Miller, Sperry Merville b. 1 Feb 1877 Eldred, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA d. 6 Nov 1908 Medix Run, Benezette, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA: WETZEL Extended Family & More

Miller, Sperry Merville

1877 - 1908 (31 years)

Name	Miller, Sperry Merville [1, 2]
Birth	1 Feb 1877	Eldred, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA [1]
Gender	Male
Residence	1880	Eldred, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA [1]
Birth	1882 [2]
Residence	1900	Allegany Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [1]
Family	Abt 1907 [3]
	Back: Evva, Grace, Merville, Herbert, Laura and Edith. Front Row: Foster, Emma, Emily (near front), Elmer and John.
	20201025HAv- Elmer Miller Family 1907 1907 Back: Evva, Grace, Merville, Herbert, Laura and Edith. Front Row: Foster, Emma, Emily (near front), Elmer and John. Photograph courtesy of Barb Hyde and Becky Spike. DEggler1849 DEggler1849 originally shared this on 31 Oct 2013 Linked To Elmer Marcine Miller Emma Melissa Foster Sperry Merville Miller Evva Mae Miller Herbert Lewis Miller Grace Elizabeth Miller Edith Leona Miller Laura Ann Miller Saved by (10 of 35) Saved byHaroldMacPherson Saved bybspike_1 Saved byKrdepasquale Saved bydawnmatthews92 Saved byTimothy James Wurth Saved byRoger Miller Saved byBridget Miller Saved bystephanie walker Saved byErika Boyles Saved byChristopher Russo Comments SMR63 Thank you for posting this! 2 years ago Flag Hide RobynGrayWebb It's not my original though. It's a share that Ancestry popped up in my hints. I have Millers in my family but this is far enough out there that I'm not totally sure they are mine yet. 2 years ago Flag Hide
Occupation	1908	Medix Run, Benezette, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA
	train engineer
Death	5 Nov 1908	Medix Run, Benezette, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA [1]
Death	5 Nov 1908 [2]
Accident	6 Nov 1908	Medix Run, Benezette, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA [4]
	13:00Train enginer,... and when he lost control of the train he had a boy and girl riding with him. He had the girl jump and he took the boy in his arms and jumped with him. The engine turned over upon him at this time and when he was taken out from unde
	20201025HAv- Last Sad Rites, S.M. Miller, Engineer, Tragic Death, Funeral Sunday. Nellie Vanderhoof Miller.. CLIPPED FROM The Potter Enterprise Coudersport, Pennsylvania 12 Nov 1908, Thu • Page 8 BYwetzupdoc · 25 Oktober 2020 LAST SAD RITES FUNERAL OF S. M. MILLER, ENGINEER WHO MET TRAGIC DEATH HELD SUNDAY The remains of Merville Miller, the young man who was killed at Medix Run last Thursday arrived in Coudersport Friday evening and were taken in charge by Schutt & Gillon, who conducted the funeral. The body was badly disfigured. He was the engineer and when he lost control of the train he had a boy and girl riding with him. He had the girl jump and he took the boy in his arms and jumped with him. The engine turned over upon him at this time and when he was taken out from under the wreck he and the little fellow still clasped In his arms were both dead. The brave man had tried to save both of the children. The girl was slightly burned but otherwise escaped without injury. Besides his wife, who before her marriage was Miss Nettie Vanderhoof, the deceased is survived by two little daughters about two and five years old, - his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Miller and several brothers and sisters. The funeral which was held Sunday afternoon at Andrews Settlement was largely attended. Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Vanderhoof of Potterbrook, parents of Mrs. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Sanderson Fox and Mrs, William Skinner, also of Potter-brook, came to Coudersport Friday and were guests of Mr, and Mrs. Dell Goodrich, going with them Sunday to Andrews -Settlement to attend the funeral. Mr. Miller was prominent in the I. O. O. F. and the remains were accompanied from Medix Run by the following lodge members who acted as pall bearers: - Ebenezer Winslow, - Harry Ford, - Warren Robinson, - August Ellison, - D. W. Wilber and - Thomas DeLong. Deceased is survived by the following brothers and sisters: - Mrs. Charles Neefe, of Sweden; - Mrs. Will Stevens, of Shingle House; - Herbert of Hornell; - Misses Edith, Laura nnd Emma and John and Foster of Andrews Settlement. The following is the account of the accident given by the Associated Press: DuBois, Pa., Nov. 6 -- A boy and girl riding in the locomotive cab with Engineer S. M. Miller met a distressing fate with him today. The train ran away on the Goodyear Company's lumber road near Medix Run and these were the casualties: The Dead - Engineer S. M. Miller, of Medix Run, pinned under the cab of the engine and scalded to death. - William Green, aged 12 years, pinned under cab and crushed and scalded. The Injured - Lilly Green, aged 18 years; caught under the cab, but rescued, badly scalded on the head, face and body. - Harry Cohr, arms and head scalded and fingers broken. A number of others Injured by jumping, but not in a serious condition. The wreck occurred on a curve at the bottom of the steep grade a short distance from Medix Run. The brakes on the train refused to work and the train got beyond control. Most of the people knowing of the sharp curve at the bottom of the hill, jumped and escaped with slight injuries. Lilly and William Green were riding in the cab with Engineer Miller, who urged them to jump. They refused and in the hope that he could in some way get control of his train again, the engineer stayed with his locomotive. The bodies of Miller and the Green boy were not recovered until several hours after the wreck. Another Account The following was contributed by a friend of the deceased. On Thursday, Nov. 5, 1908 at one o'clock occurred the death of S. M. Miller of Medix Run, Elk County, Pa., while making a home run with twelve cars of bark and one dead engine. Miller was running his engine backwards to hold the load and as they started some way the train got the start of the men. He signalled down brakes and two (of) the men rushing to one brake, broke the chain giving all the more speed to the runaway train. There was a woman and boy riding on the engine and the fireman and the noble engineer, Miller entreated her to jump. She absolutely refused to do so. The fireman jumped leaving the engineer to get off the boy after attempting to stop his engine. He came on the steps with the boy in his arms and the huge engine tipped over, burying the one who said he would never leave his train as long as a woman was there needing his help, underneath its heavy weight. When about five o'clock they got him out of the bed of coals he had the boy still clasped in his arms. Deceased leaves to mourn bis sad and untimely death, a wife, two daughters, aged five and one-half years and nineteen months, father and mother, five sisters and three brothers, besides a host of relatives and friends. Funeral services were held at Andrews Settlement church at 1 p. m. Sunday. Nov. 8, Rev. J. A. Gardner of Canaseraga N. Y., preaching the words of comfort to the bereaved ones. - Interment in the Andrews Settlement cemetery. Schutt & Gillon, funeral directors. ----------- HAMMERSLEY Mr. and Mrs. Guy Douglas are happy over the arrival of a nice little boy who put in his appearance Sunday. Oct. 25. Mrs. Eva Williams and daughter spent a few days with relatives in Austin. Emmitt Hark and family have moved to Hulls. Seth ard Carl Williams went to Cross Fork Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dennis of St. Marys, formerly of this place, are proud of the fact that another boy has been added to their family. Dr. Potter of Austin had business in town Friday. M. G. Williams is doing his assessing now. Mrs. Jake Clark and daughter, Harriett, returned home Saturday after spending a week with friends Wellsboro. ------------- Colt for Sale Clipping location on The Potter Enterprise page 8 wetzupdoc Member Photo CLIPPED BY wetzupdoc · 25 Oktober 2020 CLIPPED FROM The Potter Enterprise Coudersport, Pennsylvania 12 Nov 1908, Thu • Page 8 BYwetzupdoc · 25 Oktober 2020
Death	6 Nov 1908	Medix Run, Benezette, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA [4]
	20201025HAv- Last Sad Rites, S.M. Miller, Engineer, Tragic Death, Funeral Sunday. Nellie Vanderhoof Miller.. CLIPPED FROM The Potter Enterprise Coudersport, Pennsylvania 12 Nov 1908, Thu • Page 8 BYwetzupdoc · 25 Oktober 2020 LAST SAD RITES FUNERAL OF S. M. MILLER, ENGINEER WHO MET TRAGIC DEATH HELD SUNDAY The remains of Merville Miller, the young man who was killed at Medix Run last Thursday arrived in Coudersport Friday evening and were taken in charge by Schutt & Gillon, who conducted the funeral. The body was badly disfigured. He was the engineer and when he lost control of the train he had a boy and girl riding with him. He had the girl jump and he took the boy in his arms and jumped with him. The engine turned over upon him at this time and when he was taken out from under the wreck he a and the little fellow still clasped In his arms were both dead. The brave man had tried to save both of the children. The girl was slightly burned but otherwise escaped without injury. Besides his wife, who before her marriage was Miss Nettie Vanderhoof, the deceased is survived by two little daughters about two and five years old, - his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Miller and several brothers and sisters. The funeral which was held Sunday afternoon at Andrews Settlement was largely attended. Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Vanderhoof of Potterbrook, parents of Mrs. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Sanderson Fox and Mrs, William Skinner, also of Potter-brook, came to Coudersport Friday and were guests of Mr, and Mrs. Dell Goodrich, going with them Sunday to Andrews -Settlement to attend the funeral. Mr. Miller was prominent in the I. O. O. F. and the remains were accompanied from Medix Run by the following lodge members who acted as pall bearers: - Ebenezer Winslow, - Harry Ford, - Warren Robinson, - August Ellison, - D. W. Wilber and - Thomas DeLong. Deceased is survived by the following brothers and sisters: - Mrs. Charles Neefe, of Sweden; - Mrs. Will Stevens, of Shingle House; - Herbert of Hornell; - Misses Edith, Laura nnd Emma and John and Foster of Andrews Settlement. The following is the account of the accident given by the Associated Press: DuBois, Pa., Nov. 6 -- A boy and girl riding in the locomotive cab with Engineer S. M. Miller met a distressing fate with him today. The train ran away on the Goodyear Company's lumber road near Medix Run and these were the casualties: The Dead - Engineer S. M. Miller, of Medix Run, pinned under the cab of the engine and scalded to death. - William Green, aged 12 years, pinned under cab and crushed and scalded. The Injured - Lilly Green, aged 18 years; caught under the cab, but rescued, badly scalded on the head, face and body. - Harry Cohr, arms and head scalded and fingers broken. A number of others Injured by jumping, but not in a serious condition. The wreck occurred on a curve at the bottom of the steep grade a short distance from Medix Run. The brakes on the train refused to work and the train got beyond control. Most of the people knowing of the sharp curve at the bottom of the hill, jumped and escaped with slight injuries. Lilly and William Green were riding in the cab with Engineer Miller, who urged them to jump. They refused and in the hope that he could in some way get control of his train again, the engineer stayed with his locomotive. The bodies of Miller and the Green boy were not recovered until several hours after the wreck. Another Account The following was contributed by a friend of the deceased. On Thursday, Nov. 5, 1908 at one o'clock occurred the death of S. M. Miller of Medix Run, Elk County, Pa., while making a home run with twelve cars of bark and one dead engine. Miller was running his engine backwards to hold the load and as they started some way the train got the start of the men. He signalled down brakes and two (of) the men rushing to one brake, broke the chain giving all the more speed to the runaway train. There was a woman and boy riding on the engine and the fireman and the noble engineer, Miller entreated her to jump. She absolutely refused to do so. The fireman jumped leaving the engineer to get off the boy after attempting to stop his engine. He came on the steps with the boy in his arms and the huge engine tipped over, burying the one who said he would never leave his train as long as a woman was there needing his help, underneath its heavy weight. When about five o'clock they got him out of the bed of coals he had the boy still clasped in his arms. Deceased leaves to mourn bis sad and untimely death, a wife, two daughters, aged five and one-half years and nineteen months, father and mother, five sisters and three brothers, besides a host of relatives and friends. Funeral services were held at Andrews Settlement church at 1 p. m. Sunday. Nov. 8, Rev. J. A. Gardner of Canaseraga N. Y., preaching the words of comfort to the bereaved ones. - Interment in the Andrews Settlement cemetery. Schutt & Gillon, funeral directors. ----------- HAMMERSLEY Mr. and Mrs. Guy Douglas are happy over the arrival of a nice little boy who put in his appearance Sunday. Oct. 25. Mrs. Eva Williams and daughter spent a few days with relatives in Austin. Emmitt Hark and family have moved to Hulls. Seth ard Carl Williams went to Cross Fork Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dennis of St. Marys, formerly of this place, are proud of the fact that another boy has been added to their family. Dr. Potter of Austin had business in town Friday. M. G. Williams is doing his assessing now. Mrs. Jake Clark and daughter, Harriett, returned home Saturday after spending a week with friends Wellsboro. ------------- Colt for Sale Clipping location on The Potter Enterprise page 8 wetzupdoc Member Photo CLIPPED BY wetzupdoc · 25 Oktober 2020 CLIPPED FROM The Potter Enterprise Coudersport, Pennsylvania 12 Nov 1908, Thu • Page 8 BYwetzupdoc · 25 Oktober 2020 13:00h pinned under the cab of the engine & scalded to death while making a home run with 12 cars of bark and 1 dead engine, 2 kids riding with him in the cab, failed to make the curve, jumped as locomotive overturned onto him and the boy in his arms...
Burial	8 Nov 1908	Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2]
	or Andrews Settlement? -per newspaper articles.
Name	S. Merville Miller
Burial	8 Nov 1908	Andrews Settlement, Allegany, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA [4]
	20201025HAv- Last Sad Rites, S.M. Miller, Engineer, Tragic Death, Funeral Sunday. Nellie Vanderhoof Miller.. CLIPPED FROM The Potter Enterprise Coudersport, Pennsylvania 12 Nov 1908, Thu • Page 8 BYwetzupdoc · 25 Oktober 2020 LAST SAD RITES FUNERAL OF S. M. MILLER, ENGINEER WHO MET TRAGIC DEATH HELD SUNDAY The remains of Merville Miller, the young man who was killed at Medix Run last Thursday arrived in Coudersport Friday evening and were taken in charge by Schutt & Gillon, who conducted the funeral. The body was badly disfigured. He was the engineer and when he lost control of the train he had a boy and girl riding with him. He had the girl jump and he took the boy in his arms and jumped with him. The engine turned over upon him at this time and when he was taken out from under the wreck he a and the little fellow still clasped In his arms were both dead. The brave man had tried to save both of the children. The girl was slightly burned but otherwise escaped without injury. Besides his wife, who before her marriage was Miss Nettie Vanderhoof, the deceased is survived by two little daughters about two and five years old, - his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Miller and several brothers and sisters. The funeral which was held Sunday afternoon at Andrews Settlement was largely attended. Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Vanderhoof of Potterbrook, parents of Mrs. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Sanderson Fox and Mrs, William Skinner, also of Potter-brook, came to Coudersport Friday and were guests of Mr, and Mrs. Dell Goodrich, going with them Sunday to Andrews -Settlement to attend the funeral. Mr. Miller was prominent in the I. O. O. F. and the remains were accompanied from Medix Run by the following lodge members who acted as pall bearers: - Ebenezer Winslow, - Harry Ford, - Warren Robinson, - August Ellison, - D. W. Wilber and - Thomas DeLong. Deceased is survived by the following brothers and sisters: - Mrs. Charles Neefe, of Sweden; - Mrs. Will Stevens, of Shingle House; - Herbert of Hornell; - Misses Edith, Laura nnd Emma and John and Foster of Andrews Settlement. The following is the account of the accident given by the Associated Press: DuBois, Pa., Nov. 6 -- A boy and girl riding in the locomotive cab with Engineer S. M. Miller met a distressing fate with him today. The train ran away on the Goodyear Company's lumber road near Medix Run and these were the casualties: The Dead - Engineer S. M. Miller, of Medix Run, pinned under the cab of the engine and scalded to death. - William Green, aged 12 years, pinned under cab and crushed and scalded. The Injured - Lilly Green, aged 18 years; caught under the cab, but rescued, badly scalded on the head, face and body. - Harry Cohr, arms and head scalded and fingers broken. A number of others Injured by jumping, but not in a serious condition. The wreck occurred on a curve at the bottom of the steep grade a short distance from Medix Run. The brakes on the train refused to work and the train got beyond control. Most of the people knowing of the sharp curve at the bottom of the hill, jumped and escaped with slight injuries. Lilly and William Green were riding in the cab with Engineer Miller, who urged them to jump. They refused and in the hope that he could in some way get control of his train again, the engineer stayed with his locomotive. The bodies of Miller and the Green boy were not recovered until several hours after the wreck. Another Account The following was contributed by a friend of the deceased. On Thursday, Nov. 5, 1908 at one o'clock occurred the death of S. M. Miller of Medix Run, Elk County, Pa., while making a home run with twelve cars of bark and one dead engine. Miller was running his engine backwards to hold the load and as they started some way the train got the start of the men. He signalled down brakes and two (of) the men rushing to one brake, broke the chain giving all the more speed to the runaway train. There was a woman and boy riding on the engine and the fireman and the noble engineer, Miller entreated her to jump. She absolutely refused to do so. The fireman jumped leaving the engineer to get off the boy after attempting to stop his engine. He came on the steps with the boy in his arms and the huge engine tipped over, burying the one who said he would never leave his train as long as a woman was there needing his help, underneath its heavy weight. When about five o'clock they got him out of the bed of coals he had the boy still clasped in his arms. Deceased leaves to mourn bis sad and untimely death, a wife, two daughters, aged five and one-half years and nineteen months, father and mother, five sisters and three brothers, besides a host of relatives and friends. Funeral services were held at Andrews Settlement church at 1 p. m. Sunday. Nov. 8, Rev. J. A. Gardner of Canaseraga N. Y., preaching the words of comfort to the bereaved ones. - Interment in the Andrews Settlement cemetery. Schutt & Gillon, funeral directors. ----------- HAMMERSLEY Mr. and Mrs. Guy Douglas are happy over the arrival of a nice little boy who put in his appearance Sunday. Oct. 25. Mrs. Eva Williams and daughter spent a few days with relatives in Austin. Emmitt Hark and family have moved to Hulls. Seth ard Carl Williams went to Cross Fork Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dennis of St. Marys, formerly of this place, are proud of the fact that another boy has been added to their family. Dr. Potter of Austin had business in town Friday. M. G. Williams is doing his assessing now. Mrs. Jake Clark and daughter, Harriett, returned home Saturday after spending a week with friends Wellsboro. ------------- Colt for Sale Clipping location on The Potter Enterprise page 8 wetzupdoc Member Photo CLIPPED BY wetzupdoc · 25 Oktober 2020 CLIPPED FROM The Potter Enterprise Coudersport, Pennsylvania 12 Nov 1908, Thu • Page 8 BYwetzupdoc · 25 Oktober 2020 - Interment in the Andrews Settlement cemetery. Schutt & Gillon, funeral directors.
Person ID	I82584	WETZEL-SPRING

Father	Miller, Elmer Marcine, b. 24 Oct 1855, Eldred, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA d. 26 Mar 1935, Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 79 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Foster, Emma Melissa, b. 17 Apr 1859, Cohocton, Steuben, New York, USA d. 11 Feb 1932 (Age 72 years)
Relationship	natural
Family ID	F11321	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Vanderhoof, Susan Jeanette, b. 1885, Pennsylvania, USA d. 11 Jan 1939, Canisteo, Steuben, New York, USA (Age 54 years)

Marriage 1901 [1]

Children

	1. Miller, Neva E, b. 1903, Pennsylvania, USA d. 15 Dec 1974, Canaseraga, Allegany, New York, USA (Age 71 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Miller, Margaret Myrtle, b. 3 Apr 1907, Benezette, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1979, New York State, USA (Age 71 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Miller, Merville Robert, b. 12 Jan 1906, Medix Run, Benezette, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA d. 13 Jan 1906, Benezette, Elk, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 0 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F51457 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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	Birth - 1 Feb 1877 - Eldred, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA
	Residence - 1880 - Eldred, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA
	Residence - 1900 - Allegany Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
	Burial - or Andrews Settlement? -per newspaper articles. - 8 Nov 1908 - Coudersport, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA

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Sperry Merville Miller 1877-1908
BIRTH 1 FEB 1877 • Eldred, McKean, Pennsylvania
DEATH 5 NOV 1908 • Medix Run, Benezette, Elk, Pennsylvania

Aaron Vanderhoof 1841-1910
BIRTH 20 MAR 1841 • Passaic, Morris, New Jersey
DEATH 10 NOV 1910 • Hector Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania
Marriage 1869 Aaron Vanderhoof (1841-1910)
Mary Ann Dunham 1849-1914
BIRTH 24 MAY 1849 • Tioga County, Pennsylvania,
DEATH 24 MAY 1914 • Potter County, Pennsylvania,

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Sperry Merville Miller 1877-1908
BIRTH 1 FEB 1877 • Eldred, McKean, Pennsylvania
DEATH 5 NOV 1908 • Medix Run, Benezette, Elk, Pennsylvania

Aaron Vanderhoof 1841-1910
BIRTH 20 MAR 1841 • Passaic, Morris, New Jersey
DEATH 10 NOV 1910 • Hector Twp, Potter, Pennsylvania
Marriage 1869 Aaron Vanderhoof (1841-1910)
Mary Ann Dunham 1849-1914
BIRTH 24 MAY 1849 • Tioga County, Pennsylvania,
DEATH 24 MAY 1914 • Potter County, Pennsylvania,

[S1115] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
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Elmer M Miller
BIRTH 24 Oct 1855 Eldred, McKean County, Pennsylvania, USA
DEATH 26 Mar 1935 (aged 79)
BURIAL Andrews Settlement Cemetery
Coudersport, Potter County, Pennsylvania, USA
MEMORIAL ID 135292762 ·
PHOTOS 1
FLOWERS 1

Family Members
Parents Waterbury W Miller 1827-1911
Laura Ann Moody Miller 1833-1920
Siblings Maranda A Miller unknown-1887
Gilbert A Miller 1858-1859
Jennie Miller Beebe 1862-1933
Charles Burdett Miller 1870-1928
Harry Miller 1880-1922
Children Eva Mae Miller Neefe 1879-1965
Sperry Merville Miller 1882-1908
Laura A Miller 1892-1989
Foster Miller 1894-1951
John Franklin Miller 1900-1958

Flowers
Waterbury Miller was an adoptive parent.
Birth parents were Herman Riley Smith and Eliza Jane Parker Smith.
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Elmer M Miller
BIRTH 24 Oct 1855 Eldred, McKean County, Pennsylvania, USA
DEATH 26 Mar 1935 (aged 79)
BURIAL Andrews Settlement Cemetery
Coudersport, Potter County, Pennsylvania, USA
MEMORIAL ID 135292762 ·
PHOTOS 1
FLOWERS 1

Family Members
Parents Waterbury W Miller 1827-1911
Laura Ann Moody…

[S36] ancestry.com, Elmer Miller Family 1907 Photograph courtesy of Barb Hyde and Becky Spike. DEggler1849.
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Elmer Miller Family 1907
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Back: Evva, Grace, Merville, Herbert, Laura and Edith.
Front Row: Foster, Emma, Emily (near front), Elmer and John.

Photograph courtesy of Barb Hyde and Becky Spike.

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It's not my original though. It's a share that Ancestry popped up in my hints. I have Millers in my family but this is far enough out there that I'm not totally sure they are mine yet.
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Elmer Miller Family 1907
1907

Back: Evva, Grace, Merville, Herbert, Laura and Edith.
Front Row: Foster, Emma, Emily (near front), Elmer and John.

Photograph courtesy of Barb Hyde and Becky Spike.

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[S1993] Newspapers.com: Potter Journal Leader Enterprise-, Last Sad Rites, S.M. Miller, Engineer, Tragic Death, Funeral Sunday. Nellie Vanderhoof Miller.. The Potter Enterprise, 12 Nov 1908, Thu• P.8 LAST SAD RITES FUNERAL OF S. M. MILLER, ENGINEER WHO MET TRAGIC DEATH HELD SUNDAY.
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LAST SAD RITES
FUNERAL OF S. M. MILLER, ENGINEER WHO MET TRAGIC DEATH HELD SUNDAY
The remains of Merville Miller, the young man who was killed at Medix Run last Thursday arrived in Coudersport Friday evening and were taken in charge by Schutt & Gillon, who conducted the funeral. The body was badly disfigured. He was the engineer and when he lost control of the train he had a boy and girl riding with him. He had the girl jump and he took the boy in his arms and jumped with him. The engine turned over upon him at this time and when he was taken out from under the wreck he a and the little fellow still clasped In his arms were both dead. The brave man had tried to save both of the children. The girl was slightly burned but otherwise escaped without injury.
Besides his wife, who before her marriage was Miss Nettie Vanderhoof, the deceased is survived by two little daughters about two and five years old,
- his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Miller
and several brothers and sisters.
The funeral which was held Sunday afternoon at Andrews Settlement was largely attended.
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Vanderhoof of Potterbrook, parents of Mrs. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Sanderson Fox and Mrs, William Skinner, also of Potter-brook, came to Coudersport Friday and were guests of Mr, and Mrs. Dell Goodrich, going with them Sunday to Andrews Settlement to attend the funeral.
Mr. Miller was prominent in the I. O. O. F. and the remains were accompanied from Medix Run by the following lodge members who acted as pall bearers:
- Ebenezer Winslow,
- Harry Ford,
- Warren Robinson,
- August Ellison,
- D. W. Wilber and
- Thomas DeLong.
Deceased is survived by the following brothers and sisters:
- Mrs. Charles Neefe, of Sweden;
- Mrs. Will Stevens, of Shingle House;
- Herbert of Hornell;
- Misses Edith, Laura and Emma and John and Foster of Andrews Settlement.
The following is the account of the accident given by the Associated Press:
DuBois, Pa., Nov. 6 -- A boy and girl riding in the locomotive cab with Engineer S. M. Miller met a distressing fate with him today. The train ran away on the Goodyear Company's lumber road near Medix Run and these were the casualties:
The Dead
- Engineer S. M. Miller, of Medix Run, pinned under the cab of the engine and scalded to death.
- William Green, aged 12 years, pinned under cab and crushed and scalded.
The Injured
- Lilly Green, aged 18 years; caught under the cab, but rescued, badly scalded on the head, face and body.
- Harry Cohr, arms and head scalded and fingers broken.
A number of others Injured by jumping, but not in a serious condition.
The wreck occurred on a curve at the bottom of the steep grade a short distance from Medix Run. The brakes on the train refused to work and the train got beyond control.
Most of the people knowing of the sharp curve at the bottom of the hill, jumped and escaped with slight injuries.
Lilly and William Green were riding in the cab with Engineer Miller, who urged them to jump. They refused and in the hope that he could in some way get control of his train again, the engineer stayed with his locomotive. The bodies of Miller and the Green boy were not recovered until several hours after the wreck.
Another Account
The following was contributed by a friend of the deceased.
On Thursday, Nov. 5, 1908 at one o'clock occurred the death of S. M. Miller of Medix Run, Elk County, Pa., while making a home run with twelve cars of bark and one dead engine. Miller was running his engine backwards to hold the load and as they started some way the train got the start of the men. He signalled down brakes and two (of) the men rushing to one brake, broke the chain giving all the more speed to the runaway train.
There was a woman and boy riding on the engine and the fireman and the noble engineer, Miller entreated her to jump. She absolutely refused to do so.
The fireman jumped leaving the engineer to get off the boy after attempting to stop his engine. He came on the steps with the boy in his arms and the huge engine tipped over, burying the one who said he would never leave his train as long as a woman was there needing his help, underneath its heavy weight. When about five o'clock they got him out of the bed of coals he had the boy still clasped in his arms.
Deceased leaves to mourn his sad and untimely death, a wife, two daughters, aged five and one-half years and nineteen months, father and mother, five sisters and three brothers, besides a host of relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held at Andrews Settlement church at 1 p. m. Sunday. Nov. 8, Rev. J. A. Gardner of Canaseraga N. Y., preaching the words of comfort to the bereaved ones.
- Interment in the Andrews Settlement cemetery.
Schutt & Gillon, funeral directors.
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Mr. and Mrs. Guy Douglas are happy over the arrival of a nice little boy who put in his appearance Sunday. Oct. 25.
Mrs. Eva Williams and daughter spent a few days with relatives in Austin.
Emmitt Hark and family have moved to Hulls.
Seth ard Carl Williams went to Cross Fork Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dennis of St. Marys, formerly of this place, are proud of the fact that another boy has been added to their family.
Dr. Potter of Austin had business in town Friday.
M. G. Williams is doing his assessing now.
Mrs. Jake Clark and daughter, Harriett, returned home Saturday after spending a week with friends Wellsboro.
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Mr&Mrs Chas Sutton of Medix Run visiting her parents, Mr&Mrs Dell Goodrich
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Local & Personal
Mr. and Mrs. Orr McCullough returned home last Thursday from attending the funeral of Mr. McCullough's sister at Spring Creek. They spent a few days at Kushequa.
Ronald James, one of the bright young men of the county is taking a college course in Williamsport. The Enterprise pays him weekly visits to keep him posted on home affairs.
D. S. Seibert passed through Coudersport Tuesday evening on his way from New York City to Inez, where he will spend some time with his family visiting his wife's mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sutton of Medix Run arrived in town Friday evening. Mrs. Sutton is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dell Goodrich, where they are visiting.
R. D. Owens, the Mansfield piano dealer, who has been spending some days here, left Thursday morning for a business trip to West Virginia.
County Commissioner W. A. Nichols, C. D. Austin and F. W. Franke were here attending to official business Thursday and Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harrington of the Prouty came over Wednesday to see Mrs. Harrington's brother, E.D. Staysa of Holdridge, Neb., who is visiting here.
Mrs. Elvin Burdlck of Hebron was here Wednesday to see her brother, E.D. Staysa of Holdridge, Neb., who is spending a few days with his mother and children here.

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Last Sad Rites, S.M. Miller, Engineer, Tragic Death, Funeral Sunday. Nellie Vanderhoof Miller..
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LAST SAD RITES
FUNERAL OF S. M. MILLER, ENGINEER WHO MET TRAGIC DEATH HELD SUNDAY
The remains of Merville Miller, the…

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