Quincy Victor MILLER

Notes:

At the age of 14 Vic was tangled while hitching a spirited team of horses. Tetanus had to be administered to safe his life, but one leg was amputated. Severed nerves would continue to cause him pain. However, it did not stop him from riding and driving or hunting and fishing.

After graduating with a degree in law, Vic joined his father’s bank in Ballinger and then managed his father-in-law’s compress business in Elgin. However, his father’s death brought financial disaster. He did manage to salvage the familiy home for his mother as well as a modest income. Determined to avoid his father’s countywide promotions, Vic dedicated his practice to the unfortunate, the small businessman, and the farmer. He often only accepted a day of yard work as his fee.

Vic tried his hand at a bottling works, a race for County Judge, and in dealing oil, cotton, grain, and livestock. After tiring of office work, he worked land that his father had sold to Julia, his wife. He converted the farm to ranch and registered the “Running V” brand.

He taught his children tennis and bridge as well as to swim, ride and shoot. He was loved by the youth of the community and would manage a picnic or camp for Boy Scouts or Camp Fire Girls. He suffered a head injury in an auto accident in Austin. He soldiered on for two months before passing away.

Died:
at 10 p.m. at his residence, 701 6th St.

Buried:
Plot: Sec 3, Lot 320A, Space 3

Quincy married Julia Lena VON ROSENBERG on 3 Jun 1916 in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA. Julia (daughter of Carl Johannes VON ROSENBERG and Dorothea Elisabeth Charlotte MEYER) was born on 19 Jan 1896 in La Grange, Fayette, Texas, USA; died on 8 Apr 1996 in Runnels County, Texas, USA; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Ballinger, Runnels, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Laura Edith MILLER was born on 9 Nov 1917 in Ballinger, Runnels, Texas, USA; died on 28 Apr 2010; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Ballinger, Runnels, Texas, USA.
2. Quincy Victor MILLER, Jr. was born on 8 Nov 1919 in Ballinger, Runnels, Texas, USA; died on 15 Jan 2002; was buried on 22 Apr 2002 in Tahoma National Cemetery, Kent, King, Washington, USA.
3. John Stonewall MILLER was born on 5 May 1926 in Ballinger, Runnels, Texas, USA; died before 4 Feb 2017.
4. Robert von Rosenberg MILLER was born on 16 Oct 1933 in Ballinger, Runnels, Texas, USA; died on 4 Feb 2017 in Ballinger, Runnels, Texas, USA.

Notes:

Died:
at 7 a.m.

Charles married Emilie HAAK about 1888. Emilie was born on 12 Dec 1864 in Texas, USA; died on 14 Dec 1944 in Ballinger, Runnels, Texas, USA; was buried on 16 Dec 1944 in Evergreen Cemetery, Ballinger, Runnels, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
at 3:45 p.m.