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Lilla Day Monroe Collection of Pioneer Stories

Minnie Royal

Pioneer Royal, Minnie (Miller)
Date/Place of Birth 8/5/1856, Washington County, Maryland
Date of Death ?
Father David Miller
Mother Susan
Marriage James P. Royal, 4/6/1876
Came to Kansas From Illinois 
Life in Kansas Topeka, Shawnee County, 1869; Sedgwick County, 1871
Author (other than pioneer) None listed
Author's relationship to pioneer Self 
Contributor Mrs. H. H. Motter of Wichita, Kansas 
Subjects Mentioned Husband Freighted to Fort Sill & Fort Reno, Sketches by Husband, Methodist Church, Buffalo Hunt, Caldwell, Original Cattle Trail, Catville, Wesley Hospital, Women's Board, Polo Illinois, Catching Catfish, Father David Miller Preempted Claim 4 Miles E of Wichita, Married 1876, Homesteaded 8 Miles SW of Wichita, David Miller built house at 9th & Lawrence Streets in Wichita, Hennessey Massacre, Attended 1st High School in Wichita, David Miller ran Candy Store in Topeka, Member of Twentieth Century Club of Wichita 
KSHS Location Manuscript Coll. 163

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