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MILLER Family History, Part V

Nancy (MILLER) WEAVER (1813-1894)

11HBG1/11GC4A. Nancy Miller was born June 25, 1813 in Ohio. She married George Weaver in 1835 in Montgomery County, Ohio. She and George had at least eight children:

The Weaver family moved from Ohio into Indiana during the early 1840's, settling in Hector, Noble Township, Jay County, Indiana by the 1850 census.

George Weaver died at the age of 82 on November 27, 1893 in Wayne, Jay County, Indiana.

Nancy (Miller) Weaver died a year later in Wayne on December 2, 1894. She was 81 years old.

David John MILLER⁶ (1817-1892)

11HBG4/11GC4D. David John Miller⁶ was born on December 2, 1817, in Ohio and moved to Iowa around 1840, soon after Iowa became a territory in 1838. He married Sarah Ann Kester⁷ about 1840 in Cedar County, Iowa, and then began their family of as many as six children in Solon, Johnson County, Iowa:

The Millers started their family one county over to the west at Side Hill, Cedar Township (Township 81 North, Range 5 West), in the northeast corner of Johnson County, Iowa. Their real estate value was appraised at $1,500, and personal property at $250.^{[Cen 1860]}

Except for eldest daughter Finetta, whose family had already set firm roots in Iowa, the rest of the Miller family joined a wagon train bound for California about 1870. As noted in a family narrative from 1935, the wagon train was attacked by Indians and son John Valentine had a "close call" when an arrow ripped through the crown of his hat.

Upon arrival in California the Miller family first settled in either San Luis Obispo or Santa Barbara County.

David and Sarah relocated to Oregon, possibly as early as 1871. They likely settled in Josephine County by 1879 when youngest daughter Sarah Ellen married in Josephine County, but may have migrated as early as 1871 when their middle daughter, Maggie, married in Jackson County to the east of Josephine County. The MILLERs settled in Slate Creek Precinct, probably up Redwood Highway (Highway 199) in the hills southwest of Grants Pass on the edge of what became Siskiyou National Forest, where daughters Mary Jane, Sarah Ellen, and their husbands had also settled by 1880.^{[Cen 1880]}

David John Miller died in 1892 in Table Rock, near Sam's Valley along the Rogue River in Jackson County, Oregon, just north of Medford. He was 74 years old.

Sometime after David's death, Sarah moved to back to San Luis Obispo. There she was hospitalized at the San Luis Obispo County Hospital by 1900.^{[Cen 1900]}

Sarah Ann (Kester) Miller died on June 29, 1902, in San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo County, California where some of her grandchildren lived. She was 83 years old. She is buried in San Luis Obispo.

Elizabeth (MILLER) BROCKERT (1820-1901)

11HBG5/11GC4E. Elizabeth Miller was born September 10, 1820, likely in Montgomery County, Iowa. She married Andrew Brockert, an immigrant from Bavaria, Germany, on March 4, 1843, in Iowa. She and Andrew had eight children:

Come the 1880 census, the Brockert family was rooted in Eliot, Louisa County, Iowa.

Andrew Brockert died on August 23, 1891 in Oakville, Louisa County, Iowa, three days after his 70th birthday.

Elizabeth (Miller) Brockert died ten years later on August 30, 1901 in Oakville, 11 days shy of her 81st birthday.

George FACKLER (~1822-1839)

11HC4F. George Fackler was born about 1822 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. He died in 1839 in Ely, Linn County, Iowa at about the age of 17 and is buried at the Fackler's Grove Cemetery across the Johnson County line.

Jacob C. FACKLER (1825-1911)

11HC4G. Jacob C. Fackler was born on July 18, 1825, along with his twin brother John, in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. He married Minerva Elizabeth Nicholson on August 26, 1851, in Louisa County, Iowa, and had 11 children.

Jacob C. Fackler died on December 12, 1911, in Springfield, Sarpy County, Nebraska.

Minerva Elizabeth (Nicholson) Fackler died five years later on December 27, 1916.

John FACKLER (1825-1904)

11HC4H. John Fackler was born on July 18, 1825 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio along with his twin brother, Jacob. John did not marry and had no children. He died on July 18, 1904 at the age of 79.

Mary Ann (FACKLER) STARTZER (1826-1850)

11HC4I. Mary Ann Fackler was born in June 1826 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. She married John Rudolph Startzer on November 14, 1846, in Big Grove Township, Johnson County, Iowa. They had two children:

Mary Ann (Fackler) Startzer died on July 24, 1850, at the young age of 24. Following her death, Rudolph remarried to Mary Ann's younger sister, Sarah Ann.

Michael FACKLER (1828-1899)

11HC4J. Michael Fackler was born in June 1828 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. He did not marry or have any children. He died on February 1, 1899 at the age of 71.

Samuel M. FACKLER (1830-1925)

11HC4K. Samuel M. Fackler was born on May 12, 1830, in Big Grove Township, Johnson County, Iowa. He married Malinda Dennis in 1840 in Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, and had six children:

After Malinda's death in March, 1880, Samuel remarried to Elizabeth Watters McGraw the following year in Cedar Rapids.

Samuel M. Fackler died on February 20, 1925, in North Liberty, Johnson County, Iowa, and is buried at the Dunkard Cemetery in Cedar Rapids. He was 96 years old.

Sarah Ann (FACKLER) STARTZER (1833-1917)

11HC4L. Sarah Ann Fackler was born on May 9, 1833, in Elkhart County, Indiana. She married John Rudolph Startzer (Sr.), her elder sister Mary Ann's widower on January 13, 1851, six months after Mary Ann's death. Sarah and John reportedly had 19 more children together!:

Rudolph Startzer immigrated to America in 1839 from Knittlestheim, Bavaria, Germany, and settled in Big Grove Township, Johnson County, Iowa, by 1841.

Rudolph Startzer died on November 4, 1893, in Johnson County, Iowa. He is buried at Fackler's Grove Cemetery in northern Johnson County.

Sarah Ann (Fackler) Startzer died on January 5, 1917, in Big Grove Township, Johnson County, Iowa, and is also buried at the Fackler's Grove Cemetery. She was 83 years old.

Martin FACKLER (1834-1909)

11HC4M. Martin Fackler was born on March 19, 1834, in Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana. He married Mary Ann Riegel, an immigrant from Bohemia, on February 7, 1856, in Ely, Linn County, Iowa. They had three sons:

Martin Fackler died in 1909 in Pamona, Los Angeles County, California.

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