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     Rhoda Jameson Milliken was born on 21 June 1895 at Washington, District of Columbia.¹ She was the daughter of Hon. William Alfred Milliken and Elizabeth Crawford Vawter.¹ She began military service on 18 June 1918 in the United States Navy.¹ She ended military service on 17 June 1920.¹ She died on 14 March 1992 at age 96.¹

RHODA J. MILLIKEN DIES
LONGTIME POLICE CAPTAIN

By Richard Pearson
March 16, 1992 at 7:00 p.m. EST

Rhoda J. Milliken, 96, a Washington native and retired D.C. police captain, died of pneumonia March 14 at her home in Vero Beach, Fla.

Miss Milliken joined the force in 1919 and became head of the force's women's bureau in 1934. She was promoted to captain in 1936 and retired as captain and bureau chief in 1953. She then moved to Rockport, Mass., where she lived until moving to Florida in 1989.

What was then called the women's bureau included the force's female officers and, according to its directive, handled "the investigation of complaints against children, girls and women." It also worked on problems dealing with children and families, and did liaison work with the city's Juvenile Court.

During Miss Milliken's years on the force, she never wore a uniform, preferring tweed suits and a hat. She never had to use her gun, though she carried one in her purse. In the mid-1930s, she studied British police techniques in London at New Scotland Yard. She later told reporters that she concluded that U.S. women officers were every bit as good as those in Britain.

Standing 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighing 118 pounds, she referred to suspects who had been arrested by her force as "clients" and maintained that her officers, who numbered 44 at one point, were "policewomen with social worker training."

When it was announced that she was retiring, The Post ran an editorial saying: "This unorthodox, unassuming female cop has been one of the best, and best-loved, citizens and public servants in the District of Columbia."

It went on to say that she "has run her force with humanity yet without sentimentality; she has done incalculable good in the community, yet she has never been derided as a mere 'do-gooder.' "

Miss Milliken's father, a former law school dean, came to Washington to work in the Cleveland administration. Her mother and an aunt had been reporters and editors with the Washington Star.
Miss Milliken was educated at finishing schools before entering Barnard College. She graduated from the college, where she studied sociology and urban government, with a Phi Beta Kappa key in 1918. She told a disapproving family that she had set her mind on a career of public service. During World War I, she was a Navy yeomanette and worked on Navy codes here. She joined the D.C. police as a private in January 1919.

She had been active in national and state Democratic Party organizations for 78 years. She also had been active in the League of Women Voters and was a member of the American Association of University Women. She received numerous awards from area civic and women's groups.

Miss Milliken leaves no immediate survivors.²

     Richard Alden Milliken is the son of Robert Hamilton Milliken and Sue Elizabeth Edwards.^1,2 He married Marcia Lynelle Miller on 5 July 1975 at Harris County, Texas.³

     Robert Milliken was references; From the records of Mary Ellen Dorsey 6/12/2007. He was born in 1750 at Augusta County, Virginia.¹ He was the son of Charles Milliken and Ann Harbison. He married Jane Unknown circa 1771. He died circa November 1813.

     Robert Campbell Milliken was occupied in several endeavors as an attorney, a salesman and an insurance inspector.^2,3,4 He was born on 14 January 1861 at Johnson County, Texas.¹ He was the son of Capt. Samuel Ramsey Milliken and Annie Henrietta Campbell.¹ He was was involved in a shoot-out with Tom Kennedy over a business dispute. The article stated that Mr. Milliken was shot, but also that he was in jail and Mr. Kennedy was recovering. in July 1888.⁴ He married Olive Jones on 11 June 1890 at Thorp Springs, Hood County, Texas.^5,6 He died on 13 July 1937 at Washington District of Columbia at age 76.^7,8

Robert C. Milliken Dies in Washington
From the Washington Bureau of the News.
WASHINGTON, July 13, - Robert C. Milliken, 76, brother of Dr. Samuel E. Milliken of Dallas, died Tuesday at Gallinger Hospital from a hip fracture sustained in a fall last May.
Before the World War Mr. Milliken was a prominent attorney for an insurance company in Dallas. An authority on farm credit and mortgage financing, his manuscript of a book on the subject was in the hands of a publisher at the time of his death. He devoted most of his life to the study of rural credit plans and came to Washington before the war to advise congressional committees on legislation creating the present farm mortgage system. Mr. Milliken also represented a large insurance company here and served as a Capitol guide until 1930. He entered the home for the aged two years ago after his eyesight failed. IT was at the home that he fell last May.⁸

     Robert Franklin Milliken was born on 18 February 1811 at Simpson County, Kentucky.¹ He was the son of Dr. Jesse Milliken and Ann West.¹ He married Eliza Thompson Hail, daughter of John Hail and Elizabeth Isabella Wilkins, on 21 October 1839.¹ He died on 31 December 1889 at Simpson County, Kentucky, at age 78.¹

     Robert Franklin Milliken died circa 1855 at Kentucky.¹ He was born circa 1855 at Kentucky.¹ He was the son of Robert Franklin Milliken and Eliza Thompson Hail.¹

     Robert Hamilton Milliken was born on 11 July 1830 Alternate birth date.¹ He was born in 1836 at Calloway, Kentucky. He was the son of Leonard Hugh Milliken and Mary Copeland. He married Sarah Ann Wortham, daughter of Joseph White Wortham and Mourning Hallmark, circa 1858. He died after August 1863 at Dew, Freestone County, Texas.

     Robert Hamilton Milliken also went by the name of Bob.¹ He was born on 18 August 1912 at Mount Zion, Freestone County, Texas. He was the son of Robert Harris Milliken and Francis Isabelle Ham. He married Sue Elizabeth Edwards, daughter of Roy Edwards and Sudie May Galloway, after 1930. He died on 6 March 1977 at Harris County, Texas, at age 64.²

     Robert Harris Milliken was born on 18 July 1863 at Houston County, Texas. He was the son of Robert Hamilton Milliken and Sarah Ann Wortham. He married Francis Isabelle Ham, daughter of Henry Russell Ham and Alcy Emmaline Reese, on 13 December 1885 at Dew, Freestone County, Texas; (alt. date 18 Dec. 1885.)¹ He appeared on the census of 1 June 1900 at Freestone County, Texas; the Milliken family.² He died on 27 November 1947 at Handley, Tarrant County, Texas, at age 84. He was buried after 27 November 1947 at Freestone County, Texas.³

     Robert Milliken Jr. was born circa 1795 at Orange County, North Carolina.^1,2 He was the son of Robert Milliken and Jane Unknown.¹ He married Christean Turner, daughter of James Turner and Mary Patton, on 5 May 1809 at Orange County, North Carolina.^1,2,3 He and Christean Turner lived after 1820 at Lewis County, Tennessee; was probably Lawrence County at the time.² He died on 26 November 1857 at Lawrence County, Tennessee.^2,4