John Edward Millen, Sr. was born on July 5, 1876 in Trigg
County, Kentucky. He was the son of James
M. Millen, Jr. and Sarah Agnes Terrell.
John was raised in Trigg County.
John married Mary Louise Thompson on January
17, 1900 in Hopkins County, Kentucky. He
was 23 years old and she was 17 years.
Mary was born on February 3, 1880 in Hampden, Prince Edward County,
Virginia, the daughter of the Reverend George Eagleton Thompson and Cora
Caldwell Dinwiddie.
John and Mary were the parents of five
children:
Shirley Izetta Millen born January 19, 1901
George M. Millen born 1906
James Millen born 1909
Robert D. Millen born August 30, 1910
John Edward Millen, Jr. born September 17, 1914
John and Mary lost their first child on
January 26, 1905. Shirley was buried in
the Glenwood Cemetery in Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky. She was just four years old at her death.
In 1910, John and Mary and their
children were living on Front Street in Boxville, Todd County, Kentucky. John was working for the railroad at that
time and employed as a yard master.
Mary Louise Thompson Millen died on June
1, 1918 in Guthrie, Todd County, Kentucky.
The cause of death was blood poisoning.
Mary was buried near her daughter in the Glenwood Cemetery in Elkton,
Todd County, Kentucky. She was 38 years
old at her death.
Just three months after the death of his
wife, John registered for the draft for the First World War. He registered on September 12, 1918 in
Elkton, Todd County, Kentucky. He was
described as tall and slender, with brown eyes and hair. John did not serve in the war.
John remarried around 1919 to Marian
Frances Boggess. They were married in
Guthrie, Todd County, Kentucky. Marian
was born in April 1898 in Henderson County, Kentucky, the daughter of Edmond Dargan Boggess &
Sarah Agnes Terrill.
In 1920, John and Marian were living on Park Street in Guthrie,
Todd County, Kentucky. John’s widowed mother
was also listed in the household.
Marian died on October 13, 1939 in Shively, Jefferson County,
Kentucky. The cause of death was cervical
cancer. She was buried in the Evergreen
Cemetery in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Marian was 41 years old at her death.
John Edward Millen, Sr. died on October 7, 1956 in Florida. He was laid to rest beside his first wife,
Mary, in the Glenwood Cemetery in Elkton,
Todd County, Kentucky. He was 80 years
old at his death.
Notes for John Edward Millen, Sr.
Birth Death: “John Edward Millen Sr,” Ancestry.com. Web:
Kentucky, Find A Grave Index, 1776-2012 [database on-line]. Provo, UT,
USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
(http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi)
accessed 18 January 2013.
1880 US Census: “John Millen,” Year: 1880;
Census Place: Montgomery, Trigg, Kentucky; Roll: 443; Family
History Film: 1254443; Page:311D; Enumeration District: 147;
Image: 0405. Ancestry.com
and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States
Federal Census[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations
Inc, 2010.
Marriage to Mary Thompson: “J
E Millen,” Dodd, Jordan, comp. Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900 [database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.
1910 US Census: “John
Ed Millen,” Year: 1910; Census Place: Boxville, Todd,
Kentucky; Roll: T624_504; Page: 3B; Enumeration
District: 0110; FHL microfilm: 1374517. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States
Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2006.
Military: “John
Edd Millen,” Registration State: Kentucky; Registration County: Todd;
Roll: 1653843. Ancestry.com. U.S.,
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line].
Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Marriage to Marian Boggess:
1920 US Census
1920 US Census: “John E Miller,” Year: 1920;
Census Place: Guthrie, Todd, Kentucky; Roll: T625_599;
Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 124; Image: 563. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States
Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Notes
for Mary Louise Thompson
Birth & Death: “Mary
Louise Millen,” Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Death
Records, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2007.
1880 US Census: “Mary Thompson,” Year: 1880; Census Place: Hampden,
Prince Edward, Virginia; Roll: 1384; Family History Film: 1255384;
Page: 289D; Enumeration District: 190. Ancestry.com and The Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census[database
on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.
Burial: “Mary
Louise Millen,” Ancestry.com. Web: Kentucky,
Find A Grave Index, 1776-2012 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
(http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi)
accessed 18 January 2013.
Notes for Shirley Izetta Millen
Birth & Death: “Shirley Izetta Millen,” Ancestry.com. Web:
Kentucky, Find A Grave Index, 1776-2012 [database on-line]. Provo, UT,
USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
(http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi)
accessed 18 January 2013.
Notes for Marian Frances Boggess
Birth & Death: “Marian Millen,” Ancestry.com. Kentucky,
Death Records, 1852-1953 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
1900 US Census: “Miriam
F Boggess,” Year: 1900; Census Place: Driskill, Livingston,
Kentucky; Roll: 539; Page: 16A; Enumeration
District: 0054; FHL microfilm: 1240539. Ancestry.com. 1900
United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
1910 US Census: “Mine
Boggess,” Year: 1910; Census Place: Morganfield, Union,
Kentucky; Roll: T624_504; Page: 23B; Enumeration
District: 0114; FHL microfilm: 1374517. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States
Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com
Operations Inc, 2006.
Burial: “Miriam
F Millen,” Ancestry.com. Web: Kentucky, Find
A Grave Index, 1776-2012 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
(http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi)
accessed 18 January 2013.
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