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Hugo Tombstone Quarry Section of Applegate Trail
Thomas Bryant: Hugo Pioneer
Bryant Family: Federal Censuses
J.C. Cochrane Family: Early Hugo Pioneers
William A. Cox Family: Hugo Pioneers
W.M. Cox Family: Hugo Pioneers
John Davis: Warrant Locator
W.H. Flanagan Family: Hugo Pioneers
Harris: Hugo Pioneers
Lewis Heatt: Indian Fighter
Miller Family: Hugo Pioneers
Jacob Miller Family: Federal Censuses
Elizabeth F. Neely: Hugo Pioneer
Neely Family: Hugo Pioneers
Wm W. & E.J. Neely: Hugo Pioneers
Pleasant Valley School
PVC: Applegate Trail & Pleasant Valley Cemetery
PVC: Neely & Trimble Cemeteries
PVC: Pleasant Valley Cemetery: 1870s?
PVC: Tombstone Analysis
Renshaw Family: Hugo Settlers
Squier Family: Hugo Settlers
Samuel Trimble: Hugo Pioneer
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MILLER
FAMILY: HUGO PIONEERS
Brochure 44A in Hugo's
Pioneers Brochure Series
Part of the 1.5 mile Applegate Trail Nomination to Federal Register of Historic Places
May 12, 2008
by
Hugo Neighborhood Association
Historical Society
Josephine County Historical Society
Rogue Advocates
Miller Tombstone in Background
Jacob W. Miller
- Jacob Miller
- Born: 1845 Pennsylvania?
- Father’s Birth Place:
- Mother’s Birth Place:
- Johanna (Miller) Bryant
- Born: 1851 Indiana
- Father’s Birth Place: Pennsylvania
- Mother’s Birth Place: Indiana
1845 Jacob Miller was born.
Jacob W. Miller It is assumed for research purposes
that Jacob W. Miller is the father of Johanna (Miller) Bryant.
1878 Thirty-three year old Jacob Miller passed
February 21, 1878.1 He is buried in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery (PVC). He has
the third oldest dated tombstone in the PVC: W. A. Gibston, 1869 and Robert Trimble, 1870.
- 1880 Census. Jump Off Joe, Josephine Co., OR
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- Arvilia Bryant
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- Self (Head)
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- IN
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- 1819
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- 61 yrs
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- Charles Bryant
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- Son
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- IN
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- 1840
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- 40 yrs
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- Johanna Bryant
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- D-in-law
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- IN
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- 1851
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- 29 yrs
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- Jesse Miller
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- Stepson
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- IN
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- 1873
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- 7 yrs
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- Francis Miller
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- Stepson
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- CA
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- 1877
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- 3 yrs
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In 1880 Charles Bryant was a farmer. Johanna
Bryant and Alonzo Bryant were married November 1 1879 in Josephine County, Oregon (Vol. 2,
p. 289). Her maiden name was Miller.2
Jacob Miller, A Hugo Pioneer: ca., 1870s -
1878
1880 Census. Jump Off Joe & Galice Creek, Josephine
County, Oregon
| Alonzo Bryant |
Husband |
IL |
1841 |
39 yrs |
Alonzo Bryant was a farmer.
1882 Jacob W. Miller’s Hugo Cash Entry In 1882
Jacob Miller was issued a cash entry patent for 80 acres in Hugo, Oregon (Patent No.
4556).3-4
1882 Harrison B. Ketterman and Viola F. Skeeters
married December 13, 1882. His step father was Hinton Miller. His mother was Joanna
Miller.5
1885 Joanna Bryant’s Hugo Homestead In 1885
Joanna Bryant (Johanna Miller) was issued a homestead patent for 160 acres in Hugo, Oregon
(Patent No. 1737).3-4
- 1895 Official Map of Josephine County
- J. Bryant Map identifies J. Bryant as owner of 160 acres,
but a different 160 acres than homestead.6
Jas. Bryant Map identifies Jas. Bryant as owner of 80
acres, the south ½ of old homestead.
The eastern portion of the old Miller cash
entry was undeveloped in 2007 (east of Monument Drive and west of the PVC). It contains
crucial geographic features applicable to the Applegate Trail: macadam road, ford crossing, and bridge crossing.7
Cash Entry
1914 Renshaw Homestead On September 2, 1914 Theodore
Milton Renshaw was issued a 40 acre homestead patent in Hugo, Oregon adjacent to the
Miller’ land (Patent No. 06672).1-3 Theodore had a daughter, Maude H.
Miller, that was single in 1900, and whose name was Maude Renshaw and living with her
father and mother in 1910.
1930 Isabell Catherine Miller passed January 18, 1930
in Josephine County, Oregon.8
Pleasant Valley Cemetery 1 & 6
- • Bryant, Alonzo, born 1840, died 1889
- • Bryant, Arvilla, born 1/8/1819, died 3/26/1885
- • Miller, Isabella, born 1843, died 1930
- • Miller, Jacob, died 2/21/1878, aged 33 years
Want more information? Contact an officer of the Hugo Neighborhood on how
you can become involved in your community’s history and land use.
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- 1. Internet.net. October 22, 2007. Pleasant Valley
Cemetery, Hugo, Josephine County, Oregon. Contributed by Jean Boling.
- 2. Lacy, Ruby. 1975. 1880 Josephine County, Oregon
Census. Ashland, OR.
- 3. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), General Land Office
(GLO) Records. 2007. Official Federal Land Records Site. Internet.
- 4. Hugo Neighborhood. 2007. Hugo Pioneers. Map Of
Federal Land Transfer in Hugo, Oregon. Hugo, OR.
- 5. Lacy, Ruby. 1977. Marriages of Josephine County,
Oregon: 1857 - 1900. Ashland, OR.
- 6. Koch, Joseph , Draughtsman. 1895 Official Josephine
County, Oregon. Map. Scale 1 inch = 1 mile. Meston - Dygert Book M’F’G.
Portland, OR.
- 7. Hugo Neighborhood. 2007. Pioneers For Hugo Tombstone
Quarry Section Of Applegate Trail: 1856 - 1927. Map of Federal Land Transfers for 1.5
miles of Applegate Trail. Hugo, OR.
- 8. Oregon Death Index, 1903-98. Internet.
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