Isabelle Rogers was the daughter of Sarah Elizabeth Penney (Miles and Sallie's daughter) and William Rogers. “Belle” married Russ Miller and together they had 7 children. Oscar 1897 – 1898 and Russell 1905 – 1906 died as children and are buried at the Presbyterian Cemetery in Soddy, TN. They also had Nola Miller 07/06/1900 – 10/11/1990, Bertha Miller 05/15/1903 – 07/14/1995, twins Charles “Esker” 07/07/1908 – 08/09/1995 and Mary “Esther” 07/07/1908 – 08/03/1987 and William "Ross" 07/12/1911 – 09/27/1986.
When the twins Esker and Esther were 6 weeks old in 1908 the family moved from their home in Tennessee to Michigan. Russ had worked as a coal miner in Tennessee, as did most people at that time and he insisted on giving his children a better opportunity than just working in coal mines. When they moved to Michigan in September 1908 they took a train all the way from Tennessee with the twins and their two daughters under the age of ten. They arrived in Michigan and settled in a small town called Auburn. Russ started working in coal mines to earn a living for his family, but vowed to give his children a better future. He was very insistent that he did not want his son to work in a coal mine and felt there were more opportunities in Michigan. By 1910 Belle's brother James and his family were living in Michigan also. James' family is listed on the 1910 census immediately after Belle and Russ' family and his profession is listed as coal miner.
