John Henry Miser (1831 - 1910)

Born 4 Mar 1831 in Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah H. (Walker) Miser — married 1859 in Pea Ridge, Benton, Arkansas

Husband of Marietta V (Pickens) Miser — married 11 Nov 1898 in Pea Ridge, Benton, Arkansas

Descendants

Died 13 Jul 1910 at age 79 in Pea Ridge, Benton County, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

John Henry Miser was born on March 4, 1831 in McMinn, Tennessee.^[1] He was the son of George Miser and his first wife, Polly Swafford. He was the 4th child of 9 children of his father and mother Polly. He also had 8 sibblings by his father and his second wife Jane (Potter) Miser. His parents, George and Polly moved from their home in Sequatchie Valley, Bledsoe County, Tennessee to Benton county Arkansas in 1838. His mother died in the fall of 1842.^[2]

He was 19 years old in the home of his father and his second wife Jane Miser, in Sugar Creek Township, Osage, Benton Arkansas in 1950. ^[3],

John Henry was one of the County's most notable citizens. He had always been a man of powerful physique and was known because of of his strength and endurance. When he was a young man he made several trips accross the plains to the Pacific Coast. His prowess as a guide, and hunter made a reputation along the entier frontier. He cast his lot with the Forty-niners in the California rush for gold and faired as well as the majority of his comrads. ^{[4] [2]}

He married Sarah H (Walker) Miser in 1859, near Pea Ridge, Benton, Arkansas.^[2] They had three children.

1. Henry Alexander Miser
2. Mary Catherine Miser
3. Ester May Miser

In 1860, at age 28 he was living in Sugar Creek, Benton, Arkansas with Sarah and their first child, Henry, 6 months old, where he was an Farmer by trade and his Real Estate Value was $2500 with personal Estate Value also $2500, considered well-off for a young man that age and for that time.^[5]

On August 15, 1862, He enlisted himself as a Captain; His brother Elijah a 2nd Lieutenant; and their good friend William Frazier Patton of Pea Ridge as a 1st Lieutenant in the confederate Army at Bentonville for a period of three years. They served together in Company "F", Hindmans Division, Kings Regiment, 35th Arkansas Infantry.^[6] They were encamped in Little Rock quarters in December 1862 when John H and Elijah H Miser got leave to go home to Pea Ridge. A notation was made in the Company Muster Rolls, "Deserted January 1, 1863".^[7] Tradition has it that John H did not return to the Confederate forces but remained home for a period of time before he enlisted as a Captain in the Union Army.^[2]

Following the end of the war John H. took his wife Sarah and young son Henry to California, where it is believed they lived near his brother Henry Clay Miser, who lived in Sanoma County, California near the Pacific Coast. They returned to the Benton County Arkansas prior to June 24, 1870 where his daughter was Mary "Molly" was born near Pea Ridge, Benton, Arkansas.^[2] They were in Sugar Creek Township, Benton Arkansas in 1870 where he was Farming with real estate value at $2000.^[8] by 1880 Their son Henry was age 20, Mary was 9, and Ester had been born and was age 6, and they were all on the farm in Sugar Creek.^[9]

His wife Sarah H passed away in 1896 at the age of 60. They had been married 37 years.

Following the passing of his wife he decided to remarry, and chose his late brother William McCallister Miser's widow, Marietta.

He married Marietta V. (Pickens) Miser on November 14, 1898, in Benton, Arkansas. ^[10]

He died in 1910 at the age of 79 years, and was buried in Pea Ridge, Arkansas in the Pea Ridge Cemetery.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for John Miser (1831–1910), Find A Grave: Memorial #156168401, citing Pea Ridge Cemetery, Pea Ridge, Benton County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by Jennifer W (contributor 48884539) .
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Miser, John Henry, “ A GENEALOGY OF THE MEISSER FAMILY” (MEISER, MISER, MIZAR, MIZER, MYSER, MYZER) COPYRIGHT 1986; By THE MEISSER GENEALOGY ASSOCIATION; pages 416, 419,420, 421
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M674-BYZ : 12 April 2016), John Miser in household of George Miser, Osage and Bentonville, Benton, Arkansas, United States; citing family 447, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "California Great Registers, 1866-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNFL-DKR : 8 December 2017), John Miser, 29 Jun 1867; citing Voter Registration, Grizzly Bluff, Humboldt, California, United States, county clerk offices, California; FHL microfilm 976,464.
5. ↑ 1860 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Sugar Creek, Benton, Arkansas; Roll: M653_37; Page: 358; Dwelling 847; Family 841; Line 36-38; July 26, 1860; Family History Library Film: 803037; Ancestry's 1860 Census Image
6. ↑ "Arkansas Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XX5V-CFG : 27 November 2014), John Miser, 1862; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Arkansas," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M317 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1961), roll 223.
7. ↑ "United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:73LL-773Z : 6 September 2019), John Miser, 1861-1865.
8. ↑ 1870 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Sugar Creek, Benton, Arkansas; Roll: M593_47; Page: 378B; Dwelling 312; Family 315; Line 19-22; Sep 14, 1870; Family History Library Film: 545546; Ancestry's 1870 Census Image
9. ↑ 1880 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Sugar Creek, Benton, Arkansas; Roll: 38; Page: 420A; Dwelling 69; Family 69; Line 43-47; June 4-5, 1880; Enumeration District: 013; Ancestry's 1880 Census Image
10. ↑ Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957' Ancestry's Arkansas, county Mrriages Index Ancestry Record 2548 #75798