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Joseph Birch Miller Veteran

Birth
Kentucky, USA
Death
26 Nov 1871 (aged 62–63)
Clark County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Martinsville, Clark County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Joseph Birch Miller married Mahala M Bryant on 13 Feb 1834 in Marion County, Indiana. They had ten children.
On 1 May 1852, he purchased 35.64 acres of land in the Dolson Township of Clark County Illinois. Since that time the boundaries between Dolson and Martinsville Townships have changed. The land now resides in the Martinsville Township.
He was a farmer and served in the Civil War on the Union side. He enlisted on 15 Nov 1861 in Indiana and mustered out on 5 Jan 1865. He was a Private in F Company, 50th Indiana Infantry.

Clark County Herald, 1 Dec 1871, P-4, Col-2, Pub. In Marshall, IL
DIED MILLER - On the 26th inst. of lung fever, Joseph B. Miller, aged about 50 years.
(Lung fever back then was most likely what we call pneumonia.)
Joseph Birch Miller married Mahala M Bryant on 13 Feb 1834 in Marion County, Indiana. They had ten children.
On 1 May 1852, he purchased 35.64 acres of land in the Dolson Township of Clark County Illinois. Since that time the boundaries between Dolson and Martinsville Townships have changed. The land now resides in the Martinsville Township.
He was a farmer and served in the Civil War on the Union side. He enlisted on 15 Nov 1861 in Indiana and mustered out on 5 Jan 1865. He was a Private in F Company, 50th Indiana Infantry.

Clark County Herald, 1 Dec 1871, P-4, Col-2, Pub. In Marshall, IL
DIED MILLER - On the 26th inst. of lung fever, Joseph B. Miller, aged about 50 years.
(Lung fever back then was most likely what we call pneumonia.)


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