Etta Lee Miller and Lloyd Edward Allen of the Hedgesville district
Etta Lee Miller was born in 1888 in Hampshire County when her parents were both 20. It’s unclear what happened to her parents, but at age 12 Etta was working as a live-in servant for the Powell family in Gore, WV.
She came to the Martinsburg area from Virginia to look for work. Her son Roland Miller was born there in 1911 when Etta was 23.
A WWII era photo shows brothers Paul (left) and Blake with their parents Etta and Lloyd
When Etta was 34, in 1922, she married Lloyd Allen in Berkeley County. They already had a …
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