Harmon L. Miller (1840 - 1929)

Born 13 Dec 1840 in Williams, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Amelia (Stough) Miller — married 10 Oct 1867 in Williams, Ohio, United States

Died 6 Jan 1929 at age 88 in Canton, Stark, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Harmon was born in 1840. He is the son of John Miller and Rebecca Firestone Carle. He passed away in 1929. ^[1]

"Female sufferage [sic] in Coon Rapids had a set-back last Monday. In the contest for the election of two school directors, Messrs. H. L. Miller and B. H. Shote were candidates on the one ticket and their wives on the other, the ladies receiving seven votes each and the gentleman eighteen each."^[2]

Aug 11, 1997; Visited Guthrie, OK, took pictures of headstones ofHarmo n, Elizabeth, Faye, and Frank. Headstone says: Sergt. Co. H, 3rd. Ohio Cav. Comments by Dr. Bill Smith

In Mar 98, looked at 1880 soundex for IA, Guthrie Co, Harm L. Miller, with family listed in Richland Twp.; wife E. Amelia, 34, Ohio; dau. Clara, 11, OH; son Frank S., 9, IA (i.e., came to Iowa after 1869 birth, before 1871 birth); Charles W., 5, IA; Josie, 3, IA; sister-in-law, May Stough, 16, OH; and, four "servants": Frank Rowley, 22, IN (actually a nephew!); Joseph Baltasser, 20, PA; Stincel Baltasser, 24, PA; Lessie, Errickson, 22, U.S.S. Unknown. Per email Sarah Rossing 31 Dec 1999: 1st wife info, death in StarkCo.; p lace of second marriage, and her details; additional information from h er added in 2003. [See full story at: homepages.rootsweb.com/~earlyyrs/smith/mille r/hlmiller.html] [link not functioning] Harmon served as a Sergeant under Captain Francis P. Gates in the Volunteer Third Regiment of Ohio Cavalry. He enrolled August 20, 1861to serve three years. He was discharged October 3, 1864 at Columbia,Tennesse e. (Source: original papers). Notes from Dr. Bill Smith

1880 U.S. Census, Iowa, Guthrie County, Richland Township, 26-28 Jun18 80, dwelling 59, family 62: Harm L. Miller, 39, Farmer, OH, Penn, OH, with wife, E. Amelia, 34,Hou sewife, OH, OH, OH; with children: Clara, 11, Daughter, Housemaid, OH, O H, OH, Frank S., 9, Son, Iowa, OH, OH; Charles W., 5, Son,Iowa, OH, OH ; and Josie, 3, Daughter, Iowa, OH, OH; with May Stough,16, Sister-in l aw, OH, OH, OH; Frank Rowley, 22, Servant, Farm Hand,IN, N.Y., OH; Jos eph Baltasser, 20, Servant, Farm Hand, PA, PA, PA;Stincel Baltasser, 2 4, Servant, Farm Hand, PA, PA, PA; JessieErickson, Servant, House maid , U.S.S. Unknown, Sweden, Sweden. Notes from Dr. Bill Smith

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by William Smith, Aug 24, 2011
2. ↑ Coon Rapids (Iowa) Enterprise, March 14, 1884, p. 5, c. 3.

See also--

• H. L. Miller and Mrs. H. L. Miller news item, _Coon Rapids (Iowa) Enterprise_, March 14, 1884, p. 5, c. 3; digital images, _The Digital Archives of the Coon Rapids Library_ (accessed 2014); this item was originally transcribed by Dr. Bill Smith for _Pioneer Sketches : Harmon L. Miller Family Information_
• Historic Data Systems, compiler, American Civil War Soldiers, subscription database online, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed GJ 1 Apr 2007), for Harmon Miller, enlisted as Private in Company H, 3rd Cavalry Regiment Ohio (Union) on 20 August 1861.
• Historical Data Systems, compiler, Military Records of Individual Civil War Soldiers (P.O. Box 196 Kingston, MA 02364: Historical Data Systems, Inc., Copyright 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000.) Hereinafter cited as Military Records of Individual Civil War Soldiers. Database online (subscription). Search engine at www.ancestry.com. Records extracted 2005-200x.
• William L. (Bill) Smith, WorldConnect: SmithWil (File 7986 persons and updated 24 July 2005), online family file (www.rootsweb.com; see worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=smithwil&id=I17; records extracted GJ 1990 - 200x; compiler, citing "original papers," writes, "Harmon served as a Sergeant under Captain Francis P. Gates."
• Pamela Pattison Lash and Doris Brown Rath, compilers, Williams County, Ohio Marriage Records, published in six parts, first part, Vols I, II, and II, (Bryan, Ohio: Williams County Genealogical Society Chapter of Ohio Genealogical Society, 1984), pg. 72, for Harmon L. Miller and Jennie Moore, married 27 Aug 1865, cites Williams County Marriage Book/Page III:459.
• Pamela Pattison Lash and Doris Brown Rath, compilers, Williams County, Ohio Marriage Records, published in six parts, first part, Vols I, II, and II, (Bryan, Ohio: Williams County Genealogical Society Chapter of Ohio Genealogical Society, 1984), pg. 72, for Harmin Miller and Elizabeth Stough, married 10 Oct 1867, cites Williams County Marriage Book/Page III:721.
• 1870 U.S. Census, Guthrie County, Iowa, population schedule, Richland Twp., sheet 5 (penned), page 233 (printed), dwelling 38, family 38, Harmon L. Miller (indexed as Harmon S. Miller) household, as of 20 June 1870, extracted from digital image by subscription, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed GJ 1 Sept 2005), from National Archives microfilm, Roll: M593_393.
• H. L. Miller, news item,The Coon Rapids Enterprise, Coon Rapids, Iowa, ed. of Friday, August 25, 1899; viewed as Kevin Arvin, "[Miller]," email to GJ dated 11 Mar 2006 including attached compressed file (Miller2006-03-11.zip) representing the current version of his Miller genealogy files including transcribed notice from The Coon Rapids Enterprise ed of 25 Aug 1899.
• 1900 U.S. Census, Logan County, Oklahoma, population schedule, Guthrie Township, enumeration district 136, sheet 47B (penned), page [prior sheet stamped 114] (printed), dwelling 939, family 989, Harmon Miller household, as of 28 Jun 1900, extracted from digital image by subscription, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed GJ 13 Mar 2006), from National Archives microfilm, Roll: T623 1339, indexed by Ancestry as Harman Miller.
• 1910 U.S. Census, Logan County, Oklahoma, population schedule, Guthrie Ward 1, enumeration district 122, sheet 14A (penned), page 34 (printed), dwelling 232, family 239, Harmon Miller household, as of 28 April 1910, extracted from digital image by subscription, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed GJ 13 Mar 2006), from National Archives microfilm, Roll: T624_1260.
• The Guthrie Daily Leader, Friday, January 11, 1929, 1; "a former Guthrie resident, who died at Canton, OH, Sunday. Miller came to Guthrie in 1894 and lived here until 1925 when he went to Canton to live with his daughter, Mrs. C.C. Whitacre."
• Obituary of H. L. Miller, deceased Sunday [January 6, 1929],The Guthrie Daily Leader, Guthrie, Oklahoma, edition of Monday, January 7, 1929, 1; viewed as transcribed obituary, William Smith, "The Early Years" (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~earlyyrs/smith/miller/hlmiller.html) for H. L. Miller from The Guthrie Daily Leader, edition of January 6, 1929 (front page). Smith writes, "At the Oklahoma Historical Society, on 11 Aug 1997, I obtained the following [...] newspaper clippings."