This is perhaps my favorite picture, of all the pictures I have of
my ancestors. This picture was taken of my great grandparents,
Richard H. Miller and
Anna Terhune
circa 1890. (How my great grandmother ever moved in this dress is
beyond me! It's no wonder she is standing and Richard is sitting.)
In this picture, Richard was about 30 years old, and Anna was
about 24 years old, having married in March of 1887. This was a
second marriage for Richard and a first for Anna. Richard died
only 3 years after this picture was taken, of tuberculosis, and
Anna remarried in 1894, William A. Watson, by whom she had one
son, Ernest Watson. Richard and Anna had two children, my
grandmother, Edna Miller
and her brother, Richard H. Miller. My grandmother knew her
step-father much better than she ever knew her real father as
she was only 5 years old when Richard died. She was only 21
years old when her mother, Anna, died. She often spoke of her,
though, in loving terms. I am so glad she preserved this
beautiful picture.
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