Posted By:	Doug Corbin
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	Subject:	Mahala, wife of Robert Miller
	Post Date:	August 14, 2006 at 17:56:44
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	Forum:	Marion County, AR Genealogy Forum
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Can anyone help me to identify Mahala, wife of Robert Miller? I've been stuck on this for a long time. They were from Breathitt Co, KY. Robert is a son of Stephen and Henrietta Miller of Perry and Breathitt Cos, KY. The marriage records there are not complete so I have never been able to discover Mahala's maiden name. Robert is on the tax lists in Breathitt from 1845 through 1848. They moved to Missouri around 1848 and lived in Crawford, Dent and Shannon Cos. From the census records they had a number of children but I can't find any of them after 1880. Most of the children would have married in Shannon Co, MO or Marion Co, AR but those marriage records are also not complete. Their daughter, Margaret, who married John Pride Towns, Jr. is my gggrandmother. John died before 1880 and Margaret died a few years later. For some reason John and Margaret's two daughters were taken in and raised by neighbors, not Robert and Mahala or any of their children. What happened to all of those Millers after 1880. I can't believe they all died. I'm hoping to find a death certificate for one or more of them in hopes that Mahala's maiden name is on it. Doug Corbin Robert and Mahala Miller notes: 1850 census, Crawford Co, MO, p. 212 #328 R. Miller 27 m far $0r KY M. 23 f KY S. 3 f KY Wm. 2 m KY S. or J. 4/12 f MO 1860 census, Dent Co, MO, Watkins Twp. p. 17 #111 Robert MILLER 37 m farm laborer KY $0r $400p Mahala 33 f KY Sarah 13 f KY Wm 12 m KY Susan 8 f MO Hiram J. 7 m MO Margret 5 f MO Thomas 1 m MO 1870 census, Shannon Co, MO, Jackson Twp. p. 7 #55 Robert MILLER 48 m w farmer $600r $350p KY Mahalah 44 f w keeping house KY Jacob 17 m w MO Ellen 13 f w MO Thomas 11 m w MO Catharine 8 f w MO John 4 m w MO #60 William Miller 22 m w farm laborer $0r $0p MO Margaret 22 f w keeping house MO 1880 census, Marion Co, AR, White River Twp. p. 39? #268 Robert Miler 56 m w farmer KY NC NC Mahaly wife 53 f w keeping house KY KY KY Thomas son 21 m w works on farm MO KY KY Loucinda dau 19 f w at home MO KY KY #269 Margret Towns dau 25 f w at home MO KY KY Mahaly dau 4 f w MO KY MO Sarah Ann dau 2 f w MO KY MO There is incorrect information on the internet that identifies Robert as Robert Miles. I would like to prove that he is really Robert Miller. Tracking down some of Robert and Mahala's children should help.