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" The children of Noah and Anneke (Buell) Miller were eleven in number and were as follows: Annie, born January 31, 1761, mnst have died in infancy; Noah, born July 30, 1762, died suddenly at his brother's, Samuel Miller, September 14, 1821. He passed from one room into another, and his brother's wife entering soon after found him upon the floor, where he had fallen. She assisted him to a chair. He revived a little, looked quietly out of the window, off to the mount- ains, and remarked, 'It is growing dark on the mountains,' and died instantly. He was a large man, but Harriet (Cornishi) Miller, who was alone with her little ones, and the aged mother, held him in the chair for over an hour, until some of the neighbors were passing whom she called to her assistance; Hannah, born November 26, 1764, died December 18, 1783, aged seventeen years
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and twenty-two days; Martha, sometimes called Patty, was a maiden lady. She was born September 28, 1766, and died at Avon, Conneetient, September 26, 1839; Esther, born December 21, 1770, married Cyrus Bruce, and some of her descendants are now living at West Farmington; Susannah, born Marclı 30, 1775, died October 9, 1775; Samuel, born December 9, 1772, died Octo- ber 3, 1779; Susannah, born Angust 22, 1776, married Alpheus Gains, and settled in Barkhamstead, a part of New Hartford, Connectiont; James, born December 4, 1780, went South when a young man: do not know whom he married. We are told that he had a family of thirteen children. In those early days, before the great system of railways erossed and re-crossed the States in every di- reetion, communication was more difficult, and after his father and mother (Noah Miller and Anneke (Buell) Miller) died, he was lost sight of, and the relatives at the North have never met any of his descendants; Sarah
Miller, born September 19, 1782, was the youngest of eleven children. She married Burrage Belden in the year 1804, at Avon, Connectieut. She was very much respected, and at the age of eighty-three, was remark- ably active. She died at West Farmington,
July 3, 1867. Samuel, born May 1, 1779, was father to Noah Miller, junior, and grand- father to C. A. Miller. He was a man well liked, was even-tempered, of amiable disposi- tion and courteous in manner. He was a dealer in flour, feed, etc., and every day for
many years went with feed and flour over the old mountain road to Hartford City and back again at night. He died at his home in Avon, Connecticut, December 25, 1844. Ile
married Harriet Cornish, who, after the death of her husband, sold the old Miller homestead which had been the home of the
Millers for so many years, and came with her family to Ohio; located at Middlefield, purchased a farmi which she soon disposed of, and came back to West Farmington, Ohio, where her eldest son and daughter had pre- viously located. She was born March 26, 1799, and was daughter of King and Triphena Cornish, of Simsbury, Connecticut. Triphena Cornish's maiden name was Smith. Her people were from Ashford, Connecticut, and were people well situated in life. This great- grandfather, King Cornish, was very un- fortunate and niet with a tragical deatlı. While away from home, in leaving the room, he took the wrong door, stepped out, fell down eellar, was injured severely, and died that night. His wife (Tripliena Cornishi) was left with a family of seven children, and very little means; but she had force of char- acter and was energetic and industrious. Her daughters possessed the same character- isties as their mother; were excellent house- keepers, and were useful in the communities in which they lived. Three of them were natural physicians, and with their roots and herbs eured patients. when the M. Ds. had given them up. Harriet (Cornish) Miller was a good wife and mother. She was also industrious, systematic and orderly, and her family was always well cared for. She died in West Farmington, Ohio, at the home of her son (Noah Miller, junior), Decem- ber 19, 1880. They were members of the Baptist Church. To Samuel and Harriet (Cornish) Miller were born twelve children, six of whom are still living. Maria Elenor, born October 26, 1816, married Amos Gillett, of Avon, Connecticut, October 28, 1835, and lived there a few years, and then came to West Farmington, Ohio, and has resided in this vieinity ever since. The kindness and hospitality of Aunt Ellen and Unele Amos
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will long be remembered; Daniel, born De- cember 8, 1820, died March 6, 1822; Samuel Buell Miller, born December 8, 1822, was a member of the Disciple Church, a blacksmith by trade, a good citizen and kind father. He married Susan Frances Hart, daughter of Luther Woodford Hart and Almyra Gillett Hart. He married for his second wife Mrs. Prudence Rood, of Braceville, Ohio. He died at West Farmington, Ohio, March 12, 1892. A little child was born July 28, 1824, and died September 27, 1824. Rodney M., a respected citizen of West Farmington, mar- ried Mary A. Lord. He was born February 28, 1826. Horace, born August 14, 1828, died of consumption at West Farmington, Ohio, August 17, 1847. Sarah A., born March 19, 1830, was married at Avon, Con- necticut, to Amos Gillett Hart, son of Luther W. and Almyra G. Hart. Of her it may be said that she possesses the characteristics of her father's and mother's people. James Ely, born February 28, 1832, is a single man, of even disposition, and generous to a fault. Catching the gold fever, lie went to Cali- fornia as far back as 1852, and with the ex- ception of a visit to Ohio, has remained on the Pacific coast ever since. Harvey, born January 30, 1834, was naturally of a roving disposition, and in the year 1858, took pas- sage in tlie steamer Central America, which was on a return voyage from California, and was lost in a heavy gale at sea. He was never heard of again. Erastus, born March 11, 1835, at the age of fourteen years left Farmington and went to Monroeville, Ohio, where he lived with an aunt and uncle (Mr. and Mrs. Barnhart) nine years, after which he went to Indiana, and at the age of twenty- six married an estimable lady by the name of Albina Brant. They settled in Elkhart, Indiana, and lived there many years. He is
a man that has many friends and few enemies. Flora Triphena was born may 10, 1836, and married William Brady, of Hamden, Ohio. Soon after their marriage they left Ohio, settled on the Western prairies in the young growing state of Iowa, where they pre- empted land, built a log cabin, and by prac- tical economy and good financiering soon had a home of their own. They are now in very prosperous circumstances and are very much respected in the community in which they live. Noah Miller, junior, eldest son of Samuel and Harriet (Cornish) Miller, was a man who was very hospitable, plain and prac- tical, and one who had many warm friends. He was a man of good judgment and marked business ability, and was often consulted on matters of business and his advice sought. Few men in Trumbull county were better known than Noal Miller. He was born September 26, 1819, and the first fourteen years of his life were spent on the farm. After this he went to live with an uncle by the name of Jessey Frisby, under whom he served an apprenticeship of two or three years to the blacksmith trade. At the age of eighteen years lie caine out west to West Farmington, Ohio, where he opened a shop and carried on blacksmithing. Here he mar- ried Betsey Maria Hart, daughter of Luther Woodford and Alınyra Gillett Hart. The family of Samuel and Harriet C. Miller were all born in the little town of Avon, where so many of their ancestors were buried, and we have also reason to think that it was the birthplace of all of the children of Noah and Anneke Buell Miller. Betsey M. Hart, wife of Noah Miller, junior, was born at Avon, Connecticut, September 20, 1823. She has force of character, is conscientious and reli- able and although her health is much im- paired, is still very active. Her father, Luther
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Woodford Hart, was born at the same place, Jannary 16, 1706, and died in Minnesota at his son George's, December 17, 1879. He was a son of Gideon Baldwin, and Milly Woodford Hart, and Gideon Baldwin Hart was a descendant of Deacon Stephen Hart, who came with a settlement of whites to the Connecticut river valley when the Indians were its only occupants. This ancestor dis- covered the ford on the Connecticut river called Hart-ford, from which the city de- rives its name. He also filled high official positions in the colony and State, and was a very popular man. Almyra Gillett, wife of Luther Woodford Hart, was born at Avon, Connecticut, September 7, 1800, and married Luther Woodford Hart, June 15, 1818. She was daughter of Amos and Esther Bishop Gillett, who were married at Avon, October 20, 1799. Amos Gillett, senior, was born May 6, 1765, and died November 18, 1807, in the forty-third year of his age. His first wife, Almyra Hart, was born September 4, 1769, and died February 8, 1799. Her son, Abisher Gillett, was born October 17, 1793, and died at West Far- inington, December 25, 1875. There were two children by the second marriage: Amos, who was born at Avon, December 27, 1807, and who died at West Farmington, Ohio, March 17, 1884, and Almyra, the wife of Luther Woodford Hart, who died at West Farmington, Ohio, October 8, 1850, and who was loved and respected by every member of her family. Their mother, Amos Gillett's (senior) second wife, was born February 16, 1773, and died August 23, 1848. She mar- ried Lemon Brockway, her second husband, June 17, 1809. Esther Bishop (Gillett) Brockway's mother's maiden name was Susannah Woodford. She married a Bishop for her first husband. There were two
children by this marriage, Esther and a brother, who settled on the bend of the Susquehanna.
"She married for her second husband a man by the name of Dickison. She died April 27, 1839, aged seventy-six. Noah, junior, and Betsey M. Miller had three children, two daughters and one son. Melvina, the eldest daughter, was born May 3, 1844. She married Erwin J. Tyler, who was born in Greene county, New York, August 13, 1831, son of Calvin and Emma (White) Tyler, both natives of New York. Calvin Tyler was born April 18, 1797, and died at his son's, Dr. Tyler's, of Ronnseville, Pennsyl- vania, December, 1891. His wife, born June 19, 1805, died in Rounseville in 1887. They had six children, five of whom are now living, three sons and two daughters. The Whites are of Scotch descent. Erwin J. Tyler was reared on a farm, and was edu- cated at Hiram College. Previous to his marriage to Miss Miller, he married Maria A. Curtis, whose death occurred in 1876. She left one daughter, Clara M., who died June 27, 1877. His marriage to Miss Miller took place June 26, 1877. Mr. Tyler is one of the prominent men of the county, has filled offices of trust, and since 1885 has been connected with the Table Factory, and is partner and vice-president of the new asso- ciation. Formerly he was engaged in farming. Diania Maria Miller, second child of Noah Miller, was born February 1, 1846, in Nel- son, Portage county, Ohio, but has lived at the home of her father, with the exception of nearly five years, which she spent at her uncle's, Mr. S. W. Bishop's, in Hartford, Connecticut. Carns A. Miller remained under the parental roof until he was nineteen years of age. He then served a short ap- prenticeship in cabinet-making, after which
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he was associated with Mr. C. S. Thompson in retail furniture and undertaking; but since the age of twenty he has been one of the proprietors of the Miller and Company's Table Factory above referred to, and is now president of the new incorporation. He was married September 25, 1872, to Miss DeEtte E. Foster, who was born in Bristol town- ship, this county, January 21, 1855, daugh- ter of Silas J. and Lucy Chapman Foster, Mr. Silas J. Foster was born April 28, 1830, in Morgan township, Ashtabula county, Ohio, and his wife, Lucy Chapman Foster, was born October 20, in Genesee, New York.
" Mr. and Mrs. Carus A. Miller have two children: Edith Lyle, born May 14, 1874; and Clyde Foster, born April 28, 1877. The family are members of the Disciple Church.
"Of Noah Miller, junior, and Carns A., we further state that they, with Cyrus S. Thompson, were the first to establish the Miller and Company's table factory at West Farmington. They started this in- dustry during the panic of 1873, when bnsi- ness was fluctuating and everything at low- water mark, but by careful management they nursed the little plant, and it grew and flourished until it became a permanent in- dustry. There was much about the build- ings that would easily iguite, and many had predicted its destruction by fire, but it was destined to remain until Sunday morning, January 8, 1893, when the old factory and one dwelling-house was entirely consumed, the employees thrown out of work, and much of the accumulation of years reduced to ashes. The old firm consisted of Noah Miller, Carus A. Miller, Erwin J. Tyler, Martin Buell Gillett and Frank L. More, who were prac- tical business men, and had had years of experience in this line of mannfacturing; and their experience was needed, for they
were again to commence and rebuild at a time when the silver bill and tariff questions were agitating the public mind to such an extent that it caused a great depression in business; but they have succeeded thus far in guiding the little plant away from the slioals and breakers, and have just reason to predict its future prosperity. Following the destruction of Miller and Company's works came the sud- den death of Noalı Miller, Jr., the oldest member of the firm. He died at his resi- dence in West Farmington, Trumbull county, Ohio, April 19, 1893.
" To the family of Noah Miller the year 1893 was the saddest and most eventful of all the years that had come and gone. Ac- cording to the sworn statement of Salina Batchelder (who is an honest, upright old lady, eighty-six years old), daughter of Sarah Miller and granddaughter to Anneke (Buell) Miller, the ancestral record of the Miller family dates back to Anneke Jan Webber, daughter of Wolford Webber, and grand- daughter of Queen Anne and also of King William Third. The Webbers were formerly from Bavaria, Germany. The romantic his- tory of Anneke Jan Webber has been handed down from our great-grandmother, Anneke Buell Miller, to Salina (Belden) Batchelder, and through her it has been transmitted to the present generation. This ancestor, Anneke Jan Webber, being of royal descent, her people very naturally expressed a preference for one of her suitors aud persisted in their desire for her acceptance, but she very per- emptorily declined his attentions by marrying a sea captain, and, leaving the old country, came to America. She married for her second husband tlie Rev. Everardus Bogardus, who was first minister to the Dutch Reformed Church of Amsterdam (New York); and his- tory tells us he was a very good man. A
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record of the names of her children, and some of their descendants, will be kept in the family for future reference."
The Millers are also of English descent, are Republicans in politics, and have been a patriotic family. They were found in the ranks during the Revolutionary war, were represented in the war of 1812, and some of them in the late Civil war. As far back as their history can be traced they have been honorable and upright in all the walks of life.
J AMES MACKEY, one of the most prominent civil engineers and surveyors of the State of Ohio, was born in Youngstown, February 7, 1829, a son of Major James and Margaret (Early) Mackey. The maternal grandparents were Thomas and Jane Early, natives of Ireland; they were among the early pioneers of Ohio, and lived to a ripe old age. Major James Mackey was one of the first mereliants of Youngstown, and conducted a successful business for sev- eral years. A full history of his mnost hon- orable career will be found in his own biogra- phy on another page of this volume. James Mackey is the fourth of a family of eight children: David, born June 10, 1824; Thomas, deceased; Nancy, widow of William Braden; Jean, deceased at the age of four years; James; John, who died at the age of four years; Robert, and Letitia, wife of An- drew Kirk. Our subject received his educa- tion in the common schools of his county, and in the University of Cleveland, being a student there at the time the Rev. Mahan was president; he had studied the languages before entering the nniversity and had also done some practical work in surveying when attending school at the academy in Poland.
He paid for his tuition and board with money received for surveying in the surrounding country. When he finished his studies he turned his attention to the profession for which he had fitted himself, and was not long in establishing a reputation for skillful, rapid and accurate work. He was appointed with the Hon. H. B. Perkins, Joseph M. Rickey, James Worrall, James McCullough and Will- iam W. Walker, the latter three from Penn- sylvania, to establish the line between the States of Pennsylvania and Ohio; this work was begun in the fall of 1878 and completed in the spring of 1879.
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For sixteen years Mr. Mackey gave almost his exclusive attention to the surveying of coal mines, and in this line has had a wider ex- perience than any surveyor in the State. In 1875 he began to give his attention to the surveying of town sites, and resurveying boundary lines of disputed territory. In the commencement of his profession he kept rec- ords of his work, and these have proved im- mensely valuable to himself and others.
Mr. Mackey was united in marriage, Octo- ber 30, 1862, to Miss Mary H. Rnggles, a daughter of Azor and Adaline M. Ruggles; five children have been born to them: Charles L., born February 21, 1865, assists his father in the office; he has been well tutored in the profession by his worthy sire, and is most serviceable; the others are Grace, Margaret H., Robert M., who died in infancy, and Nellie. The father and mother are members of the Episcopalian Church, of which Mr. Mackey is vestryman. In politics for city and county officials he is independent, casting his suffrage for men rather than for deelar- ations of principles.
The Mackey brothers, James, David and Robert, were the projectors of the first street railway of Youngstown, which was built in
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1875, a horse car line which was operated until the electric car was adopted. Mrs. Mackey is one of two children, the other be- ing Jndge Robert M. Ruggles, who was a prominent attorney of Emporia, Kansas; he met with a serious accident, which resulted in his death, being throwu from a carriage in a run-a-way. He was the legal partner of Sena- tor Plumb, of Kansas, and stood at the head of the profession in his State. Mr. Mackey has rendered most efficient service in his pro- fession throughout the Reserve, and no man stands higher, whether in business or social circles.
B URDETTE O. EDDY, a prominent law practitioner of Youngstown, was born at Windsor, Ashtabula county, Ohio, April 11, 1846, a son of Lorenzo S. and Elizabeth (Eaton) Eddy. Burdette O. was reared to farm life, and in his youth at- tended the district schools. In June, 1862, at the age of sixteen years, he enlisted for service in the late war, entering the Trumbull Guards, a State organization, which proceeded to Gallipolis, Ohio, for garrison duty. On entering the guards Mr. Eddy understood they were to do sconting work, but, after learning that their duty would be simply to guard Government stores, he became dissatisfied with his position, and three weeks later, with consent of the officers of the guards, he began special scouting service under the command of William Hickox, better known as Wild Bill. The latter was dangerously wounded in a hand-to-hand fight with bushwhackers in Arkansas, after which Mr. Eddy started for his home in Ohio. After reaching Springfield, Illinois, the spirit of patriotism prompted him to re-enlist, and September 4, 1863, he entered Battery G, Second Illi-
nois Light Artillery, which was attached to the Sixteenth Army Corps. They took part in the following engagements: Union City, Coffeeville, siege of Vicksburg, Brownsville, Tupelo, Old Town Creek, Hurricane Creek, Nashville, and the siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely, near Mobile, Alabama. While a scout Mr. Eddy participated in over fifty run- ning fights and skirmishes. He was mus- tered out of service at Camp Butler, Spring- field, Illinois, September 4, 1865, after which he went into the plains of Nebraska, Dakota, Colorado and Wyoming. While there he was engaged for three years as train commander, scout and hunter to various trading parties in that section. Mr. Eddy was captain of the Vigilance Committee of the Laramie Valley for over one year, was wounded in the right knee in a single-handed combat with a party of Indians, at Cooper creek, Wyoming Ter- ritory, in August, 1868, and then returned to his home in Ohio. While on the plains lie was for a considerable portion of the time with his old war friend, Wild Bill, in Dakota and Wyoming.
After returning to Ohio Mr. Eddy attended school at Orwell, Ohio, and was also engaged in teaching. In 1872, he entered the law department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, where he graduated with the class of 1874, and while there also took up in private the study of stenography. He was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of Michigan, at Lansing, in April, 1874, in the somne month was admitted to the United States District Court, at Detroit, and in September, of the same year, he was admitted to the Ohio bar, at Canfield. In 1874, Mr. Eddy began the practice of his chosen profession in Youngstown. In October, 1880, he was ap- pointed by the Court of Common Pleas as official stenograplier for the courts of Mahon-
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ing county, and has ever since held that posi- tion. In political matters, he is identified with the Republican party. From 1884 to 1888, he served as City Councilman; from 1888 to 1892, was a member of the Board of Education; in the spring of 1893, was again elected a member of the City Board of Edu- cation, and now holds the important position of Chairman of the Teachers' Committee. In his social relations, our subject has been Junior Vice-Commander of the Department of Ohio, G. A. R., is a member of Tod Post, of Youngstown, and also affiliates with the I. O. O. F., Phoenix Encampment and Canton Royal of the I. O. O. F .; Jr. O. U. A. M .; Washington Council, O. U. A. M .; Mahoning Council, No.2, P. H. C .; O. C. F .; U. S. F. B. O .; P. B. O .; P. F. Y. B. O .; I. F. A .; O. M. A .; B. P. O. E. and the K. of P.
In 1874, Mr. Eddy was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Day, who died in 1878, leaving two children, one of whom, Burdette S., is now living. In 1879, Mr. Eddy mar- ried Miss Vella I. Sunderlin, and they have two children: William C. and Jessie.
H R. MOORE, M. D., was born in Poland, Mahoning county, Ohio, Janu- ary 24, 1842, son of James S. and Hannah R. (Truesdale) Moore. His parents had a family of seven children, all of whom are living.
Jaines S. Moore was for many years promi- nently identified with the history of this part of Ohio. He came here from Pennsylvania in 1812, a babe in his mother's arms, their journey being made on horseback. Here he was reared amid pioneer scenes, and in time became the owner of 500 acres of land. 48
For many years he carried on farming and stock-raising on an extensive scale, and for ten years was engaged in the merchandise business at Lowellville, Mahoning county. He was a man of general information and decided opinions. Although he was reared with the old-fashioned idea about stimulants, he was the first man in this part of the coun - try to banish the jug from his harvest field. He was not, however, a " crank " on the sub- ject. He was a strong anti-slavery man, and assisted many a colored man to make his escape through Ohio to Canada. He was a stanch Republican from the time that party was organized. Both he and his wife were prominent members of the Presbyterian Church, and in Sabbath-school work he also took an active part, serving as Sabbath-school superintendent for a quarter of a century. Mr. Moore also took a prominent and active part in educational affairs, being a member of various educational societies. He attended the Mahoning Academy at Canfield for three years under Professor David Hines, and then taught one winter.
In 1860 H. R. Moore began the study of medicine under the instruction of Dr. Joseph Truesdale, of Poland. He afterward attended lectures at Cincinnati, Ohio, where lie grad- uated in 1866. It was during this time that the Civil war was in progresss, and his service in the Union ranks for a time delayed the completion of his medical course. He and one of his brothers enlisted in 1862, in Com- pany A, Eighty-sixth Ohio Regiment, and he was honorably discharged the following year. Since the war Dr. Moore has been engaged in the practice of his profession in his native county, and as a skilled physician has gained an enviable reputation.
Dr. Moore was married, August 8, 1866, to Maggie Woodruff, and they have had three
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children, as follows: Eliza W., wife of B. E. Sexton; Mary K., who died at the age of four- teen months; and George C., still under the parental roof, is now working with his uncle, Frank M. Moore, on the old homestead.
For two years he served as Mayor of Po- land, and has been one of the Councilmen of the town for twelve years, and is still serving as such. He is a member of the G. A. R., A. O. U. W., and served for six years as Grand Medical Examiner for the A. O. U. W. of the State of Ohio. He has filled all the chairs in the A. O. U. W. He has been a inember of the School Board for the past ten years. Mrs. Moore is a member of the Pres- byterian Church.
y OUNGSTOWN PRINTING COM- PANY publishes the Youngstown Evening Telegram and Weekly Tele- gram. Frank B. Medbury is presi- dent of the company, James J. McNally is secretary and treasurer, while the managing editor is S. L. Bowman. The Telegram had its origin in the consolidation of several other early newspapers published at Youngstown. It is Republican in political policy, and is of a large circulation and enviable reputation as a news-gatherer. Its management is pract- ical and successful, and its editorial staff, with Mr. Bowman as chief, is a strong one.
The Youngstown Printing Company does a large amount of job-printing and book- binding, and is prepared for and does excel- lent work along that line.
E MANUEL P. MILLER, one of the rep- resentative agrieulturists of Ellsworth township, Mahoning county, was born in the township in which he now resides
October 17, 1829, a son of John Miller, who was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1798. The paternal grandfather, John P. Miller, was a native of Germany, but emi- grated to this country in time to participate in the war of the Revolution. He married Elizabeth Frederick, also a German by birtlı, and they emigrated to America, coming to Ellsworth township, in 1811. They reared a family of three children: George, John and Mary, who became the wife of George Wolf, now deceased. John Miller grew to manhood in Pennsylvania, and was married to Susan Ann Stambaugh, a daughter of John Stam- baugh; she also was reared in the Keystone State. They had born to them a family of eleven children: Eliza, Lydia, Jeremiah, John, Carolina, Eli, Sarah, David, Emanuel P., Levi and Abraham. The mother died at the age of seventy-two years, and the father sur- vived to the age of ninety years. He was a shoemaker by trade and followed this vocation in early life, later turning his attention to farming. Emanuel P. was reared on the old farm to a life of honest industry, he assisted in the laborious task of clearing the land and from ont the heart of the forest developed a fertile and productive spot.
In 1852 he began an independent career in the world, purchasing the Simon Cope farm, a tract of seventy-one acres. As his means increased he added to this first purchase until he now has 262 acres, the entire body being well under cultivation and the improvements being of a most substantial character. The buildings are capacious and convenient and thoroughly adapted to the various purposes for which they were designed.
One of the special features of Mr. Miller's farm is the well equipped dairy which he and his son John S. have fitted up. For cleanli- ness and utility it cannot be surpassed in the
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county; twenty Jersey cows supply the milk and 5,000 pounds of " extra gilt-edge " but- ter are produced in a season.
Mr. Miller was married April 14, 1852, to Margaret McNeilly, who has been the faith- ful partner in all his undertakings. She is a native of Ellsworth township, and a daughter of James and Elizabeth (Tremble) McNeilly, natives of Ireland who settled in this town- ship in 1827. They have reared a family of ten children: John, deceased, Robert, Will- iam, Margaret, Elizabetlı, Sam, Mary, Joseph P., Sol and Martha. The father died in 1849, and the mother in 1871.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller have one child, John Sherman, who was born December 12, 1859; he was educated in his native county, and at Oberlin, Ohio; his marriage to Miss Jessie Smith, occurred in October, 1881. Mrs. J. S. Miller is the daughter of Walter and Ju- dith (Riply) Smith. John S. Miller and wife have two children: Walter W. and Lula May; one child, John L., died in infancy.
Emanuel P. Miller affiliates with the Re- publican party, and in 1890 took the census of his township; he has also served as Asses- sor. He is a man of good business qualifi- cations, and worthy of the respect and es- teem in which he is held by his fellow men.
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