George W. Miller (1849 - 1932)

Born 8 Oct 1849 in Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Isabel (Wells) Miller — married 14 Mar 1871 in Decatur City, Decatur, Iowa, USA

Descendants

Died 14 Oct 1932 at age 83 in South Dakota, USA

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Biography

George was born on October 18, 1849 to Mordecai Dare Miller and Margaret Hollan Toney.

He married Sarah Isabel Wells on March 14,1871. They had six children together.

• Harlan Smith Miller (1-872-1955)
• Margaret Estella Miller (1875-?)
• Bessie Maude Miller (1880-1898)
• Grace Gertrude Miller (1883-1969)
• Richard Jefferson Miller (1883-1966)
• Martha Susannah (Anna) Miller (1887-1969)

George passed away on February 3, 1934.

Miller Migration

Story from "Down Memory Lane" by Anna Eloise (Miller) Anderson - Memoirs from her life

"Grandpa Miller (George W Miller) had gone west before, perhaps in 1870, leaving Terre Haute, Indiana migrating across Illinois to Iowa. He and his young family settled in southern Iowa near Leon on the Grand River and as their children grew up and married, they farmed little towns and named them Grand River, Van Wert and Decatur after a town in Indiana. But the pioneer blood was in their veins, so when new territory opened up farther west, my Daddy (Richard J Miller) was in the procession headed west.

I don't know how they crossed the Mississippi River or the Missouri but it must have been an ordeal and as I look back from my point of view today, life in general must have been an ordeal. Food, shelter, water, ammunition, all the things we take for granted were as uncertain as the weather. Still they traveled on, determined to face whatever obstacles necessary. They refused to turn back.

Indians and buffalo still claimed the land. That too was a challenge. But they traveled on to the northwest, always looking, searching for that one special spot he would someday call home.

This was the great prairie. He had heard of acres and acres of beautiful grassland - but not a "tree". He must build his home from the sod. Long hard days follwed, cutting, lifting, sweating, stacking blocks of earth dreaming, planning, aching for that little house that will someday be his home. A home that would be a shelter from the cold and a quiet peaceful place to rest when the day was done."

Sources

• Anderson, Anna E. “Down Memory Lane” Lexington, KY. 2015.
• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJFM-422 : 3 November 2017), George W. Miller in entry for Lute E. Brown and Anna Miller, 19 Nov 1902, Grand River, Decatur, Iowa, United States; citing reference , county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,009,360.
• "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJ5Q-64M : 3 December 2014), George W. Miller in entry for Lute E. Brown and Anna Miller, 19 Nov 1902; citing Grand River, Iowa, reference 2:3L7HXDF; FHL microfilm 1,009,360.
• "Iowa Births and Christenings, 1830-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XVGS-TMP : 3 December 2014), G. W. Miller in entry for Susan Miller, ; citing Decatur, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,009,653.
• "Iowa Births and Christenings, 1830-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XV2N-XNB : 3 December 2014), George W. Miller in entry for Grace Gertrude Miller, ; citing Terre Haute, Ia.; FHL microfilm 1,009,653.
• "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJ53-NJQ : 3 December 2014), George W. Miller in entry for Harmon Brammer and Grace G. Miller, 29 Dec 1901; citing Long Creek Twp., Decatur, Iowa, reference 2:4046B3P; FHL microfilm 1,009,355.
• "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJ5Q-9MB : 3 December 2014), Guy A. Miller in entry for Thomas Munyon and Mary E. Miller, 14 Feb 1894; citing Leon, Decatur Co., Iowa, reference 2:40457L5; FHL microfilm 1,009,355.
• "Iowa Births and Christenings, 1830-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XV2N-1RL : 3 December 2014), George W. Miller in entry for Richard Jefferson Miller, ; citing Terre Haute, Ia.; FHL microfilm 1,009,653.
• "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XVF1-C8P : 20 May 2016), George W. Miller in entry for Richard Jefferson Miller, 23 Jun 1883; citing Terre Haute, Decatur, Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,009,653.
• "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XVF1-C8S : 20 May 2016), George W. Miller in entry for Grace Gertrude Miller, 23 Jun 1883; citing Terre Haute, Decatur, Iowa, United States; county district courts, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,009,653.
• "Iowa Births and Christenings, 1830-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XVGS-LYZ : 3 December 2014), George W. Miller in entry for Grace Gertrude Miller, ; citing Terre Haute, Ia; FHL microfilm 1,009,653.
• 1850 U.S. Federal Census. Clinton, Putnam, Indiana; Roll: M432_167; Page: 438A; Image: 166; Ancestry.com
• 1860 U.S. Federal Census. Burrell, Decatur, Iowa; Roll: M653_318; Page: 72; Family History Library Film: 803318; Ancestry.com
• 1870 U.S. Federal Census. Burrell, Decatur, Iowa; Roll: M593_386; Page: 219A; Family History Library Film: 545885; Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003.Original data - 1870. United States. Ninth Census of the United States, 1870. Washington, D.C. National Archives and Records Administration. M593, RG29, 1,761 rolls. Minnesota. Minnes; Ancesrty.com
• "1880 United States Federal Census." Decatur, Decatur, Iowa; Roll: 336; Family History Film: 1254336; Page: 215C; Enumeration District: 057; Image: 0211
• "1900 United States Federal Census." Long Creek, Decatur, Iowa; Roll: 428; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0049; FHL microfilm: 1240428
• "1910 United States Federal Census." Barthold, Perkins, South Dakota; Roll: T624_1487; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0095; FHL microfilm: 1375500
• "1920 United States Federal Census." Easter, Perkins, South Dakota; Roll: T625_1725; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 176; Image: 465
• "1930 United States Federal Census." Easter, Perkins, South Dakota; enumeration district (ED) 17, sheet 1B, line 57, family 13, George W Miller. NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2229; FHL microfilm 2,341,963. Database with images Family Search: (accessed 6 January 2018).
• South Dakota, State Census, 1915
• South Dakota, State Census, 1925

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