John Len Miller, Jr.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 24 Sep 1850, Greene County, Indiana; Listed with parents and 7 siblings Laborer; : 20
• Census: 24 Jul 1860, Richland Township, Greene County, Indiana; Post Office: Bloomfield, IN John Miller, 30, m, , farmer, 2500, 1000, Pennsylvania, , , , Rebecca Miller, 28, f, , , , , Pennsylvania, , , , , Newton D. Miller, 6, m, , , , , Indiana, , x, , , Perry Miller, 2, m, , , , , Indiana, , , , , Elizabeth H. Miller, 8/12, f, , , , , Indiana, , , , , ; : 30
• Census: 08 Jun 1870, Richland Township, Greene County, Indiana; Post Office: Bloomfield, IN John Miller Jr., 39, m, w, farmer, 12000, 2550, Pennsylvania, , , , , , , , , x, Sarah A. Miller, 38, f, w, keeping house, , , Pennsylvania, , , , , , , , , , David N. Miller, 15, m, w, at home, , , Indiana, , , , , x, , , , , , William T. Miller, 12, m, w, at home, , , Indiana, , , , , x, , , , , , , Hannah E. Miller, 9, f, at home, ,, Indiana, , , , , x, , , , , , , Tabitha E. Miller, 8, f, w, at home, , , Indiana, , , , , x, , , , , Mary B. Miller, 7, f, w, at home, , , Indiana, , , , , x, , , , , Oliver P.M. Miller, 5, m, w, at home, , , Indiana, , , , , x, , , , Martha Miller, 2, f, w, at home, ,, Indiana, , , , , , , , , Nameless Miller, 7 day, f, w, at home, , , Indiana, , , 31 May, , , , , , , , John Flora, 20, m, w, farm laborer, , Ohio, , , , , , , , , , ; : 39
• Census: 19 Jun 1880, District 302, Bloomfield, Richland Township, Greene County, Indiana; John Miller Jr., w, m, 49, , , , x, , , farmer, , , , , , , , , , , Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Sarah Reb. Miller, w, f, 48, , wife, , x, , , keeping house, , , , , , , , , , , Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania William P. Miller, w, m, 22, , son, x, , , , laborer farming, , , , , , , , , , , Indiana, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Hannah E. Miller, w, f, 20, , daughter, x, , , , keeping house, , , , , , , , , , , Indiana, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Tabitha E. Miller, w, f, 18, , daughter, x, , , , keeping house, , , , , , , , , x, , , Indiana, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Marybell Miller, w, f, 17, , daughter, x, , , , keeping house, , , , , , , , , x, , , Indiana, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Oliver P. Miller, w, m, 15, , son, x, , , , laborer, , , , , , , , , x, , , Indiana, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Susan M. Miller, w, f, 13, , daughter, x, , , , keeping house, , , , , , , , , x, , , Indiana, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Daisy Dean Miller, w, f, 10, , daughter, x, , , , at home, , , , , , , , , x, , , Indiana, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Ethlean Miller, w, f, 6, , daughter, x, , , , , , , , , , , , , x, , , Indiana, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania; : 49

John married Sarah R. Miller on 23 Sep 1852. Sarah was born on 13 Mar 1832 in Cumberland Co., PA; died on 2 Nov 1895. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Susan Martha Miller was born on 24 Feb 1867 in Indiana; died on 26 Jun 1942 in Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana.
2. ??? Miller
3. Daisy D. Miller
4. Ethlene W. Miller
5. Samuel H. Miller was born on 26 Nov 1853.
6. David Newton Miller was born on 23 Nov 1854 in Richland Township, Greene County, Indiana.
7. John P. Miller was born on 5 Feb 1857.
8. Jacob M. Miller was born on 5 Feb 1857.
9. William Commodore Perry Miller was born on 29 Mar 1858 in Richland City, Greene County, Indiana; died on 25 Jan 1914 in Greene County, Indiana.
10. Hannah Elizabeth Miller was born on 21 Nov 1859 in Greene County, Indiana; died on 15 Oct 1889 in Greene County, Indiana; was buried after 15 Oct 1889 in Union Bethel Cemetery, Greene County, Indiana.
11. Tabitha E. Miller was born on 9 Jul 1861.
12. Mary Belle Miller was born on 16 Mar 1863.
13. Oliver P. Miller was born on 16 Aug 1865.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 24 Sep 1850, District 40, Greene County, Indiana; John Miller, 44, m, , farmer, 2000, Pennsylvania, , , , , Eleanor Miller, 49, f, , , , Pennsylvania, , , , Henry Miller, 22, m, , laborer, , Pennsylvania, , , , , John Miller, 20, m, , laborer, , Pennsylvania, , x, , , Catharine Miller, 17, f, , , , Ohio, , x, , , Elizabeth Miller, 15, f, , , , Ohio, , x, , , Leah Miller, 13, f, , , , Ohio, , x, , Caroline Miller, 11, f, , , , Ohio, , x, , David Miller, 9, m, , , , Ohio, , x, , Mary Miller, 7, f, , , , Ohio, , x, , ; : 44
• Census: 24 Jul 1860, Richland Township, Greene County, Indiana; Post Office: Bloomfield, IN John Miller, 53, m, , farmer, 4400, 1800, Pennsylvania, , , , , Lenora Miller, 58, f, , , , , Pennsylvania, , , , , Laen Miller, 22, m, , Farm laborer, , , Ohio, , , , , David Miller, 19, m, , , , , Ohio, , , , , Polly Miller, 17, f, , , , , Ohio, , , , , [Son John lives on next farm]; : 53
• Census: 10 Jun 1870, Richland Township, Greene County, Indiana; Post Office: Bloomfield, IN John Miller Sr., 63, m, w, Retired Farmer, 7000, 1500, Pennsylvania, , , , , , , , , x, Elizabeth Miller, 46, f, w, keeping house, 6500, , North Carolina, , , , , , , , , Caroline Flora, 13, f, w, Domestic Servant, , , Ohio, , , , , x, ,, , , , ; : 63
• Census: 15 Jun 1880, District 302, Bloomfield, Richland Township, Greene County, Indiana; John Miller Sr., w, m, 73, , , , x, , farming, , , , , , , , , , , Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Elizabeth Miller, w, f, 54, , wife, , x, , , keeping house, , , , , , , , , , , North Carolina, North Carolina, North Carolina Anna Stelor, w, f, 14, , boarder, x, , , , keeping house, , , , , , , , x, , , Indiana, Pennsylvania, Ohio; : 73
• Census: 01 Jun 1900, District 33, Bloomfield, Richland Township, Greene County, Indiana; John Miller Sr., head, w, m, Dec, 1807, 93, m, 70, , , Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, , , , , , , yes, yes, yes, o, f, f, 13 Elizabeth Miller, wife, m, f, July, , , m, 70, 0, 0, North Carolina, North Carolina, North Carolina, , , , , , , yes, yes, yes; : 93

Notes:

Died:
THE BLOOMFIELD NEWS, VOLUME XXV., NO.52, Page 8, Columns 1,2 & 3, Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, Friday, November 21, 1901, "JOHN MILLER DEAD. Another Pioneer and Oldest Citizen of Greene County Has Passed to His Reward."
John MILLER, the oldest citizen of Greene county, died at 9:30 o'clock Friday morning, Nov. 15, at the advanced age of ninety-four years, five months and seven days. After almost a century in this world his passing to the next was as calm and peaceful and natural as the sleeping of a little child.

He was born of German parentage in Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, June 8, 1807. Consequently, he lived under the administration of every president of the United States except Washington and the elder Adams, and was a boy of nine when Indiana was admitted as a state into the union. In June, 1827, he was married to Elnora IMBODEN. In April , 1831, he removed with his family to Wayne county, Ohio, where he lived for nineteen years, pursuing his trade of blacksmith and farming in a limited way, when he again went in search of a new home, where he could buy land at a lower price, and settled this time, in April, 1850, in Greene county, Indiana, where he continued to reside until his death.

Descended from that sturdy German stock which has played so prominent a part in the pioneer history of this county, and is known everywhere for its thriftiness, he had accumulated considerable property and was looked upon as a man of wealth by those in this community, among whom he had come to make his home. He bought 240 acres of land in the old Bethel settlement north of Bloomfield, including what is know as the Bland farm, from the father of Dr. T. A. BLAND, paying therefor $2,000. Here he lived until a few years ago, when he moved to Bloomfield.

Oct. 6, 1865, his wife died, and two years later, Oct. 8, 1867, he again married, this time to Mrs. Elizabeth HUBBEL, who, though very old and feeble, survives her husband. To the first union were born nine children?enry, Maria, John, Catharine, Elizabeth, Leah, Caroline, David and Polly?hree sons and six daughters, all of whom except John and Caroline are still living and residents of Greene county.

Henry, the oldest son, is past seventy-four and lives at Newark. Maria became the wife of Noah FLORY and lives near Tulip. Catharine married John S. HEATH and lives in Highland township. John, after a busy life, died a few years ago, having served his county in the capacity of commissioner. Leah married Ezekiel ALEXANDER and lives at Cincinnati, while David, and Elizabeth, widow of Samuel MUTERSPAUGH, and Polly, wife of Simon LEHMAN, live in or near Bloomfield. Caroline was married to Louis HERRINGTON, but she and her husband both are dead.

His family is the largest in the county, numbering 220 direct descendants, and comprises seven children, forty-five grandchildren, 139 great-grandchildren and twenty-nine great-great-grandchildren.

Two brothers and one sister younger that he survive him and are still living back in Pennsylvania.

The funeral exercises were held Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at Bethel, in charge of Rev. E. M. LOVE, of Worthington. A large crowd, including the relatives, neighbors and friends, was in attendance to pay their last tribute of respect to the memory of this venerable pioneer. In an early day Mr. MILLER united with the church of God, and throughout his life he was true to the dictates of his conscience and in all things obeyed the will of his Master as God gave him light to understand that will.

In his prime Mr. MILLER was a giant, physically speaking, standing erect at six feet and three inches and weighing 250 pounds, and his strength was proportionate to his weight. Time was when the small boy stood aside and gazed with wonder as he strode along the street. Reduced as he was by old age and by his final illness, yet in death he weighed barely less than 200 pounds. In an earlier day, before age had left its mark, he was a man of tremendous energy and his capacity for hard work and his power of endurance were remarkable.

Though his frame was bent under its weight of years, yet Uncle Johnny, as he was familiarly called by everyone, can hardly be said to have passed through that state of decrepitude which so often marks the declining years, for until a few months ago, he led a very active life, performing the light work about his home and driving frequently to town on matters of business, but rarely to pass an hour in idleness.

He was strictly honorable in all his dealings, gave no thought to intermeddling with the affairs of others and dwelt at peace with all men?uch was his life. Not by an attack of consuming fever nor by some wasting disease, but as nature intends that all men should die by the wearing out of all the bodily parts by age?uch was his death. And such was the life, the deeds, the passing away of this venerable pioneer.

John married Elnora Imboden in Jun 1827 in Lebanon, Lebanon Co., PA. Elnora (daughter of Frederick John Adam Imboden and Maria Siegchrist) was born about 1801 in Pennsylvania; died on 3 Oct 1865 in Greene County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 24 Sep 1850, Greene County, Indiana; Listed with husband and 8 kids ; : 49
• Census: 24 Jul 1860, Richland Township, Greene County, Indiana; Bloomfield Post Office Listed with husband and 3 kids; : 58

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 27 Aug 1850, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Daniel Miller, 69, m, , none, 1200, Pennsylvania, Catharine Miller, 63, f, , , , Pennsylvania, Mary Miller, 35, f, , , , Pennsylvania, Susanna Miller, 28, f, , , , Pennsylvania, Christina Miller, 26, f, ,, , Pennsylvania, David Miller, 22, m, , Cigar Maker, , Pennsylvania, David Michael, 10/12, , , , Pennsylvania, [next store to a Henry Miller(age 32) and family]; : 69

Notes:

Died:
U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index
Surname: Daniel Miller
Year: 1860
County: Lebanon Co.
State: PA
Age: 77
Gender: M (Male)
Month of Death: Jun
State of Birth: PA
ID#: MRT317_14853
Occupation: BLACKSMITH
Cause of Death: DROPSY

Source Information:
Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999. Original data: Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.

Schedule S. - Persons who Died during the Year ending 1st June, 1860, in Lebanon Borough in the County of Lebanon, State of Penn
Daniel Miller, 77 years, male, , , married, Penn, June, Blacksmith, Dropsy, 3 weeks

Daniel married Catherine Ensminger about 1805. Catherine (daughter of John Peter Ensminger and Catherine Gloninger) was born on 22 Sep 1786 in Lebanon, Lebanon Co., Pennsylvania; died on 7 Sep 1861 in Pennsylvania(Buried First Reformed Church, Lebanon, PA). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Article about Daniel Miller and his family
https://archive.org/stream/biographicalanna00jhbe#page/n257/mode/2up/search/ensminger


Married:
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: Daniel Miller
Gender: male
Birth Place: PA
Birth Year: 1781
Spouse Name: Catherine Ensminger
Spouse Birth Place: PA
Marriage Year: 1807
Marriage State: PA
Number Pages: 11

Source Citation: Source number: 778.008; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 11; Submitter Code: .

Source Information:

Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.

Frederick married Maria Siegchrist. Maria was born in 1768; died in 1839. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A blacksmith, lived in Fishing Creek Valley. He was buried in a private cemetery
on the John H. Deavon(?) farm. Speculation has it that his second wife's father
was John H. Deavon)

Daniel married ??? ???. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Catherine Gloninger about 1783. Catherine was born on 22 Nov 1756 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 15 Mar 1828 in Lebanon, Lebanon Co., Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]