OBITUARY: Armilda Beam Million, Ashland, Jackson County, Oregon 

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Jacksonville (Oregon) Post, Saturday, 5 Sep 1908, p. 1

PIONEER OF ASHLAND DEAD

Had Lived for More Than Fifty Years Upon the Place Where She Died Funeral
Was Held From Residence.

Mrs. Bennett Million passed away at the family homestead on Oak street
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mrs. Million had been in feeble health for
two years past, and death came to her as a sweet rest after a long and
active life which spanned more than four score of years; and had its full
measure of joys and sorrows.

Mrs. Million, whose maiden name was Armilda Beam, had lived on the place
where she died in Ashland for over fifty years. Born in Wayne county,
Indiana, May 26, 1826, she removed when a little girl with her parents to
Ohio, and afterwards to Wisconsin, where in LaFayette county, March 24,
1841, she was married to Bennett Million, who died in November, 1905, in
the 74th year of his age, severing the marriage union that had existed for
more than 64 years. Mr. Million, a pioneer of Wisconsin as well as of
Oregon, was a veteran of the Black Hawk War in the northwest and served
with distinction therein. He first came to the Pacific Coast in 1849 with
the rush of gold seekers to California. Returning to Wisconsin he disposed
of his farm and with his wife and six children set out again for the Coast
with ox teams and landed in Oregon in 1854. They located a donation land
claim of 320 acres, which is now largely included within the city of
Ashland and upon which the family have ever since resided. Portions of the
place were sold but a tract of 143 acres has remained in the possession of
the family and has been continuously cultivated by two of the sons for many
years. - Tidings.