West Virginia Pioneers
Rebecca 'Becky' Miller
Abt 1808 - 1884 (~ 76 years)-
Name Rebecca 'Becky' Miller Born Abt 1808 Meigs County, Ohio, USA 
[1] Gender Female Died Aug 1884 Jackson County, West Virginia, USA [2] Notes - JCDR age 77y, b O, p S&S Miller
Person ID I5982 WVPioneers Last Modified 24 May 2005
Father Stephen Kitts Miller, d. Yes, date unknown Mother Sarah [Miller], d. Yes, date unknown Notes - Miller Family
Monroe Miller's grandfather, Kitts Miller, came to America from Germany after he was grown. He served in the Colonial Army, in the War for Independence. He married and located in Meigs County, Ohio. He remained there a few years, then crossed the river and bought land below the mouth of Mill Creek. He raised a large family of children, of whose names I find:
"Becky" Miller, married Charlie Shinn, who was an uncle of George Shinn, who lived on Grass Lick. Charles Shinn lived on Cow Run.
Nancy Miller, married Washington Rader, who was a son of Michael Rader, Jr. Wash Rader sold goods for Nehemiah Smith in the first store in Reedy, in 1841.
Lewis Miller, married Lydia Sayre, whose parents lived in Meigs County, Ohio. He later married Elizabeth (Betsy) Shinn, whose parents were native of Meigs County, Ohio, but who had settled on Mill Creek. Lewis Miller was for several years a member of the County court of Jackson County. His children, by his first wife:
Rosalie, Perry, Hampton, and Monroe.
By his second wife:
Warren, Leander, Columbus, and Sarah E.
Monroe Miller, the oldest son of Lewis Miller, was in 1905, a widower of seventy, and talked of "going west to grow up with the country." He laughingly told me there was no chance for him to get married here, as he was related to nearly all the women and girls on both sides of the river for many miles, they being of Sayre descent.
Warren Miller was for a time in Athens University. He studied law, and was admitted to the Bar in 1871. He was Mayor of Ripley in 1884, was Prosecuting Attorney from 1880 until 1884. He also served in the House of Delegates, State Senate and Congress.
The first settler at Buffalo was Joe Miller, who married Caroline Parsons. Afterward, he lived on the Davis farm, on the Right Fork of Reedy, above Greenbrier, being the first settler there.
This sketch taken from "Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the section "Lower Mill Creek"
Family ID F4008 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Charles Shinn, b. Between 1805 and 1807, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia , d. Yes, date unknown Married Y [3] Notes
1840 Jackson, VA
1m 0-5 Alfred
1m 10-15 William
1m 30-40
1f 0-5 Martha
1f 5-10 Ellizabeth
1f 30-40
1850 Jackson, VA# 575-581
Shinn Charles 43 M Farmer Va
Shinn Rebecca 42 F Ohio
Shinn William 21 M Farmer Va
Shinn Martha 14 F Ohio
Shinn Alfred 11 M Va
Shinn George D 7 M Va
Shinn Nancy 5 F Va
Booth Rachel 16 F Va
1860 Jackson, VA # 119-111
Elias (Chas?), 52
Rebecca, 52, PA
Alfred A, 20
George L, 18
Mary C, 14
1870 Jackson, WV # 51-51 Union Dist p 140
Charles, 63
Rebecca, 63
Charles Jr, 15, [s/o Wm]
1880 Union, Jackson, West Virginia
Charles SHINN Self M M W 72 VA
Occ: Farmer Fa: VA Mo: GER
Rebecca SHINN Wife F M W 72 OH
Occ: Keeping House Fa: OH Mo: OH
Charles SHINN Son M S W 24 WV
Fa: --- Mo: ---
Their chart:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~deschart/z0001355.html
Children 1. William Henry Shinn, b. Abt 1829, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia , d. Yes, date unknown2. Elizabeth Shinn, b. Abt 1834, Meigs County, Ohio, USA , d. Yes, date unknown3. Martha Shinn, b. Abt 1836, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown4. Alfred Allen Shinn, b. 18 Jul 1839, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. 3 Jul 1923, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA (Age 83 years)5. George W Shinn, b. 19 Feb 1843, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. 11 Apr 1927, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA (Age 84 years)6. Mary 'Nancy' Catherine Shinn, b. 20 Dec 1847, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. 30 Dec 1906, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA (Age 59 years)Family ID F2065 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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