Robert Newton Miers Jr.
b. 16 April 1902, d. 15 October 1961
- Father: Robert Newton Miers b. 1 January 1879, d. 23 December 1944
- Mother: Lizzie Harris Wood b. 2 August 1881, d. 11 July 1945
- Robert Newton Miers Jr. was born on 16 April 1902 in Texas.
- Robert Newton Miers and Lizzie Harris Wood appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Cement City, Dallas County, Texas. Other members of the household included Robert Newton Miers Jr., Harris Wood Miers, Hudson Stuck Miers, Catherine Wood Miers and Thomas J. Erwin.
- Robert Newton Miers and Lizzie Harris Wood appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Dallas, Texas, at 5819 Richmond Avenue and also widow Elizabeth Miers, age 41 or 47, identified as an aunt (?). Other members of the household included Robert Newton Miers Jr., Harris Wood Miers, Hudson Stuck Miers and Catherine Wood Miers.
- Robert Newton Miers Jr. appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at 2830 Highland Boulevard lodging in the household of John and Margeret Wallner.
- He was employed as a mechanical engineer, according to the 1930 census.
- He married Inez Kretz.
- He and Lizzie Harris Wood, Harris Wood Miers, Hudson Stuck Miers and Catherine Wood Miers was mentioned in the obituary of Robert Newton Miers that appeared on 24 December 1944 in The Dallas Morning News: Robert Newton Miers, 4533 South Versailles, native of Dallas and purchasing agent of the Lone Star Cement Corporation with which he had been identified for thirty-six years, died Saturday at his home after a long illness.
He was former president of the National Association of Purchasing Agents.
Newton spent most of his life in Dallas but was with the Lone Star Cement Corporation in New York for several years.
His parents were Mr. and Mrs. Tom Miers, pioneer Dallas settlers.
He attended Notre Dame University, South Bend, Ind., and was a member of the Church of Incarnation, Episcopal, where he was formerly a senior warden. As a boy he sang in the St. Matthews Cathedral choir.
Surviving are his wife, three sons, Robert N. Miers Jr., Milwaukee, Wis., Harris W. Miers, Dallas, and Sgt. Hudson Stuck Miers, United States Army Air Forces, Orlando, Fla., and a daughter, Mrs. Harold F. Thompson, Dallas. - The following appeared on 14 July 1945 in The Dallas Morning News: Funeral services for Mrs. Kittie Wood Miers, of 4533 South Versailles, native Texan and Dallas resident more than forty years, were held Friday morning at the Church of the Incarnation. The Rev. C. Gresham Marmion officiated. Burial was in Hillcrest Memorial Park.
She was born in Forney. Her husband, the late Robert Newton Miers, former purchasing agent for Lone Star Cement Corporation, died last Dec. 23.
Surviving Mrs. Miers are three sons, Robert N. Miers Jr., Wisconsin; Sgt. Hudson S. Miers, United States Army, Orlando, Fla; and Harris W. Miers, Dallas; a daughter, Mrs. Harold Thompson, Dallas, and seven grandchildren. - Robert Newton Miers Jr. died on 15 October 1961 at age 59 in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.
- His wife Inez Kretz became a widow at his death.
- He was interred at Wisconsis Memorial Park, Brookfield, Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
- Last Edited: 10 May 2015
- Charts: Descendants of ABERCROMBIE Charles & Edwina Malinda "Dicey" Booth, Descendants of WOOD William & Lydia Ballentine