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Our Miller family information begins with Jacob Miller born in abt 1702 in Germany. At the age of 12, he sailed to America. From the best and most authentic records in our family tradition it is stated that he met a young lady by the name of Margaret Miller on the voyage. She was from another part of Germany and was not related to him. During the long trip, they became well acquainted even though one spoke High German and the other spoke Low German. Their affections grew with time and in 1725 they were married. They lived together on a farm about thirty miles from Philadelphia near a place called Falkner's Swamp.

Jacob and Margaret are said to have had seven children, though I have the birth information for only my direct ancestor:

Jacob        b. 12 May 1729 in Montgomery, PA d. 13 Apr 1831 in VA

             m. Elizabeth Fudge in 1748 and Margaret Sullivan in 1779

George

Christian

John         m. Barbary Moses

Henry

Barbary      m. Jacob Mann

Katherine    m. George Conrad

Jacob Miller, born in 1729, grew up on in his father's home on the farm in PA, but later relocated to Rockingham County, VA. He is said to have been a very strong, well-proportioned man a full six feet in height. His wife, Elizabeth, could stand under his outstretched arm without her head touching his arm. He was a farmer but was also considered a first-rate blacksmith. He and Elizabeth were married in 1748 had nine children: Jacob, Charles, Mary, Elizabeth, Katherine, Barbary, John, and George b. 5 Oct 1774.

The family moved to Rockingham County, Virginia in 1775. Two years later in 1777, Elizabeth died.

In 1779, Jacob married Margaret Sullivan, "an Irish girl", against her parents' wishes. Jacob and Margaret are said to have had eight children, but I only have information on seven:

Daniel

Peter      b. 8 Apr 1771 in VA   d.  7 Feb 1870 in Rush County, IN

           m.  Sarah  Simmons on 31 Mary 1803 in VA

Ellen      b. 1784

Margaret   b. 1786

Joseph     b. 1788

Sarah      b. 1790  m. Joab Simmons (Sarah Simmons' brother)

Rhoda      b. 1792

Peter and Sarah (Simmons) Miller moved from Virginia to Ohio with her parents in October of 1819, then the Millers moved to Indiana in March of 1821

In Indiana, they purchased and settled the north side of what later became Highway 244. Peter owned approximately 600 acres in Richland Township, Rush County; some of the property was from government land grants.

They had seven children; all but one, Sarah, were born in Virginia:

Archibald    b. 4 May 1804    d. 17 Apr 1882

             m.  Ann Barber on 16 Feb 1826 in Andersonville, Indiana

Charles      b. 23 May 1806    d. unknown

             m.  Elizabeth Thompson on 16 Aug 1827

Rhoda        b. 27 Mar 1809     d. unknown

             m.  Charles Peterson on 24 Jan 1828

Elizabeth    b. 23 Aug 1811    d. unknown

             m.  John Cook on 23 Apr 1829

Russel       b. 8 May 1814     d. 3 Jan 1863

             m.  Eleanor Jones on 18 Oct 1832

Austin       b. 8 May 1817     d. unknown

             m. Mary A. Cook on 31 Oct 1839

Jane         b. 20 Dec 1818     d. unknown

             m.  Richard Bohanan on 6 Feb 1833

Sarah        b. 24 Oct 1824   d. 3 Mar 1867

             m.   Joseph Watkins 26 Sep 1840

Archibald was a farmer in the 97th district of Rush County. According to The Bicentennial History of Rush County issued in 1921, he owned 343 acres of land.

Archibald and Ann had eight children, all born in Rush County, IN:

Charles S.     b. 20 Jun 1827   d. 6 Jan 1900

               m.  Sarah A. Simmons on 9 Mar 1849

John           b. 3 Nov 1829   d. 4 Sep 1830

Martha         b. 10 Jun 1832   d. Aft 1860

               m.  H. P. Marshall

Sarah          b. 27 Feb 1834   d. 22 May 1908

Peter          b. 5 Mar 1836   d. 2 Dec 1911 in Garfield Co., OK

               m1. Philena Point 1858; m2. Harriet Wilson 1866

Permelia       b. 16 Mar 1838   d. Aft. 1910

               m. Lemuel Githens Jan 1860

Eliphalet      b. 10 Jan 1840   d. 19 Mar 1887

               m.  Mary C. Blue on 1 Jan 1869

Susannah       b. 4 Mar 1843   d. 28 Jan 1870

Eliphalet B. Miller enlisted in the Union army on July 21, 1862 and was a honored veteran of the Civil War. He went to the front as a private in C Company 68th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was discharged three years later as a sergeant of C Company on June 25, 1865 in Nashville, TN. After the war, he went to Illinois and devoted his time to farming.

Around 1883, he and his family returned to Rush County, IN and purchased 147 acres of land which he farmed until his death in 1887.

Mary died giving birth to their seventh child. Their children are:

Stella   b. 24 Apr 1869, IL   d. unknown

Orval    b. 19 Feb 1873, IL   d. 20 Dec 1895

Ariel    b. 16 Jun 1875, IL   d. unknown

Otis     b.  10 Mar 1877, IL  d. 15 Nov 1957

         m.  Mary Lue Smith in October, 1897

Ethel    b. 5 Jun 1880, IL   d. unknown

Angus    b. 10 Nov 1883, IN   d. 9 Dec 1950

Harry    b. 28 Oct 1886, IN   d. 23 Mar 1955

         m.  Sylvia Belle Walker on 5 Nov 1911 in New Salem, IN

Harry Theston and Sylvia Belle (Walker) Miller had four children:

Donald Angus    b. 25 Feb 1913    d. 15 Jan 1993

                m. Cora Fuller on 19 May 1934

Dorotha Belle   b. 6 Aug 1914     d. 23 Apr 2002

                m. Richard Lowell Clifford on 5 Aug 1933

Gladys Emma     b. 24 Jul 1917     d. 10 Sep 2002

                m. Earl Robert Stewart on 10/28/36

Richard Walker  b. 24 may 1925   d. 18 Sep 1956

                m. Faye Ellen Mohler on 4 Jun 1945

If we're researching the same line or if you'd just like to chat about genealogy, in general, or Miller, in particular, drop me a line.

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Becky Higgins
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