Pictorial and biographical memoirs of Elkhart and St Joseph counties, Indiana, together with biographies of many prominent men of northern Indiana and of the whole state, both living and dead . ubject, David Miller, was married inMaryland to Miss Morgan, and these children were born to them: Michael, Jacob(father of subject), Lydia, Esther, Katie, Betsy, and Nancy. Only one diedwhen young, and he was accidentally shot. The above mentioned children settled inOhio, married, roared families, and there most of them passed the remainder of theirdays. Tlie father died in Montgomery county at
Pictorial and biographical memoirs of Elkhart and St Joseph counties, Indiana, together with biographies of many prominent men of northern Indiana and of the whole state, both living and dead . ubject, David Miller, was married inMaryland to Miss Morgan, and these children were born to them: Michael, Jacob(father of subject), Lydia, Esther, Katie, Betsy, and Nancy. Only one diedwhen young, and he was accidentally shot. The above mentioned children settled inOhio, married, roared families, and there most of them passed the remainder of theirdays. Tlie father died in Montgomery county at an early day. The father of oursubject, Jacob Miller, a boy of about ten years when his parents moved to Ohio,and he there grew to manhood. He married Miss Polly ^[ichel and reared the chil-dren who are named as follows: David C, Michel, John, Mary, Sallie. Emanuel,Henry, Hettie, Susan and Alartin. All are now living but Michel and Susan, andall married and reared families. Our .subject. Susan and Martin moved to Indianaand .settled in this part of the State. Michel died in ()liio a very wealthy man, andJohn also became quite wealthy and is now living in Kansas. The father of these. MMMOIJiS OF INDIANA. 599 children died in 1861. He was one of the early pioneers in Ohio, and was a verypopular man. He accumulated a handsome property, all the result of his own exer-tions, and liberal in his contributions to all worthy enterprises. Mrs. Miller, hiswife, was born in Pennsylvania, and was but seven years of age when she came withher parents to Ohio. She was the daughter of Jacob and Mary (Mayer) Michel,natives of Pennsylvania, who moved to Ohio at a very early day. She was born in1800 and died iu 1851. Our subject was reared on a farm and secured a fair educa-tion In the district schools. In 1838 he married Miss Kachel Bigler, a native ofWashington county, Penn., born May 1, 1817, and the daughter of David andNancy (Graybill) Bigler. Mr. and Mrs. Bigler came from Washington cou
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