Miller Family History
When we first arrived in Texas, Uncle Bob knew that he was coming to Chicago with us however what he had only found out was that our cousin Kim had stumbled upon a real estate listing of the original family farm in Scottsville, New York. Uncle Bob made contact with the owners – Bob and Nancy Pierson and before long they had invited us to come stay with them at the farm.
What can we say, it was an astounding feat of generosity and hospitality on their part but furthermore they had oodles of Miller family history to bestow upon us…. needless to say Uncle Bob and Aunt Luci were completely gob-smacked and years of unanswered questions were FINALLY put to bed thanks to the memorabilla that Bob and Nancy had saved and combined with the the historical places in Scottsville which often had tributes to the original Millers for what they had contributed to the town.
First up, the house is magnificantly restored and maintained and where possible the original furniture and decorations have been used.
The front porch
on the front porch
view from where the windmill used to be
The side, below the "best room in the house"
The sun room again...
Interestingly there is a hops bush located across the street. We aren’t sure if that’s something the Miller family planted but Uncle Bob is going to take some of them back to Texas to plant and hopefully find a way to get it to me back home so I can make a brew out of it.
The hops bush across the street
Hops!!
The garden and the view to the neighbors property is stunning as well.
The restored pergola out the back
The orginal barn
We visited the family plot where 8 of the ancestors are buried.
The Miller monument at the family plot
The headstones. Still in reasonable condition
Aunt Luci, Uncle Bob and Nancy pouring over photos
We have also seen the original Miller house before they moved into Fraser Farm.
Original Miller house
The North Road Farm
The old schoolhouse where Aunt Laura taught
Out to dinner with the Piersons
inside the school house
This post is a little rushed as we are about to go to the airport, but we would like thank the Piersons immensly for having us in their home and letting us eat their delicious food.
Rob
Ma & Pa, we will email you more pictures when we get to New York City, we need to organise them a bit as we have heaps! Hopefully this blog post will keep you happy until then.