Prostated by Grief

In 1907, spinal meningitis was sweeping through Portland, killing scores. One family it ravaged was the Miller family of Lents. Jacob and Jessie Miller had eight children, and six of them died within the course of one week. According to the newspaper article at the time, the remaining family was "prostrated by grief." Jacob lived for another 11 years and Jessie died in 1957. The two children who survived, Jesse and Alexander went into the U.S. Army during WW1.