The Millers

The Millers

My grandfather, Dave Columbus Miller, served with distinction as a WWII sniper.  He arrived in France, at Normandy, on D-Day.   The rest of his time in Europe he was sent off alone to pick off enemy officers during and before battles, denying valuable leaders to the enemy.  The constant killing tortured him, but it needed to be done, and he was good at it.

Grandpa’s parents, Samuel Thomas Miller and Elizabeth Frances Bettie Dean, were married on November 15, 1897 had seven children total.  One, Ingram James Miller, died at nineteen, when a tree fell on him, while he and his father were cutting timber.  Samuel Thomas Miller was the son of Samuel Miller and Bernetta Pratt, married on December 11, 1862.

Samuel Miller was the son of James S. Miller and Nancy Patsy Ramsey.  They met in Wayne Co, Ky, and married in 1818.  They had a small family with fourteen children.  Samuel’s family moved to Wayne Co, from Wilkes Co, NC.  Samuel was born in 1790 and died in 1850.  He is buried in the Miller Cemetery in Taylor County.

Samuel’s parents were Frederick and Mary Miller.  They had ten children.  Frederick spent 1777 to 1884 fighting in the American Revolution.  Only four generations separated Frederick and my grandfather, both fought hard for their country.  Grandpa had brothers that fought in WWII and a son that fought in Vietnam.  There are also other Miller relatives that fought in American wars, but I have tried to limit this to a direct line to my grandfather.  When America needed them, the Miller boys, could be depended upon.