John Andrew Miller was born May 21, 1826 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania of people from Holland, or Pennsylvania Dutch people. His father, John Miller, was a brewer by trade, and his mother was Esther Kreider. There were also three daughters: Esther, Sarra, and Emma; and another son: Tobias Kreider. Tobias died at the age of fifteen. John was the only one to come west. Sarra married a man by the name of Allbright and both she and John lived into old age. The others died young.
John served apprenticeship--bound out as it was called then--for seventeen years as millwright and cabinet maker in Pennsylvania. In the early years of this service, he became tired and discouraged with the long grind of his work and he ran away. He was caught, however, and taken back and made to finish his time. The place where he worked was a regular institution and he had to study as well as do manual labor. Play was unknown in that place. He became very well educated, as he had years of study and drill in higher mathematics, mechanical drawing, and the sciences which underlie architecture and building. He was also very educated in the Dutch language, and later learned English and spoke it well.
In 1855 he came west with a company of eastern people moving to the gold fields of California. When they reached Utah he was very sick with typhoid fever and unable to travel further. At Farmington they found people who would care for him, so they traveled on and left him to be nursed at the home of John White.
Now Mr. White had an orphan girl at his home, the daughter of his cousin, by the name of Franceanya Rogers who helped to care for the sick traveler. The patient was given good care, and in due time he recovered. By this time he was attached to the family and Mr. White, and especially to the little girl Franceanya with the pretty face and black curls. In fact, he loved her and desired to stay in the country and marry her. Mr. Miller joined the L.D.S. Church, and he and Franceanya were married March 15, 1856 in the house her mother had owned and that Mr.White had moved to his place after her death.
After his marriage, John Miller made and sold coffins and household furniture. He built mills at Mill Creek and a home for himself and his wife there. I believe both the boys were born there at Mill Creek--John Rogers and Isaac Lester. From Mill Creek they came with their two children to Springville in 1863. He continued building houses and making and selling household furniture and coffins as needed. They bought a piece of land of four or five acres on the south side of Springville--now 8th South Street, and also homesteaded 160 acres of land in the big hollow west of Mapleton and east of the present sugar factory.
They had their first daughter February 1, 1865. She was known as Kate, but her real name was Franceanya. At this confinement, Mrs. Miller was taken with Pleurisy and laid out for dead, but Mrs. Armstrong, a neighbor heard of it and came in and moved the sick woman to her own home to nurse her back to health.
In April,1869 (or 1867) they had another daughter, Fransannah by name. This beautiful girl died when she was about seventeen years of age with typhoid fever. She had been engaged to marry John S. Groosbeck who took charge of the funeral. He had her remains laid to rest in the Groosbeck lot at the Springville cemetery, and immediately thereafter had her sealed to him for eternity in the Salt Lake Temple.
In about 1874 or 1875, Mrs. Miller received from her mother's estate in Salt Lake, about $2000.00. (At the time this was the old Townsand property, but it was formerly her mother's, Mary Miranda White Rogers Rhoades). With this money, John built a shop and a home on the five acres and planted a fine orchard of apples, peaches, plums, grapes, and small fruits. In this home, on July 17, 1876, Clara Esther, their last daughter was born.
John and Franceanya Miller were a thrifty and tidy couple. John carried from years back a weak heart and worked under painful conditions. His failure to be able to work caused Franceanya to make an extra struggle to earn a dollar in money or trade wherever she could. She took in boarders and went away from home to cook for working parties. She took in sewing, for she was a lovely needle-woman, both for plain and artistic work. She nursed some, and was generally enterprising. She was a great lover of music, owning at a very early age a melodeon and an accordion. She often played in public entertainment and also had her little girls sing.
As a family they were hard-working and eager to earn. At one time John, the husband was building houses in Heber City, Franceanya was nursing at Soldier Summit, one daughter was drying fruit at home and keeping the little sister, the other was working away from home, and they boys were on the railroad. In the meantime, John's heart was growing worse and he was not able to work for more than a short time at once.
John Miller had an amiable disposition and loved his family deeply. He thought his family perfect and stood squarely behind his wife in everything she undertook. No one ever heard him use a cross word in his home. He was a member of the Odd fellows of Lancaster Pennsylvania, Number 67 in good standing when he left to come west. He died October 14, 1891, and his remains rest in the Evergreen Cemetery.
Note:
I believe this history was written by Clara Clark, the youngest daughter. The original was typewritten single spaced on both sides of a paper and was found in the old family home by her daughter, Merell Clark Young.
Children:
John Rogers Miller (1860-1889)
Isaac Lester Miller (1862-1928)
Franceanya (Kate) Miller (1865-1956)
Fransannah Miller (1867-1885)
Clara Esther Miller (1876-1946)
John served apprenticeship--bound out as it was called then--for seventeen years as millwright and cabinet maker in Pennsylvania. In the early years of this service, he became tired and discouraged with the long grind of his work and he ran away. He was caught, however, and taken back and made to finish his time. The place where he worked was a regular institution and he had to study as well as do manual labor. Play was unknown in that place. He became very well educated, as he had years of study and drill in higher mathematics, mechanical drawing, and the sciences which underlie architecture and building. He was also very educated in the Dutch language, and later learned English and spoke it well.
In 1855 he came west with a company of eastern people moving to the gold fields of California. When they reached Utah he was very sick with typhoid fever and unable to travel further. At Farmington they found people who would care for him, so they traveled on and left him to be nursed at the home of John White.
Now Mr. White had an orphan girl at his home, the daughter of his cousin, by the name of Franceanya Rogers who helped to care for the sick traveler. The patient was given good care, and in due time he recovered. By this time he was attached to the family and Mr. White, and especially to the little girl Franceanya with the pretty face and black curls. In fact, he loved her and desired to stay in the country and marry her. Mr. Miller joined the L.D.S. Church, and he and Franceanya were married March 15, 1856 in the house her mother had owned and that Mr.White had moved to his place after her death.
After his marriage, John Miller made and sold coffins and household furniture. He built mills at Mill Creek and a home for himself and his wife there. I believe both the boys were born there at Mill Creek--John Rogers and Isaac Lester. From Mill Creek they came with their two children to Springville in 1863. He continued building houses and making and selling household furniture and coffins as needed. They bought a piece of land of four or five acres on the south side of Springville--now 8th South Street, and also homesteaded 160 acres of land in the big hollow west of Mapleton and east of the present sugar factory.
They had their first daughter February 1, 1865. She was known as Kate, but her real name was Franceanya. At this confinement, Mrs. Miller was taken with Pleurisy and laid out for dead, but Mrs. Armstrong, a neighbor heard of it and came in and moved the sick woman to her own home to nurse her back to health.
In April,1869 (or 1867) they had another daughter, Fransannah by name. This beautiful girl died when she was about seventeen years of age with typhoid fever. She had been engaged to marry John S. Groosbeck who took charge of the funeral. He had her remains laid to rest in the Groosbeck lot at the Springville cemetery, and immediately thereafter had her sealed to him for eternity in the Salt Lake Temple.
In about 1874 or 1875, Mrs. Miller received from her mother's estate in Salt Lake, about $2000.00. (At the time this was the old Townsand property, but it was formerly her mother's, Mary Miranda White Rogers Rhoades). With this money, John built a shop and a home on the five acres and planted a fine orchard of apples, peaches, plums, grapes, and small fruits. In this home, on July 17, 1876, Clara Esther, their last daughter was born.
John and Franceanya Miller were a thrifty and tidy couple. John carried from years back a weak heart and worked under painful conditions. His failure to be able to work caused Franceanya to make an extra struggle to earn a dollar in money or trade wherever she could. She took in boarders and went away from home to cook for working parties. She took in sewing, for she was a lovely needle-woman, both for plain and artistic work. She nursed some, and was generally enterprising. She was a great lover of music, owning at a very early age a melodeon and an accordion. She often played in public entertainment and also had her little girls sing.
As a family they were hard-working and eager to earn. At one time John, the husband was building houses in Heber City, Franceanya was nursing at Soldier Summit, one daughter was drying fruit at home and keeping the little sister, the other was working away from home, and they boys were on the railroad. In the meantime, John's heart was growing worse and he was not able to work for more than a short time at once.
John Miller had an amiable disposition and loved his family deeply. He thought his family perfect and stood squarely behind his wife in everything she undertook. No one ever heard him use a cross word in his home. He was a member of the Odd fellows of Lancaster Pennsylvania, Number 67 in good standing when he left to come west. He died October 14, 1891, and his remains rest in the Evergreen Cemetery.
Note:
I believe this history was written by Clara Clark, the youngest daughter. The original was typewritten single spaced on both sides of a paper and was found in the old family home by her daughter, Merell Clark Young.
Children:
John Rogers Miller (1860-1889)
Isaac Lester Miller (1862-1928)
Franceanya (Kate) Miller (1865-1956)
Fransannah Miller (1867-1885)
Clara Esther Miller (1876-1946)
John Andrew Miller was born May 21, 1826 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania of people from Holland, or Pennsylvania Dutch people. His father, John Miller, was a brewer by trade, and his mother was Esther Kreider. There were also three daughters: Esther, Sarra, and Emma; and another son: Tobias Kreider. Tobias died at the age of fifteen. John was the only one to come west. Sarra married a man by the name of Allbright and both she and John lived into old age. The others died young.
John served apprenticeship--bound out as it was called then--for seventeen years as millwright and cabinet maker in Pennsylvania. In the early years of this service, he became tired and discouraged with the long grind of his work and he ran away. He was caught, however, and taken back and made to finish his time. The place where he worked was a regular institution and he had to study as well as do manual labor. Play was unknown in that place. He became very well educated, as he had years of study and drill in higher mathematics, mechanical drawing, and the sciences which underlie architecture and building. He was also very educated in the Dutch language, and later learned English and spoke it well.
In 1855 he came west with a company of eastern people moving to the gold fields of California. When they reached Utah he was very sick with typhoid fever and unable to travel further. At Farmington they found people who would care for him, so they traveled on and left him to be nursed at the home of John White.
Now Mr. White had an orphan girl at his home, the daughter of his cousin, by the name of Franceanya Rogers who helped to care for the sick traveler. The patient was given good care, and in due time he recovered. By this time he was attached to the family and Mr. White, and especially to the little girl Franceanya with the pretty face and black curls. In fact, he loved her and desired to stay in the country and marry her. Mr. Miller joined the L.D.S. Church, and he and Franceanya were married March 15, 1856 in the house her mother had owned and that Mr.White had moved to his place after her death.
After his marriage, John Miller made and sold coffins and household furniture. He built mills at Mill Creek and a home for himself and his wife there. I believe both the boys were born there at Mill Creek--John Rogers and Isaac Lester. From Mill Creek they came with their two children to Springville in 1863. He continued building houses and making and selling household furniture and coffins as needed. They bought a piece of land of four or five acres on the south side of Springville--now 8th South Street, and also homesteaded 160 acres of land in the big hollow west of Mapleton and east of the present sugar factory.
They had their first daughter February 1, 1865. She was known as Kate, but her real name was Franceanya. At this confinement, Mrs. Miller was taken with Pleurisy and laid out for dead, but Mrs. Armstrong, a neighbor heard of it and came in and moved the sick woman to her own home to nurse her back to health.
In April,1869 (or 1867) they had another daughter, Fransannah by name. This beautiful girl died when she was about seventeen years of age with typhoid fever. She had been engaged to marry John S. Groosbeck who took charge of the funeral. He had her remains laid to rest in the Groosbeck lot at the Springville cemetery, and immediately thereafter had her sealed to him for eternity in the Salt Lake Temple.
In about 1874 or 1875, Mrs. Miller received from her mother's estate in Salt Lake, about $2000.00. (At the time this was the old Townsand property, but it was formerly her mother's, Mary Miranda White Rogers Rhoades). With this money, John built a shop and a home on the five acres and planted a fine orchard of apples, peaches, plums, grapes, and small fruits. In this home, on July 17, 1876, Clara Esther, their last daughter was born.
John and Franceanya Miller were a thrifty and tidy couple. John carried from years back a weak heart and worked under painful conditions. His failure to be able to work caused Franceanya to make an extra struggle to earn a dollar in money or trade wherever she could. She took in boarders and went away from home to cook for working parties. She took in sewing, for she was a lovely needle-woman, both for plain and artistic work. She nursed some, and was generally enterprising. She was a great lover of music, owning at a very early age a melodeon and an accordion. She often played in public entertainment and also had her little girls sing.
As a family they were hard-working and eager to earn. At one time John, the husband was building houses in Heber City, Franceanya was nursing at Soldier Summit, one daughter was drying fruit at home and keeping the little sister, the other was working away from home, and they boys were on the railroad. In the meantime, John's heart was growing worse and he was not able to work for more than a short time at once.
John Miller had an amiable disposition and loved his family deeply. He thought his family perfect and stood squarely behind his wife in everything she undertook. No one ever heard him use a cross word in his home. He was a member of the Odd fellows of Lancaster Pennsylvania, Number 67 in good standing when he left to come west. He died October 14, 1891, and his remains rest in the Evergreen Cemetery.
Note:
I believe this history was written by Clara Clark, the youngest daughter. The original was typewritten single spaced on both sides of a paper and was found in the old family home by her daughter, Merell Clark Young.
Children:
John Rogers Miller (1860-1889)
Isaac Lester Miller (1862-1928)
Franceanya (Kate) Miller (1865-1956)
Fransannah Miller (1867-1885)
Clara Esther Miller (1876-1946)
John served apprenticeship--bound out as it was called then--for seventeen years as millwright and cabinet maker in Pennsylvania. In the early years of this service, he became tired and discouraged with the long grind of his work and he ran away. He was caught, however, and taken back and made to finish his time. The place where he worked was a regular institution and he had to study as well as do manual labor. Play was unknown in that place. He became very well educated, as he had years of study and drill in higher mathematics, mechanical drawing, and the sciences which underlie architecture and building. He was also very educated in the Dutch language, and later learned English and spoke it well.
In 1855 he came west with a company of eastern people moving to the gold fields of California. When they reached Utah he was very sick with typhoid fever and unable to travel further. At Farmington they found people who would care for him, so they traveled on and left him to be nursed at the home of John White.
Now Mr. White had an orphan girl at his home, the daughter of his cousin, by the name of Franceanya Rogers who helped to care for the sick traveler. The patient was given good care, and in due time he recovered. By this time he was attached to the family and Mr. White, and especially to the little girl Franceanya with the pretty face and black curls. In fact, he loved her and desired to stay in the country and marry her. Mr. Miller joined the L.D.S. Church, and he and Franceanya were married March 15, 1856 in the house her mother had owned and that Mr.White had moved to his place after her death.
After his marriage, John Miller made and sold coffins and household furniture. He built mills at Mill Creek and a home for himself and his wife there. I believe both the boys were born there at Mill Creek--John Rogers and Isaac Lester. From Mill Creek they came with their two children to Springville in 1863. He continued building houses and making and selling household furniture and coffins as needed. They bought a piece of land of four or five acres on the south side of Springville--now 8th South Street, and also homesteaded 160 acres of land in the big hollow west of Mapleton and east of the present sugar factory.
They had their first daughter February 1, 1865. She was known as Kate, but her real name was Franceanya. At this confinement, Mrs. Miller was taken with Pleurisy and laid out for dead, but Mrs. Armstrong, a neighbor heard of it and came in and moved the sick woman to her own home to nurse her back to health.
In April,1869 (or 1867) they had another daughter, Fransannah by name. This beautiful girl died when she was about seventeen years of age with typhoid fever. She had been engaged to marry John S. Groosbeck who took charge of the funeral. He had her remains laid to rest in the Groosbeck lot at the Springville cemetery, and immediately thereafter had her sealed to him for eternity in the Salt Lake Temple.
In about 1874 or 1875, Mrs. Miller received from her mother's estate in Salt Lake, about $2000.00. (At the time this was the old Townsand property, but it was formerly her mother's, Mary Miranda White Rogers Rhoades). With this money, John built a shop and a home on the five acres and planted a fine orchard of apples, peaches, plums, grapes, and small fruits. In this home, on July 17, 1876, Clara Esther, their last daughter was born.
John and Franceanya Miller were a thrifty and tidy couple. John carried from years back a weak heart and worked under painful conditions. His failure to be able to work caused Franceanya to make an extra struggle to earn a dollar in money or trade wherever she could. She took in boarders and went away from home to cook for working parties. She took in sewing, for she was a lovely needle-woman, both for plain and artistic work. She nursed some, and was generally enterprising. She was a great lover of music, owning at a very early age a melodeon and an accordion. She often played in public entertainment and also had her little girls sing.
As a family they were hard-working and eager to earn. At one time John, the husband was building houses in Heber City, Franceanya was nursing at Soldier Summit, one daughter was drying fruit at home and keeping the little sister, the other was working away from home, and they boys were on the railroad. In the meantime, John's heart was growing worse and he was not able to work for more than a short time at once.
John Miller had an amiable disposition and loved his family deeply. He thought his family perfect and stood squarely behind his wife in everything she undertook. No one ever heard him use a cross word in his home. He was a member of the Odd fellows of Lancaster Pennsylvania, Number 67 in good standing when he left to come west. He died October 14, 1891, and his remains rest in the Evergreen Cemetery.
Note:
I believe this history was written by Clara Clark, the youngest daughter. The original was typewritten single spaced on both sides of a paper and was found in the old family home by her daughter, Merell Clark Young.
Children:
John Rogers Miller (1860-1889)
Isaac Lester Miller (1862-1928)
Franceanya (Kate) Miller (1865-1956)
Fransannah Miller (1867-1885)
Clara Esther Miller (1876-1946)
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