The section below is directly from History of Rush County, Indiana, from the earliest time to the present, P. 847:
JosiAH Miller was born in Fleming County, Ky., September 1, 1806, and is the youngest in a family of fifteen children born to John and Margaret (Bowier) Miller, the former a native of Tennessee, the latter of Maryland and of Irish descent. Our subject was reared in his native county, where he attended school in winter and farmed in summer. About 1831, Mr. Miller came to Rush County and settled in Walker Township, where he owned 400 acres of valuable land, but which he has now given to his children. The marriage of Mr. Miller was solemnized in 1829 to Lucinda, daughter of Joseph and Mary Jones, who was born in 1810. Her parents were natives of Virginia and are both deceased. To this union were born ten children, viz. : Joseph G., born June 7, 1833; Margaret, born January 3, 1835; Mary J., born April 2, 1837; Sarah E., born January' 28, 1840; John S. and James (twins, the latter deceased), born April 25, 1844; Nancy A., born September 29, 1847; William S., born March 4, 1850; Robert M. (deceased), born March 24, 1852; and an infant who died unnamed. Mrs. Miller died December 30, 1876. Mr. Miller is a Democrat and for many years has been a member of the Presbyterian Church
JosiAH Miller was born in Fleming County, Ky., September 1, 1806, and is the youngest in a family of fifteen children born to John and Margaret (Bowier) Miller, the former a native of Tennessee, the latter of Maryland and of Irish descent. Our subject was reared in his native county, where he attended school in winter and farmed in summer. About 1831, Mr. Miller came to Rush County and settled in Walker Township, where he owned 400 acres of valuable land, but which he has now given to his children. The marriage of Mr. Miller was solemnized in 1829 to Lucinda, daughter of Joseph and Mary Jones, who was born in 1810. Her parents were natives of Virginia and are both deceased. To this union were born ten children, viz. : Joseph G., born June 7, 1833; Margaret, born January 3, 1835; Mary J., born April 2, 1837; Sarah E., born January' 28, 1840; John S. and James (twins, the latter deceased), born April 25, 1844; Nancy A., born September 29, 1847; William S., born March 4, 1850; Robert M. (deceased), born March 24, 1852; and an infant who died unnamed. Mrs. Miller died December 30, 1876. Mr. Miller is a Democrat and for many years has been a member of the Presbyterian Church
The section below is directly from History of Rush County, Indiana, from the earliest time to the present, P. 847:
JosiAH Miller was born in Fleming County, Ky., September 1, 1806, and is the youngest in a family of fifteen children born to John and Margaret (Bowier) Miller, the former a native of Tennessee, the latter of Maryland and of Irish descent. Our subject was reared in his native county, where he attended school in winter and farmed in summer. About 1831, Mr. Miller came to Rush County and settled in Walker Township, where he owned 400 acres of valuable land, but which he has now given to his children. The marriage of Mr. Miller was solemnized in 1829 to Lucinda, daughter of Joseph and Mary Jones, who was born in 1810. Her parents were natives of Virginia and are both deceased. To this union were born ten children, viz. : Joseph G., born June 7, 1833; Margaret, born January 3, 1835; Mary J., born April 2, 1837; Sarah E., born January' 28, 1840; John S. and James (twins, the latter deceased), born April 25, 1844; Nancy A., born September 29, 1847; William S., born March 4, 1850; Robert M. (deceased), born March 24, 1852; and an infant who died unnamed. Mrs. Miller died December 30, 1876. Mr. Miller is a Democrat and for many years has been a member of the Presbyterian Church
JosiAH Miller was born in Fleming County, Ky., September 1, 1806, and is the youngest in a family of fifteen children born to John and Margaret (Bowier) Miller, the former a native of Tennessee, the latter of Maryland and of Irish descent. Our subject was reared in his native county, where he attended school in winter and farmed in summer. About 1831, Mr. Miller came to Rush County and settled in Walker Township, where he owned 400 acres of valuable land, but which he has now given to his children. The marriage of Mr. Miller was solemnized in 1829 to Lucinda, daughter of Joseph and Mary Jones, who was born in 1810. Her parents were natives of Virginia and are both deceased. To this union were born ten children, viz. : Joseph G., born June 7, 1833; Margaret, born January 3, 1835; Mary J., born April 2, 1837; Sarah E., born January' 28, 1840; John S. and James (twins, the latter deceased), born April 25, 1844; Nancy A., born September 29, 1847; William S., born March 4, 1850; Robert M. (deceased), born March 24, 1852; and an infant who died unnamed. Mrs. Miller died December 30, 1876. Mr. Miller is a Democrat and for many years has been a member of the Presbyterian Church
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Josiah Miller
Born Sept. 1, 1806
Died Dec. 27, 1890
Lucinda, Wife of Josiah Miller
Born Jan. 24, 1810
Died Dec. 30, 1876
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