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Henry William Miller

Born 1 May 1807 in Lexington, Greene, New York, USA

Ancestors

Son of James Gardner Miller and Ruth (Arnold) Miller

Brother of Susanah (Miller) Wilcox and Daniel Arnold Miller

Husband of Elmira (Pond) Miller — married 19 Jun 1831 in Quincy, Adams, Illinois

Husband of Fanny (Gunn) Miller — married 25 Oct 1862 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States

Descendants

Father of Elizabeth Anne (Miller) Quigley, Ruth Ann (Miller) McBride, Lucy (Miller) Robinson, William Henry Miller, Mary Elmira (Miller) Compton, Freelove (Miller) Hammond, Hyrum Smith Miller, Sarah Jane (Miller) Carbine, James Gardner Miller and Lovenia Ellen Miller

Died 9 Oct 1885 at age 78 in Farmington, Davis, Utah, USA

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Henry Miller was a Latter Day Saint pioneer.

Biography

Son of James Gardner Miller and Ruth Arnold

History - The Henry Miller family was in the advance wagon train out of Nauvoo. They spent three months traveling across Iowa in the rain, snow, and cold. Building bridges and roads for the Saints that would follow. They were the first settlers of Miller’s Hollow which later became Council Bluffs. Elizabeth helped her family with crops for the emigrating Saints.

Elizabeth’s father was called to the Salt Lake Valley in 1852 from Kanesville, Iowa. He was the captain of the entire wagon train. They settled in Farmington, Davis County, Utah, where she met and married Andrew Quigley on 30 November 1853, at the Endowment House, Salt Lake City.

Married Elmira Pond, 19 Jun 1831, Quincy, Adams, Illinois

Married Fanny Gunn, 25 Oct 1862, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Sources

https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/pioneers/42993/henry-william-miller
LDS Church membership record at Ancestry.com, citing Black, Susan Easton, compiler. Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1830–1848. 50 vols. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center, 1989.
Susan Ward Easton, Membership of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: 1830-1848 (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young Religious Studies Center, 1984), [vol. 31]: [page 14]; digital images, Family Search (https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/334417 : accessed [25 Jan 2018]). https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11695576
Bitton, Davis. Guide to Mormon Diaries & Autobiographies.
Carter, Kate. Our Pioneer Heritage. 1958. Volume: 6 Page: 54.
Voice of the Pioneers. Volume: 13 Page: 2.
MyFarmington: A History of Farmington, Utah. Page: 77
Wiggins, Marvin. Mormons and Their Neighbors.
Jenson, Andrew.. LDS Biographical Encyclopedia. 1951. Volume: 3 Page: 165.
Esshom, Frank. Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah. 1913. Page: 1039

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Henry by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Henry: