MILLER Family History, Part III
- Part I - 1st Generation: Johann Michael MÜLLER (Sr.)1 (~1655-1695)
• and 2nd Generation: Johann Michael MILLER (Jr.)2 (1692-1771) - Part II - 3rd Generation: Phillip Jacob MILLER3 (1726-1799)
- Part III - 4th Generation: Daniel MILLER, Sr.4 (1755-1822) and David MILLER4 (1758-1845)
- Part IV - 5th Generation: Isaac MILLER5 (1789-1822) and Elizabeth MILLER5 (1793-1865)
- Part V - 6th Generation: David John MILLER6 (1817-1892)
- Part VI - 7th Generation: Isaac Dennis MILLER7 (1843-1896)
- Part VII - 8th Generation: Cora Ethel (MILLER FISHER) WILLIAMS8 (1880-1967)
- Part VIII - 9th Generation
Stephen William MILLER (1775-1851)
11HBA. Stephen William MILLER was born on March 7, 1775 in Washington/Frederick County, Maryland. He married Anna Barbara COLEMAN/BOHLMAN about 1796 and had four children:
| 11HBA1. | Daniel MILLER | 30 Dec 1797 | 8 Jun 1879 | (81) |
| 11HBA2. | Elizabeth MILLER | 1799 | 1874 | (75) |
| 11HBA3. | Abraham MILLER | 4 Apr 1802 | 12 Apr 1876 | (74) |
| 11HBA4. | Jacob B. MILLER | 1804 |
The MILLERs started their family in Kentucky, probably Campbell County where Stephen's parents and family had moved in 1795. Around the time that Ohio gained statehood in 1803, the MILLERs, as well as Stephen's parents and siblings, moved across the Ohio River into Ohio.
Anna (COLEMAN/BOHLMAN) MILLER died on January 26, 1810 or 1813 in Clermont County, Ohio. She was only 36 or 41 years old.
Some time after Anna's death, Stephen remarried to Emma (or Anna) LESH, the widow of Peter DEARDORFF, in Preble County, Ohio.
Stephen William MILLER died on January 13, 1851 in Montgomery County, Ohio and is buried at Sugar Hill German Baptist Cemetery near West Alexandria in Preble County, Ohio. He was 75 years old.
His widow Emma lived another 13 years and died on September 3, 1864. She was just a few weeks shy of her 80th birthday.
Jacob A. MILLER, Sr. (1776-1858)
11HBB. Jacob A. MILLER, Sr. was born on November 20, 1776 in Washington County, Maryland. He married Elizabeth METZGER in 1798 and had seven children. Elizabeth died in February 1832 at the age of 60. After Elizabeth's death, Jacob remarried to Catherine (ZIMMERMAN) STUTSMAN, who had been previously married to Abraham STUTSMAN, by 1836 and had another five children; he was approaching 60 and Catherine about 31 at the time. All 12 children were born in Montgomery County, southwestern Ohio:
| 11HBBA. | Daniel MILLER | (1800) | 1835 | (35) |
| 11HBBB. | Susannah MILLER | (1804) | (1859) | (55) |
| 11HBBC. | John A. MILLER | (1805) | (1835) | (30) |
| 11HBBD. | Jacob A. MILLER, Jr. | 12 Mar 1808 | 23 Apr 1901 | (93) |
| 11HBBE. | Elizabeth MILLER | (1810) | ||
| 11HBBF. | Catherine MILLER | (1818) | ||
| 11HBBG. | Mary MILLER | (1820) | ||
| 11HBBH. | Daniel MILLER | (1836) | ||
| 11HBBI. | David MILLER | (1837) | ||
| 11HBBJ. | Benjamin MILLER | (1838) | (1924) | (86) |
| 11HBBK. | Samuel MILLER | (1841) | ||
| 11HBBL. | Jesse MILLER | (1844) | ||
Jacob A. MILLER, Sr. died in 1858 in Montgomery County, Ohio. He was about 81 years old.
Catherine (ZIMMERMAN STUTSMAN) MILLER lived on another 25 years in Montgomery County. She died on March 16, 1883 at about the age of 77 years old.
- Cen 1850: 9 Oct 1850 Census, Randolph Township, Montgomery County, Ohio
- Cen 1860: 10 Jul 1860 Census, Salem Post Office, Randolph Township, Montgomery County, Ohio
- Cen 1870: 12 Jul 1870 Census, Vandalia Post Office, Randolph Township, Montgomery County, Ohio
- Cen 1880: 22 Jun 1880 Census, Salem, Montgomery County, Ohio
Daniel MILLER (Jr.) (1779-<1822)
11HBC. Daniel MILLER (Jr.) was born on July 30, 1779. He is believed to have had five children but died sometime prior to his father's death in 1822. He was therefore in his late 30's or early 40's at the time of his death.
David (B.) MILLER (1781-1851)
11HBD. David (B.) MILLER was born on July 30, 1781 in Washington County, Maryland[Cen 1850] (his next elder brother's second birthday unless I've flubbed one of the dates). He married Mrs. Catherine (SCHAEFFER) GEPHART, the widow of Peter GEPHART, in 1806 and fathered seven children. Catherine died in 1826 in Montgomery County, Ohio around the age of 40. David later remarried to a woman named Martha, a native of New Jersey, about 1837 and fathered three more children[Cen 1850]:
| 11HBDA. | David B. MILLER | (1805) | ||
| 11HBDB. | Samuel MILLER | (1809) | ||
| 11HBDC. | John David MILLER | (1811) | (>1880) | (>69) |
| 11HBDD. | Elizabeth MILLER | (1813) | ||
| 11HBDE. | Catherine MILLER | (1815) | ||
| 11HBDF. | Lydia MILLER | (1817) | ||
| 11HBDG. | Susan MILLER | (1819) | ||
| 11HBDH. | Stephen MILLER | (1840) | ||
| 11HBDI. | Michael MILLER | (1843) | ||
| 11HBDJ. | Malinda/Matilda MILLER | (1845) | ||
David MILLER died on December 1, 1851 in Elkhart County, Indiana. He was 70 years old.
After David's death, Martha remarried to Joel APPLIN and continued to reside in Elkhart Township with her three children.[Cen 1860]
- Cen 1850: 11 Sep 1850 Census, Elkhart Township, Elkhart County, Indiana
- Cen 1860: 1 Aug 1860 Census, Goshen Post Office, Elkhart Township, Elkhart County, Indiana
Samuel MILLER (1785-1867)
11HBE. Samuel MILLER was born on March 17, 1785 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. He was born mentally deficient (legally declared as such in 1832 by a jury of seven in Montgomery County, Ohio) but lived into his early 80's in the care of his family. He lived with his nephew Abraham MILLER in 1850[Cen 1850] in Madison Township (Trotwood), Montgomery County, Ohio and afterward with his next younger brother John B. in Elkhart County, Indiana until John's death in 1856. After this he lived with John's son, Samuel's nephew, John J. MILLER, at least through the 1860 census of Elkhart County, Indiana. Samuel died on November 27, 1867 in Elkhart County, Indiana at the age of 82 years. He is buried at the Hope-Miller Cemetery in Elkhart.
- Cen 1850: 19 Oct 1850 Census, Madison Township, Montgomery County, Ohio
- Cen 1860: 1860 Census, Elkhart County, Indiana
John B. MILLER (1787-1856)
11HBF. John B. MILLER was born on December 15, 1787 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. John's family moved from Pennsylvania to Campbell County, Kentucky in 1795 and then about the time of Ohio statehood in 1803, the family moved north from Kentucky to the area of Montgomery and Preble counties near Dayton in western Ohio. It was in Montgombery County that John married Ester MILLER, his first cousin and daughter of his uncle David MILLER, around 1807. Like John, she was also born in Bedford County on May 30, 1787. They raised five sons:
| 11HBF1. | David Y. MILLER | 14 Apr 1809 | ||
| 11HBF2. | Abraham MILLER | 1811 | ||
| 11HBF3. | Jacob Y. MILLER | 7 Jan 1812 | 9 May 1872 | (60) |
| 11HBF4. | Samuel W. MILLER | (1814) | (1899) | (84) |
| 11HBF5. | John J. MILLER | 1815 | 5 May 1880 | (64) |
The MILLER family settled in Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana by the 1850's.
John B. MILLER died in Elkhart on June 11, 1856 at the age of 68.
Ester MILLER died five years later on April 21, 1861 at the age of 73. They and two of their sons, David and Jacob, are buried at the Hope-Miller Cemetery in Elkhart.
Isaac MILLER5 (1789-1822)
11HBG. Isaac MILLER5 was born on 8 December 1789 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. He married Elizabeth "Betsy" H. MILLER5 (11HC4), also of Bedford County and who it appears was his cousin, in either Miami or Montgomery County, Ohio on 2 July 1812. They had five children before Isaac's early death at the age of 32. Betsy soon after remarried to Valentine FACKLER and had eight more children:
| 11HBG1/11HC4A. | Nancy MILLER | 25 Jun 1813 | 2 Dec 1894 | (81) |
| 11HBG2/11HC4B. | Daniel MILLER | 1815 | ||
| 11HBG3/11HC4C. | Magdalena MILLER | 1817 | ||
| 11HBG4/11HC4D. | David John MILLER6 | 2 Dec 1817 | 1892 | (74) |
| 11HBG5/11HC4E. | Elizabeth MILLER | 10 Sep 1820 | 30 Aug 1901 | (80) |
| 11HC4F. | George FACKLER | 1822 | 1839 | (17) |
| 11HC4G. | Jacob C. FACKLER | 18 Jul 1825 | 12 Dec 1911 | (86) |
| 11HC4H. | John FACKLER | 18 Jul 1825 | 18 Jul 1904 | (79) |
| 11HC4I. | Mary Ann FACKLER | Jun 1826 | 24 Jul 1850 | (24) |
| 11HC4J. | Michael FACKLER | Jun 1828 | 1 Feb 1899 | (70) |
| 11HC4K. | Samuel M. FACKLER | 12 (Apr) 1830 | 20 Feb 1925 | (94) |
| 11HC4L. | Sarah Ann FACKLER | 9 May 1833 | 5 Jan 1917 | (83) |
| 11HC4M. | Martin FACKLER | 19 Mar 1834 | 1909 | (75) |
Isaac MILLER died in Montgomery County, Ohio in August 1822. He was only 32 years old.
Betsy remarried to Valentine FACKLER soon after Isaac's death and had eight more children.
The family stayed on in Ohio until about 1833 when they moved west into Indiana, likely in Elkhart, Elkhart County. In 1837 they resettled in Ely, Linn County, Iowa before shifting slightly south across the county line into Big Grove Township, Johnson County, Iowa by 1840 where the area later became known as Fackler's Grove.
Elizabeth "Betsy" (MILLER) FACKLER died in Big Grove, Johnson County, Iowa on April 4, 1865. She is buried at Fackler's Grove Cemetery in Johnson County.
Elizabeth Poe (MILLER) BOOKER (1796-1871)
11HBJ. Elizabeth Poe MILLER was born on April 8, 1796 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. She married John BOOKER (BUCHER/BOOGHER) on either September 29, 1813 or October 10, 1815 in Montgomery County, Ohio. They had 12 children, all born in Montgomery County, Ohio:
| 11HBJA. | Catherine BOOKER | 26 Oct 1816 | 28 Dec 1903 | (87) |
| 11HBJB. | Hannah BOOKER | 26 Nov 1817 | 3 Jan 1867 | (49) |
| 11HBJC. | Daniel BOOHER (sic) | 13 May 1819 | 10 Aug 1903 | (84) |
| 11HBJD. | Elizabeth BOOKER | 10 Oct 1820 | 6 Sep 1872 | (51) |
| 11HBJE. | Mary Polly BOOKER | 18 Aug 1822 | 12 Mar 1905 | (82) |
| 11HBJF. | Susannah BOOKER | 4 Jan 1824 | 6 Apr 1900 | (76) |
| 11HBJG. | Rachel BOOKER | 14 Dec 1825 | 10 Sep 1910 | (84) |
| 11HBJH. | Peter BOOCHER (sic) | 8 Nov 1827 | 25 Oct 1908 | (80) |
| 11HBJI. | Margaret Rebecca BOOKER | 18 Sep 1829 | 18 Mar 1914 | (84) |
| 11HBJJ. | Abigail BOOKER | 10 Jan 1832 | 16 Jan 1874 | (42) |
| 11HBJK. | Jacob BOOKER | 17 Dec 1833 | 27 Sep 1897 | (63) |
| 11HBJL. | Sarah BOOKER | 24 Jun 1836 | 14 May 1896 | (59) |
The family settled on a 160-acre homestead in the southeast quarter of Section 18, Township 5 North, Range 5 East (West of the Great Miami), later known as Randolph Towship in Montgomery County, Ohio.
John BOOKER died on January 24, 1861 in Montgomery County, Ohio at the age of 71. He was buried at the Warner Cemetery in Randolph Township, Montgomery County, Ohio.
Elizabeth Poe (MILLER) BOOKER died on November 8, 1871 in Miami County, Ohio. She was 75 years old. She was buried at the Old Harris Creek Cemetery in Darke County, Ohio.
Michael MILLER (1784-1856)
11HC1. Michael MILLER was born on May 10, 1784 in either Lancaster County or Bedford County, Pennsylvania,. He married Salome "Sarah" CRAMER about 1806 in Montgomery County, Ohio. After about 30 years of marriage and 12 children, Sarah died in 1836. Michael remarried the following year to Elizabeth BRUMBAUGH and had another 10 children!
| 11HC1A. | John C. MILLER | 15 Oct 1807 | 31 Jul 1891 | (83) |
| 11HC1B. | Mary MILLER | 24 Nov 1809 | 15 Nov 1841 | (31) |
| 11HC1C. | Nancy MILLER | 18 Sep 1811 | 4 Feb 1813 | (16 mos.) |
| 11HC1D. | David C. MILLER | 11 Oct 1813 | 22 Jun 1901 | (87) |
| 11HC1E. | Jacob MILLER | 19 Oct 1815 | 20 Jun 1885 | (69) |
| 11HC1F. | Michael MILLER (Jr.) | 8 Nov 1817 | 18 Feb 1900 | (82) |
| 11HC1G. | Joseph MILLER | 25 Oct 1819 | 1 Aug 1871 | (51) |
| 11HC1H. | Daniel MILLER | 5 Mar 1822 | 28 Aug 1823 | (101) |
| 11HC1J. | Abraham MILLER | 2 Apr 1824 | 4 Jul 1910 | (86) |
| 11HC1K. | Benjamin MILLER | 17 Aug 1826 | ||
| 11HC1L. | Andrew MILLER | 16 Nov 1828 | 13 Mar 1917 | (88) |
| 11HC1M. | Aaron MILLER | 12 Apr 1831 | 13 Oct 1915 | (84) |
| 11HC1N. | Catherine MILLER | 8 Aug 1838 | 5 Aug 1860 | (21) |
| 11HC1O. | Emanuel MILLER | 24 Aug 1839 | 29 Aug 1905 | (66) |
| 11HC1P. | Samuel MILLER | 10 Nov 1840 | 18 Mar 1841 | (4 mos.) |
| 11HC1Q. | Susanna MILLER | 22 Feb 1842 | 3 Sep 1857 | (15) |
| 11HC1R. | Salome Sarah MILLER | 11 Apr 1843 | 18 Feb 1907 | (63) |
| 11HC1S. | Elizabeth MILLER | 18 Oct 1844 | 21 Aug 1925 | (80) |
| 11HC1T. | Isaac MILLER | 20 Aug 1846 | ||
| 11HC1U. | Lydia MILLER | 12 Jan 1849 | 24 Jun 1849 | (5 mos.) |
| 11HC1V. | Esther Hettie MILLER | 27 Sep 1852 | 7 May 1931 | (78) |
| 11HC1W. | Solomon MILLER | 24 Jan 1854 | 26 Aug 1946 | (92) |
Michael likely moved with his parents to Randolph, Montgomery County, Ohio by 1800 as a teenager. All of his 22 children were born in Montgomery County.
Salome "Sarah" (CRAMER) MILLER died on February 26, 1836. She was 49 years old.
Michael MILLER died on December 18, 1856 in Montgomery County. He is buried at his father's old homestead at present-day 9476 Haber Road in Randolph, along with his father and several descendants who make up a family cemetery of 20 graves. Michael was 72 years old.
After Michael died, Elizabeth remarried to David HULL and moved southwest from Randolph to Perry Township in Montgomery County.
Elizabeth (BRUMBAUGH MILLER) HULL, died on March 6, 1901 in Montgomery County, Ohio. She was 89 years old.
Lydia (MILLER) SHIVELY (~1785-1805)
11HC2. Lydia MILLER was born about 1785, likely in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. She married Isaac David SHIVELY in Clermont County, Ohio about 1801; she was about 16 years old and he about 42 years old. They had one son:
| 11HC21. | David Miller SHIVELY | 3 Oct 1803 | 3 Jul 1883 | (79) |
Lydia (MILLER) SHIVELY died about 1805, only about 20 years old.
Isaac David SHIVELY died in Montgomery County, Ohio on Sep 25, 1823. He was 63 years old.
Catherine (MILLER) OVERHOLSER (~1791->1860)
11HC4. Catherine "Katie" MILLER was born about 1791, likely in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. She married Abraham OVERHOLSER on August 11, 1811. They had three daughters:
| 11HC41. | Mary OVERHOLSER | 16 Jun 1812 | 18 Aug 1880 | (68) |
| 11HC42. | Susannah OVERHOLSER | 10 Jun 1816 | 8 Feb 1866 | (49) |
| 11HC43. | Magdalena OVERHOLSER | 16 Feb 1820 | 2 Sep 1904 | (84) |
Abraham OVERHOLSER died on November 9, 1819 in Darke County, Ohio, north-northwest of Dayton. He was about 32 years old and left Catherine pregnant with their third daughter.
Catherine remarried to a Jacob OVERHOLSER, Abraham's widower uncle, on October 9, 1821 in Montgomery County, Ohio. Jacob had five children from his prior marriage.
Jacob OVERHOLSER died on March 15, 1850 in Montgomery County, Ohio, just days after his 80th birthday.
Catherine (MILLER) OVERHOLSER died sometime after the 1860 census where she is last noted in Jefferson Post Office, Neave Township, Darke County, Ohio with her daughter Susannah's family.
