James Russell Milling
| ID: | I330 |
| Last: | Milling |
| First: | James |
| Middle: | Russell |
| Birth: | 30 Jul 1846 1 |
| Death: | 19 Oct 1864 2 |
| Burial: | Salem Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fairfield County, South Carolina 3 4 |
| Sex: | M |
| Notes: | James Russell Milling was described by his youngest half-brother Samuel Thomas Clowney (pseudonym, Sam T. Colin) in a 1939 WPA Federal Writers Project interview: "My oldest brother, James R., was a Confederate soldier. He died of dysentery in the War of Secession." James Russell's sacrifice to the Confederacy at age 18 was later honored in the names of several children in the extended Clowney family. |
| Mother: | Susannah Elizabeth Yongue b: 25 Oct 1828 d: 10 Dec 1895 |
| Father: | Robert Means Milling b: 1822 d: BEF Dec 1851 |
| Sources: | |
| 1 | Title: Tombstone |
| 2 | Title: Tombstone |
| 3 | Repository: --Name: Fairfield Historical Society Museum --Address: Fairfield Historical Society P.O. Box 93 Winnsboro SC 29180 www.rootsweb.com/~scfairfi/scfairfield.htm Title: Hand written notes by Cleora Clowney Hall Note: Hand written Family Group Sheet gives birth and death year, and burial site |
| 4 | Title: Tombstone Note: Tombstone was broken in 4 places, has been restored, reset in cement. Stone was beautifully carved with bas-relief flowering wreath encircling a cross and two carved clasped hands, one pointing down. Buds with emerging leaves flank the surname Milling and date of death. Cement used for repairs on base obscures last line of verse. James Russell Milling is buried in the same area of cemetery near Susannah Elizabeth Yongue who married 1st R.M.Milling and 2nd Moses Clowney. Have photo 0954, Oct 2002. Text: James R. / Milling / Born / July 30, 1846 / Died / Oct 19, 1864 / Farewell conflicting hopes and fears / Where lightes and shades alternate dwells / How bright the unchanging morn appears / Farewell ... [remainder obscured by cement from repairs] |
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