Millett, Henry Elston
(1861-1929)



Birth: September 1861, Wabash Township, Adams County, IN
Death: September 25, 1929, Bluffton, Wells County, IN
Parents: George Washington and Martha C. Millett
Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Kikendall, married March 4, 1884
Known Children: Bessie R. Millet
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Individual Number: 3815


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- H. E. Millette Studio owner Geneva, Adams County, IN
1884-May 1884* H. E. Millette Studio owner Monroeville, Allen County, IN Engles Block, upstairs
May 1884*- H. E. Millette itinerant-tent Monroeville, Allen County, IN photograph tent on Summit Street


















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DeathYear: 1929
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OriginalDeathCounty: Wells
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Parents: George Washington and Martha C. Millett
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OriginalNotes: Find A Grave 64312675, on stone: Henry Elston Millette, 1861-1929; Mendon Cemetery, Mendon, Mercer County, Ohio

Indiana Marriages, ancestry.com, Henry E. Millett m. Mary E. Kikendall on March 4, 1884, Portland, Jay County, Indiana

Monroeville Breeze (Monroeville, Indiana), February 28, 1884, p. 3
H. Millett, the photographer, is visiting his parents at Geneva.

1880 Census, Wabash Township, Adams County
George W. Millett, 52, plasterer, b. OH
Martha, wife, 47, b. OH
Henry E., 18, son, day laborer, b. IN, parents b. OH
William W., 8, son, b. IN

Find A Grave 37260539 for his daughter Bessie R. Harbison (1886-1958), her undated obituary states that she was born in Geneva, Ind. On Feb. 23, 1886.

1900 Census, Geneva, Adams Township, Adams County, High Street, owns home
Henry E. Miller, head, b. Sept. 1861, 37, m. 16 years, b. IN, parents b. OH, photographer
Mary E., wife, b. July 1862, 37, 1/1 children, b. IN
Bessie R., daughter, b. Feb. 1885, 15, b. IN
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OriginalSource: ca. 1890s cabinet card

1900 Census, Geneva, Adams Township, Adams County, High Street, owns home
Henry E. Miller, head, b. Sept. 1861, 37, m. 16 years, b. IN, parents b. OH, photographer
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Address1: Engles Block, upstairs
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City: Monroeville
State: IN
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OriginalSource: Monroeville Breeze (Monroeville, Indiana), January 3, 1884, p. 3
Call at the photograph rooms of Henry Millett, in Engle's building, up stairs, and procure cheap pictures. Photos $1 per dozen; cabinets $2.50 per dozen; and other pictures in proportion. tf.

Monroeville Breeze (Monroeville, Indiana), February 28, 1884, p. 3
Ad: Henry Millett, Photographer, photographs, tin types, and everything in his line. Fine finished photographs, $5 per dozen. Cabinets $3 per dozen. Copying in water color, India ink or crayon a specialty. In ingles Block, Upstairs. Monroeville. [Note: a correction in later papers stated $1 per dozen, not $5.]

Monroeville Breeze (Monroeville, Indiana), March 13, 1884, p. 3 Ad

Monroeville Breeze (Monroeville, Indiana), May 1, 1884, p. 3
Having made up my mind to travel this summer, I will only remain in Monroeville but two more weeks. Call early if you wish pictures. Henry Millett
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OriginalSource: Monroeville Breeze (Monroeville, Indiana), May 1, 1884, p. 3
Having made up my mind to travel this summer, I will only remain in Monroeville but two more weeks. Call early if you wish pictures. Henry Millett

Monroeville Breeze (Monroeville, Indiana), May 15, 1884, p. 3
Henry Millett has pitched his photograph tent on Summit street. [Ad for his gallery in Ingle's Block on same page]
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