Minnesota Deaths & Burials Official Records vary for dob 1820 vs. 1821

U.S. Military- American Civil War Union Veteran
Iowa Volunteer Infantry - Private - Army Soldier - Wounded in Battle of Fort Blakely

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Spouse: Sarah Gilman Miner

Children: (known)
Alfred Miner
Albert Miner
Lucinda Sarah Miner Farmer Baldwin
William Wallace Miner Jr. ( 1849-1923)
Alice Sophronia Miner Chute
Ellen Miner
Franklin Ulysses Miner
Edgar Miner
Oscar Miner
Baby William Miner Jr ( passed away in 1845 in Burlington Vermont)
(more Children who passed away when the were young)

Grandchildren: (many)
Cora Farmer Hopkins
David Farmer
Ella Sara Farmer Gilman
Ulysses S. Farmer- U.S. Farmer
Isabelle Baldwin Cheney -"Belle"
Lettie Miner Goodell

Great Grandchildren:
Clarence Sanford Hopkins
Adelbert Hopkins
Bessie Hopkins O'Neill
Iris Mae Goodell Chapman
William Forest Goodell

Great Great Grandchildren:
Roy Thomas Hopkins
Raymond Stanley Hopkins

(many more Grandchildren , great Grandchildren, gg, ggg, gggg)

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William Miner Married Sarah Gilman in 1843 in Burlington, Vermont.

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** In Loving Memory of William Miner Sr. **
William will be loved, missed and remembered forever in the hearts
of all who loved him. William and Sarah, many Members of their Family
were prominent community leaders and highly respected pillars of
their communities. William served in the U.S. Military during the American
Civil War. William was a Pioneer. There is much info online and published about
William as a Civil War Veteran and as a Pioneer. William was very active
as a Pioneer and in the community of Stark Township Iberia in Brown Co.
MN. The New Ulm Review (MN) featured William in many articles in the
archive newspapers. A memorable article of likely many articles, appears
to be the double 1878 Wedding Ceremony hosted by William Sr. and Sarah
in the grove in Iberia, Stark Brown Co. MN near their home.
Their Grand Daughter Cora Farmer, Daughter of Lucinda Miner Farmer
Baldwin and the late Sanford Farmer, married Fred Hopkins in 1878. Their Son
William Jr. Miner married Mary Alice Dungan that same day July 4, 1878.
It was a well attended, happy gala celebration per the New Ulm MN article.
William and Sarah's Daughter Lucinda Miner Farmer , a young Widow in 1873, remarried to Mr. Baldwin. The Family survived many challenges and hardships
during their Pioneer Days including diseases as Tuberculosis. William
and Sarah, their Daughter Lucinda and other Family helped care for
Granddaughter Cora Farmer Hopkins children after Cora passed away of
T.B. as a young mother in 1885. William, Sarah, Lucinda, other Family raised
Cora's Children Clarence, Bessie and Adelbert Hopkins. William and Sarah did a wonderful job as Parents and Grandparents. They were loving and caring Parents
and Grandparents, Great Grandparents. William and Sarah taught their
children and their grandchildren about strong ethic and family values,
Faith, working hard, life skills, honesty and making a positive difference
in the world. Many of their Children Grandchildren, Great Grandchildren
and Great Great Grandchildren continued working in the Farming industry.

William Sr. is survived by many relatives in Minnesota, Wisconsin,
North Dakota, Washington, Oregon and elsewhere around the USA.

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William's dob data varies. 1900 Census lists Oct. 1820.
Other reports est. 1820 or 1821 dob seen as Nov. 3, 1820.

Minnesota Deaths and Burials:
William Miner
DOB: 1821 - Born in Vermont
DOD: June 1, 1904 - Passed away in Stark Brown Co. MN
Widowed -- GS Film 2117544
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Different entries, same person. This one used for Memorial:

Minnesota Deaths & Burials -- LDS Family Search
William Miner
DOB: Nov. 3, 1820 - Born in Vermont
DOD: June 1,1904 - Passed away in Stark Brown Co. MN.
age 83 yrs, Widowed -- Parents names unknown -- GS Film: 1309452

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Another entry same database
Minnesota Deaths & Burials
William Miner
DOB: Nov. 3, 1820 - Born in Vermont
Widowed, retired farmer
DOD: June 1, 1904 in Stark Brown Co. MN

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Vermont Vital Records: William Miner Married Sarah Gilman on
Jan. 19, 1843 in Burlington, Vermont USA -- (Minor Spelling)
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William Miner Sr. and his Son Edgar Miner were both
American Civil War Military Veterans.
Edgar Miner enlisted Jan. 4, 1864 In Iowa per his Military Records
Edgar's Headstone sites Military Service.

U.S. Military Civil War Veteran
William Miner
Private
Company I, Iowa 38th Infantry
Company F, Iowa 34th Infantry
Enlistment date Aug. 19, 1862.
Age 42 yrs, married when he enlisted. William later
transferred to Company F.
Served in Iowa and Houston Texas
Mustered out of Service from Texas Aug. 15, 1865
Recorded data from Roster and Records
of Iowa Soldiers in War of Rebellion and Military Records.
(Brown County Minnesota Historical - Honorable Discharge after Service)
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U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles 1861- 1865
William Miner
DOB: abt 1820
State served: Iowa
includes the above info with Iowa 38 & Iowa 34th
Mustered out of Houston Texas
Enlistment Aug. 19, 1862
Age 42 yrs at time of Enlistment
Roster & Records of Iowa - Soldiers in War of Rebellion and Civil War

( another transcription of same data sites William lived in Minnesota,
served Iowa and survived the War.
Many of same details as Brown Co. MN Historical data)
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U.S. Military Veterans 1890 Schedules
William Miner
Home in 1890: Stark Brown Co. MN
Year Enlisted: 1862
Year Honorably discharged: 1865
Rank: Private
Veteran
Male

This 1890 Veteran's Schedule sites many Other Stark Brown Co. Civil
War Veterans including Luther C. Ives, Henry Berg, other
Brave Men whose families are also related to William and Sarah Miner
via Marriages of their Children.

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Iowa 38th Infantry Civil War Roster:

www.38thiowainfantry.com/rosters

Sites William Miner, age 42 years first enlisting for Civil War Service via Iowa
in 1862 and mustering out after transfer to Company F 34th & 38th in
Houston Texas in 1865. This online site also sites
William's Son Edgar Miner age 18 yrs old who
also served our Country during the Civil War.
Edgar Miner lived in Howard Iowa when enlisted
for the Civil War in Iowa, Edgar was born in
Vermont. Edgar Enlisted in 1864 in Iowa,
transferred to Company F 34 & 38th in Texas,
mustered out in 1865 in Houston Texas. It sited William Miner's residence as
Granger , Fillmore Co. Minnesota at time of Iowa Enlistment.
(William was living in Iowa in 1860 Census) (more specific details on this online site)

The site also refers to U.S. Govt. site: www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm

Via this Govt. site, William and Edgar Miner could have also served at
additional locations during the War. Both were Union Soldiers in the Civil War.

Both William Miner and his son Edgar Miner mustered out of the U.S. Military
American Civil War, honorably discharged Aug. 1, 1865 via Houston Texas.
It appears that the Battle of Fort Blakely, in Alabama, was April 1865.
This was one of the last major battles during the American Civil War.

Many references to The 38th Regiment Iowa Infantry being a Volunteer Infantry.
Union Army During Civil War. Edgar Miner's Headstone engraving includes
the 38th Iowa Volunteer Infantry. Both Father and Son were Brave American
Civil War Heroes.

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Minnesota Historical Society includes William Miner in their
Veterans Graves Registration listings siting Civil War and Brown County MN, his dod.

Brown County MN Biographies from 1882 " History of the
Minnesota Valley including Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota"
Stark Twp, Brown Co. MN Minnesota MN AHGP Archives Brown Co. MN
sites some biography info about William. They site he was born
in Burlington Chittenden County Vermont. They site him as a
Civil War Veteran and early Pioneer in Brown Co. MN
They sited William Miner was Wounded in the Battle of Blakely, also at
Matrid, Missouri. He was honorably discharged. William Miner Married
Sarah Gilman who was born in New Hampshire in 1842.
The biography sited that William and Sarah Miner had 12 children born,
of whom 7 were living at the time of the biography. ( more info included about
places he lived, not about the children or their names. Sites William lived in
LaFayette Wisconsin for 5 yrs before moving to Howard Iowa.)

to note: If it is accurate that there were 12 children born and 7 children
living, there may be more children not known in addition to the Baby
William Miner who passed away in 1845.

The Brown Co. MN History biographies also included biography info for
William's Brother in Law, Andrew J. Gilman, brother of Sarah Gilman Miner.
Also sited was Lorenzo Slocum, the Town Clerk, Assessor and Justice
of the Peace for Stark Brown Co. MN.

( different transcriptions from different sites.)

to note:
William's G. Grandson Clarence Hopkins
lived with Lorenzo and Anna Slocum when he was 16 yrs old. Clarence helped on
on Lorenzo's and Anna Slocum's Farm in 1895 when the Slocums were elderly.
age 84, 82 yrs old.

( different transcriptions sited in different sites)

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The American History and Geneology Project - Brown County Minnesota
AHGP and the US Gen Web Archives site for Brown County Minnesota
history sites both include William Wallace Miner amongst many
prominent Pioneers and Community Leaders names.
(genealogyvillage.com)

" Stark Brown County was organized in the spring of 1868. The first Settlers
arrived in 1858. Township Officers positions
were listed from the first Elections. Many Pioneers names were listed.
Russel Ives was an early Superintendent (with another person) of Stark. The
article also added names of many other influential Stark Brown Pioneers.

"Other Pioneers whose names should not be forgotten in the making up
the annals of this County were ": (Brown County Minnesota)

Jacob Duncan Jr. of Indiana
WJ Dungan of Adams Illinois
Andrew Gilman of Vermont
Luther Ives ( of Michigan ??)
William Miner - A Vermonter **
Lorenzo Slocum

Iberia was the Helmet in the middle of Stark Brown Co. MN.

(paraphrased excerpts, much more history on the online site.)

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History of Brown County MN - 1916 - Township Organization and History
files.usgwarchives.net/mn/brown/history/1916
also sited some of the above and much more information.

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to note:
Andrew Gilman was William's Brother in Law who previously
resided in Gilmanton Wisconsin. Luther Ives moved from New York
and was in Stark by 1859. His Ives Family of origin joined a year later.
Russel Ives was Luther Ives Father. Many of the early Pioneers became
related by marriage via their Children and Grandchildren, other
Family. Some other Pioneer Friends of this family known to have
became related by marriage to William Miner's Family were the
Nathan/Sanford Farmer Family, Albert and Delight Tuttle Family,
Robert and Anna Wilson Family, Hatch Family, Dungan Family,
and many more early Settlers and Pioneers in Stark
Brown Co. ( Many more friendships, many more marriages. It was a
close knit community of aspiring hard working Pioneers who worked
together to make a good community for early settlers.

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William Miner and Sarah Gilman Married in Jan. 19, 1843
Burlington Chittenden, Vermont - Sited in Vermont Vital Records
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US General Land Office Records - 1796-1907
New Ulm, Brown Co. MN Records
William Miner registered as owning 80 acres in 1873 -in Brown Co. Minnesota

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1850 U.S. Federal Census - Burlington Chittenden Vermont
William married, head of household, born in Canada
William Miner 29 yrs old
Sarah Miner 29 yrs
Lucinda Miner 6 yrs
Edgar Miner 3 yrs
Ellen Miner 3 yrs
William W. Miner 1 yr

to note: Canada vs. Vermont. Vermont on most records.

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to note:
William and Sarah's Family Moved from Vermont after 1850
and were living in Wisconsin before moving to Iowa:

William and Sarah Miner , their children lived in Lafayette Co.
Wisconsin sometime after the 1850 Vermont Census. Twins
Alfred and Albert Miner were born in Fayette Lafayette Co. Wisconsin
in 1851. Child Ellen Miner passed away in 1851 in Fayette.
Albert Miner passed away in Howard Co. Iowa in 1856.
Per Brown County Historical biography the family lived
in Wisconsin for 5 years before moving to Iowa.

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1860 U.S. Federal Census - Albion Twp, Howard Iowa

William Miner
Married to Sarah Miner
Head of Household, estimated ages per Census
William Miner 39 yrs born in Vermont
Sarah Miner 41 yrs born in New Hampshire
Lucinda Miner 16 yrs born in Vermont
Edgar Miner 13 yrs born in Vermont
William Miner 11 yrs born in Vermont
Alfred Miner 9 yrs born in Wisconsin
Franklin Miner 7 yrs born in Wisconsin
Oscar Miner 5 yrs born in Iowa

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1870 U.S. Federal Census - Albion, Howard Co. Iowa USA
Post Office: Foreston Iowa
Wm Miner Head of household
William born abt 1820, Married to Sarah Miner, est. ages on Census
Wm Miner 50 yrs born in Vermont
Sarah Miner 50 yrs born in New Hampshire
Frank U. Miner 17 yrs born in Wisconsin
Oscar Miner 15 yrs born in Iowa
Alice Miner 9 yrs born in Iowa
Dudley Gillman 39 yrs born in Vermont
Mary E. Gillman 24 yrs born in Wisconsin
Grace Gillman 4 yrs born in Wisconsin
Frank Gillman 3 yrs

(Gillman vs. Gilman spelling seen in Census) Gilman is correct spelling.

Dudley Gilman is Sarah Miner Gilman's Brother. Dudley's spouse was Mary E Gilman. and his children Grace and Frank on this Census.

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1880 U.S. Federal Census - Stark, Brown Co. MN
William Miner abt 62 yrs old
Sarah Miner abt 63 yrs old
William married, head of household

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1875 Minnesota Territorial Census - May 1, 1875
Stark, Brown Co. Minnesota
Wm Miner
born in Vermont
dob: abt 1822 - age 53 yrs
William's Mother and Father both born in Vermont.
Individual Census Data sited

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1885 Minnesota Territorial Census - Stark Brown Co. MN
William Miner 64 yrs- born in Vermont
Sarah Miner 65 yrs- born in Vermont
Oscar Miner 29 yrs born in Iowa
JoAnna Miner 25 yrs- born in Wisconsin
Clarence Hopkins- 6 yrs- born in MN
Adelbert Hopkins- 4 yrs- born in MN
David Farmer- 21 yrs- born in Iowa
Mary Carl- 31 yrs- born in Germany.

(Great Grandsons Clarence and Adelbert Hopkins names spelled wrong on
transcription. Great Grandsons Clarence Sanford Hopkins and
Adelbert Hopkins lived with William and Sarah Miner
for a while after their Mother Cora Farmer Hopkins passed away in 1885.
Lucinda and Sanford Farmer's son David Farmer,
William's Grandson, was also living in their home. Son Oscar Miner, his
spouse Joanna and Mary Carl were living with William and Sarah.
Not known if others in the family contracted the
contagious T.B. at the time Cora Farmer Hopkins passed
away in 1885. Cora's child Bessie Hopkins was living with her
Grandmother, Cora's Mother, Lucinda Miner Farmer Baldwin after
Cora passed away. Lucinda was also staying with other relatives per
census reports. Mr. Baldwin was not found on any Census data.
Not known if William and Sarah's Daughter Lucinda was Widowed again at this time )

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1900 U.S. Federal Census -- Stark Brown Co. MN
William Miner living with Oscar Miner's Family.
William Miner was the Father to Oscar Miner the Head of Household.
William Miner dob Oct. 1820
Widowed. Married 57 yrs - married in 1843 - Place of birth: Vermont
Oscar Miner married to Johanna Miner , Childrens names & William's sited

Oscar Miner 43 yrs born in Iowa
Johanna Miner 39 yrs born in Wisconsin
Alfred Miner 14 yrs born in MN
Murtie Miner born in MN -dob 1888
(child Murties age wrong,not 71)
Leola Miner 3 yrs born in MN
William Miner 79 yrs born in Vermont

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U.S. General Land Office Records
William Miner
80 acres - Brown County Minnesota
Land Office for Brown Co: New Ulm - Issue: 1873 --Homestead 1862
Meridian: 5th pm - Township: 109-N - Range: 32- W - Section: 28
Document: 1937

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William's name was sited in the History of Brown County Minnesota
"Its People, Industries and Institutions Volume one. Written in 1916 and
published via BF Bowen & Company. Online digital transcription sited
W.W. Minor was one of the first Settlers in Albin Brown Co. MN.
(Also Listed the others names.)

William and Sarah Miner's Son
Franklin Ulysses Miner (Frank) married Clarissa Ives.
Clarissa Ives Miner was the Daughter of Russell and Lucretia Ives
Russell and Lucretia Ives were also highly respected, influential
documented Pioneers and active community Members of Stark Brown County.
Russell and Lucretia Ives moved to Vashon King County Washington abt
1890. Their Son Luther C. Ives (Clarissa's Brother) was also a
well documented Brown Co. Pioneer and Military Veteran, 1864 Minnesota
Calvary. Luther Ives eventually moved and retired in Tracy, Lyon Co. MN
some years after his Spouse Ursula Tuttle Ives passed away abt 1905.
Franklin and Clarissa Miner moved to Vashon King Co. Washington.
Franklin and Clarissa Miner were documented Pioneers in Vashon.
Many of William and Sarah Miners Family and Friends moved to
King Co. Washington. Russell Ives is the sited in many of the same
Brown County MN History sites that site William Miner Sr. It appears
Franklin Miner remarried to Agnes Morgan as a Widower after his
beloved Spouse Clarissa Ives Miner passed away.

There is an extensive article about Luther C. Ives in the March 12, 1919
New Ulm Review, New Ulm MN page 6. It appears Luther Ives passed away at
his Son Albert's home in S. Dakota abt March 12, 1919. Much history
sited in the article that relates to all of this family living in Minnesota
or Brown Co. MN during the 1860's era.
( online article) Per the article:
Luther C. Ives came to Minnesota in 1859 from New York. The rest of the
Ives Family came to Minnesota in 1860. Luther C. Ives enlisted in 1864 as
a Member of the Minnesota Company - G. Second Minnesota Calvary and
joined General Sully on the Missouri River. He was severely injured in battle.

to note:
The Vashon Island Cemetery in King Co. Washington was incorporated in
1888. The Cemetery Property first two acres were sold to the group
establishing the Cemetery by Pioneers Franklin and Clarissa Miner.
Charles OKeefe donated an additional 1.5 acres for the Cemetery. ( South
King County Genealogical Society)

William and Sarah's Daughter Lucinda Miner Farmer Baldwin
and her Son Ulysses Farmer, other Miner Family are buried at the
Vashon Island Cemetery in WA.

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At this time, William Miner's Parents names are not known. It appears
per Census Reports they may have both been born in Vermont.

Bio in progress. Rough draft to be edited.
.
Much Family History online.
William and Sarah's daughter Alice Chute and Son in Law
Arthur Chute are buried at the Home Cemetery in Sleepy Eye
Brown Co. MN. William and Sarah should be buried in the Soldiers
Rest section of the Home Cemetery. Much information regarding William
serving in the US Military during the Civil War and his being a noted Pioneer
in Brown Co. MN. Williams Family was often sited in the New Ulm MN Review.
They had a large farm in Iberia, Stark, Brown Co. Minnesota
with a beautiful grove area.

More Family History, Written Memorial Tributes, photos welcome.

William and Sarah Miner's Late Great Granddaughter Delores Hopkins Davidson,
our Family Member contributed to Family Members Memorials.

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