The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . Martha (Robinson) Miller, both ofwhom were natives of Montgomery county,Indiana, and were there married. The fath-er was a farmer by occupation and in 1862removed to Iowa, where he carried on agri-cultural pursuits until 1866, when he becamea resident of Vermilion county, farming here for three years he tookup his abode in the town of he engaged in the marl)le and gran-ite busines until 1899. when he retired andmoved to Danville. There he died July 23,1901. He was a Democrat Init not a poli-tician and cared


The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . Martha (Robinson) Miller, both ofwhom were natives of Montgomery county,Indiana, and were there married. The fath-er was a farmer by occupation and in 1862removed to Iowa, where he carried on agri-cultural pursuits until 1866, when he becamea resident of Vermilion county, farming here for three years he tookup his abode in the town of he engaged in the marl)le and gran-ite busines until 1899. when he retired andmoved to Danville. There he died July 23,1901. He was a Democrat Init not a poli-tician and cared naught for the honors andemoluments of office. He belonged to tlrChurch of Christ, in which his wife alsoheld membership. She died July 23. was laid to rest in the cemetery ofHoopeston. after which the father wasagain married in the year 1889, his secondunion being with Mrs. Mattie (Knox)Copeland, of Potomac. By the first mar-riage there were eight children, of whomfour are living, namely: John W.; Lyda, libra:^y OF TilEUNIVERSITY Of ILLINOIS. JOHN LE NEVE.


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