Fisher Family Genealogy
MILLION, Stephen Douglas

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Name MILLION, Stephen Douglas [1, 2] - Stephen Douglas Million, long-time resident of Bremerton, died yesterday at his home, 1207 Eighth St. He was 81 years old, having been born in Illinois on March 2, 1857. He married Mary Amelia Fisher in Burlingame, KS January 28, 1882. They had children: Bertha, Rollin, Mabel and Elmer. The family moved from Burlingame to Nash, OK in 1893 about the time of the 1893 Oklahoma Land Run, and moved again to Pond Creek, OK in 1899. Stephen became a lawyer sometime between 1885 when he is listed as a farmer in the 1885 Kansas state census and 1900 when he was elected county attorney for Grant Co., OK. In 1904, he went into the telephone business in Pond Creek as owner and majority stockholder of the New Era Telephone Company providing telephone service to the area. In the fall of 1911, he moved to Bremerton, Washington, with his second wife Maud West whom he married in September 26, 1908. He reside in Bremerton until his death October 24, 1938. He was cremated and his ashes returned to Pond Creek where he is interred in Pond Creek Cemetery.
Birth 2 Mar 1857 Illinois [1]
- "Stephen Douglas Million... (was) born in Illinois on March 2, 1857."
CENSUS 28 Jul 1870 Burlingame Township, Osage Co., KS [3]
1870 US Census: Burlingame Township, Burlingame, Osage Co., KS, p 21 CENSUS 1 Mar 1875 Burlingame Township, Osage Co., KS [4]
- Occupation: farmer
1875 Kansas State Census: Burlingame Township, Osage Co., KS, p 40 CENSUS Jun 1880 Burlingame Township, Osage Co., KS [5, 6]
- Living as boarder with family of Lewis and Clarissa (Fisher) Roberts
Two years later marries Clarissa's cousin Mary Amelia Fisher
Occupation: farmer
- Per farm supplemental, Stephen Douglas Million farming 40 acres, 26 tilled and 14 permanent pasture/orchard. Owned 2 cows and 2 horses. Value of the farm $300, value of livestock $200.
1880 US Census: Burlingame Township, Osage Co., KS, Farm Supplemental, p 12D 1880 US Census: Burlingame Township, Osage Co., KS, p 14B CENSUS 1885 Dragoon Township, Osage Co., KS [7]
- Stephen's name incorrectly listed as D. C. Million
Occupation: farmer
Moved to Kansas from Iowa
Stephen's widowed mother Harriet and brothers George and Marshall living with Stephen and Mary Million's family
1885 Kansas State Census: Dragoon Township, Osage Co., KS CENSUS 8 Jun 1900 Pond Creek, Grant Co., OK [8]
- Address: B Street
Occupation: lawyer
Can read and write
Owns home free of mortgage
1900 US Census: E. D. No. 65, Pond Creek, Grant Co., OK, sht 8B Death 24 Oct 1938 Bremerton, Kitsap Co., WA [1, 2]
- "Stephen Douglas Million, long-time resident of Bremerton, died yesterday at his home, 1207 Eighth St. He was 81 years old..."
Obituary: Stephen Douglas Million 1938 Obituary: S. D. Million 1938 Burial Pond Creek Cemetery, Pond Creek, Grant Co., OK [1, 2]
- "Funeral services will be held tomorrow at the Lewis funeral chapel at 7 p. m. Rev. Charles Baker will officiate, and cremation will take place at Forest Lawn crematory."
- Stephen Million's Pond Creek Herald obituary states: "Services were held Wednesday in Bremerton, Washington, and he was laid to rest in the Bremerton cemetery." This is I believe false. Can find no burial for a Million in any Bremerton or Kitsap Co., WA cemetery. There is a headstone for Stephen Douglas Million in the Pond Creek Cemetery suggesting his cremated remains where transported and interred in Pond Creek.
Headstone: Stephen Douglas Million Person ID I1840 Main Last Modified 22 Mar 2023
Father MILLION, John, b. 29 Feb 1812, Belleville, St. Clair Co., IL d. 19 Dec 1876, Osage City, Osage Co., KS
(Age 64 years)
Relationship Birth Mother WILDER, Harriet Phoebe, b. 11 Dec 1823, Conneaut, Ashtabula Co., OH d. 11 Nov 1897, Blackwell, Kay Co., OK
(Age 73 years)
Relationship Birth Marriage 2 May 1839 Belleville, St. Clair Co., IL Family ID F588 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 FISHER Mary Amelia, b. 26 Feb 1852, Westmoreland Co., PA d. 29 Aug 1907, Pond Creek, Grant Co., OK
(Age 55 years)
Marriage 28 Jan 1882 Burlingame, Osage Co., KS [9, 10]
- "Her maiden name was Mary Amelia Fisher. She was married to S. D. Million January 28, 1882, at Burlingame, Kansas. She leaves a husband and four children, her mother, two sister and one brother."
Marriage License: Stephen D. Million and Mary A. Fisher 1882.png Children 1. MILLION, Bertha E., b. 25 Mar 1883, Burlingame, Osage Co., KS d. Feb 1982 (Age 98 years) [Birth]
2. MILLION, Rollin Roy, b. 6 Feb 1885, Burlingame, Osage Co., KS d. 25 May 1969, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., OK
(Age 84 years) [Birth]
3. MILLION, Mabel Harriet, b. 17 Oct 1887, Beaver Co., OK d. 5 Dec 1974 (Age 87 years) [Birth]
4. MILLION, Elmer Joseph, b. 11 Jul 1890, Gate, Beaver Co., OK d. 5 Dec 1955, Clinton, Custer Co.,OK
(Age 65 years) [Birth]
Family ID F585 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Mar 2023
Family 2 WEST, Maud Marriage 27 Sep 1908 Edmond, Oklahoma Co., IL [11, 12]
- "Mrs. West was visiting her uncle, W. P. Smith, at Edmond last week and while she was there Mr. Million joined her and they were marled at Mr. Smith's home at 2:30 o'clock, Sunday afternoon, Rev. R. L. Grant, pastor of the Methodist church at Edmond."
Marriage record: Stephen D Million and Maud West 1908 Marriage Million-West 1908 Family ID F589 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 22 Mar 2023
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Sources - [S673] News articles: Bremerton Sun, Bremerton WA, (Bremerton Sun, Bremerton WA), 25 Oct 1938, p 3 (Reliability: 2).
- [S674] News articles: Pond Creek Herald, Pond Creek OK , (Pond Creek Herald, Pond Creek OK ), 27 Oct 1938, p 1 (Reliability: 2).
- [S130] 1870 US Census, Kansas , (Ancestry,com), 28 Jul 1870, Burlingame Township, p 21 (Reliability: 2).
- [S133] 1875 Kansas State Census, (Ancestry.com), 1 Mar 1875, Burlingame Township, p 40 (Reliability: 2).
- [S129] 1880 US Census, Kansas, (Ancestry,com), Jun 1880, Burlingame Township, p 14B (Reliability: 2).
- [S129] 1880 US Census, Kansas, (Ancestry,com), Jun 1880, Burlingame Township, Farm Supplemental, p 12 D (Reliability: 2).
- [S165] 1885 State Census, Kansas, (Ancestry.com), 1885, p 5-7 (Reliability: 2).
- [S671] 1900 US Census, Oklahoma , (Ancestry.com), 8 Jun 1900, E. D. No 65, sht 8B (Reliability: 2).
- [S670] Kansas Marriage Records, 1811-1911, (Ancestry.com), 28 Jan 1882 (Reliability: 3).
- [S668] News articles: Grant County News, Pond Creek OK, (Grant County News, Pond Creek OK), 5 Sep 1907, p 1 (Reliability: 2).
- [S675] Oklahoma Marriage Records, 1890-1995, (Ancestry.com), 27 Sep 1908, p 220 (Reliability: 3).
- [S669] News articles: Grant County Vidette, Pond Creek OK , (Grant County Vidette, Pond Creek OK ), 1 Oct 1908, p 7 (Reliability: 2).
- [S673] News articles: Bremerton Sun, Bremerton WA, (Bremerton Sun, Bremerton WA), 25 Oct 1938, p 3 (Reliability: 2).