Mary Louvena Milam

1861 - 1936  (74 years)

• Name	Mary Louvena Milam
  Birth	6 May 1861	Logan Co., VA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Find A Grave Link	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55639264
  Find A Grave Memorial	55639264
  Death	12 Apr 1936	Kimberly, Fayette Co., WV   [3]
  	Cause: coronary occlusion/bronchitis
  Burial	14 Apr 1936	Church Of Christ Cemetery, Prosperity, Raleigh Co., WV   [3]
  Person ID	I15985	Meadow Bluff Meanderings
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Russell G. Milam,   b. 1822, Tazewell Co., VA d. 2 Aug 1897, Glomera, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Narcissa "Sessy" Sizemore,   b. 1825, Ashe Co., NC d. 6 Mar 1891, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 66 years)
  Family ID	F7814	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	David Crockett Phipps,   b. 9 Jul 1857, Sand Lick, Raleigh Co., VA d. 26 Apr 1933, Sprague, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	4 May 1880	Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV   [1]
  Children	1. Sarah Hattie Phipps,   b. 27 Mar 1881, Raleigh Co., WV d. 27 Dec 1939, Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 58 years)   2. Walter W. Phipps,   b. 20 Jul 1883, Raleigh Co., WV d. 26 Feb 1966, Oak Hill, Fayette Co., WV (Age 82 years)   3. Nettie Phipps,   b. 22 Jul 1886, Raleigh Co., WV d. 8 Sep 1961, Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 75 years)   4. Lewis Edward Phipps, Sr.,   b. 16 Jan 1888, Sand Lick, Raleigh Co., WV d. 13 Oct 1966, Crawley, Greenbrier Co., WV (Age 78 years)   5. Nehemiah H. Phipps,   b. 8 Dec 1891, Redbird, Raleigh Co., WV d. 23 Nov 1937, Callaway, Fayette Co., WV (Age 45 years)   6. Enoch Henry Phipps, Sr.,   b. 18 Mar 1894, Marshes, Raleigh Co., WV d. 12 Aug 1940, Beaver, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 46 years)   7. Della Jane Phipps,   b. 20 Sep 1895, Marshes, Raleigh Co., WV d. 8 Sep 1976, Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 80 years)   8. Norma Mae Phipps,   b. 10 Mar 1898, Saxon, Raleigh Co., WV d. 10 Oct 1978, Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 80 years)   9. Mary Wavie Phipps,   b. 22 Sep 1900, Oley, Raleigh Co., WV d. 6 Aug 1977, Beckley, Raleigh Co., WV (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F6997	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2009

  
  

• Notes

  Submitted an application to the Court of Claims in favor of the Eastern Cherokees on 17 August 1907 (Guion Miller), Application #35900. Claim listed date of birth as June 1861. Claim rejected as part of the Sizemore case. The Charleston Gazette, 13 April 1936 Mrs. Mary Phipps Mrs. Mary Louvenia Phipps, 74, died yesterday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Della Pomeroy of Kimberly. Funeral services are to be held tomorrow afternoon at the Christian church at Prosperity. Surviving are five children, Mrs. Pomeroy, Mrs. Nettie Arnold of Maynor, Mrs. Hattie Robinson of Pemberton, Miss Norma Phipps of Kimberly and Mrs. Mary Woods of Mabscott; four sons, Walter Phipps of Meadow Bluff, Nemiah Phipps of Mabscott and Enoch Phipps of Beaver; two sisters and a brother and 43 grandchildren and 40 great grandchildren.

  
  

• Sources

  [S960] Raleigh Co., WV Marriages 1871-1887. [S1504] Guion Miller Enrollment Records., Eastern Cherokee Applications, (Fold3. http://www.fold3.com : 2009), 3 Mar 2014, File No. 35900, Louvina Phipps, 17 Aug 1907; accessed 3 Mar 2014 (Reliability: 3). lists date of birth as Jun 1861. [S1384] West Virginia State Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, WV State Department of Health Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/ :2009.), 1 Jun 2017, death certificate 5415 (1936), Mary L. Phipps, accessed 1 Jun 2017. (Reliability: 3).