The settlers in the Baton Rouge area arrived in the midst of religious and political struggles that in some cases caused them to leave their Mother Country. Before their arrival in Louisiana, many lived in Pennsylvania and Maryland. They were amidst the European country’s power struggles for territory control and ownership. The problems in their homeland were similar to the problems they experienced in America. Many of those social and political issues continued during their adjustments to their new residence in America.
 
The most powerful countries of Western Europe, England, Spain and France, had financed the voyages of the early explores for many reasons. They would increase their “Mother Country’s” wealth by finding the gold, silver and spies. Furthermore, they wanted to expand their trading partners and they wanted to spread the Christian religion. (1)
 
In 1604, the French established a presence in the New World, Canada, that later became Acadia. “In 1713, when the Treaty of Utrecht was made, the French government sold out the Acadians by ceding Acadia to England - Acadia then became known as Nova Scotia. From 1713 to 1755, the British continued the persecution of those God-fearing compassionate people. They not only took their land, they forced them to take the oath of allegiance to England. But when they tried to make the Acadians renounce their Catholic religion and become Protestants, and to agree to bear arms against France, these proud unfortunates flatly refused.” (2)
 
The Acadians became prisoners of the King. Many were placed on ships, not always as a family, and sent to the Mother country, to the English colonies, who were primarily Protestant, where the Catholics were called “papists”. (3) Still others migrated to the New England area, Virginia and the Carolina’s and to Georgia.
 
The Seven Years War, a global war and referred to as the last ‘War of Religion’, (4) was known as the French and Indian War in North America, 1756-1763. They fought for property rights in the Ohio River valley. The French and the American Indians teamed up to keep the British from controlling that area.
 
“The Seven Years War ended with the signing of the treaties of Hubertusburg and Paris in February 1763. In the Treaty of Paris, France lost all claims to Canada and gave Louisiana to Spain, while Britain received Spanish Florida, Upper Canada, and various French holdings overseas.” (5)
 
With growing tensions between the North American colonies and Great Britain, the American Revolutionary War, 1775-1783, created greater uncertainty for new emigrants to North American. The American Continental Army assisted by the French forced the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia in 1781. (6)

​The declaration of war against the British in the Baton Rouge area was in June 1779. Spain and France supported the American Colonies in that conflict.  The Spanish seized the British posts at Manchac and Pensacola, ending British control of West Florida. All of Louisiana ceded to France in 1800. Three years later France completed the Louisiana Purchase with the United States. Spain insisted on maintaining control of Baton Rouge and West Florida until 1810. (7)

Jacob Miller Louisiana Family, Vol I of III ... Jacob Miller Photos, Vol I of III
Original Highland Cemetery article ... Jacob Miller, Jr. Marital Challenges

​The people of Europe saw for themselves the same opportunities their governments wanted to capitalize on. Furthermore, the emigrants to North American wanted to practice their faith without fear of incrimination. The French and Germans that entered North American also saw an opportunity to own relatively large farms with the land grants encouraging emigrants to settle in Louisiana.
 
Maryland was a religious free state with the passage in 1649 of the Maryland Tolerance Act. It mandated religious tolerance for Trinitarian Christians. (8) Accordingly, some Acadians that left Nova Scotia settled in Maryland. Germans who entered the Port of Philadelphia joined them.

​Some of the settlers that made their way to Maryland also made their way to Louisiana prior to the 1770s. They settled above Bayou Manchac near Baton Rouge Louisiana.

In the beginning, the German families settled below Hackett’s Point on the opposite side of the river. They sought higher ground after being flooded many times. The Dutch Highlands, between Ben Hur Road and Siegen Lane, along the Highland Road, Bayou Fountain and Ward’s Creek, was what it was called. Johann George Klinepeter was the first to settle the Dutch Highlands in 1784. Emeric Adams, Henry Thomas, George Garig, and Paul Sharp accompanied him. Hill of the Fountains, where they established themselves, is the last bluff line toward the Gulf of Mexico. (9) It was called “Hill of the Fountains.” because “…springs abounded on the highland ridge just back of the flood plains of the Mississippi River in East Baton Rouge Parish.”  German and Acadian families farmed cotton and sugarcane on this land grant property approved by the Spanish government (1779-1810). (10)

​Highland Cemetery (Part I)
Established in 1813 on Geoge Garig’s plantation, the Highland Cemetery was donated to the Congregation of the Roman Catholic Church four years later. The love for the deceased are revealed with inscriptions on some tombs that read “Budded on earth to bloom in heaven.” or “He lived as lived a peaceful dove. He died as blossoms die.” (11)
 
“Today, a group of volunteers through a non-profit group called "Historic Highland Cemetery, Inc." has been given permission by its owner, the Catholic Church, to care for her. This group commissioned an archaeologist to do a systematic study of the cemetery and to use that data to restore the cemetery to the most original condition possible in order to increase its chance of selection to the US National Register of Historic Places.” (12)
 
A Highland Cemetery plaque located on one of the brick walls reads:
 
Hill of the Fountains
The Highland Ridge which borders Bayou Fountain and extends to Ward’s Creek was settled as early as 1784 by predominantly German and Acadian folk through Spanish land grants. Be it recorded here that the names of early settlers of “The Highland” were these:  Emeric Adams, Philip Anglehart, Moses & John Babin, Simon Daigre, George Garig, John Hillen, Firmin Landry, Johann George Kleinpeter & Sons, Jacob Meuller, Lewis Ory, John Ryan, Paul Sharp & Sons, and Henry Thomas.(13)
 
Information on these named individuals, their family, their history and their journey to the Baton Rouge area are discussed below.

​Emeric Adam (1730- 1801)
Emeric or Emmerich Adam was born about 1730 in Germany and died about 1801. He arrived in Louisiana in mid-August 1774 with Jean Baptiste Ory and Phillip Englehardt on their return trip after settling Nicholos Ory’s estate in Maryland. Emeric married Catherine Kleinpeter, born about 1750, in Maryland. She is the daughter of Johann George Kleinpeter and Gertrude Hitz. (14) Emmerich Adam and Catherine’s daughter Catherine Adam married Jacob Miller, Jr., son of Jacob Meuller (Miller), in 1795. (15) The Kleinpeter’s second daughter, Eve Adam married Johann Thomas, son of Henry Thomas and Barbara Ory. (16)
 
A review of one name on this plaque reveals that several people, Emeric Adam(s), Johann George Kleinpeter, Jacob Meuller or Jacob Miller, Jr. and Henry Thomas were probably close-knit families. To add to the family’s close fellowship, Jacob Meuller (Miller), Henry Thomas and Nicolas Ory, father of Barbara Ory were passengers on the British schooner, La Britiana, which sailed from Maryland enroute to Louisiana in 1769. (17)
 
Philip Anglehart (1738-1801)
Philip Anglehart or Englehardt or Inglehardt married Magdelena Ory before 1769 in Maryland.  Philip was a witness on a property transfer “Petition to Governor” for Henry Thomas property to his two sons dated 1801. (8) Magdelena Ory’s father, Nicolas Ory was a passenger on the La Bretania with Jacob Meuller (Miller) which sailed from Maryland to Louisiana in 1769. (18)
 
Phillip Englehardt (Anglehart) accompanied Jean Baptiste Ory to Maryland in 1772 to settle Nicolas Ory’s estate. When they returned to Louisiana in 1774, they were accompanied by four more families; “…Georges Petitpiere (better know[n] in Louisiana as George Kleinpeter), his wife, Gertrude, their sons, Jean, Joseph, George, and Conrad, and their daughters, Barbara, Genevieve, Susanna, and Jeanne. Also with them was their married daughter, Catherine, and her husband, Emmerich Adam. Next were Paul Sharp, his wife Catherine, and Joseph, Jacob, Nicolas, Catherine, and Elizabeth, their children. Finally, there was Sebaseien Quidre and his wife.” (19) As mentioned earlier, Emmerich Adam and Catherine Kleinpeter’s daughter Catherine Adam married Jacob Miller, Jr. in 1795; his 2nd wife. (20)
 
Simon Daigre (Daigle) (1735-1792)
Simon was among a large contingent of Daigles that arrived in New Orleans in the late 1700’s. These families settled near Fort Bute, just north of Bayou Manchac.
 
Simon-Pierre Daigle, age 50, was probably born in the 1735 in Riviere aux Canards, St. Joseph, Acadie. He is the son of Olivier Daigle and Francoise Granger.  He first married Marie Madeleine Theriot in 1758. (21) His second wife Anne Michel and seven of his children from his first marriage came to Louisiana with Simon. Anne died at Manchac in July 1786 soon after they settled there. Simon-Pierre remarried a third time to Rosalie, daughter of fellow Acadian Charles Theriot and widow of Alexandre Aucoin in 1788. Simon probably died at Manchac in October 1792 at age 57. (22)

​George Garig (1763-1825)
George Garig was a German settler from Maryland who owned an 800 arpent plantation in Highlands. He was considered to be “…a resident of well-known honesty and one of the most skillful builders of cotton gins and presses in this territory.” In 1819 he donated one arpent of land to the Catholic Church where settlers had been burying their dead. (23)
 
He noted on his marriage certificate that he left Philadelphia on June 8, 1788 and arrived in New Orleans on August 27, 1788. (24)
 
George Garig whose name may be William George Garig, was married to Marie Barbara Thomas on July 13, 1794. She is the daughter of Henry Thomas and Marie Barbara Ory. (25) Marie. Barbara Ory is the daughter of Nicolas Ory and Anna Strassbach and she is the older sister of Lewis Ory. Lewis Ory, whose name, as mentioned earlier is found on the “Hill of the Fountains” plaque. Marie Barbara Ory’s older sister Magdelena Ory married Phillip Jacob Engelhardt, also known as Philip Anglehart, whose name is also on the “Hill of the Fountains” plaque. (26), (27)

​Johann Georg Kleinpeter (Abt. 1730- 1775)
Johann Georg Kleinpeter was born about 1730 in Strassburg, Alsace, Germany. He married Gertrude Hitz (1736-1806) about 1755. (28) She is buried at the old St. Gabriel Church. (29) There were six children born to this couple. As previously mentioned, he arrived in Louisiana in 1774 with Jean Baptiste Ory and Phillip Englehardt (Anglehart).
 
Son, Johann Baptist Kleinpeter, is credited with erecting the first steam sugar mill in 1832 on the highlands. His father erected the first cotton gin about 1790. (30)
 
George Kleinpeter, son of this couple, married Marguerite Judith Ritter. Their daughter Mary Catherine Rose Kleinpeter married George Garig, Jr., son of George Garig and Marie Barbara Thomas. See George Garig mentioned earlier. More about the Kleinpeter children is discussed under Emeric Adam above. 

​Jacob Mueller (Miller) (Abt. 1736-1807)
Jacob Miller [Sr.] stated that he is “Roman Catholic and Apostolic, and native of Germany”. (31) He and his wife Anne Marie Thaison left Port Tobacco, Maryland in January 1769 on the vessel Britian or La Britiana. The ship was destined for New Orleans. Due to inclement weather, the ship went aground on the Texas shore. Held against their will by the Spaniards at Presidio Bahia near Goliad, Texas, they were permitted to leave after several weeks of captivity. They left Golaid, TX by caravan for Natchitoches, Louisiana, a 350 miles journey, arriving in October 1769. (32)
 
“The German Families, however, apparently had not planned to settle in Natchitoches, nor was it [Govenor] O’Reilly’s plan that they do so. They therefore accompanied the English crew of the schooner [La Britiana] to New Orleans.” Arriving on November 9, the Germans were given tools and money on November 16. They were informed to settle on the site of Fort St. Gabriel de Manchak [near Fort Bute]. “[Jacob] Miller, his wife, and four children apparently settled in St. John Parish and subsequently moved to Opelousas.”
 
Jacob Miller is on the “List of Foreigners in the District of Opelousas and Attakapas and in New Iberia, May 15, 1781. (33)
 
Jacob Miller sold land located in Grand Coteau, LA to Charles Smith in 1806. Some of the land owned by Jacob Miller, and sold, was later donated to build The Academy of Sacred Heart, Grand Coteau, LA. (34)
 
Given that Jacob Miller, Sr. is on the “List of Foreigners In the District of Opelousas and Attakapas and in New Iberia” dated 1781 and he was on the Militia Rolls for the Opelousas Post in 1785 and he owned land in Grand Coteau, LA, which is west of Baton Rouge about 70 miles and he died in that area in December 1807 and is buried at Saint Landry Church Cemetery, Opelousas, LA, is the name on the Hill of the Fountains plaque a tribute to him or to his son, Jacob Miller, Jr. the husband of Catherine Adam, whose father Emeric Adam is also on the plaque? 
 
A Jacob Miller who was a resident of the Highlands in Baton Rouge signed a request for smallpox vaccination in 1802 along with Paul Sharp, George Kleinpeter, Emmericus Adam, Jehan Thomas, John Rine and Mary Thomas.  Many of Jacob Miller, Jr. descendants live in the Baton Rouge area and surrounding parishes. His daughter Celestina Adelaide Miller, born in Baton Rouge, married Phillip Garig, son of George Garig and Marie Barbara Thomas and grandson of Henry Thomas and Marie Barbara Ory. In summary, there is an argument for concluding that Jacob Miller, Jr. is the man honored on the Highland Cemetery plaque. 

​Louis Ory (Abt. 1763 – 1800)
Louis is the son of Nicolas Ory and Christine Michel. The English vessel La Britiana passenger list shows a “Lois, their daughter”, age 7. (20) Based on a review of Ory family documents, it appears that it should have read “Louis,” age 7, which would agree with Louis’ approximated birth. Lois is not a family member in other references to the Nicholas Ory family. (35)
 
Louis married Margarethe Vicner in February 1791 at St. John Church, Saint John the Baptist parish, Louisiana. They had five children.
 
John / Johann Rein / Ryan / Reine (1752-1814)
Johann Reine is the son of Louis Reine and Marie Barbe Letger (correct spelling). John arrived with his parents with two other German families, Johann Schlatter, also known as Jean Chelatre and the Jacob Paille family, from Maryland in August 1773.  Louis Reine received a land grant in 1773/74 at Manchak on the west bank of the river. (36)
 
John (Jean) Reine (Ryan) married Eve (Genevieve) Kleinpetre, of Strassburg, Alsace, Germany, on June 22, 1777. Eve is the daughter of Johann Georg Kleinpeter and Gertrude Hitz. They had five children. (37)
 
Paul Sharp (Abt. 1725-1813)
Paul Sharp and his wife Catherine Ory, daugher of Nicolas Ory and Anna Strassbach, arrived in Louisiana in 1774 with Jean Baptiste Ory and Phillip Englehardt (Anglehart) returning to Louisiana after settling Nicholos Ory’s Maryland estate. See Phillip Anglehart above.
 
Henry Thomas (Abt. 1743 - 1798)
Henry Thomas, age 26, was classified as a bachelor on the British ship La Britiana. He married Nicolas Ory’s daughter, Marie Barbara Ory in 1770. Their daughter, Mary Barbara Thomas married George Garig, also named on the plaque, in 1794. More details discussed above under Geoge Garig.

​Other Names on the Plaque
Moses & John Babin
No specific information on Moses and John Babin was located. The following is a summary of the Babin family:
 
“Babins were among the early settlers of Acadia and some of the earliest Acadians to find refuge in Louisiana. Dozens of them from the Minas Basin came to the colony from Maryland in 1766, 1767, and 1768. They settled in large numbers along the river above New Orleans from Cabanocé/St.-Jacques all the way up to Natchez. In the late 1760s or early 1770s, one family from the river moved to upper Bayou Teche and created a small western branch of the family. Only a hand-full [sic] of Acadian Babins came to Louisiana from France in 1785, but they established vigorous lines among their cousins at Manchac near Baton Rouge, and a smaller line on upper Bayou Lafourche in the early 1790s. A Babin family reached the colony in 1788 on a ship from Île St.-Pierre off the southern coast of Newfoundland, but they established no new family lines. Meanwhile, during the late colonial and early antebellum periods, Babins moved from the river to Bayou Lafourche and added substantially to that center of family settlement; by the late antebellum period, some of them had settled as far down as Lockport and Montegut in Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes. A few Babins from the Lafourche/Terrebonne valley moved to lower Bayou Teche and the St. Landry prairies soon after the War of 1861-65. Most Babins, however, remained on the river along the old Acadian Coast, in West Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Iberville, Ascension, and St. James parishes. They were especially plentiful around Gonzales, Ascension Parish, during and after the war.” (38)
 
John Hillen (1820-?)
The only John Hillen located in Louisiana was living in East Feliciana, LA in 1850. He was married to Lucinda and their son was named Benton.  (39)
 
Firmin Landry (1726 – 1801)
Firmin Landry information regarding his activities in the Baton Rouge area could not be located. There is a Firmin Landry buried in Saint Martin de Tours Churchyard, Saint Martinville, Louisiana married to Francoise Elizabeth Thibodeau in Pisiquid, Acadia. They had four children. Firmin and family were exiled from Acadia to Maryland in 1755. He married a second time to Theotise Thibodeau with whom nine children were born. (40)
 
Summary
The German families that settled near Bayou Manchac inhabited an area known as the Dutch Highlands. The families had common values and customs and sometimes traveled as a group.
 
The fifty-seven German Catholics who arrived on the schooner Britain or La Britiana from Maryland were unwilling to endure the local anti-Catholic hysteria born of the French and Indian War (1754-1763).
 
Of the fifty-seven German Catholics, Jacob Miller and Nicolas Ory families traveled together on the La Britiana that left Port Tobacco, Maryland on January 5, 1769. Henry Thomas, also named on the Hill of the Fountains plaque, was a bachelor on the ship from Maryland. They were together through their captivity by the Spanish held at La Bahia near Golaid, Texas. Along with the Arcadians on the ship, they all traveled 350 miles to Natchitoches, Louisiana arriving in October 1769. These families were together for ten months. (41)
 
Nicolas Ory’s daughters married three men mentioned on the plaque, Marie Barbe Ory to Henry Thomas, Magdelena to Phillip Jacob Anglehart, and Catherine Ory married Paul Sharp. The name of Nicolas’ son, Lewis Ory is on the plaque. Henry Thomas and Marie Barbe Ory’s daughter Marie Barbe Thomas married George Garig, also named on the plaque.
 
Johann George Kleinpeter’s daughter Catherine married Emmerich Adam, also named on the plaque. Their daughter Catherine Adam married Jacob Miller, Jr.
 
In conclusion German families …” maintained group unity by migrating in kinship groups and practicing endogamy, but adhered to other cultural norms…” (42)

Highland Cemetery - Part I

1. European Immigration to America, http://www.emmigration.info/european-immigration-to-america.htm
2. “Le Grand Derangement” by Pascal Fuselier. Printed in Bonnes Nouvelle newspaper, Ville Platte, LA. Date unknown.
3. Ibid.
4. “The Global History of the Seven Years War”, Common Place, common-place.org,
5. History.com, http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-seven-years-war-begins
6. Ibid, http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/american-revolution-history
7. Cultural Resouce Study. Report Number: CEMVN/PD-97/04. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, pg. 18.
8. Wikipedia.com. Maryland Toleration Act.
9. Cultural Resources Survey of the Bayou Fountain Channel Enlargement Area, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana by Tom Wells and Dayna Lee, October 1997. Prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District, Contract No. DACW29-07-D-0017.

10. “Highland Cemetery, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana” by Sherry Sanford. Louisiana Genealogical Register, Volume XXXIX, No. 2, June 1992.
11. “Highland Cemetery has stories to tell”. Baton Rouge Magazine. October 25, 1992.
12. Historic Highland Cemetery, http://historichighlandcemetery.org/home.html.
13. Murphy Miller, Jr. 1999 photo.
14. The Settlement of the German Coast of Louisiana and The Creoles of German Descent, by Hanno Deiler,  (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1975), 109.
15. Southwest Louisiana Records (1750 - 1900). Rev. Donald J. Hebert. Hebert Pubications. POB 147, Rayne, LA 70578.
16. The Settlement of the German Coast of Louisiana and The Creoles of German Descent, by Hanno Deiler,  (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1975), 109.
17. The Long Road to Louisiana: Acadian Exiles and the Britain Incident” by Carl A. Brasseaux. Gulf Coast Historical Review 1, no. 1 (Fall 1985)
18. Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1945, Volume II, Spain In The Mississippi Valley, 1765-1794, edited by Lawrence Kinnaird, Pt. 1, The Revolutionary Period, 1765-1781. Printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, 1949.
19. “Les Voyageurs”, Vol. III, No. 4, December 1982, pp. 85-88. By Dr. Glenn Conrad, Director of the Center for Louisiana Studies at USL.
20. The Settlement of the German Coast of Louisiana and The Creoles of German Descent by J. Hanno Deiler. 1909.
21. WikiTree.com, www.wikitree.com/wiki/Daigre-15.1735
22. Acadians Who Found Refuge in Louisiana, February 1764 – early 1800s. WWW.AcadiansInGray.com/Appendices-ATLAL-DAIGLE.htm#DAIGLE
23. “Highland Cemetery, East Baton Rouge, Louisiana” by Sherry Sanford. Louisiana Genealogical Register, Volume XXXIX, No. 2, June 1992.
24. Wedding Certificate issued by Charles Burke, Parish Priest, Baton Rouge. Personal family notes also written on the document by George Garig.
25. Ibid.
26. The Settlement of the German Coast of Louisiana and The Creoles of German Descent, by Hanno Deiler,  (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1975), 111.
27. Murphy Miller, Jr. 1999 photo.
28. The Settlement of the German Coast of Louisiana and The Creoles of German Descent, by Hanno Deiler,  (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1975), 109.
29. Cultural Resources Survey of the Bayou Fountain Channel Enlargement Area, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana by Tom Wells and Dayna Lee, October 1997. Prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District, Contract No. DACW29-07-D-0017.
30. “De Bow’s Review of the Southern and Western States”, Vol. XI – New Series, Vol IV. New Orleans. 1851. 616.
31. Inquest Concerning George Stelly Who was Found Hanging from a Tree. This document written in French, was obtained from the Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans. Submitted by Mrs. Roy H. Harper of Slidell, La. Translated by Michael J. Foret.
32. “The Long Road to Louisiana: Acadian Exiles and the Britain Incident” by Carl A. Brasseaux. Gulf Coast Historical Review 1, no. 1 (Fall 1985)
33. Attakapas Gazette. Date unknown. P.139.
34. American State Papers, Documents, Public Lands, Vol. III, P. 178. U.S. Govt. Doc. Section, LSU Library.
35. Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1945, Volume II, Spain In The Mississippi Valley, 1765-1794, edited by Lawrence Kinnaird, Pt. 1, The Revolutionary Period, 1765-1781. Printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, 1949.
36. “Les Voyageurs”, Vol. III, No. 4, December 1982, pp. 85-88. By Dr. Glenn Conrad, Director of the Center for Louisiana Studies at USL.
37. Diocese of Baton Rouge Catholic Church Records. 1770-1803. Volume 2. 1980. P. 618.
38. Acadians In Gray. http://www.acadiansingray.com/Appendices-ATLAL-BABIN.htm#BABIN
39. Ancestry.com. 1850 U.S. Federal Census.
​40. FindAGrave.com Memorial ID 116969725
41. “The Long Road to Louisiana: Acadian Exiles and the Britain Incident” by Carl A. Brasseaux. Gulf Coast Historical Review 1, no. 1 (Fall 1985)
42. ​Diversity and Accommodation; Essays on the Cultural Composition of the Virginia Frontier, edited by Michael J. Puglisi, 1997 by The university of Tennessee Press.

Highland's Cemetery is located at the LSU south exit. The plaque acknowledges Jacob Mueller as an early settler of that region. 

Emeric Adam & Catherine Kleinpeter are Catherine Adam parents. She is the 2nd wife of Jacob Miller, Jr.

Paul Sharp married Catherine Ory, daughter of Nicolas Ory and Anna Strassbach. A Nicolas Ory and wife Christine was on the La Bretana, the ship that ship wrecked off the Texas coast with Jacob Miller & family.
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Highland Cemetery has stories to tell (published in Magazine, Baton Rouge, October 25, 1992)
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No sightings of ghosts have been reported at Historic Highland Cemetery in College Town, but should any appear they would probably speak French, Spanish or even German and tell stories of early Louisiana history that would excite the most jaded of television viewers.

For instance take Anthony Peniston. “stabbed by a porgnard [a lightweight dagger] and survived the blow but ten minutes“ in a dispute over an election. He was on 30 years old.

Or consider the romantic tale of Josephine Favrot whose sweetheart, Louis de Grand Pre was shot defending the Fort of Baton Rouge in 1810. Josephine rushed to his side in time for him to die in her arms. The poem she wrote following his death is immortalized on a plaque on the wall of the Favrot family plot.

The oldest existing cemetery in Baton Rouge located on Oxford Avenue between Amherst and East Parker, is the final resting place for many of the city’s forefathers. A walk around the small burial ground is like taking a brief course in the history of Baton Rouge, thanks to the many informative markers place by the Friends of Historic Highland Cemetery.

Established around 1815 on what was once a part of the plantation owned by George Garig. Highland Cemetery was legally donated to the congregation of the local Roman Catholic Church of Baton Rouge in 1819.

Following Garig’s death in 1825 his plantation was divided into two sections, half being purchased by Robert Penny. Although the cemetery was consecrated by the Roman Catholic Church, in 1849 Penny, a Protestant, was conveyed a 16-acre piece of the Garig Plantation, which included the cemetery. In the agreement, he requested a 30-square foot plot for himself and his family. This corner of the cemetery is known as the Protestant section.

The cemetery is maintained by the Friends of Historic Highland Cemetery, an auxiliary board of The Foundation for Historical Louisiana.

“Before the last burial, which took place in 1939, the cemetery fell into disrepair,” said Larry Firmin, president of the trustees of Historic Highland Cemetery. “Under the inspiration and leadership of Dr. and Mrs. James A. Thom, and the dedication of many volunteers, beginning in 1968/69 the cemetery was reclaimed and gradually restored to its present state.”

Firman said one of the biggest problems is maintaining the cemetery is cleaning up after vandals.

Many of the names etched on the faded headstones are names seen today on streets and businesses around Baton Rouge and southern Louisiana.

Here lie the remains of Jean Baptiste Kleinpeter, a veteran of the War of 1812 who fought with Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans, and lather became a planter and banker.

Gabriel Armand Duplantier, born in France and who served as aide-de-camp to General Lafayette, left military service, married and became owner of Magnolia Mound plantation. The Duplantier family sepulcher [burial vault] fell into ruins and was replaced by an obelisk.

The final resting place of Charles Daniel Comeaux, a veteran of the War of 1812, is noted by a marker near the Favrot plot. Comeaux was killed by a stray bullet while sleeping. He had just returned home from the Battle of Port Hudson and flung his cap on one of the posts of his four-poster bed. A bullet hit the bed post, pierced the cap, then ricocheted, hitting and killing him instantly.

Not only does a walk through the cemetery conjure up scenes from early Louisiana history but it also reminds the visitor how fragile life was in the days before modern medicine and sanitation.

Many tombs are inscribed with messages that echo the sorrow of parents who mourned the loss of their children: “Budded on earth to bloom in heaven.” Or “He lived as lived a peaceful dove. He died as blossoms die.”

During the time of George Garig and Robert Penny, Historic Highland Cemetery was larger than its present size and extended over to what is now Amherst Avenue. When College Town was being developed in 1927, the developer drew an inaccurate map of the cemetery, omitting certain measurements when he filed for a new subdivision. As a result of the inaccuracies many of the tombs were lost or built over during the construction of homes. A wrought-iron gazebo was erected in the cemetery in 1976 dedicated to the memory of the more than 200 people who were buried there, but whose graves have been lost.

Information about walking tours of Historic Highland Cemetery or about becoming a member of Friends of Historic Highland Cemetery can be obtained by calling The Foundation For Historical Louisiana in Baton Rouge at 387-2464.
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Information below provide by B. Parker in 1999  
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BURIALS IN HIGHLAND (PENNY) CEMETERY, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Because records were poorly kept by Catholic Church priests, and Protestant burials were not listed at all, the following list has been compiled from probates, funeral notices, family records and recollections, tombstone inscriptions and newspaper notices. There are still many omissions, so an unconfirmed list of possible burials follows the known ones. Researchers: Evelyn M. Thom and Barbara Strickland, September 1976.

Aubin, Aurelius Victorin, s/o Victorin, 1850-1885, no marker
Aubin, Elizabeth, w/o Victorin, 1825-1885, no marker
Aubin, Victorin, s/o Francois, 1825-1880, no marker
Aucoin, Albert Florestin, C.S.A., s/o J. Florentin, 1821-1863, no marker
Aucoin, J. Florentin, s/o Pierre Firmin, 1798-1847
Aucoin, Julia Zeolide Doiron, w/o A.F., 1831- ?, no marker
Babin, Balthazar, s/o Gregoire, 1814-1884, no marker
Babin, Martha Buckner, 1824-1884, w/o Balthazar, no marker
Brackin, “Nettie” Brunetta Stokes, w/o Albert D., 1868-1894, no marker
Buckner, George W., s/o Lewis, h/o Margaret Phillips, 1822-1855, no marker
Buckner, Susannah, d/o Margaret Buckner,   ? -1857, no marker
Comeaux, Charles Daniel, 1817-1892, no marker
Comeaux, Charles Daniel, War of 1812, 1787-1850, no marker
Daigre, Alfred Huguet, s/o Denis Daigre, Junior, 1880-1891, no marker
Daigre, Benjamin M., husb/o Pauline Daigre, 1836-1914, no marker
Daigre, Carmelite Daigre, d/o Paul, w/o Oliver Francois, 1796-1855, no marker
Daigre, Denis Oliver, s/o Oliver Francis, 1820-1875, no marker
Daigre, Denis Oliver, Jr., 1853-1917, no marker
Daigre, Genevieve Buckner, w/o Denis O., Sr., 1821- ?, no marker
Daigre, Gordon, s/o Benjamin M., ? -1912, no marker
Daigre, Josie Huguet, d/o John S. Huguet, 1860-1884, no marker
Daigre, Mary Martha, d/o Denis & Genevieve, 1855-1858, no marker
Daigre, Olivier Francois, s/o Francois, 1793-1843, no marker
Daigre, Pauline Daigre, w/o Benjamin M.,  ?-1886, no marker
Daigre, Victor Templet, s/o Denis O. Sr., 1857- ?, no marker
Davis, Elizabeth Sharp, w/o Ersin Slaughter & Wm. Davis, ?-1825, no marker
Doiron, Henrietta Malvina, d/o J. V., 1847-1887, no marker
Doiron, John Villeneuve, s/o John Remi, 1821-1879, no marker
Duke, William Ensley, infant of Wiley, 7 mo., 1921-1921, no marker
Duplantier, Armand Allard, Continental Army, War of 1812, 1753-1827, marker
Duplantier, Augustin, son/o Armand, 1806-1860, no marker
Duplantier, Constance Rochon, w/o John Joyce & Armand Duplantier, 1766-1841, marker
Duplantier, Didier, s/o Armand, 1809-1834, marker
Duplantier, Fergus, War of 1812, s/o Armand, 1783-1844, marker
Duplantier, Guy, War of 1812, s/o Armand, 1790-1835, no marker
Duplantier, Joseph, s/o Alberic, 1844-1884, no marker
Duplantier, Josephine Joyce, w/o Fergus, 1791-1859, marker
Duplantier, Matilda Brown, 2nd w/o Alberic, 1844- ?, no marker
Duplantier, Nicholas Alberic, s/o Armand, 1806-1891, no marker
Edmonston, Lillie E. Aucoin, w/o J. Walter, 1861-1893, no marker
Edmonston, Mary Zilda Aucoin, w/o Wm. Louis,  ? – 1919, no marker
Edmonston, Sam, s/o Wm. Louis & Zilda, 1872-1883, no marker
Edmonston, William Louis, Jr., husb/o Zilda, ? – 1912, no marker
Favrot, Pierre Joseph, Galvez Expedition of 1779, LA Legislature, 1749 - 1824, marker
Foreman, John C., hsb/o Nancy Garig, 1806 - 1870, marker
Foreman, John M., infant s/o Oscar H., 1862 - 1870, marker
Foreman, John M., s/o John C. & Nancy, C.S.A., 1838 - 1905, no marker
Foreman, Linda F., d/o Oscar H., 1863 - 1866, marker
Foreman, Nancy Garig, d/o George Garig, w/o John C., 1812 - ?, no marker
Foreman, Oscar Heady, Jr., 1868 - 1872, marker
Foreman, Oscar Heady, Sr., 1833 - 1905, no marker
Foreman, Therese Addie Rowley, w/o Oscar H., 1840 - 1913, no marker
Fortin, Adele Duplantier, w/o Joseph J.G. George Fortin, no dates, no marker
Garig, George, s/o Adam, h/o Mary Barbara Thomas, ? - 1825, no marker
Garig, Guilliame, s/o George, 1815 - ?, no marker
Garig, Henrique, s/o George, 1798 - ?, no marker
Garig, Juan, s/o George, 1795 - ?, no marker
Garig, Maria, d/o George, 1801 - ?, no marker
Germany, Aurelia Ann Foreman, w/o Henry James, 1833 - 1898, marker
Hodges, Aurelius B., s/o I.B.A. Hodges, 1832 - 1854, marker
Huguet, John Stephen, M.D., s/o Juan, C.S.A., 1825 - 1891, no marker
Huguet, Mary Elvira Kleinpeter, w/o John S., 1832 - 1899, no marker
Huguet, William Pike, s/o John S., 1852 - 1853, no marker
Joyce, William, s/o John, c 1790 - 1846, marker fragment
Kleinpeter, Andrew, s/o Joseph, 1801 - 1853, marker
Kleinpeter, Benjamin Franklin, s/o John Bapt. & Rose, 1845 - 1858, memorial marker
Kleinpeter, John Baptiste, s/o George, 1797 - 1861, no marker
Kleinpeter, John J., infant s/o Andrew, 1847 -1847, marker
Kleinpeter, John L., s/o Joseph, c 1797 - 1837, no marker
Kleinpeter, Mary Rose Bouillion, w/o John Baptist, 1805 - 1878, no marker
Kleinpeter, Oscar Andrew, s/o Andrew, 1844 - 1858, marker
Kleinpeter, Zachary Pinckney, s/o Andrew, 1849 - 1857, no marker
Lener, Mary, 1887 - 1888, no marker
Lopez, Anna Euphemie, d/o Joseph Onieda, 1879 - 1884, no marker
Lopez, Henri, s/o Joseph Onieda, 1875 - 1876, no marker
Lopez, Joseph Onieda, s/o Joseph Adonis, 1845 - 1896, no marker
Lundquest, William, no dates, no marker
Lundquest, John, no dates, no marker
Maurison, Mary V., 1871 - 1885, no marker
McGehee, Ann Scott, d/o Abraham & Mary C., 1831 - 1836, marker
McGehee, Mary C., 1809 - 1836, marker
Neilson, Capt. John James, s/o James, U.S.A., ? -1813 at Baton Rouge Fort, no marker (1st husband of Pauline Gras)
Neilson, James, h/o Elizabeth, f/o Capt. John, ? - 1831, no marker
Parker, Nan Pecue, d/o John Pecue, w/o Mack Parker, no dates, no marker
Pecue, (Picou, Picaud), John Baptiste Jr., h/o Odile & Victoria Aucoin, 1829 - 1905, no marker
Pecue, Odile Elizabeth Aucoin, w/o John, 1835 - 1865, no marker
Peniston, Anthony, hsb/o Euphemie Duplantier, c 1800 - 1826, marker
Peniston, Euphemie Duplantier, w/o Anthony, 1804 - 1826, marker
Penny, Matilda G., w/o Burns & Robert Penny, ? - 1846, no marker
Penny, Robert H., s/o James, ? - 1849, no marker
Phillips, Isabella Foreman, w/o Albert, no dates, no marker
Phillips, Plaisant, Jr., 1838 - 1859, no marker
Phillips, Plaisant, Sr., husb/o Elizabeth Babin, ? - 1845, no marker
Phillips, Theodore, s/o Plaisant Sr., 1845 - 1861, no marker
Piker, Fluvia, d/o John F., c 1864 - ?, no marker
Piker, John F., s/o Frederick, 1817 - 1869, partial marker
Piker, Mary C. Foreman, w/o John F., 1830  - 1903, memorial marker
Pilant, George Zitzman, s/o Wm. Jr., 1912 - ca 1920, no marker
Pilant, Sarah Clair, d/o Wm. Jr., 1909 - ca 1920, no marker
Pilant, Marie Julia LeBlanc, w/o Wm. Sr., 1837 - 1920, no marker
Pilant, William Sr., ? - 1899, no marker
Randolph, Catherine Kleinpeter, w/o John, 1786 - 1847, marker
Randolph, Ellen M. Smith, w/o George, 1834 - 1856, marker
Randolph, John, s/o John, 1818 - 1856, marker
Randolph, John, War of 1812, 1777 - 1837, marker
Riviere, Anne Marie Renee Aime Douezan, w/o Jean Baptiste Riviere, 1766 - 1849, marker
Roberts, Constance Kleinpeter, w/o Gilbert Comeaux & Stephen Roberts, d/o George Kleinpeter, ? - 1851,
.....no marker, Kleinpeter, George, ? - 1851, no marker
Smith, Jacob, 1814 - 1857, no marker
Smith, Mary Barbara Thomas, w/o Jacob, 1813 - 1872, no marker
Staring, Kathryn J. Hillman, 1st w/o George H. Staring, 1870 - 1898, memorial marker
Stokes, James, s/o William & Nettie, 1872 - 1903, marker
Stokes, Sidney, s/o William & Nettie, 1878 - 1896, marker
Stokes, William, s/o Alexander & Virginia, 1873 - 1912, C.S.A., marker
Stokes, Willie F., s/o William & Nettie, 1870 - 1896, marker
Thomas, Antoinette Caroline, d/o Jefferson P., ? - 1857, marker
Thomas, Buffington J., s/o Jefferson P., no date, marker
Thomas, Elizabeth, widow/o Benj. Parker Thomas, d/o Gen. Philemon Thomas, mother/o Jefferson P., ? - 1841,
.....no marker
Thomas, Florence, d/o Jefferson P., ? - 1857, marker
Thomas, William E., s/o Jefferson P., no dates, marker
Trousdale, Kleinpeter, Randolph, Mary Catherine, w/o Andrew Kleinpeter, 1822 - abt. 1874

Unconfirmed And Possible Burials

Aucoin, Elizabeth Verdon, w/o J. Florentin, no dates
Bills, John A., husb/o Mary Garig, ? - 1841
Bills, Mary Garig, w/o John A., c. 1812 - 1860
Comeaux, Florestine Sylvannie Tullier, w/o Chas. D. Jr., 1825 - ? 
Comeaux, Mary Carmelite Hebert, w/o Chas. D. Sr.
Daigre, Francis Paul, s/o Denis O. Daigre, Sr.,  1850 - 1892
Daigre, Jean Baptiste Bouvier, s/o Olivier, c 1810 - 1840
Daigre, Mrs. Mary C., w/o Gilbert, ? - 1879
Davis, William, War of 1812, h/o Elizabeth Sharp, ? - c.1825
Doiron, Alzie Daigle, w/o Francis G., ? - c.1910
Duplantier, Marguerite Mary Lopez, w/o Augustin, 1815 - ?
Edmonston, J. Walter, C.S.A., husb/o Lillie E. Aucoin
Fulton, Helene de Grand Pre, d/o Gov. Carlos de Grand Pre, 1782 - 1855
Fulton, Col. Samuel, husb/o Helene, ? - c.1827
Garig, Elizabeth, d/o George & Mary B., c.1809 - ?
Garig, George, s/o George & Mary B., 1807 - 1868, C.S.A.
McDonald, Mary Barbara Thomas, w/o Joshua McDonald & Geo. Garig, 1777 - 1852
Neilson, Elizabeth, widow of James Neilson who d. 1831
Neilson, William, s/o James & Elizabeth, ? - c.1833, bachelor
Parker, Mack, husb/o Nan Pecue
Pecue, Victoria Coralie Aucoin, w/o John Pecue, 1842 - 1921
Penny, Marian A., d/o Robert & Matilda, c. 1840 - 1846
Penny, Ann W., d/o Robert & Matilda, 1835 - 1850
Penny, Lucy Ann, d/o Robert & Matilda, c 1839 - c 1846
Phillips, Elizabeth Babin, w/o Plaisant, Sr.
Randolph, George, husb/o Ellen M. Smith, (m. 5-13-1852)
Randolph, John, 17?? - 1822, father of John (1777 - 1837 )
Sharp, Joseph, husb/o Pauline Gras, Widow Neilson, ? - 1820
Sheppers, Pauline Gras, widow of Neilson & Joseph Sharp, w/o Louis Sheppers who survived her and m.
.....Her sister, Olympia, 1796 - 1822
Thomas, Benjamin Parker, husb/o Elizabeth Thomas, son-in-law of General Philemon Thomas, 1782 - 1835
Thomas, Caroline E. Trager, w/o Jefferson Plummer Thomas, d/o John Trager & Julia Kleinpeter, c 1827 - c.1871
Thomas, Jefferson Plummer, grandson of General Philemon Thomas, s/o Benjamin Parker Thomas,
.....father of 4 children buried in Highland

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Damon Miller,
Civil War Veteran

Co. C. Ragsdale Bttn; 1st Texas Cavalry.  He is the son of Jean Baptiste & Celeste Roy and the grandson of Jean Miller and Marie Magdelaine Boutin.

William Jackson Miller joined the Confederacy as a private in January, 1864, near Greensburg. He was in the Cavalry, 10th Battalion, Co. C. He was returning from furlough when the South surrendered and was sent to Baton Rouge for parole on 18th May, 1865. 

He is the son of Charles Frederic Miller and Caroline Duff and the grandson of Jacob Miller, Jr. and Anne M. Cowan Vogel.

Veterans of the Jacob Miller family

Jacob Miller, his wife Anne Marie, and four young children arrived in Southwest Louisiana in November 1769.  Their trip was not uneventful.  The English schooner La Bretana was the last of many ships that made the same trip to Louisiana.  They left Port Tobacco, Maryland on January 5, 1769 after Maryland Governor Antonio de Uloa's decision allowed Acadians displaced from Nova Scotia in what is known as The Acadian Diaspora of 1755 to join their relatives along the lower Mississippi River.  “Fifty-seven German Catholics, who were unwilling to endure the local anti-Catholic hysteria born of the French and Indian War” joined the group of Acadians.  Jacob Miller and his family were part of the latter group.

The ship's crew, not very competent and impeded by alcohol, missed the Mississippi River and ran aground near the Texas coast.  The crew and the ship's passengers were held prisoners at La Behia.  After much negotiation with Spanish authorities, the Acadians and Germans were allowed to leave in August.  Although there were large Acadian and German establishments, recent political unrest required that the Germans be assigned to the predominately Acadian Iberville post.  The Acadians were assigned to Creole Natchitoches.

The Jacob Miller and Anne M. Theigen family, like many arriving in Louisiana at that time, married Acadians and became part of the Southwest Louisiana culture.  The names of the men and women of this family are remembered for their service to their country.

Veterans

• Achee, Patrick G. (Lafayette) US Air Force.  He piloted B-47's and B-52's.  He is the son of  Joseph G. Achee and Mary Winona Miller.  Mary Winona is the daughter of Alcide Miller and Emma Nunez.   Alcide is the grandson of Michel Miller and Hiacinthe Lejeune.
  
• Bergeron, Laura Sherrell. (Jennings)  US Air Force. She is the daughter of Philip Bergeron and Ester M. Lejeune and the granddaughter of Theophile Bergeron and Armide Miller.
  
• Canik, Orrie P. USMC (Grand Chenier/Lake Charles).  He is the son of Stephen Canik and Corrine M. Miller.  Corrine is the great-granddaughter of Pierre V. Miller, Civil War Veteran, and Emelia Broussard.  Pierre V. Miller is the son of Jean Miller and Marie Magdelaine Boutin.
  
• Miller, Ranzy. (Basile/New Orleans). USAF. He is the son of Naddy F. Miller and Helen Courville and the great grandson of Antoine Salomon Miller and Ophelia Fuselier.  Antoine S. Miller is the son of Jean Miller and Marie Magdelaine Boutin.
  
• Miller, Warner Dua. (Kaplan)  USAF. He is the son of Dua Joseph Miller and Melanie Portie.  Dua J. Miller is the grandson of Andeol Miller, Civil War Veteran, and Sadalise Miller. Andeol is the grandson of Jean Miller and Marie Magdelaine Boutin.
  
• Theriot, James Winston. (Creole, LA). U.S. Army. He is the son of John Whitney Theriot and Mary Wilmer   Bonsall and the great grandson of John T Bonsall and Uranie Miller. 
  
• Forshag, Elmer Norwood. (Amite). Staff Sergeant in the Louisiana National Guard. He is the husband of   Elizabertha "Liz" Miller, daughter of Aliday Miller and Agnes Marie Fontenot. Elizaberta is the granddaughter of Martel Miller and Genevieve Paret.
  
• Forshag, Russell (Amite). Colonel, U.S. Army. He is the son of Elmer N Forshag and Elizaberta Miller. See above.
  

Viet Nam War/Viet Nam Era (1955 to 1975 with U.S. involvement escalated in the early 1960s)

• Bacciagolopi, Gooch (Cameron Parish). He is the son of Whitney Bacciagolopi & Lorraine Sturlese, a descendant of Larent Sturlese & Mary Victoira Miller, the granddaughter of Michel Miller & Hiacinthe Lejeune.
  
• Duplechain, Andrus (Eunice).  US Army, Killed in Viet Nam.  He is the son of Cleveland Duplechain and Pauline Manual and the 3rd great grandson of Joseph Marie Bergeaux  and Marie Victorie Miller.  She is the daughter of Jean Miller and Marie Francoise Mayer.
  
• Dupre, Norman Lee (Lake Charles, La).  Died when the helicopter he was piloting in Viet Nam was hit by small arms ground fire.  The craft crashed in the water and Major Dupre drowned. Full military funeral.  He is the son of Alexon Dupre and Nita Montie and the great grandson of Valsaint Montie and Eugenie Miller.  Valsaint Montie is a Civil War Veteran.
  
• Miller, Joseph Carol "Sugar Boy". (Grand Chenier, LA) US Army. Combat wounded Vietnam veteran. He is the son of Watkin J. Miller and Elvina Swire and the 3rd great grandson of Jean Miller and Marie M. Boutin.Miller, Joseph "Joe" Lee. US Army. Combat wounded Vietnam veteran and Purple Heart recipient. He is the son of Frank Miller, Sr. and Ina Azena Miller and the 3rd great grandson of Jean Miller and Marie M. Boutin.
  
• Miller, Julian Lee. (Grand Chenier, LA). US Army. He is the son of Frank Miller, Sr. and Azena Swire and the 3rd great grandson of Jean Miller and Marie M. Boutin.
  
• Miller, Murphy Jr. (Basile/Lake Charles/Alachua, FL). USN, Radioman 1st Class Petty Officer. Served on shore duty in the Norfolk, VA area. He is the son of Murphy J. Miller and Mary Lillian Naquin and the great grandson of Antoine Salomon Miller and Ophelia Fuselier.  Antoine S. Miller is the son of Jean Miller and Marie Magdelaine Boutin.
  
• Miller, Tanzy, Jr. USMC. He is the son of Tanzy Miller, Sr. and Helen Bellow and the grandson of Joseph Mayo Miller and Marie L. Verrett. He is the 4th great grandson of Jean Miller and Marie Francoise Mayer.
  

Korean War Veterans (1950 to 1953)

• Chandler, David, US Air Force.  He married Garland Ann Miller (Basile/Lake Charles/Melborne, FL).  She is the daughter of Murphy J. Miller and Mary Lillian Naquin and the great granddaughter of Antoine Salomon Miller and Ophelia Fuselier.  Antoine S. Miller is the son of Jean Miller and Marie Magdelaine Boutin.
  
• Fuselier, George, US Air Force (Jennings/Lafayette). He served in Japan.  He is the son of Albert Fuselier and Alcina Miller.  Alcina is the granddaughter of  Antoine Salomon Miller and Ophelia Fuselier.  Antoine S. Miller is the son of Jean Miller and Marie Magdelaine Boutin.
  
• Fuselier, Warren. US Army (Jennings).  He served in Korea. Warren and George are brothers.
  
• Miller, Eli, US Army (Jennings).  He married Laura LaBlanc.  He is the son of Jean Baptiste Miller and Marie Young and 3rd great grandson of Jean Miller and Marie Francoise Mayer.
  
• Miller, Horace, Jr (Grand Chenier). US Army.  He is the son of Horace Miller, Sr. and Lydia Miller and the 2nd great grandson of Jean Louis Miller and Marie Louise (Elise) Teller.  Jean L. Miller is the son of Jean Miller and Marie Francoise Mayer.
  
• Miller, Louis (Lake Charles). USMC. Served in Korea.  He is the son of Dallas F. Miller and Effie Broussard and the great grandson of Michel Miller and Hiacinthe LeJeune.
  
• Miller, Luther Calvin (Ville Platte), US Army; cited for meritorious service in Korea during the period 11 January to 19 August 1952.  He is the son of Lucas Miller and Dea Aucoin and the great grandson of Antoine Salomon Miller and Ophelia Fuselier.  Antoine S. Miller is the son of Jean Miller and Marie Magdelaine Boutin.
  
• Miller, Whitney J. (Grand Chenier). US Army.  He is the son of Joseph "Grand Joe" Miller and Sidalise Miller and the great-grandson of Ursin "Yag" Miller and Melaine Dyson.
  
• Nunez, Curtis (Little Chenier).  He is the son of Adonis Joseph Nunez and Mary Irma Conner and the 2nd great grandson of Francois Xavier Miller and Marie Azelie Doucet.  Francois X. Miller is the son of Jean Miller and Marie Francoise Mayer.
  
• Miller, Richard Ray (Grand Chenier), US Army Air Force.  He is the son of Raphiel Miller and Georgia Nell McCall and the great grandson of Michel Miller, Jr. and Mary Elena Broussard.  Michel Miller, Jr. is the grandson of Jean Miller and Marie Francoise Mayer.
  

WWII Veterans (1939 to 1945, U.S. entered in 1941)

• Aguillard, Roy. (Chataignier). He served in the US Army during World War II where he fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He married Viola Armand. He is the son on Ceius Paul Aguillard and Merecia Miller and the grandson of Antoine Miller and Augustine P. Manuel.
  
• Arceneaux, Charles L. Jr. (Lake Charles), US Navy serving in Shanghai near the end of WWII, training in demolition with the scouters and raiders, now recognized as the Navy Seals.  He married Emma Armeta McCall.  She is the daughter of Henry Albert McCall and Mary Gladys Miller.  She is the daughter of Alcide Miller and Emma Nunez and the great granddaughter of Jean Miller and Marie Francois Mayer.
  
• Bonsall, James B. US Army (Grand Chenier). He is the son of James H. Bonsall and Bernie L. Colvin and the great grandson of Vasin Montie, Civil War veteran, and Eugenie Miller, daughter of Michel Miller, Civil War veteran, and Hiacinthe Lejeune.
  
• Boudreaux, Clarence J. "Bo Chalk", US Navy.  (Creole/Sweetlake) He is the son of Mayo and Lucia Boudreaux and the husband of Beulah Miller.  Beulah is the daughter of Alfred Miller and Cecile Trahan and Beulah  is the great granddaughter of Ursin Miller and Melaine Dyson.
  
• Broussard, Harris, J. US Coast Guard (Grand Chenier). He served as a member of the Swamp Angels in the United States Coast Guard. He is the son of Sosthene Broussard and the former Melicia Miller.  Melicia is the daughter of Eugene Miller and Josephine Angeline Sturlese.
  
• Broussard, Joseph "Bud" Willard, (Grand Chenier). U.S. Army Staff Sergeant and assistant crew chief in World War II for four years servicing among other planes, the B-17G bomber with the 8th Army Air Corp, 306 Bomb Group, 367th squadron. He is the son of Ramie Broussard & Alex Theriot, grandson of Albert Theriot & Annociade Miller & the great-grandson of Pierre V. Miller & Emelia Broussard.
  
• Carter, Brandon, US Coast Guard. (Grand Chenier). He served "aboard a Coast Guard-manned supply ship engaged in amphibious operations against Jap-held islands in the Pacific. One of thousands of Coast Guardsmen pushing the Nips back across the Pacific. Coast Guardsman Carter is a pointer, on an anti-aircraft gun during battle action." (Cameron Pilot) A sister, Aloysia Carter, was in the Nurses' Cadet Corps.  He is the son of Dr. Stephen L. Carter and Lorena Miller and the grandson of Eugene Miller and Angeline Sturlese.
  
• Carter, Aloysia, Nurses' Cadet Corps (Grand Chenier). See above. She is sister to Brandon Carter.
  
• Chance, John Edward.  He married Joretta Ann Achee (Grand Chenier).  She is the daughter of Joseph Gordon Achee and Mary Winona Miller.  Mary W. Miller is the granddaughter of Alcide Miller and Emma Nunez.  Alcide Miller is the grandson of Michel Miller and Hiacinthe LeJeune and the great granddaughter of Jean Miller and Marie Francois Mayer.
  
• Conner, Lee John. (Grand Chenier, LA) US Army. He is the son of Maise Conner & Eudia Broussard. He married Flora Mae Miller, daughter of Frank Miller, Sr. and Ina Azena Swire. Flora is the 3rd great granddaughter of Jean Miller and Marie M. Boutin.
  
• Dorman, James Floyd (Nederland, TX). He is the husband of Josie Mae Miller. She is the daughter of Armand Miller and Lillie Francois.  Armand is the great grandson of Jean Louis Miller and Marie Louise (Elise) Teller.  Jean L. Miller is the son of Jean Miller and Marie Francois Mayer.
  
• Doxey, James Andrew "Sonny Boy". (Grand Chenier). He was killed during the Normandy invasion. He is the son of James U. Doxey and Matilda Sturlese and the grandson of Lucien Sturlese and Phelonia Miller. Phelonia is the grand daughter of Michel Miller and Hiacinthe Lejeune.
  
• Dyson, Ruffin Adam. Army Air Force, 5th Air Force, and 33rd Fighter Control Squadron. He was married to Geneva Miller. He received the Expert Machine Gun and Expert Marksman badge. His citations included the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with four Bronze Stars, Philippine Liberation Ribbon with one Bronze Star, Good Conduct Medal and the Worl War II Victory Medal.
  
• Fontenot, Purdy (Mamou).  A Pharmacist Mate 3rd Class Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy, he never married and is the son of Leona Miller & Lubin Fontenot. Leona is the daughter of Emile Miller and Leonie LaFleur. Emilier is the son on Antoine Miller and Augustine P. Manuel.  Antoine is the son of Jean Miller and Marie Magdelaine Boutin.
  
• Fontenot, Willis. U.S. Army. Pvt. He is the son of Ernest Fontenot and Pearl Langley and the spouse of Hilda Marie Miller. Hilda is the 3rd great-granddaughter of Jean Miller and Marie F. Mayer.
  
• Gauthier, James Charles "J.C." (Jennings), USMC in the South Pacific and on Wallis Island in World War II.  He married Mary Ann Miller, the daughter of Jean Louis Miller and Marguerite Clement.  Jean L. Miller is the 2nd great grandson of Michel Miller and Hiacinthe Lejeune.
  
• Granger, Earl S. US Army (Bell City). He served in the European Theatre. He is married to Corrine M. Miller.  She is the daughter of Bertrand J. Drozan Miller and Clodia Boudin.
  
• Lane, Jr., Edward Willaim. US Army. Pvt. WW II veteran. He is the husband of Edna Marie Miller. She is the daughter of Philogene Miller and Marie Andy Swire and the granddaughter of Damon Miller, A Civil War veteran, and Onasiz Miller.
  
• Martel, Dewey, (Eunice), US Army. He served in Europe.  He is the brother of Gervis P. Martel (below).
  
• Martel, Gervis Paul, (Eunice & Tampa, FL) US Navy Carpenter's Mate 1st Class Petty Officer.  He is the son of Etienne Martel and Clementine Savoy.  She is the granddaughter of Pierre Savoy and Eugenia Miller and the granddaughter of Jean Miller and Marie Francois Mayer.  He served on the USS Carina, a cargo ship that supported the Pacific Fleet, specifically Espirito Santo and Guadalcanal.
  
• McCall, Norman Francis (Grand Chenier).  He was in the US Navy and served on the USS Jack, a submarine.  He is the son of Henry Albert McCall and Mary Gladys Miller and the grandson of Alcide Miller and Emma Nunez.  Alcide Miller is the grandson of Michel Miller and Hiacinthe LeJeune.
  
• McCauley, Helin, (Oberlin) US Navy. He served on the USS Altamaha (CVE-18) stationed in the Pacific.  He married Louella Fontenot, the daughter of Euclede Fontenot and Myrza Miller. She is the granddaughter of Antoine Salomon Miller and Ophelia Fuselier.  Antoine is the grandson of Jean Miller and Marie M. Boutin.
  
• Mhire, Edison Robert (Grand Chenier).  US Army.  He was station in Luxembourg, Belgium.  He is the son of Apolinaire Mhire and Mary Alice Bonsall.  Mary A. Bonsall is the daughter of John Thomas Bonsall and Uranie Miller, granddaughter of Michel Miller and Hiacinthe LeJeune.
  
• Mhire, Edwin (Grand Chenier).  He is the son of Apolinaire Mhire and Lisa Miller and the great grandson of Francois Xavier Miller and Marie Azelie Doucet.  Francois X. Miller is the son of Jean Miller and Marie Francoise Mayer. He is the half brother to Edison R. Mhire, above.
  
• Mhire, Edwin. US Army (Grand Chenier). He is brother to Horace Mhire, see below. He was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action in Germany with the combat engineers. He entered the Army in 1943, and went overseas in October of the same year. He participated in the invasion of France. He is a graduate of the 1942 class of the Grand Chenier high school.
  
• Mhire, Horace (Grand Chenier).  He is the son of Apolinaire Mhire and Mary Alice Bonsall and the grandson of John Thomas Bonsall and Uranie Miller.  Uranie Miller is the granddaughter of Michel Miller and Hiacinthe Lejeune and the great granddaughter of Jean Miller and Marie Francois Mayer.  
  
• Miller, Alfred (Grand Chenier). US Coast Guard. He is the son of John Numa (Luma) Miller and Azelie Dupree and the great grandson of Michel Miller and Hiacinthe Lejeune.
  
• Miller, Aliday (Chataignier). US Navy. He is the son of Martel Miller and Genevieve Paret and the grandson of Jean Miller and Marie Magdelaine Boutin.
  
• Miller, Ariel "Slim" (Eunice). U.S. Army. He is the son of Jules Miller and Lena Corkin, grandson of Jean Bte Miller, Jr. and Margurite Courville and the great grandson of Jean Miller and Marie M. Boutin.
  
• Miller, Cleophas. (Ville Platte), (U.S. Navy. Chief Water Tender).  He is the son of Emilier Miller and Leonie Lafleur and the great-grandson of Jean Miller and Marie Magdelaine Boutin.
  
• Miller, Cleveland J. (Grand Chenier). US Navy and served on the USS Ringold and was awarded 10 service medals and various ribbons. He is the son of Damon Miller, a Civil War veteran, and Onasia Miller.
  
• Miller, Clifford Adam. (Cameron). He is the son of Savain Miller and Malaise Broussard and grandson of Damon Miller, a Civil War Veteran, and Onasia Miller. Clifford is the 2nd great-grandson of Jean Miller and Marie M. Boutin.
  
• Miller, Clifford. He is the son of Victor Mathieu Miller and Elodia Thibodeaux and the 2nd great grandson of Michel Miller and Hiacinthe Lejeune.
  
• Miller, Clifford J. US Army. (Grand Chenier). He was wounded in action and was a member of the Ninth armored tank battalion. He is the son of Xavier Miller and Emma Broussard and the great-great grandson of Jean Francois Miller (b. 1842) and Elizabeth Gallien (1853-1929).
  
• Miller, Dominic Joseph, Sr., US Coast Guard (Grand Chenier). He is the son of Hypolite Miller and Mathilda Miller and the 2nd great grandson of Michel Miller and Hiacinthe Lejeune. 
  
• Miller, Dulva D. USMC. He is the son of Artlous Miller and Barbara Brent or Bryant and the 3rd great-grandson of Jean Miller and Marie F. Mayer.
• Miller, Edward James. US Army (Acadia Parish). He is the son of Arthur J. Miller and Josephine Eaves and the 3rd great grandson of Jean Miller and Marie F. Mayer.
• Miller, Ernest Jean, US Army  (Grand Chenier). He is the son of Alfred Miller and Emma Nunez and the 2nd great grandson of Jean Miller and Marie Magdelaine Boutin.
• Miller, Eugene P., Cpl., US Army. (Grand Chenier). . He is the son of Pravate Miller and Aspasie Richard and the grandson of Eugene Miller and Angeline Sturlese. 
  
• Miller, Fred  Ory. US Air Force (Denham Springs). He is the son of William Christopher Miller and Martha Geneva McNabb. He is the 2nd great grandson of Jacob Miller, Jr. and Anne M. Cowan Vogel.
  
• Miller, Freddie, US Navy (Fireman 2nd Class Petty Officer). He took part in the invasion of Iwo Jima. He is the son of John Numa Miller and Alvina Roberts and the great grandson of Ursin Miller and Melaine Dyson.
  
• Miller, George. US Army Air Corps. He is the husband of Martha Lenore Mhire (Grand Chenier & Pottstown, PA).  She is the daughter of Horace P. Mhire, WW II veteran, and Rosa Thibodeaux, and the granddaughter of John Thomas Bonsall, son of a Civil War veteran, and Uranie Miller.  Uranie is the daughter of Mary Elena Broussard and Michel Miller, Jr. Civil War veteran buried at Bayou Beouf, La.
  
• Miller, Gilford Martin, (Grand Chenier). He served in the US Army and was awarded the Purple Heart. He is the son of Joseph "Grand Joe" Miller and Sidalise Miller and the great-grandson of Michel Miller and Hiacinthe Lejeune.
  
• Miller, Gloria La Verne. (Grand Chenier). US Navy Wav.  She is the daughter of Raphiel Miller and Georgia Nell McCall and the granddaughter of Alcide Miller and Emma Nunez.  Alcide Miller is the grandson of Michel Miller and Hiacinthe Lejeune.
  
• Miller, Henry. (Carlyss and Iota and Tee Mamou). He is the son of Louis E Miller and Unknown Daigle and the 3rd great grandson of Frederic Miller and Victoria Mayer.
  
• Miller, Hubert (Grand Chenier).  He is the son of Sidalise Miller and Joseph Miller.  He is the fraternal grandson of Ursin Miller and Melaine Dyson.  He is the maternal grandson of Valsaint Montie, Civil War Veteran, and Eugenie Miller.  His fraternal and maternal grandparents are Michel Miller and Hiacinthe Lejeune.
  
• Miller, Hubert (Grand Chenier), USN.  He is the son of Joseph Miller and Sidalise Miller.  Joseph Miller is the great grandson of Michel Miller and Hiacinthe Lejeune.
  
• Miller, Joseph Burley (Pitreville, LA./Winnie, TX). US Army. Was involved in operations to reopen Burma Road, 700  miles, between India and China, a key supply route to defeat the Japanese
  
• Miller, Joseph Nunez. (Grand Chenier). US Coast Guard; Warrant Officer.  In his late fifties he served his country in the US Coast Guard stationed in Grand Chenier, LA.  He married Edna Theriot and is the son of Alcide Miller and Emma Nunez and the grandson of Michel Michel Miller and Hiacinthe Lejeune.
  
• Miller, Lee John (Lake Charles).  He was in the US Navy and a 2nd Class Petty Officer, Electricians Mate on the USS Marcus Island, an aircraft carrier.  He is the son of Bertrand Joseph Drozan Miller and Clodia Boudoin and the 2nd great grandson of Francois Xavier Miller and Marie Azelie Doucet.  Francois X. Miller is the son of Jean Miller and Marie Francoise Mayer.
  
• Miller, Malcolm L. (Reddell/Mamou). US Army.  He served after WWII in 1946/47 and was stationed in   Japan during the Occupation or rebuilding of that country.  He is the son of  Octave H. Miller and Bertha Ricard, and he is the grandson of Jean Pierre Miller and Caroline Guillory.  Jean Pierre is the grandson of Jean Miller and Marie M. Boutin.
  
• Miller, Minos D., Jr. (Jennings), Lieutenant (Sr. Grade), US Navy pilot and MIA/POW.  A pilot who flew missions from three aircraft carriers and was a Prisoner of War for eight months, presumed dead and buried at sea.  He lived to return to his wife and both enjoyed professional lives in law.  He retired as District Judge for the 31st Judicial District.  Minos married Ruth Means Loyd.  He is the son of Minos D. Miller, Sr., a WW I veteran, and Ruth Adele Ingram.  Minos D. Miller, Sr. is the grandson of Civil War veteran Pierre V. Miller and Emelia Broussard.
  
• Miller, Leroy, Pvt. Cml warfare services.  He died in North Africa on July 17, 1943.  He is the son of Horace Miller, Sr. and Lydia Miller and the grandson of Joseph Viliar Miller and Celestine Andrepont.  Joseph V. Miller is the great grandson of Jean Miller and Marie Francoise Mayer. 
  
• Miller, Paul Wesley (Creole, LA). USMC, 28th Regiment, 5th Marines Division. He was killed in action at Iwo Jima on March 11, 1945. He is the son of Philbart Miller and Natalie Duhon and the 3rd great-grandson of Jean Miller & Mary Francoise Mayer.
  
• Miller, Raphael R, Lt. US Army Nurse Corps. (Grand Chenier). She is the daughter of Raphiel Miller and Georgia N. McCall and the great granddaughter of Michael Miller, Jr. and Mary Elena Broussard.
  

• Miller, Rellim James. (Chataignier & Houston, TX). US Navy on Y O 186. Supplied water to Marshall Islands.  He is the son of Lucas Miller and Dea Aucoin and the grandson of Camille Marie Miller and Martha Paret.  Camille M. Miller is the grandson of Antoine Miller and Augustine Pierre Manuel.  Antoine Miller is the son of Jean Miller and Marie Magdelaine Boutin.  
  
• Miller, Roderick Luke. (Lafayette). US Army Air Force. He served as a B-29 navigator during World War II and was recalled for serve in the Korean War.  He is the son of Cleophas Miller and Isabelle Michot and the grandson of Emile Miller and Leonie LaFleur.  Emile is the grandson of Jean Miller and Marie M. Boutin.
  
• Miller, Rudolph (Grand Chenier).  He is the son of Joseph Miller and Sidalise Miller and the grandson of Ursin Miller and Melaine Dyson.  Ursin Miller is the son of Michel Miller and Hiacinthe Lejeune.
  
• Miller, Sevan J. (Grand Chenier). He is the son of Hypolite Miller and Mathilda Miller and the paternal grandson of Joseph O. Miller and Amalie Boudoin and the maternal grandson of Sevin Miller and Mary Beckman.
  
• Miller, Stephen J. Cpl. US Army. (Grand Chenier). He is the son on Valcin Miller and Aurelia Primeaux and the great-great grandson of Ursin Miller & Melaine Dyson.
  
• Miller, Tony. US Army (Eunice). He is the son of Paul Paulstron Miller and Olin Moreau and  2nd great grandson of Jean Miller and Marie Francoise Mayer.  He served in General Paton's 3rd Army.
  
• Miller, Vergile "Joe". (Iota).  US Navy.  He is the son of Simon Miller and Louise Leger.  Simon is the grandson of Joachim Miller and Modeste Leger.  Joachim is the son of Frederic Miller and Victoria Mayer.
  
• Miller, Watkin. (Cameron).  US Coast Guard.  He married Alvina Swire and is the son of Valsant Miller and Azemie Bertrand and the great grandson Francois Xavier Miller and Marie Azelie Doucet.
  
• Miller, William Paul (Creole). He was married to Wynona Mhire, the son of Joseph Miller and Marie Chloraine Theriot and the grandson of Joseph O. Miller and Amalie Boudoin.
  
• Nunez, Elry, Sr. (Lake Charles)  He married Lora Marie Jones and is the son of Adonis Joseph Nunez and Mary Irma Conner and the grandson of Jean Francois Miller and Elizabeth Gallier.  Jean F. Miller is the grandson of Jean Miller and Marie Francoise Mayer.
  
• Phifer, George H., Captain, US Army.  He married Lt. Raphael R. Miller (see above).
  
• Placette, Gordon Bernard, Sr. US Army. He is the son of Joseph B. Placette and Beatrice Fruge and the great grandson of Joseph A. Fruge and Emerante Miller.
  
• Portie, Ervis, Sr. (Grand Chenier & Houma). US Army. He married Louise Mary Swire and the son of Asa and Louise Portie; the grandson of Michel Montie & Cora Theriot and the great-great grandson of Michel Miller and Hiacinthe Lejeune.
  
• Ricard, Henry. T Sgt. US Army. Killed in action while serving as Flight Engr. on a B-24. He was shot down on June 18, 1944 while delivering supplies to the French underground. He is buried in St. James Military Cemetery, Normandy. He is first cousin to Malcolm L Miller. Henry is his mother's nephew.  Malcolm's mother is Bertha Ricard. She married Octave Miller, son of Jean Pierre Miller and Caroline Guillory.
  
• Richard, Harry J. US Army (Grand Chenier). Awarded the Purple Heart medal for actions at the Battle of Saint Lo.. While he was on the ground, his brother, Martin Richard was flying above to blast a path through the German lines at St. Lo.  He is the son of Charles Richard and Azena Miller and the grandson of Eugene Miller and Angeline Sturlese.
  
• Richard, Martin. (Grand Chenier). A prisoner of war in Germany. He is brother to Harry J. Richard, above. He received the Prisoner of War metal and the Distinguished Flying Cross.  In June 2009, he received France's Honor of Legion, France's highest decoration for his military service during the 65th D-Day anniversary ceremonies.
  
• Rogers, Charles A. "Buster". US Army Staff Sergeant during WWII. He trained troops at Ft. Lewis, WA and because of their perfection; his outfit was chosen to perform for President Harry Truman. He was married to Roberta Eagleson, daughter of Pete Eagleson and Sallie L. Sweeney. Sally L. Sweeney is the granddaughter of Pierre V. Miller and Emelia Broussard.
  
• Sturlese, Adam Gooch, S/Sgt. US Army. (Grand Chenier).  Died at the Battle of the Bulge, Belgium on January 12, 1945.  He is the son of Joseph Frozan Sturlese and Dorothe Theriot and the grandson of Laurent Sturlese and Mary Victoria Miller.  Mary V. Miller is the granddaughter of Michel Miller and Hiacinthe Lejeune. 
  
• Sturlese, Enos. US Army. (Grand Chenier). Brother to Adam Gooch Sturlese. He served in the southwest Pacific.
  

• Sturlese, Hubert. US Coast Guard. (Grand Chenier). He is the son of Lucien Sturlese and Phelonia Miller and the grandson of Valsaint Miller and Mary L. Portie. He is the great grandson of Michel Miller and Hiacinthe Lejeune.
  
• Thibodeaux, Adam Dudley  (1913-2000).  (Lake Arthur) U.S. Navy. He is the husband of Annie Miller, daughter of John Numa Miller and Marie Azalie Duprie. Annie is the granddaughter of Ursin "Yag" Miller and Melaine Dyson and the great-granddaughter of Michel Miller & Hiacinthe Lejeune.
  

WW I Veterans (1914 to 1918)

• McCall, Henry Albert (Grand Chenier), US Army.  He is the son of William Robert McCall and Catherine Norwood. He married Mary Gladys Miller, the daughter of Alcide Miller and Emma Nunez.  Alcide Miller is the grandson of Michel Miller and Hiacinthe Lejeune.
  
• Miller, Benjamin. (Eunice), U.S. Army. Headstone reads "Louisiana Pvt 1cl Evac Hosp 29". He served in WWI and died May 24, 1941. He is the son of Dulva Miller and Marie Ise Fruge and the 2nd great grandson of Jean Miller  and Marie F Mayer.
  
• Miller, Minos D., Sr. (Jennings). Major. US Army.  He is the son of Pierre Valcour Miller, Jr. and Beatrice Sturlese and the grandson of Civil War Veteran Pierre Valcour and Emelia Broussard.  
  
• Rovelia Miller, (Bayou des Cannes near Pine Point and Mamou, LA), US Army. He is the son of  Jean Pierre Miller and Caroline Guillory and the grandson of Antoine Miller and Augustine Fuselier. He died from the flu pandemic.
  
• Miller, Sevenia (Grand Chenier), US Army. Pvt in 165 Inf 42 Div.  He is the son of Civil War Veteran Damon Miller and Onasia Miller.  Damon is the grandson of Jean Miller and Marie Magdelaine Boutin.
  

Civil War Veterans (1861 to 1865)

• Bonsall, Issac, father John Thomas Bonsall, husband of Uranie Miller. He was killed in action on April 8, 1864 at the Battle of Mansfield. 
  
• Boudin, Pierre Beloni, Co. E, Ragsdale's Battn., Tex. Cav.  He is the fraternal grandfather of Clodia Boudoin who married Drozan Joseph Miller. 
  
• Broussard, Emile, Co. A, 8th La. Inf. Enlisted in La.  He is the maternal grandfather of Clodia Boudoin who married Drozan Joseph Miller.
  
• Broussard, Jr., Nicholas.  He was the father of Nicholas Broussard, III who married Ursulia Miller in 1887, the last child born to Euphrosin Miller and Mary Celoma Bertrand.
  
• Cormier, Joseph, Sr., Willers' Tex. Battn.  He was the father-in-law of Victoria Miller, the fifth child of Euphrosin Miller and Mary Celoma Bertrand.
  
• Bradford, Foster M. Son of Isham Bradford and Elizabeth McIntosh. He is the 2nd great-grandfather of Marilyn Dianne Miller. Marilyn D. Miller married John B. Brock, III and is the daughter of Albert D. Miller and Viola Vivian Bradford and the great granddaughter of Pierre V. Miller, also a Civil War Veteran.
  
• Marcantel, Dupre.  Son of Antoine Marcantel and Marie Celeste Miller (Celestine), daughter of Jean Miller and Marie Francoise Mayer.
  
• Marcantel, Joseph. Son of Antoine Marcantel and Marie Celeste Miller (Celestine), daughter of Jean Miller and Marie Francoise Mayer.
  
• Marcantel, Maxile. Son of Antoine Marcantel and Marie Celeste Miller (Celestine), daughter of Jean Miller and Marie Francoise Mayer.
  
• Marcantel, Sr., Rosemond.  Son of Zenon Marcantel, Sr. and Cidalise (Sidalise) Miller.  She is the daughter of Frederic Miller and Victoria Mayer.
  
• McCall, John Martin.  He is the great granduncle of Oma Roberta McCall.  She married Lee John Miller in 1946.  Lee J. Miller served in the U.S. Navy during WWII.
  
• McCall, William Harrison.  A Confederate soldier in Gen. Richard Taylor's army facing a Union invasion up the Red River, he died of pneumonia somewhere near Mansfield, LA.  He is buried at Confederate Cemetery, Mansfield, LA.  He is the great granduncle of Norman, Claude, Oma Roberta, Emma Armeta and Henry Albert McCall, Jr., all children of Henry A. McCall and Mary Gladys Miller.  Mary G. Miller is the daughter of Alcide Miller and Emma Nunez.
  
• Miller, Adolphe.  Son of Jean Louis Miller and Marie Louise (Elise) Teller: grandson of Jean Miller and Marie Francoise Mayer.  
  
• Miller, Ageren. Pvt. Co. G, 1st La. Hvy. Arty.  Killed at the Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Probably brother of Edmond. 
  
• Miller, Andeol.  He is the son of Jean Baptiste Miller and Celistine Roy and the grandson of Jean Miller and Marie Magdelaine Boutin.
  
• Miller, Euphrosin.  Son of Michel Miller and Hiacinthe Lejeune, grandson of Jean Miller and Marie Francoise Mayer.
  
• Miller, Jacob.  Pvt., Co. A, Miles Legion (32nd La. Infantry).  He is the son of Jean Frederic Miller and Catherine Reed and the grandson of Frederic Miller and Victoria Mayer.
  
• Miller, Damon. Co. C. Ragsdale Bttn; 1st Texas Cavalry.  He is the son of Jean Baptiste & Celeste Roy and the grandson of Jean Miller and Marie Magdelaine Boutin.
  
• Miller, Dennis. Co. D; 7th La. Cavalry.  He is son of Luffroy & Rebecca Hall and grandson of Frederic Miller and Victoria Mayer.
  

• Miller, Dutrive. Co. G; 28th Infantry.  He is the son of Jean Louis Miller, Jr. and Julie Bello and grandson of Jean Louis Miller and Marie Louise (Elise) Teller. 
  
• Miller, Leufroy. Co. B, 7th La. Cavalry.  He is the son of Jean Frederic Miller and Louise Fruge and grandson of Frederic Miller and Victoria Mayer.
  
• Miller, Edmond. He was killed at the Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi in November 1862. Probably brother of Ageren. 
  
• Miller, Emile.  He was killed at the Battle of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Probably not the brother of Ageren and Edmond even though they had a bother named Emile.
  
• Miller, Gustave.  He may be the son of Luffroy & Rebecca Hall and grandson of Frederic Miller and Victoria Mayer.  Since he was born in 1851 he would have served at a very young age as this Gustave enlisted in October 1862.  He went to Jackson, La. hospital 5-11-1863 and at a parole camp in Mississippi on 1-2-1864.
  
• Miller, Jean Baptiste.  Son of Jean Frederic Miller and Louise Fruge.  Grandson of Frederic Miller and Victoria Mayer.
  
• Miller, Jean Francois. Co. B. La. Cavalry. He is the son of Francois Xavier Miller and Marie Azelie Doucet and the grandson of Jean Miller and Marie F. Mayer. He married Elizabeth Gallien/Gallier in 1882.
  
• Miller, Jean Ursin.  Co B, 17 La Inf, C.S.A.  He is the son of Baptiste Ursin Miller and Louise Fruge and the grandson of Jean Miller and Marie Francoise Mayer. 
  
• Miller, Joseph Ozincoutt.  Port Hudson Hospital Ledger reports leg amputated. Presumed he died near Port Hudson as he never returned home.  Some believe he fought and died at Battle of Mansfield.  He is the son of Jean Miller and Mary Magdelaine Boutin.
  
• Miller, Jr., Michel.  He died in 1864 on Bayou Bouef (near Morgan City) on his way home to Grand Chenier after serving in the Civil War.  He is the son of Michel Miller and Hiacinthe Lejeune and the grandson of Jean Miller and Marie Francoise Mayer.
  
• Miller, Valery.  Co. D, Weatherly Battalion.  Surrendered and discharged at Mansfield.  He is the son of Jean Louis Miller, Jr. and Julie Bello and grandson of Jean Louis Miller and Marie Louise (Elise) Teller.
  
• Miller, William Jackson.  William Jackson Miller joined the Confederacy as a private in January, 1864, near Greensburg. He was in the Cavalry, 10th Battalion, Co. C. He was returning from furlough when the South surrendered and was sent to Baton Rouge for parole on 18th May, 1865. He is the son of Charles Frederic Miller and Caroline Duff and the grandson of Jacob Miller, Jr. and Anne M. Cowan Vogel.
  
• Miller, Pierre Valcour. Pvt. Co. G, 1st La. Hvy. Arty. (Regulars).  He is twin brother of Joseph Ozincoutt Miller.  He is the son of Jean Miller and Marie Magdelaine Boutin.
  
• Miller, Philomen.  He enlisted on October 27, 1861, New Orleans, La. in Co. B., 18 Louisiana Infantry Regiment.  He is the son of Joachim Miller and Modesta Leger and the grandson of Frederic Miller and Victoria Mayer.
  
• Miller, Ursin.  Served with Fournet's Battn. La. Inf. Enlisted in LA.  Son of Michel Miller and Hiacinthe Lejeune, grandson of Jean Miller and Marie Francoise Mayer.
  
• Montie, Valsaint.  He served with Crescent Regt., La. Inf.  He is the husband of Eugenie Miller, daughter of Michel Miller and Hiacinthe Lejeune.
  
• Sturlese, Joseph Andre.  The ancestor of many Miller's as his children were married to Ursele Miller, Eugene Miller, Mary Victoria Miller, Pierre, Valcour Miller, Jr., and Filona Miller.
  
• Theriot, Jean Baptiste Villor. Pvt., La. Art. And Crescent Regt., La. Inf.  He married Cleonise Richard.  They are the parents of Albert Theriot who married Annociade Miller.  Annociade Miller is the daughter of Civil War Veteran Pierre Valcour Miller and Emelia Broussard.
  
• Vige, Edomond Pierre. Pvt., Co. I, 28th (Thomas') La. Inf. He married Catherine (Katie) Langley and their great-great grandparents of Ethel Marie Fontenot, the great great grandchild of  Zenon Marcantel & Sidalise Miller. Sidalise is the daughter of Frederic Miller and Victoria Mayer.
  

Mexican-American War (1846 to 1848)

• Miller, Jacob Jackson. The son of Jacob Miller, Jr. and Anne Marie Cowan Vogal and the grandson of Jacob Miller and Anne Marie Theigen.
  

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*“The Long Road to Louisiana: Acadian Exiles and the Britain Incident” by Carl A. Brasseaux, Assistant Director of the Center for Louisiana Studies at the University of Southwestern Louisiana.
* The veteran information was obtained from The Civil War Veterans of Old Imperial Calcasieu Parish Louisiana, Compiled by Betty Tyler Rosteet & Sandra Fisher Miguez, Southwest Louisiana Genealogical Society, Inc., Library of Congress: 94-1245, 1994 and from personal research performed by Malcolm L. Miller, Murphy Miller, Jr. and others.

Mary Frances Miller writes to her brother living in East Baton Rouge on November 30, 1848. She tells her brother that she mailed him three Picayunes (the New Orleans newspaper) dated Nov 14, 23, 27 and for him to tell Joe she will write soon. She states she saw Mr. Turpin on the 12th and he told her he received a letter from "Mr. G" two weeks previously and that he would be returning to New Orleans, LA immediately. She mentions buying a ticket for the Havana lottery and losing, and of seeing the exhibit of the "Greek Slave" in the city. She sympathizes with his money matters but is unable to help. She wishes him Happy Holidays for "us poor Orphans in this dreary world."

In an April 1849 letter from the Curate of St. Louis Church, New Orleans, to twenty year old Mary Frances, it advises that in “this morning’s Picaquine (newspaper), Ramon De La Torre, who was recently elected Alcade [a Spanish municipal magistrate with judicial and administrative functions] of the City of Tampico, State of Tamaulipas, Republic of Mexico; it is probable that this gentleman is the same one, who is your God Father. …write him, so as to obtain such informations relative to your birth or Baptism, that he might let you know how it is that you have been baptized on the name of Mary Francis Petely, instead of Mary Francis Miller, and also inquire of him such other informations which he might know, concerning your parents or yourself.”

It seems that Mary Frances is relocating and James Gallier is unsure of her residence. In Mr. Gallier's December 5, 1849 letter he states "I write this with uncertainty whether it may reach you; not knowing whether you yet stay at Miss Mears'.  If you receive this, I shall be very glad to hear from you, and shall in my next give your more particulars, and send you some money."

"Your faithful friend, J. G." was his closing in a December 21, 1849 letter to Mary Frances. She is in East Baton Rouge and apparently has relocated from the New Orleans suburb of Lafayette. This time he addresses the envelope to "Miss Mary F. Gallagher". It is unknown why he addressed the envelope this way. The contents of the letter clearly address issues discussed prior to this letter.  He states "I write to explain why I wished you to address Mr. T [Turpin, his assistant] on the subject of receiving the money."  He discusses his ill health and the need to avoid business and remain in this city [New Orleans] as little as possible. He goes on the say he may not be there when she comes for the money to be paid to her.

In words of sincere encouragement, J. Gallier says "I am sorry to see by your letter that you continue to cherish so much melancholy and dissatisfaction with regard to the world: every man and woman too, have their own troubles to contend with, and it is the worst kind of philosophy to give way to discontent with our position; we should look around and try to examine whether we are not much better off than one thousands of others who are equally worthy as ourselves of a better condition; and instead of reframing ; make the best of the circumstances within our reach, and enjoy the world to the best of our ability."

On February 9, 1850, Mary Frances Miller writes to "my dear brother" in Baton Rouge. She is despairing of seeing him before she leaves and has postponed her departure to the City thinking she would have seen him in the past month. She asks him to visit her before she leaves at Mrs. Mears' and is anxious to tell him she has ascertained their mother's name as Ann Vogle when she married their father Jacob Miller, widow of the late Charles Vogle (she states Vogle in German means hawk and she was sometimes called Mrs. Hawk) and has obtained a copy of her marriage contract. By the contract, Jacob Miller settled on her the sum of $ 800, but she does not have the certificate of the marriage ceremony. She asks him to find out who performed the marriage ceremony, how long they lived together after being married and to write to her in New Orleans, LA if he finds out.

She leaves toys for William, Ann Eliza and the baby with Mrs. Mears. She asks him to keep secret that a Mr. Charles Harivel, the person they met in the street the last day she saw him (in Baton Rouge?) who went with her to Mr. Garig's asked if she would marry him, when she will have become a widow. Perhaps this is the reason J. Gallier addressed his letter to her on December 29, 1849 as Miss Mary F. Gallagher. It does not explain why he used "Miss" and not Mrs. It seems that if Mary is married, then her husband is ill and expected to die as she will "...become a widow."

She told Mr. Charles Harivel she did not know. He said he would wait a year for her and would find out her decision from him (her brother) when she will have become a widow and where she lives in the City. She asks her brother not to give him any information unless she says and asks him to caution Joe, in case he should apply to him. She says he should understand her reasons but does not want to communicate them by letter for fear it will fall into the wrong hands. Signed "Your affectionate sister, Mary F. M. If she were married, she never used her married surname.

James Gallier wrote to Mary F. Miller in April 1850 advising her that he has “…made inquiries at the book stores for Doctor Hollick’s ‘diseases of women’; they say they have not any copies of it at present…” He goes on to say “…I shall be so much engaged from morning till night every day until I quit the city, that I shall not have time to make you another visit. You have in the mean time my best wishes for your good health happiness and prosperity. I am my dear Mary your faithful friend. J. G.”

In May 1850, M. F. Miller writes to her brother in Baton Rouge. She is in the Lafayette community in uptown New Orleans. She mentions "Mr. G" left for the City on the 15th by the Steamship Ohio for New York and he intends to sail to Europe. On the 14th March last, she says she wrote to her godfather and confided the letter to the care of Mr. Quemper, Secretary to the curate of the Cathedral who would send it to him by friend who was going to Tampico shortly Apparently her godfather is in Tampico, Mexico. If the friend returned in May and if her godfather should write, he would bring the letter to Mr. Quemper to give to her.

She says she delayed writing to her brother in the hopes of hearing from her godfather but has not heard from him yet and had to write. She is still in search of her parents' marriage act through Col. Bills, a Justice of the Peace in East Baton Rouge She receives a reply from Mr. Gayarre' saying he cannot give her any information she requested about a successor, etc. She is anxious to hear about the state of her brother's health and that she may return to Baton Rouge in the summer but doesn't want him to inform anyone of this but family. Signed "Your affectionate sister M.F.M."

Mary F. Miller writes again to her brother Charles in July 1850. She is happy to that Mrs. Mears and he have good health. She mentions her many little problems and vexations. She has changed boarding places from Mlle. Missonnet's to Dr. McLean's on Washington St., Lafayette (a community near New Orleans). She learns that Mr. Quemper is dead. He is the man who sent the letter to her godfather and now that he is dead she does not know how she will obtain an answer to her letter. She contacted his successor and he will check into it. She ends the letter sending her respects to Mrs. Mears and to his family.

By June 1852, Mary F. Miller is in New Orleans. She writes to her brother Charles that brother Jacob Jackson left for Baton Rouge last month but has not heard from him. Additionally, she states that the City is unhealthy with many dying of cholera.

A letter from Geo. M. Church to C. Fred Miller dated June 5, 1855 informs him of the death of his sister, Mary F. Miller. "She had every attention during the time she was with me and was buried very respectable at a cost of some one hundred dollars." She died on the 15th of consumption and her clothing is at his house and waiting to be disposed. In a follow up letter after Charles' response, Mr. Church states that there are no liabilities against his heir Mary F. Miller. If he is the heir, her personal affects will be sent to him.

Mr. Gallier, Sr. is traveling with his family in Europe. In his autobiography, he mentions that is was necessary for him to return to New Orleans alone. He left his wife in Switzerland and arrives in New Orleans in November 1855. He stayed nine months and returned to Switzerland.

In summary, suffice to say that Mary F. Miller was a troubled young lady, born out of wedlock and probably never met her father and may have never established who he was and why he never became a part of her troubled life.

Will we never find out how Mr. Gallier, a successful business person in New Orleans, became acquainted with Mary F. Miller? What was the reason for his kindness and his interest in her well being and why did he provide her financial support? At age 24 on May 15, 1855, Mary Francis is dead and buried the same day.

In October 1986, Brenda Gray Felder, Denham Springs, LA, a descendant of Jacob Miller, Jr., wrote to Kenneth McLeod, Jr., M.D., the great-great grandson of James Gallier, Sr. and inquired about the relationship of Mr. Gallier to Mary F. Miller. He was not aware of their relationship and could not provide any information that would lead to more understanding about Mary F. Miller and her short life in the mid 1800's.

Jacob Miller, Jr. Had Marital Challenges - Part I
Jacob Miller, Jr. Had Marital Challenges - Part II
​Jacob Miller, Jr. Had Marital Challenges, Part III

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Charles Frederic Miller (1821 - 1899). Son of Jacob Miller, Jr. & Anne Marie Cowan Vogel. He is the youngest half-brother of Mary Francis Miller. He was an attorney. He married Mary Caroline Duff in 1844. They were the parents of nine children.

Jacob Miller, Jr. was the fourth child born to Jacob Miller and Anne Marie Theigen. He was also the last child mentioned on the passenger list of the English schooner La Bretania, the ship the family traveled on from Maryland to Louisiana. Unfortunately the La Bretania ship ended up in Espiritu Bay, Texas due to bad weather and an incompetent crew.

Jacob, Jr. first married Ignes Mayer in 1791. Ignes was the first born to Andre Mayer and Marie Anne Stelly. Her older sister Victoria married Frederic Miller, Jacob, Jr.’s younger brother. Victoria’s younger sister Marie F. Mayer was the first wife of Jean Miller, Frederic’s younger brother.

Jacob, Jr. and Ignes Mayer’s marriage was short lived as he married Catherine Adam four years later in 1795. Catherine is the daughter of Emmerich Adam and Catherine Kleinpeter. Emmerich Adam(s) is on the same plaque as Jacob Miller, Sr. in Baton Rouge’s “Hill of the Fountains” as is Catherine Kleinpeter’s father, Johann G. Kleinpeter. The “Hills of the Fountains” plaque is in the Highlands Cemetery and recognizes early settlers of the Highland Ridge which borders Bayou Fountain. Suffice to say that these German families were a close community and the adult children married within those with similar cultural backgrounds.

Jacob, Jr. and Catherine Adam had seven children, the last born in 1809. This marriage ended and in 1817, Jacob, Jr. married Anne Marie Cowan Vogel. She was previously married to Charles Vogle. Jacob, Jr. and Anne M. Cowan had three children. Anne’s fourth child, Mary Francis Miller, was not the child of Jacob, Jr.

Marriage, Illness and Divorce
In their December 9, 1817 East Baton Rouge parish marriage contract, Jacob, Jr. gives his future bride $800 as “…the strongest proof of friendship to his ----?--- future spouse…”. Three children were born to the couple by October 1821; Jacob Jackson in 1819 and twins Charles Frederic and Anne in 1821.

Following the twins birth, Anne, the mother,  was very ill. Moreover, it appears that Anne, the twin baby, died. Jacob, Jr. packed up Anne, the two living sons and took them into Baton Rouge along with a servant girl and a cow. He left them at the doctor’s home. Anne considered herself abandoned and started divorce proceedings in 1822.

In her 1822/23 divorce proceedings Anne states that she had two children with Jacob, Jr. She also states that Jacob Jackson is residing with his father and Charles Frederick resides with his mother. Furthermore that she suffered under severe and alarming disposition, was sick, and required constant medical attention. She states that with the aid of her husband the procured a room in the house and family of W. W. Quern and under the care of Dr. William F. French. Her husband, she states, visited her  few days later and abused her “in the most cruel manner, ordering her to go home” and if she did not, she never would. Jacob then took from her the cow and the servant girl who cared for the children. Anne sued for the $800 due by marriage contract and $1,000, being one-half of the property accumulated during the marriage.

In June 1823, defendant Jacob Miller, Jr. responded to Anne’s allegations. He states that the allegations are untrue and since the suit was initially filed there has been reconciliation and asks for a stop to the suit. Jacob states Anne's conduct towards him was cruel, unnatural, unacceptable and she has abused him, threatened to take his life and abandoned him. Her conduct has been beyond description; he no longer wants her as his wife and is entitled to the raising of his two children. The $800 has been paid to Anne and she is largely indebted to him and he has no objection to the separation and asks it be granted. Allegations against Anne: unfaithful, undutiful wife who expended all the property he had leaving him in a state of poverty, she has been cruel, abandoned his dwelling, threatened to take his life publicly. He asks for $1400 from Anne. A judgment for the defendant, Jacob, Jr., is granted and signed in August 1823.

Mary Frances Miller
Sometime in 1823, Jacob, Jr. becomes aware that Anne is in New Orleans and is told that she is running a brothel. In 1829 Anna has another child, Mary Francis. She is baptized as Mary Frances Petely, but uses the surname "Miller" later in life. 


Part II: Jacob Miller, Jr. Had Marital Challenges - Part II
Part III: Jacob Miller, Jr. Had Marital Challenges, Part III

Highlands Cemetery: Article One and Article two
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[In the next post you will find out about Mary Frances' friendship with James Gallier, Sr., a successful New Orleans businessman, her attendance at a Kentucky convent and her death at a young age.]