Statewide County OR Archives Obituaries.....Miller, Elizabeth Basham  June 6, 1882
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Ashland Tidings July 12,1882
Aleizabeth basham Miller was born in Powell's valley,East 
Tenessee,Sept.27,1816.While a little girl she removed with her family to Cole 
Co.,Missouri,where,Jan.13,1831,she was united in marriage with Lindsay 
Applegate.In 1843 her family emigrated to the wilds of Oregon Territory and 
settled near the coast mountains in the Willamette Valley.In 1850 removed to 
Yoncalla in the Umpqua valley,in 1860 to the Siskiyou mountains and in 
December 1862 to Ashland,Jackson County,her home until her death which occured 
July 6,1882.
Although for some years afflicted with a fearfully painfull malady she bore 
the sufferings with taht calm and courageous spirirt which was so manifest in 
the long and tedious journey across the trackless plains,and in the sad 
accident which deprived her of her  second son in the rapids of the Columbia 
while making the perilous descent of that river in boats,and in the subsequet 
years of toil and privation which was the lot of early pioneers.She was the 
mother of twelve children,seven of whom,with the aged father,remain to mourn 
her departure.
Firm and faithful always in her adherence to right and duty she was the 
possessor of that rare spirit which scorns  to give offense,and none leave us 
whose departure is more sincerely  mourned by those who know them best.hers 
was truly a life of noble purpose and thrilling incident,embittered by pain 
which was made more tolerable by the sincere sympathy of those she loved and 
by the consciousness of duty done.Mother,farewell.Though your dear face is 
withdrawn from us forever,we trust that beyond the gates of a brighter 
land,free from suffering,you enjoy in its fullness the reward of a pure and 
noble life
Ashland,July 12,1882

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