​Not only was Alex and his wife Audrey Castille Miller lifelong residents of the Sunset, LA area but his father, Charles D. Miller and wife Alice Bernard, as well as was his paternal grandparents Dosite “Zick” Miller and Olivia Faul. All were residents of St. Landry Parish.
 
When you follow Alex’s grandfather’s Dosite Miller’s family line, then you find that he is the descendant of George Miller, Sr., of the United Kingdom, and his wife Catherine Ritter, of Frederic, MD.  On the other hand, if you follow his grandmother Olivia Faul’s (Fall) ancestry you find that she is a descendant of Jacob Miller and Anne Marie Thaison/Theigen of Germany.  Therefore Alex is a descendant of two early Louisiana Miller settlers.
 
Alex’s great-great grandparents are John Alexandre Alexon Miller (1853-1899) and wife Alicia Leger (1856-1938).  They were 2nd cousins. Their common ancestry is Jean “Valois” Savoye and his wife Marguerite Catherine Boutin.
 
Alexandre “Alex” Miller’s obituary follows.
 
SUNSET - Funeral services will be held Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. in Evangeline Memorial Gardens Chapel in Carencro for Alexandre "Pop" Miller, age 80, who passed away Sunday, November 18, 2018 at Lafayette General Medical Center in Lafayette.
 
Interment will be in Evangeline Memorial Gardens in Carencro. The Rev. Gary Schexnayder will officiate at the services.
 
Mr. Miller was a native and lifelong resident of Sunset. He was a parishioner of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church. He was a farmer for most of his life who especially enjoyed growing vegetable. A veteran of the military, Mr. Miller proudly served his country in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He was a member of the American Legion Post in Sunset.
 
Survivors include his devoted wife of over fifty-four years, Audrey Miller; two sons, Patrick Miller, Sr. and his wife, Cheryl, and Brian Miller and his wife, Sheila; two daughters, Andrea Carlson and her husband, Brent, and Melanie Morgan and her husband, Monty; one brother, Joseph Miller; twelve grandchildren, D.J. Kimble and his wife, Angelle, Devan Miller and his wife, Nancy, Alexis Morgan, Katelyn Morgan, Madison Morgan, Patrick Miller, Jr., Gretchen Carlson, Vivian Carlson, Dutch Carlson, Kristen Sylvester, Jennifer Dunbar and her husband, Jonathan, and Heather Gregory; and fourteen great grandchildren.
 
He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles Miller and the former Alice Bernard; and four sisters, Leverta Prejean, Emma Miller, Mildred Willingham and Anna Belle Miller.
 
A rosary will be prayed at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home.
 
The family requests that visiting hours be observed from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Tuesday and will continue from 8:00 a.m. until service time on Wednesday.
 
Pallbearers will be Patrick Miller, Sr., Brian Miller, Brent Carlson, Monty Morgan, Joseph D. Miller and Devan Miller. Honorary pallbearers will be Patrick Miller, Jr. and Dutch Carlson.
 

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She was an advocate for a woman’s right to insurance benefits following their husband’s retirement, death and divorce. The Louisiana law was a model for the federal COBRA law many benefit from today.(1)  Her name is Jeanette Catherine Singleton and she is the 3rd great granddaughter of Frederic Miller and Victoria Mayer. Frederic is the son of Jacob Miller and Anne Marie Thaison. Jeanette parents were John Christian Singleton and Mary Elizabeth Miller. (2)

Jeanette married Vivian Joseph Gianelloni, Jr., a native of San Francisco, CA.  “V.J.” as he was known, was a 1942 LSU graduate and a football player. During World War II he served with the 526th Armored Infantry Battalion and was the commanding officer of the security company for General Omar Bradley’s 12th Army Group headquarters from its organization in Normandy until VE Day. He received a Bronze Star and the Combat Infantryman’s Badge for his wartime service. (3)
 
Jeanette Singleton, Baton Rouge community leader, advocate for women's issues, and beloved mother, passed away on Friday, August 31, 2012. Jeanette was born in 1922 in Orange, Texas, and raised in Vinton, Louisiana. She came to Baton Rouge to attend LSU, graduating in 1942, and called Baton Rouge her home for the rest of her life.
 
Jeanette married V.J. Gianelloni, Jr., and had six children with him. Jeanette was very active in Baton Rouge community affairs. She was for many years one of the adult leaders of the Riverside 4-H Club, which was one of the leading 4-H clubs in the state. She also was for many years active with her sorority, Alpha Phi, serving as treasurer for the organization, among other roles. Jeanette was a member and president of OWL, the Older Women's League. She actively supported her husband in his service to the Capital City Kiwanis Club.
 
A breast cancer survivor, Jeanette became an advocate for insurance coverage for women who were left without insurance after their husbands retired, died, or divorced them. She lobbied in the Louisiana legislature for a state law granting insurance coverage at previous rates to such women. During that period, she was a familiar figure in the halls of the state capitol building. That Louisiana law was passed and served as a model for the COBRA law, which covers spouses in such situations on a national basis. For her role in that effort, she was selected by the Ladies' Home Journal in 1984 as one of its 50 - one from each state -- American Heroines. Ladies' Home Journal titled
 
Jeanette an "Insurance Champion" for her pioneering effort to extend insurance coverage. Jeanette also lobbied on behalf of efforts to establish respite homes for families that cared at home for handicapped individuals. In 1993 Jeanette received her Master's degree from LSU. At the time, she was 71 years old and the oldest graduate to receive a master's degree.
 
Jeanette was a talented writer, and in later years spent a lot of time writing biographical stories and items about life in rural Louisiana when she was young. An article Jeanette wrote about a trip she took to Israel was published in the Morning Advocate in 1982. She also wrote many letters and commentaries that were published in the Advocate.
 
A confirmed Christian, Jeanette and her husband V.J. Gianelloni donated the land upon which St. Jude Catholic Church was built. Later in life, she became a member of St. John's United Methodist Church. Most importantly of all, Jeanette was the devoted mother of six children. At age 11, her daughter, Marcia Lynn, called "Muffet," contracted eastern equine encephalitis, which left Muffet severely handicapped. For the next forty years, Jeanette cared for Muffet, while raising her other five children, along with helping to raise five nephews and nieces who were orphaned young. (4)
 

(1)  FindAGrave.com, Memorial # 103422110. Original source unknown.

(2)  Southwest Louisiana Records (SWLR-CD – Volume 1 (1750-1900). CD. Rev. Donald Hebert.

(3)  FindAGrave.com, Memorial # 20636327.

(4)  ​Morris, George. Date unknown. Title unknown. Baton Rouge Advocate.

(5) ​ FindAGrave.com, Memorial # 103422110. Original source unknown.

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Eunice, LA
It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that the family of Richard Douglas LeDoux, Sr., Lt. Col., USAF (Retired) announces his passing on Saturday, April 28, 2018 at Eunice Manor at the age of 88. A Celebration of Life will be celebrated at 1:00 pm on Tuesday, May 01, 2018 at Ardoin's Funeral Home in Eunice. 

Burial will follow in the LeDoux Cemetery with Deacon Gary Gaudin. 

Born December 17, 1929, Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois, to Staff Sergeant Francis LeDoux and Pearl T. LeDoux. Because his father was a career military man Richard grew up moving to his father's duty stations at Nicols Field, Philippine Islands; Kelly Field, San Antoinio, Texas; Post Field, Fort Sill, Oklahoma and Mitchell Field, Hempstead, Long Island, New York.

On December 12, 1941, five days short of his twelfth birthday, he left New York by train for his parent's home town of Eunice, Louisiana, where he lived for the next eleven years. He graduated from Eunice High School in 1948 and Southwestern Louisiana Institute in 1952 with a BS Degree and as a Distinguished Military Graduate with a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force.

He married Bertha Lee "Teadie" Manuel on February 15, 1952 and together they went to his first duty station which was Air Force Pilot Training at Kinston Air Base, North Carolina. Their first daughter Jeanne Denise, was born at Marine Corps Camp LeJeune, North Carolina, on December 10, 1952. They next went to Greenville Air Force Base, Mississippi for his second six months of pilot training and then to Gary Air Force Base, San Marcos, Texas where he completed the Air Force Helicopter Pilot School. Then he went on to Korea as a rescue pilot. While he was in Korea their second daughter, Suzanne Angelique, was born on August 02, 1954. Upon his return from Korea, he attended the Aircraft Maintenance Officer's school at Chanute AFB, Rantoul, Illinois, and graduated with a Flight Test Maintenance Officer's specialty. 

Next he and Bertha and by now their two daughters were stationed at Sewart AFB, Tennesse where he was first assigned to a Helicopter and then a C-130 squadron. While at Sewart AFB, Richard, Junior was born on April 20, 1959, shortly after his birth Richard, Sr. and his family were transferred to Japan for a three year tour. By the time Richard, Sr. had been in the Air Force for twenty years, he had served six and a half years overseas in the Far East and Southeast Asia in the countries of Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam. The last five years of his time in the Air Force was spent in Southern California overseeing flight testing and development of the "Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Program" for the Air Force.

In addition to his BS degree from SLI and a year and half in pilot training and helicopter training, while in the service he also completed a year-long Aircraft Maintenance Officer School, Squadron Officer's School, The Industrial College of The Armed Forces and while preparing for his dissertation for his Master's degree in Political Science was sent to Thailand as a helicopter instructor rendering him a thesis short of a Master's Degree.

After retiring from the Air Force, Richard, Sr. became "Jack of all Trades" giving flight instructions to fledgling flight students, aerial application ("crop dusting"), teaching at LSUE, managing the grounds and stables of quarter horse race track, repairing small tools and electrical and pneumatic equipment and advising the city administrators on disaster preparedness. However his greatest passion was for organizing and overseeing a rural water system that encompassed a one hundred and forty square mile area.

He is survived by his three children, Jeanne Gray, Suzanne Mumphrey and husband, Scott and Dik LeDoux and wife Debi; six grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.

He is preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Bertha Lee "Teadie" Manuel LeDoux and his son-in-law, Daniel Gray.

At the request of the family, visitation will be held at Ardoin's Funeral Home in Eunice on Tuesday, May 01, 2018 from 10:00 am until time of services.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Veteran's Association, Wounded Warriors or any service organization that benefits veterans.

Military Timeline
1952 (fall): Active duty at Stallings Air Base in Kinston, NC
1953 (Dec):  Helicopter Pilot rraining, Gary AFB, San Marcos, TX
1954:  Korea, then the Artic Circle flying a helicopter in support of survey crews who were doing the locating of sites for the construction of DEW (Distant Early Warning radar sites) line locations.  Upon his return he supported the 82nd Airborne and re-supplying radio relay sites in the southeastern states.
Fort Churchill in Manitoba working on the Mid-Canadian Early Warning Radar line for three months.
Aircraft Maintenance Officer's school, Chanute AFB, Rantoul, IL (a year long course)
Sewart AFB, Smyrna, TN
Maintenance Officer for a C-130 squadron
1960:  C-130 squadron, Japan
1963:  Sewart AFB, Smyrna, TN
1965 (six months):  Instruct young Thai Air Force officers in helicopters.
Point Mugu Naval Air Station near Oxnard, California. Flight testing on the drone program, aka Unmanned Aerial Vehicle program. (18 months)
Ryan Aircraft plant, San Diego, CA.
1971:  Korea (1 yr)
1972:  England, AFB, Alexandria. Special assistant to the base commander.

In his 20 years of service, Dick served 6.5 years in the Far East and Southeast Asia and was otherwise away from home and family two-thirds of the time.

Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering the people who died while serving in the country's armed forces. Jacob Miller and Anne Marie Thaison/Theigen family members who gave their lives when called to serve in the United States military are listed below.
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Viet Nam War/Viet Nam Era (1955 to 1975 with U.S. involvement escalated in the early 1960s)
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. (Andrus in photo at left while serving in Viet Nam)
 
World War II Veterans (1939 to 1945, U.S. entered in 1941)
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.

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.

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 brother.  Malcolm's mother is Bertha Ricard. She married Octave Miller, son of Jean Pierre Miller and Caroline Guillory.
 
Civil War Veterans (1861 to 1865)
Bonsall, Issac, father John Thomas Bonsall, husband of Uranie Miller. Uranie Miller is the granddaughter of Michel Miller and Hiacinthe Lejeune and the great granddaughter of Jean Miller and Marie Francois Mayer. He was killed in action on April 8, 1864 at the Battle of Mansfield.
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Miller, Joseph Ozincourt.  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. Joseph Ozincourt is the twin brother of Pierre Valcour Miller.

Andrus Duplechian Graduation, Mamou High School - 1970
​Viet Nam Wall, Washington, DC (below)

President Woodrow Wilson, with Congress' approval declared war on Germany on April 2, 1917. For all who served the United States of America in uniform as well as those not in uniform, we honor and salute the service men in this article and the many men and women not mentioned in this article. Without their sacrifices, we could not enjoy the many freedoms we enjoy. 

The known descendants and family of the Jacob Miller and Anne M. Theigen who served in that war are listed below:
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WW I Veterans (1914 to 1918 [U.S. Entry on April 2, 1917])
Doucet, Cloublia (Hathaway). US Army. Husband of Ellia Lavergne, daughter of William Lavergne and Froisine Miller, the 2nd great granddaughter of Frederic Miller and Victoria Mayer.

Guillory, Issac (Lake Charles). US Army. Husband of Hazel Fuselier and son of Theophile Guillory and Feodora Miller.  He is the 3rd great grandson of Jean Miller and Marie M Boutin.

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, Adam. (Acadia Parish) U. S. Army Pvt. Infantry. He is the son of Aurelien Miller and Zelphie Gotte and the 2nd great grandson of Frederic Miller and Victoria Mayer.

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, Cleophas Mark. U.S. Navy, Chief Water Tender. He is the son of Emile Miller & Leonie Lafleur and the great grandson of  Jean Miller and M. Magdelaine Boutin.

Miller, Eraste (Eunice). U.S. Army. PFC Co M 103 Infantry. He is the son of Jean Baptiste Miller and Marguerite Courville and the great grandson of Jean Miller and M. Magdelaine Boutin.

Miller, Felix. (Port Arthur, TX). US Army. Texas PVT 1 Casual CO. He is son of Joseph Miller and Louisa Romain and the 2nd great grandson of Jean Miller and Marie Francoise 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.  

Miller, Rovelia  (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.
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Miller, Sydney Dominic. Beaumont, TX).  He is son of Joseph Miller and Louisa Romain and the 2nd great grandson of Jean Miller and Marie Francoise Mayer. Brother of Felix Miller, above.
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Mathew Hertzog Chopin. Private, US Army. Lisa Finley McCauley's grandfather.

Ubaldo Pierotti. Served in the Italian Army.
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Jacob, George and William Miller families were early settlers in southwest Louisiana. Jacob Miller, and wife Anne Marie Thaison, claimed to be “Roman Catholic and Apostolic, and native of Germany.” George Miller, and wife Catherine Ritter, probably born in Maryland, was from London and reared at Hanover, Germany. William or Guilliam Miller, and wife Anne Kevin or Caven of Ireland, was born in Scotland.
 
Both Jacob and George Miller lived near Grand Coteau after the 1750’s. William did not live in LA but, his wife and family did. William died in Pensacola, FL in 1771 and his wife died in St. Martin, LA. Two of the three known daughters, both Marguerite and Elizabeth Genevieve Miller, married and lived in St. Martin and St. Landry parishes, respectively. Marguerite married Pierre Guidry in 1781 and they had 12 children. Elizabeth married Robert Burleigh, Jr. before 1781 and they had seven children.
 
Some of the William Miller descendants married into Jacob and George Miller families. Pierre Richard, a William Miller descendant, married Eva Colligan in 1865. Eva was a descendant of both Jacob and George Miller families. Therefore, their six children are descendants from the three Miller southwest Louisiana families.
 
Many in southwest Louisiana may know of, or their parents know of, some names from the Jacob Miller family. The Chataignier Miller families included Antoine Miller and Augustine Manuel’s descendants, Antoine Salomon (sons Camille, Faustin and Salomon), Emile (sons J. Bte. “Gus” and Cleophas) Martel (sons Aliday, Martel, Jr., and Gilbert Lee) Homer (son Mayo Homer, daughter Felonise & husband Onest Sonnier), and Jean Pierre (son Octave and his son Malcolm Lionel).
 
Farther south and west in Cameron parish, Antoine’s brother and Civil War Veteran, Pierre Valcour Miller settled. From that family, the well known cattleman Eugene Miller whose son Laurent was a veterinarian and son Martin O. Miller a well know New Orleans physician and was Governor Earl Long’s personal physician. Pierre V. Miller’s son P.V. Miller, Jr.’s son Minos Drosin Miller, Sr. was an attorney who practiced in Lake Charles and Vinton. He was politically well connected. Minos’ son M.D. Miller, Jr. was a WW II pilot, shot down on a mission, presumed dead, and buried at sea. After the U.S. victory, he was freed from a Japanese prisoner of war camp. He practiced law, followed by his election as Judge of the 31st Judicial District Court of Louisiana (Jennings).
 
With so many Miller descendants, it can become overwhelming when evaluating ones family history. You may ask if "So and So" is your relative? The answer requires hours of research. Examples include Miller families in Evangeline parish. The Bonnes Nouvelles recently published “Jack Miller's Food Products Celebrates 75 Years” (June 2016) and “Zick Miller Family - Two Hands to the Plow” (September 2003). The Ville Platte Gazette listed J. Bte. Gus Miller as the Police Jury President (July 1976) and the Daily World (April 1987) printed, “Memories of Miller’s Lake revived”. Roderick Luke Miller’s obituary in the Daily World, January 2005) recounted Cleophas’ son, Rod, and his success as a family man, an attorney, and the first Republican elected to the House of Representatives from Lafayette Parish. Not all of your questions will be answered about the Miller stories published, but let us explore some of the family details mentioned about those families.
 
Dosite “Zick” Miller married Olivia Faul (also Fall) in 1901. One of the 12 children is Jacque Dosite “Jack” Miller who married Joyce Chapman in 1937. Dosite (Do za’ ta) is a descendant of George Miller, Sr. (London) and Catherine Ritter (Germany) both born in the mid 1750s. Olivia’s 2nd great grandparents are John Faul and M. Therese Miller married in 1802. M. Therese Miller is the daughter of Jacob Miller and Anne M. Thaison. Thus, all of Zick and Olivia’s descendants are George and Jacob Miller descendants. That makes “Gus” Miller, the successful Miller Lake advocate, and Jack Miller, of Jacks’ BBQ, 3rd cousins twice removed.
 
Additionally, Olivia Faul is related to Jacob Miller family via her 3rd great grandmother, Marie Barbe Miller, daughter of Jacob. Marie Barbe Frozard, daughter of M. Barbe Miller and wife of Toussaint Quebedeau, is the father of Marie Catherine Quebodeau who married Jean George Fall, great grandfather of Olivia.
 
Dosite “Zick” Miller is 1st cousin three times removed with Marie Magdelaine Boutin, wife of Jean Miller, son of Jacob. This relationship is via his great grandmother Sophie Andrus who married George Miller, Jr. Sophie is the granddaughter of Marguerite M. Boutin, daughter of Paul Boutin, Jr. and the father of Marie Magdelaine Boutin. Gus Miller’s great grandparents are Jean Miller and M. Magdelaine Boutin. Accordingly, Antoine Miller is 2nd cousin twice removed with Dosite “Zick” Miller.
 
Zick and Olivia’s grandson, Alexandre “Alex” Miller married Audrey Castile in 1964. As previously established, Alex is a descendent of both George and Jacob Miller. Audrey’s grandfather Onezime Castille married Laura Guidry, daughter of Moise Guidry and Marie Julia Miller. Julia is the great granddaughter of Charles Miller, Sr. and Anastasie Andrus. Charles is the son of George Miller, Sr. and Catherine Ritter. Thus Audrey Castille is the 5th great granddaughter of George Miller, Sr. and Catherine Ritter. Audrey’s husband is the 4th great grandson of George Miller, Sr. and Catherine Ritter.
 
Audrey Castille is also a descendant of the Jacob Miller via her maternal grandparents, Moise Savoy and Eliza Leger. Eliza’s grandparents are Honore Meche and Josephine Meche, the daughter of David Meche and Marie Rose Frozard. Marie R. Frozard is the daughter of Joseph Frozard and Marie Barbie Miller, the daughter of Jacob Miller and Anna M. Thaison. Accordingly, Audrey Castille is the 5th great granddaughter of Jacob Miller and Anna M. Thaison.

In summary it appears that some family trees have few branches. Regardless of the where one was born, cousins did marry cousins. Many, like my parents, were simply unaware of the family relationships. The automobile did not play a significant role in separating one major family from another until the 20th century. Moreover, cousins who did marry are separated by several generations. Living in an agrarian society until the early 1900s, families with different names were neighbors and in those early years, few traveled away from home. Whether you are Louisiana born or not, if your last name and your spouse’s last name is the same as an early settler, you probably married a distant cousin.

Usually the first thing I do after getting to know someone is ask to see any old pictures they have of themselves and of their families. I love oral history, especially that wrapped around a good photograph. I was elated when I discovered the stash of photographs my mother-in-law, Lou Ella McCauley, kept. Even more exciting was the fact that she was a war bride, and I couldn’t wait to learn the story of those early years.
 
Lou Ella Fontenot grew up in the community of Pointe aux Tigres. She remembers being at school in Basile when war was declared. Everyone, she recalls, knew there was trouble in Europe, but an attack by Japan came as a complete surprise.
 
Helin McCauley, my father-in-law, was raised in L’Anse ‘Prien Noir, a community north of Duralde. He can’t recall how he learned of the war, but speculates it was over his family’s radio – they were the only household in the area with one.
 
Lou met her future husband in the summer of 1942. She was staying with her aunt Lillian [Naquin] Miller in Duralde while her uncle Murphy was away at work. Lillian had been left with 2 daughters and a farm to manage, and needed help. For entertainment, Lou would occasionally go to Piersall’s dance hall in Mamou (located on the same block as Fred’s Lounge) with her cousin “Sis” Fontenot. She remembers that Eugene Daigle, who owned a bus, would drive kids from the country to the hall each Wednesday night. The romance started when Helin asked Lou to dance.
 
Like many young couples, Lou and Helin found themselves separated by the war. Helin was drafted in 1943 and chose to join the Navy. He had originally hoped to join the Cavalry, but was informed that it longer existed. On February 26, Helin left for basic training in San Diego, CA. He had only ever ventured as far as Pollock, LA (where he worked for the Conservation Corps in the 1930s), and while the trip to California was not difficult to make, he did regret having to be so far from home.
 
Life in the Navy was not hard for Helin. He had grown up with hard work on the farm, knew how to shoot from hunting, could already swim. Perhaps the most difficult thing was getting home for leave. He would take the train, the bus, sometimes catch a ride with pilots to various bases. More often he’d hitchhike, which was safe for servicemen (and rather patriotic for drivers) despite the fact that there were fewer cars on the road due to tire and gas rationing. One trip took 17 rides to get to Oakdale, another took 34!
 
Helin’s time with the Navy was memorable. On more than one occasion, due to no fault of his own, he was prevented from joining his fellow sailors at the front line. His first assignment was on an aircraft carrier off the coast of California. Their ship was used for “qualifying”, or training, pilots and Helin’s job was to repair and maintain their airplanes. He next traveled to Brisbane and Pert, Australia (remembered vividly for it boiled mutton consumed for weeks afterward) on route to Karachi, India (now Pakistan). His ship was transporting important equipment and aircraft to the area, and the crew learned upon leaving Australia that no ship had ever made the journey past 5 days. Helin recalls that, unescorted, the boat [ship] maintained a zigzag course; history was made when they arrived unharmed in India. The crew later learned that for part of the way they had been trailed by a submarine.
 
Perhaps Helin’s most lively encounter during his time was the hazing which took place upon crossing the equator. Each initiate stood trial with a judge whose biggest complaint was, “That hair! A working soldier shouldn’t have that!” Each had their hair shaved sloppily, and was passed through various stations of punishment, including one for whippings. In the end, Helin received a card and certificate certifying his new rite of passage.
 
Helin then joined Cajou 5, located on North Island in San Diego, where he worked as an airplance mechanic through “shore duty”. Not long after, he joined a “commando squadron” at a special camp in Point McGoo. Cajou F69, as it was called, was a fighting unit whose purpose was to clear a way on Pacific Islands for landing strips. Instead of shipping out with the group (his squadron was on leave at the time), Helin was sent to 29 Palms in the Mojave Desert where a new type of rocket was being developed and tested. The closest highway was 53 miles from the air base. The war ended before any other missions could come Helin’s way.
 
While most young men from home were in the service, there were few locals in Helin’s immediate area. One day, while out for a walk, he met Octave Fruge from Gueydan. Heline approached him from behind and asked “Et-ou tu deveins, Fruge?” (Where do you come from Fruge?) Octave, never having left home before, was extremely homesick, and it’s easy to imagine how wonderful it felt for him to hear his native tongue again! The two became life-long friends, visiting each other often after the war. The only other Frenchman on board Helin’s ship was S.B. Ardoin of Mamou.
 
Louisiana French culture was certainly new to many sailors, and Helin recalled the time that some of his crew first heard French music. His family had sent some recordings of Amede Ardoin, Leo Soileau and other to his ship – at first, he said, the goup became very quiet, only looking at each other, bewildered. Eventually their feet were tapping along with the music.
 
The old saying “Distance makes the heart grow fonder” certainly held true for this young couple during the war. In March 1944, when Helin returned home on emergency leave, they decided to marry immediately. They obtained a marriage license in Ville Platte and drove directly to St. Ann’s in Mamou. Unsuccessful here, they continued on to St. Anthony’s in Eunice. It was during Lent, a time when marriages weren’t usually held, but the assistant priest performed the ceremony anyway (quick marriages were common during the war, after all). Their witnesses were two individuals who happened to be making the Way of the Cross at the moment. Helin had to immediately return to California, leaving his new wife to care for her mother at home.
 
Letters were the only means of communication the family had with Helin during their separation, so he devised a code to warn his family of impending movement. If a form of endearment was included in the greeting, such as “Dearest Lou”, they knew theat he would be shipping out soon.
 
The couple was united three months later, when Lou made the long, tiring journey to San Diego. Trains, used for transporting troops, offered little space for civilians. Lou remembers having to stand holding a strap all the way to Beaumont. The journey across Texas lasted 32 hours, after which time Lou had no further desire to ever see desert again.
 
The couple was assigned a room in an old house which, despite its simplicity, offered many amenities that the couple had never had before: a telephone, electricity, running water, a bathroom in the house with hot water… Life in the city definitely differed from their lives back home.
 
Rebecca, their first baby, was born in April. Two months later, Helin got word that he was shipping out and the couple agreed that Lou should go back to Louisiana. The train ride home for mother and baby was unforgettable. At supper one evening, an officer explained to her that she was on the wrong section of [the] train – these cars were heading to Chicago! Panicked, unprepared for such a declaration, Lou moved to the correct train cars only to find them overcrowded with no available seats. The two spent the night on the floor between two cars – well shaken and dusty by journey’s end!
 
I wondered how everyday life was affected by the war. The couple explained that farmers and their families suffered less from rationing than those in the cities. While there were plenty of eggs, milk, and meat, canning materials (metal lids, rubber gaskets) were in short supply. Sugar, a precious commodity to all and was often hidden in jars buried in the ground.
 
While in California, the couple was well supplied with meat-rationing coupons from their families, often leaving Lou the envy of other shoppers. Of course, with the men abroad, it was difficult and emotional time for wives, children, and mothers at home.
 
Aviation machinist mate 3rd class [Petty Officer] was discharged on December 3, 1945. He eventually settled in the community of Soileauwhere the couple raised five children; Rebecca (Grand Chenier), Gentry (Tampa, FL), Monica (Reeves), Malcolm (Alexandria), and Cory (L’Anse ‘Prien Noir). Helin and Lou Ella will celebrate their 55th wedding anniversary next month.
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Wilda Anna Martel died at a Tampa hospital on October 29, 2016. She was born in Eunice, LA to Gervis P. "Slim" Martel and Ellenor Fontenot on April 23, 1935.

She is survived by her half-sister, Sandra Martel Roger and husband Nick of Tampa; three stepsiblings; one half-nephew; and four half-grand nephews and nieces.

Wilda Anna was preceded in death by her parents Gervis and Ellenor; her loving stepmother and caretaker, Lillian Martel; her caretaker and great-grandmother, Ernestine Aguillard Savoy; her half-brothers, Rawland and John Martel; and her half-niece, Tara Spicer Mramor.

She will join all her heavenly family in a reunion as God promised in Micah 4:6-7. "I will make the lame (people with disabilities) my remnant…" They are God's chosen ones, his remnants.

Funeral arrangements will be handled by Quirk & Son Funeral Home in Eunice. Interment will be in Savoy
Cemetery. A Memorial Service will be held in Eunice in March of 2017.

At the time of her birth Ellenor Fontenot and her husband Gervis Martel knew that she was God's special gift. Wilda Anna Martel was born in April 1935. Her father, 23 years old at the time and working at what men did at that age for family income. It was three years after Huey Long completed his Governorship term and was now a U.S. Senator. Huey Long was planning to challenge F.D. Roosevelt for the Presidency until his assassination in September 1935. All people were struggling to make ends meet during the depression. It was going to become more challenging for this Martel family.
 
Gervis and Ellenor married in 1931. They were probably unaware that they were 2nd cousins. Their common ancestry is Pierre Savoy (1832-1876) and Eugenie Miller (1836-1924). Eugenie Miller is a descendant of Jacob Miller and Anne Marie Thaison/Theigen.
 
Wilda Anna was almost 2 1/2 years old when her mother Ellenor died in December 1937.  Ellenor was two months shy of 22 years old. Gervis probably had help while attending to a sick wife and an infant daughter. Ellenor's father and mother, David Fontenot and Anna Savoy probably lived nearby. Anna's mother, Ernestine Aguillard Savoy was also nearby. Ernestine's husband, Julien, Wilda Anna's great grandfather, died in 1933.
 
Savoy Cemetery, Eunice, is the final resting place for all persons mentioned in this family. Wilda Anna's great grandmother, died in 1964. Prior to his death in 1994, Gervis, aka "Slim" and "Marty", made plans for Wilda Anna's burial. Her eternal resting place is between him and her great grandmother; Tante Ernestine. That  was what she was called by family member. My mother introduced me to her in the mid-1950s. It was courtesy at that time  to call her "Tante"  because my step-father Gervis called her "Tante". I did not know it at the time but Tante Ernestine was my half 3rd cousin once removed. Our common ancestry is Pierre Placide Savoy and Abelaide Babineaux.
 
Very near Ernestine's tomb is her daughter Anna Savoy Fontenot and Anna’s husband David A. Fontenot. Ellenor Fontenot, their daughter is buried nearby. Ellenor's obituary printed in the Eunice News clearly states that she was married to Gervis Martel. We may never know why Ellenor’s headstone excluded her married name - Martel.
 
My step-father Gervis never talked about the difficulties encountered after his 1st wife's death nor the challenges he faced prior to his enlistment in the U.S. Navy in October 1942. He was honorably discharged in September 1945. Many young men in his age group felt a responsibility to defend their country in WW II.
 
Gervis made pay grade E-6, 1st Class Petty Officer, Carpenter's Mate, during his 3 year hitch. The USS Carina, on which Gervis served most of his enlistment, a cargo ship, supported the Pacific Fleet. It was hit by the enemy several times. A Carpenter's Mate was responsible for the ship's repair while at sea. The USS Carina received three battle stars for WW II service, thus it saw battle action with the enemy on more than one occasion. With the skills learned in the Navy, Gervis worked as a carpenter after his discharge.
 
Wilda Anna was cared for and living in Tante Ernestine's old farm house near Eunice when I first met her in the 1950's. It was out in the country. The house seemed very large with a huge fire place. There was a walkway to the kitchen, a smaller building near the large house. My mother, Mary Lillian Naquin, married Gervis, known as "Slim" to many, in 1948, shortly after her divorce from my father, Murphy Miller, Sr.
 
Also in the 1950's Gervis was offered employment with a Tampa firm that manufactured and installed retail store decor and floor display units. He purchased property near Brandon, FL where the family relocated in 1957. Wilda Anna was still in LA. After Gervis and Lillian became FL residents, Wilda Anna too was relocated to FL. She was in a State home in Marianne, FL, then Acadia, FL. She later resided in a Fort Myers home serving people with developmental disabilities for about 45 years. Wilda Anna relocated to Tampa for health reasons in 2006.
 
Gervis Martel and family came often to visit family in LA. His brother Dewey owned the Shell station on Hwy 190. In June 1957 the Gervis Martel family stayed with Dewey and his wife Rose Sittig as Hurricane Audrey delivered its destruction to Eunice. Vellion "Popsi" Martel and his wife Virginia LeDoux were included in the family visits. Prior to their deaths, Gervis' father Etienne and his twin brother Theogene, attended a family gathering in 1952.
 
At 81.5 years old, Wilda Anna will be laid to rest in Savoy Cemetery, Eunice, LA.  Her earthly struggles are over. She will join all her family in a heavenly reunion as God promised in Micah 4:6-7 (NIRV). " 'The time is coming when I will gather those who are disabled,' announces the LORD. 'I will bring together those who were taken away as prisoners. I will gather those I have allowed to suffer. I will make the disabled my faithful people. I will make those who were driven away from their homes a strong nation. I will rule over them on Mount Zion. I will be their King from that time on and forever.' " They are God's chosen ones, his remnants.

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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.