. He was married only two weeks before his death to Miss Lillian Davis of Fort Scott. He had come here from Oklahoma not long ago. Three brothers living there survive him. The funeral was held yesterday morning at the home of one of them, J. E. Miller. Rev. W. E. Babb of the Christian church officiated. Burial was in Mt. Olive Cemetery at Pittsburg.