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Nathaniel Clinton Miller, ^[1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 1860 - 1933

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  Nickname	Clinton, Clint
  Census	1860	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [6, 7]
  Birth	24 Jan 1860	{Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}   [8, 9]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Brookhaven (Oaklawn Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [10, 11]
  	[See burial note, South Haven (Homan Private Cemetery)].
  Census	1870	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [12]
  	He was living with his parents.
  Misc	28 Nov 1873	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [13]
  	Arrested for stealing trout
  	A Game Constable arrested for stealing trout! Game Constable Nath. C. Miller was brought to jail last night (Monday,) for stealing trout, in company with a "gemmen of color" from Hallock Bishop's pond, at Fireplace. He is the officer who recently arrested Hawkins & Albin for violation of the game laws. These gentlemen gave the officer a hearty welcome when he arrived at the "little town jug," so the jailer informs us.
  Census	1880	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [14]
  	He was living in the same household as his parents.
  Occupation	1880  [14]
  	farmer
  Misc	1883	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [15]
  	He was a charter member of the Union Dime Club, a community social club
  Census	1920	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [16]
  	He was living with his brother, George. His occupation was recorded as "none." His wife, Anna, was living with her father, Abitha (Abither) Gerard.
  Census	1930	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [17]
  	He was living in the same household as his brother, George. His occupation was recorded as "none."
  Elected	Collector (Receiver of Taxes?) for the Town of Brookhaven  [18]
  Misc	was a member of the Democratic Party  [18]
  Occupation	Smith's Point, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [19]
  	dealer in fish bait for fishing
  Residence	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [19, 20]
  	on the north side of Beaverdam Rd.
  	[Probably 281 Beaverdam Rd., Historic Structures Inventory Br26.]
  Died	1 Oct 1933	Fire Island (Smith Point Beach), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [11, 21, 22]
  	From the 9 Oct 2008 Long Island Advance: From the Archives of the Long Island Advance, 75 Years Ago: "Brookhaven has lost one of its best known and best loved residents in Nathaniel Clinton Miller, who died suddenly on the beach at Smith Point, where he has spent most of his time the last few years. He lived alone there in a little shack. He was interred at Brookhaven cemetery."
  Buried	South Haven (Homan Private Cemetery), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [9, 22]
  	While there is an entry in the Homan Private Cemetery inventory manuscript in the files of the Town of Brookhaven Historian, with the birth and death dates recorded, he was not interred there. Others have placed ? marks on the manuscript by his name. Newspaper accounts indicate that he was interred at the "Brookhaven cemetery," the name frequently used to mean the Oaklawn cemetery. The Homan cemetery was abandoned in the 1930's with graves apparently moved to the Oaklawn cemetery. N. Clinton Miller's headstone may be found at the Oaklawn Cemetery, Brookhaven, NY.
  Person ID	I1115	Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2014

  
  

  Father	Nathaniel Miller, Jr. ^,   b. 15 Sep 1815, Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY ,   d. 23 Dec 1896, {Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}
  Mother	Ellen (Elinor) R. Carman, ^,   b. 23 Dec 1827, South Haven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY ,   d. 18 Dec 1914, {Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}
  Married	5 Oct 1853	New York, New York, NY
  Photos		Ellen Carmen Miller, Nathanial Miller, Nathaniel Clinton Miller (standing)
  		Miller Family and Homestead, Fire Place Neck Road, Brookhaven, NY Perhaps taken around 1900. Second from the far right is Ellen Carman Miller. The quality of the photograph makes it impossible to identify others with certainty, although it has been suggested that the man to the far right with a hat is George Miller, and that the woman behind Ellen Carman is perhaps Margaret Hanna, a family servant who is buried with the Millers in the nearby family cemetery. The people to the left have not been identified.
  		Frederick Miller, his mother Ellen Carman Miller, and Frederick Miller Jr.
  Documents		Presentation on the 200th Anniversary of the Miller House & Farm .. This presentation was prepared by John Deitz on the occasion of the 200th Anniversary Celebration of the Miller House and Farm, Brookhaven Hamlet, NY. Sponsored by the current steward of the house, Helen Geraghty, September 19, 2015.
  Family ID	F350	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Annie Bell Gerard, ^,   b. 13 Mar 1869, NY ,   d. Aft 1930
  Married	Abt 1893  [2, 5, 23]
  Family ID	F1099	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos		N. Clinton Miller Business Card .. an elderly woman, now in her 90s, said that all the women loved Clinton.
  		N. Clinton Miller (Clint) .. about 1922
  		N. Clinton Miller .. taken before 1916. Location is in front of the Miller homestead on Fire Place Neck Rd. In the background is the old Brook Store and Valentine house at the original locations. They were moved in 1916.
  		Brookhaven Boys .. at the Brook Store, Brookhaven, NY, 1898. From left, Forrest P. Reeve (store partner with Jake Valentine), William Nesbitt, Edward Ketcham, William Sweezey, Jake L. Valentine (store partner), Nathaniel Clinton Miller, Sidney Hawkins, and George Miller.

  
  

  Documents		Miller House and farm ... Dr. Nathaniel Miller settled in Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet) and built his homestead and farm at 9 Fire Place Neck Road (modern address). The Miller family continued to operate the farm until the mid-20th century. This document is Brookhaven/South Haven Historic Site Inventory Form Br30C, and includes a collection of pictures of the site.
  		Union Dime Club .. the Union Dime Club was a social organization active in Brookhaven Hamlet from about 1883-1888. This article from the Patchogue Advance provides an interesting picture of the social life in the community during the late 19th century.
  		Local Brookhaven Men .. gathered at Valentine's "Brook" Store

  
  

  Headstones		#080.12 N. Clinton Miller ... while there is an entry in the Homan Private Cemetery inventory manuscript at the Brookhaven Town historian's office with the birth and death dates recorded, it is suspicious that he should have been interred there at that late date. Others have placed ? marks on the manuscript by his name. Contemporary newspaper accounts of his death indicate that he was interred at the Oaklawn Cemetery (#21), Brookhaven Hamlet, NY.
  		#021.021/022.Miller06 N. Clinton Miller gravestone ... This gravestone is at the east end of the double lot, and of a different style from the other Miller family stones. Status: Located Plot: 020-022. N. Miller & N. Clinton Miller
  		#021.021/022.Miller00: Miller family plot. .. Lots 021 & 022 are effectively combined into a single Miller family plot.  This view is looking east. Directly behind the "Miller" plot monument is that of N. Clinton Miller.  Frederick, Sr., Nathaniel Clinton and George Miller were brothers, and sons of Nathaniel Miller, Jr.  Dr.  Nathaniel Miller, Nathaniel Jr.'s father, settled in Brookhaven hamlet (then Fire Place) about 1813 and established a large farm that stretched across Fire Place Neck from Beaver Dam creek on the west to Little Neck Run on the east.  These earlier generations and other members of the Miller family are interred at the Miller family cemetery on the former farm. Status: Located Plot: 021/022. N. Miller & N. Clinton Miller

  
  

• Sources

  [S61] 1860 Census, p. 215.. [S71] Hawkins Genealogy: R. C. Hawkins, LI REF 929.2097 HAWKINS HAW., p. 159. [S101] Morse Album, RG1 Series 10 Book I. [S42] 1880 Census, Age 20. NA Film Number T9-0935 Page Number 146C. [S157] Shelter Island: Mallman, PM REF 285.1 MAL., p. 171. [S61] 1860 Census, p. 215. [S107] 1920 Census (Heritage), Ancestry.com., Age 60. Roll: T625_1268 Page: 7B ED: 85 Image: 0632. [S61] 1860 Census, p. 215. On enumeration date of June 1, 1860, he was age 5/12.. [S473] Cemetery Manuscript: Homan Cemetery. [S236] Cemetery: Oaklawn. [S127] Advance, Long Island, 6 Oct 1933. p. 10.. Brookhaven has lost one of its best loved residents in Nathaniel Clinton Miller, who died suddenly on Sunday afternoon on the beach at Smith Point where he spent most of his time during the last few years. He lived alone there in a little shack and enjoyed the fishing and taking care of the wild ducks which have been trained to come in there. Our own memories of "Clint" Miller, as he was affectionately called by all who knew him, go back to earliest childhood. Squatting on his heels, a basket containing a heterogeneous collection of odds and ends beside him, he used to tell us tales of shipwrecks, smuggling and adventure. He also knew a great deal of local history and amusing happenings in the community. Always kind, always generous, Mr. Miller was welcome everywhere. Years ago when St. James P.E. church held its annual fair under a large tent on the church lawn, Mr. Miller was always one of the most interested workers. He thought a great deal of his church and it was his earnest wish that he be buried from there. He will be greatly missed in the community. St. James church was not large enough to hold all those who came to pay their last tribute Wednesday afternoon to the deceased. The organ was played by Mrs. Florence Gwynne and Dr. Frederick W. Peters read the service and Tennyson's "Crossing the Bar." The pall-bearers were Jacob L. Valentine, Forrest P. Reeve, Desmond Nelson and Charles E. Robinson. Members of Coast Guard station at Smith Point, where Mr. Miller so loved to be, attended the service. The committal service was at the Brookhaven cemetery, where he was interred. [S62] 1870 Census, Series: M593 Roll: 1100 Page: 376. [S608] South Side Signal: Babylon, NY, Nov. 29, 1873, p. 2.. [S42] 1880 Census, NA Film Number T9-0935 Page Number 146C. [S577] http://brookhavensouthhaven.org/history/UnionDimeClub/UnionDimeClub1883-88.htm. [S107] 1920 Census (Heritage), Ancestry.com., Roll: T625_1268 Page: 7B ED: 85 Image: 0632. [S129] 1930 Census, T626_1650; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 39; Image: 0420.. [S135] Portrait and Biographical Record: Suffolk Co., p. 1000. [S101] Morse Album, RG1 Series 10. [S97] Historic Structure Survey, Br26. [S473] Cemetery Manuscript: Homan Cemetery, The entry in the Homan Cemetery inventory manuscript records his birth and death dates.. [S127] Advance, Long Island, 9 October 2008. "From the Archives of The Long Island Advance - 75 Years Ago.". [S129] 1930 Census, Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll: 1650; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0039; Image: 417.0; FHL microfilm: 2341384..