Person:Elvira Miller (1)

1850 Census: York, DUPAGE, IL, page 73, line 26, age 27, born NY.

1860 Census: Campton, KANE, IL, page 520, line 5, age 36, born NY as Alvira.

1870 Census: Campton, KANE, IL, page 3, line 39, age 47, born NY.

1880 Census: Byron, OGLE, IL, page 22, line 29, age 55, NY, VT, VT.

Doct. Clarkson Miller Doct.Clarkson Miller as noted in general store ledger above. Born: 1820, Potsdam, N.Y. Died 1864, Geneva, WI. Wife: Maria B. Mann Married: 1845 in La Porte, Indiana. Served as surgeon in the 36th Wisconsin Infantry, taken prisoner at Reams Mill. Died at home in Geneva, Wisconsin of an illness contracted in Confederate prison. His brother, Alanson, who is my gg grandfather, also served in the 36th Wisconsin as a hospital attendant. He had two daughters, Helen and Harriett (Hattie). His wife and daughters continued to live in Lake Geneva for many years. Maria B. Miller, Helen (Miller) Sherman (widow with 3 children), and Hattie all show up in the 1880 Census. I believe that Helen Sherman continued to live in Lake Geneva until her death in the 1900s. His father, Frederick Miller, moved to Kane County, Illinois in about 1837. These Millers can be traced back to W.Springfield, Massachusetts, and to English colonists from about 1640. His daughter Helen was born in 1847, and I believe that his residence in Geneva dates from 1845-1847. He and his wife show up in both the 1850 and 1860 census. However, the entry in the General Store ledger is one of the few pieces of documentary evidence from Clarkson's life that I have. He and his wife married in La Porte in 1845, but her father Jacob J. Mann had moved from New York to Indiana in 1837. His sister Elvira (Miller) Burbank lived in Illinois and in Wisconsin. Elvira's son Dr. Charles H. Burbank lived in Elkhorn. Information provided courtesy of: Richard Miller

Oak Park, Illinois Oak Leaves 5/23/1908 obit Mrs. Elvira Miller Burbank, Posted: 28 Apr 2005 10:44PM Classification: Obituary Surnames: Miller, Burbank Oak ParkLeaves 5/23/1908 Death of Mrs. Burbank Mrs. Elvira Miller Burbank, a resident of llinois for sixty-six years of the seventy-two years of her life, passed away Tuesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frederick Peake, 530 East Avenue. The funeral took place Friday from the residence. Dr. M E Cady and Dr L D Leek of Chicago, and Rev. Geyer of Oak Park conducted the services. Mrs. Burbank was born in Potsdam, NY in 1823, and came to Chicago with her parents in 1836. Dr. Charles H. Burbank, of Cashmere "Cashmere, Wash, and Mrs. Peake are her surviving children.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} DAR Lineage Book. (Copy in Tuck Library, Concord, NH.)
   Vol 111, p. 287, I10918, Mrs. Maybelle Burbank Hancock., 13 Jul 2009.