DECATUR HERALD 2/13/1908
JOHN R MILLER DIES AT RIPE AGE
CAME TO DECATUR IN 1856 AND ACCUMULATED FORTUNE.
JOHN MILLER A LONG TIME RESIDENCE OF THIS CITY SINCE 1856 DIED AT 650 OCLOCK WEDNESDAY EVENING AT HIS RESIDENCE, 303 WEST MAIN STREET. HE HAD BEEN IN POOR HEALTH ALL WINTER. IN FACT HIS HEALTH HAD BEEN FAILING FOR A YEAR. HE WAS 77 YEARS OLD AND IS SURVIVED BY TWO SISTERS.
MR. MILLER HAD A HOST OF FRIENDS.HE WAS A WARM PERSONAL FRIEND OF THE LATE SILAS PACKARD, THE NEWS OF WHOSE DEATH WAS A GREAT SHOCK TO HIM AND PERHAPS HASTENED HIS OWN END. HE DID NOT KNOW THAT MR. PACKARD WAS SERIOUSLY ILL WHEN SOME ONE MENTIONED IN HIS HEARING THAT MR. PACKARD HAD DIED. FROM THAT DAY MR. MILLERS CONDITION GREW STEADILY WORSE.
MR. MILLER WAS BORN IN PARIS, BOURBON COUNTY KY, SEPT 9, 1831, BUT MOST OF HIS LIFE HAD BEEN SPENT IN DECATUR. HE MARRIED MRS MARY E. BROCKWAY IN PARIS, KEY IN 1866 AND WITH HIS WIFE CAME AT ONCE TO DECATUR BY WAY OF CINCINNATTI, INDIANAPOLIS, TERRE HAUTE AND PANA. THEY STOPPED OVER NIGHT AT THE BECKER HOUSE IN PANA.
MR. MILLER IN HIS EARLY LIFE WAS A TAILOR BY TRADE, BUT AFTER COMING HERE WORKED IN THE ODOR & HUGHES GROCERY STORE FOR A WHILE AND LATER WENT INTO THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS AND HE OFTEN SAID THAT HE NEVER SOLD A PIECE OF PROPERTY FOR LESS THAN HE GAVE FOR IT.
OTHER RELATIVES BESIDES HIS SISTERS, MRS. MARY J WORSHAM OF COVINGTON, IND, MRS. SARAH PROCTOR OF DECATUR ARE C. R. MILLER OF ATCHISON, KAN, JAMES B. WORSHAM OF COVINGTON, KY, MRS. J. R. MCLEAN, MRS. C. M SHASTEEN, MRS. B. F PERRY ALL OF DECATUR, AND MRS. JENNIE BROOKS OF WINCHESTER, KY, JOHN W PROCTOR OF MILWAUKEE AND ROBERT PROCTER OF READVILLE, MASS
MRS. MILLER DIED IN 1901.
MR. MILLER WAS AN AVID FISHERMAN AND MAINTAINED A COTTAGE IN MACKINAW MICHIGAN .
HE WAS A DEMOCRAT AND HE ATTENDED MANY OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTIONS, INCLUDING THAT OF 1864.
THIS OBIT WAS SHORTENED DUE TO POOR COPY OF NEWSPAPER.
This is the first or second vault built at Greenwood cemetery and it has but three crypts. In the first is Mr. Miller's brother, Jacob Miller. Mrs. Miller's body occupies the third and after the casket containing the body of Mr. Miller was placed in the vault Saturday afternoon, the crypt was sealed and the vault was permanently closed.
Decatur, Il Review Sat Feb 15, 1908
JOHN R MILLER DIES AT RIPE AGE
CAME TO DECATUR IN 1856 AND ACCUMULATED FORTUNE.
JOHN MILLER A LONG TIME RESIDENCE OF THIS CITY SINCE 1856 DIED AT 650 OCLOCK WEDNESDAY EVENING AT HIS RESIDENCE, 303 WEST MAIN STREET. HE HAD BEEN IN POOR HEALTH ALL WINTER. IN FACT HIS HEALTH HAD BEEN FAILING FOR A YEAR. HE WAS 77 YEARS OLD AND IS SURVIVED BY TWO SISTERS.
MR. MILLER HAD A HOST OF FRIENDS.HE WAS A WARM PERSONAL FRIEND OF THE LATE SILAS PACKARD, THE NEWS OF WHOSE DEATH WAS A GREAT SHOCK TO HIM AND PERHAPS HASTENED HIS OWN END. HE DID NOT KNOW THAT MR. PACKARD WAS SERIOUSLY ILL WHEN SOME ONE MENTIONED IN HIS HEARING THAT MR. PACKARD HAD DIED. FROM THAT DAY MR. MILLERS CONDITION GREW STEADILY WORSE.
MR. MILLER WAS BORN IN PARIS, BOURBON COUNTY KY, SEPT 9, 1831, BUT MOST OF HIS LIFE HAD BEEN SPENT IN DECATUR. HE MARRIED MRS MARY E. BROCKWAY IN PARIS, KEY IN 1866 AND WITH HIS WIFE CAME AT ONCE TO DECATUR BY WAY OF CINCINNATTI, INDIANAPOLIS, TERRE HAUTE AND PANA. THEY STOPPED OVER NIGHT AT THE BECKER HOUSE IN PANA.
MR. MILLER IN HIS EARLY LIFE WAS A TAILOR BY TRADE, BUT AFTER COMING HERE WORKED IN THE ODOR & HUGHES GROCERY STORE FOR A WHILE AND LATER WENT INTO THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS AND HE OFTEN SAID THAT HE NEVER SOLD A PIECE OF PROPERTY FOR LESS THAN HE GAVE FOR IT.
OTHER RELATIVES BESIDES HIS SISTERS, MRS. MARY J WORSHAM OF COVINGTON, IND, MRS. SARAH PROCTOR OF DECATUR ARE C. R. MILLER OF ATCHISON, KAN, JAMES B. WORSHAM OF COVINGTON, KY, MRS. J. R. MCLEAN, MRS. C. M SHASTEEN, MRS. B. F PERRY ALL OF DECATUR, AND MRS. JENNIE BROOKS OF WINCHESTER, KY, JOHN W PROCTOR OF MILWAUKEE AND ROBERT PROCTER OF READVILLE, MASS
MRS. MILLER DIED IN 1901.
MR. MILLER WAS AN AVID FISHERMAN AND MAINTAINED A COTTAGE IN MACKINAW MICHIGAN .
HE WAS A DEMOCRAT AND HE ATTENDED MANY OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTIONS, INCLUDING THAT OF 1864.
THIS OBIT WAS SHORTENED DUE TO POOR COPY OF NEWSPAPER.
This is the first or second vault built at Greenwood cemetery and it has but three crypts. In the first is Mr. Miller's brother, Jacob Miller. Mrs. Miller's body occupies the third and after the casket containing the body of Mr. Miller was placed in the vault Saturday afternoon, the crypt was sealed and the vault was permanently closed.
Decatur, Il Review Sat Feb 15, 1908
DECATUR HERALD 2/13/1908
JOHN R MILLER DIES AT RIPE AGE
CAME TO DECATUR IN 1856 AND ACCUMULATED FORTUNE.
JOHN MILLER A LONG TIME RESIDENCE OF THIS CITY SINCE 1856 DIED AT 650 OCLOCK WEDNESDAY EVENING AT HIS RESIDENCE, 303 WEST MAIN STREET. HE HAD BEEN IN POOR HEALTH ALL WINTER. IN FACT HIS HEALTH HAD BEEN FAILING FOR A YEAR. HE WAS 77 YEARS OLD AND IS SURVIVED BY TWO SISTERS.
MR. MILLER HAD A HOST OF FRIENDS.HE WAS A WARM PERSONAL FRIEND OF THE LATE SILAS PACKARD, THE NEWS OF WHOSE DEATH WAS A GREAT SHOCK TO HIM AND PERHAPS HASTENED HIS OWN END. HE DID NOT KNOW THAT MR. PACKARD WAS SERIOUSLY ILL WHEN SOME ONE MENTIONED IN HIS HEARING THAT MR. PACKARD HAD DIED. FROM THAT DAY MR. MILLERS CONDITION GREW STEADILY WORSE.
MR. MILLER WAS BORN IN PARIS, BOURBON COUNTY KY, SEPT 9, 1831, BUT MOST OF HIS LIFE HAD BEEN SPENT IN DECATUR. HE MARRIED MRS MARY E. BROCKWAY IN PARIS, KEY IN 1866 AND WITH HIS WIFE CAME AT ONCE TO DECATUR BY WAY OF CINCINNATTI, INDIANAPOLIS, TERRE HAUTE AND PANA. THEY STOPPED OVER NIGHT AT THE BECKER HOUSE IN PANA.
MR. MILLER IN HIS EARLY LIFE WAS A TAILOR BY TRADE, BUT AFTER COMING HERE WORKED IN THE ODOR & HUGHES GROCERY STORE FOR A WHILE AND LATER WENT INTO THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS AND HE OFTEN SAID THAT HE NEVER SOLD A PIECE OF PROPERTY FOR LESS THAN HE GAVE FOR IT.
OTHER RELATIVES BESIDES HIS SISTERS, MRS. MARY J WORSHAM OF COVINGTON, IND, MRS. SARAH PROCTOR OF DECATUR ARE C. R. MILLER OF ATCHISON, KAN, JAMES B. WORSHAM OF COVINGTON, KY, MRS. J. R. MCLEAN, MRS. C. M SHASTEEN, MRS. B. F PERRY ALL OF DECATUR, AND MRS. JENNIE BROOKS OF WINCHESTER, KY, JOHN W PROCTOR OF MILWAUKEE AND ROBERT PROCTER OF READVILLE, MASS
MRS. MILLER DIED IN 1901.
MR. MILLER WAS AN AVID FISHERMAN AND MAINTAINED A COTTAGE IN MACKINAW MICHIGAN .
HE WAS A DEMOCRAT AND HE ATTENDED MANY OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTIONS, INCLUDING THAT OF 1864.
THIS OBIT WAS SHORTENED DUE TO POOR COPY OF NEWSPAPER.
This is the first or second vault built at Greenwood cemetery and it has but three crypts. In the first is Mr. Miller's brother, Jacob Miller. Mrs. Miller's body occupies the third and after the casket containing the body of Mr. Miller was placed in the vault Saturday afternoon, the crypt was sealed and the vault was permanently closed.
Decatur, Il Review Sat Feb 15, 1908
JOHN R MILLER DIES AT RIPE AGE
CAME TO DECATUR IN 1856 AND ACCUMULATED FORTUNE.
JOHN MILLER A LONG TIME RESIDENCE OF THIS CITY SINCE 1856 DIED AT 650 OCLOCK WEDNESDAY EVENING AT HIS RESIDENCE, 303 WEST MAIN STREET. HE HAD BEEN IN POOR HEALTH ALL WINTER. IN FACT HIS HEALTH HAD BEEN FAILING FOR A YEAR. HE WAS 77 YEARS OLD AND IS SURVIVED BY TWO SISTERS.
MR. MILLER HAD A HOST OF FRIENDS.HE WAS A WARM PERSONAL FRIEND OF THE LATE SILAS PACKARD, THE NEWS OF WHOSE DEATH WAS A GREAT SHOCK TO HIM AND PERHAPS HASTENED HIS OWN END. HE DID NOT KNOW THAT MR. PACKARD WAS SERIOUSLY ILL WHEN SOME ONE MENTIONED IN HIS HEARING THAT MR. PACKARD HAD DIED. FROM THAT DAY MR. MILLERS CONDITION GREW STEADILY WORSE.
MR. MILLER WAS BORN IN PARIS, BOURBON COUNTY KY, SEPT 9, 1831, BUT MOST OF HIS LIFE HAD BEEN SPENT IN DECATUR. HE MARRIED MRS MARY E. BROCKWAY IN PARIS, KEY IN 1866 AND WITH HIS WIFE CAME AT ONCE TO DECATUR BY WAY OF CINCINNATTI, INDIANAPOLIS, TERRE HAUTE AND PANA. THEY STOPPED OVER NIGHT AT THE BECKER HOUSE IN PANA.
MR. MILLER IN HIS EARLY LIFE WAS A TAILOR BY TRADE, BUT AFTER COMING HERE WORKED IN THE ODOR & HUGHES GROCERY STORE FOR A WHILE AND LATER WENT INTO THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS AND HE OFTEN SAID THAT HE NEVER SOLD A PIECE OF PROPERTY FOR LESS THAN HE GAVE FOR IT.
OTHER RELATIVES BESIDES HIS SISTERS, MRS. MARY J WORSHAM OF COVINGTON, IND, MRS. SARAH PROCTOR OF DECATUR ARE C. R. MILLER OF ATCHISON, KAN, JAMES B. WORSHAM OF COVINGTON, KY, MRS. J. R. MCLEAN, MRS. C. M SHASTEEN, MRS. B. F PERRY ALL OF DECATUR, AND MRS. JENNIE BROOKS OF WINCHESTER, KY, JOHN W PROCTOR OF MILWAUKEE AND ROBERT PROCTER OF READVILLE, MASS
MRS. MILLER DIED IN 1901.
MR. MILLER WAS AN AVID FISHERMAN AND MAINTAINED A COTTAGE IN MACKINAW MICHIGAN .
HE WAS A DEMOCRAT AND HE ATTENDED MANY OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTIONS, INCLUDING THAT OF 1864.
THIS OBIT WAS SHORTENED DUE TO POOR COPY OF NEWSPAPER.
This is the first or second vault built at Greenwood cemetery and it has but three crypts. In the first is Mr. Miller's brother, Jacob Miller. Mrs. Miller's body occupies the third and after the casket containing the body of Mr. Miller was placed in the vault Saturday afternoon, the crypt was sealed and the vault was permanently closed.
Decatur, Il Review Sat Feb 15, 1908
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