Barbara (Freed) Miller (abt. 1795 - aft. 1850)

Born about 1795 in Maryland, United States

Descendants

Died after 1850 after about age 55 in Monroe, Green, Wisconsin, United States [uncertain]

Biography

Barbara was born about 1795 in Maryland.

According to her grandson's biography, she lived in Washington County, Pennsylvania. She married Jacob Miller and they were the parents of Jacob Miller, Jr. when they moved to Kentucky.

She died after 1850.

Sources

• History of Parke and Vermillion Counties, Indiana, with historical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the families. B.F. Brown & Co., Indianapolis, Indiana, 1913. Profile of Charles Fremont Miller, page 795-796. Available at HathiTrust [1]

“A leading farmer … of Helt township, Vermillion county, is Charles Fremont Miller… [He was] born in Vermillion County…July 8, 1857, and is a son of Jacob and Phoebe (A.) Helt Miller. The father was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and from that state moved with his parents, Jacob and Barbara (Freed) to Kentucky. Jacob Miller, Sr. went to Wisconsin, locating near Monroe in a very early day and there he spent the rest of his life, dying at the advanced age of ninety years. Grandfather Daniel Helt was a soldier in the war of 1812…[who] married Polly Teehom….”

• 1850 United States Census> Wisconsin> Green> Monroe. Database and Images t Ancestry.com Ancestry Record 8054 #9013470

Jacob Miller; Age 66 {1784}; Born in Pennsylvania; Occupation: Farmer

Barbara Miller; Age 55 {1795}; Born in Maryland

Ephraim Miller; Age 22 {1828}; Born in Ohio; Occupation: Farmer

Daniel Miller; Age 16 {1834}; Born in Indiana; Occupation: Farmer; Attended School

Isaac Miller; Age 13 {1837}; Born in Indiana; Attended School

India Ann (Indiana) Miller; Age 10 {1840}; Born in Indiana; Attended School