The Family of the Reverend Robert and Mary (HIGHFIELD) MILLER
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108__Robert MILLER
b. 19 Aug 1767, Prince George County, MD
child of: David & Rachel (BLACKWOOD)
MILLER
d. 18 Oct 1834, New Moorefield, Clark County,
OH
Buried: Mumper Cemetery, New Moorefield Twp.,
Clark County, OH Go to
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m. 19 Jan 1793
109__Mary HIGHFIELD
b.
child of:
d. 7 May 1798, Maysville, Mason County, KY
Buried:
Other Marriages:
m. 7 May 1799
108s2__Elizabeth HANSON
b. VA
child of:
d. Aug 1857
Buried:
Mumper Cemetery, New Moorefield Twp., Clark County, OH Go to
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Children: (3 with Mary)
108.1 David MILLER b. 12 Feb
1794, VA
m. Sarah
(BENT)
Children:
Princess Amanda MILLER b. Pitt OH
(DAR#29203)
m. James House ANDERSON
108.2 Thomas MILLER
b. 2 Jul 1795 d. 17 Mar 1879 (see #54/55)
108.3 Reuben MILLER
b. 19 Jan 1797 d. 3 Oct 1879
Children: (6 with Elizabeth)
108.4 Mary MILLER b.
23 Feb 1800 d. 1884
108.5 Nelson MILLER b. 7 Feb 1801
d. 25 Oct 1838 Go to
Tombstones
m1. 1836
Elizabeth HEDGES child of: Jonas &
Elizabeth (?) HEDGES
Elizabeth m2.
Joseph C. HAMILTON and had Robert M. HAMILTON
108.6 Harriet MILLER b. 23 Dec
1802
108.7 Maria MILLER
b. 1 Aug 1809 d. 26 Feb 1885
(See also Nathaniel & Hester Ann (PORTER) HUNTER
#110.7)
108.8 Milton McKendree MILLER
b. 25 (23?) Dec 1811, KY d. 5 May 1872
108.9 Eliza MILLER b. 14 Mar 1814,
Clark County, OH d. 4 Aug 1815
Synopsis:
There appear to be two (possibly connected) HIGHFIELD families in Maryland about the time Mary met and married Robert MILLER: Jeremiah & Sabra (?) HIGHFIELD and Leonard & Ann (?) HIGHFIELD. They might have been brothers as witnessed by the fact that Jeremiah and Sabra named one of their sons "Leonard." Peden, in More Marylanders to Kentucky, 1778-1828, states, on p. 77: "Leonard HIGHFIELD served as a private in the militia of St. Mary's County, Maryland in 1777. 'Leonard HIGHFIELD, farmer' moved from St. Clements to Pendleton County, Kentucky in 1796. [Ref: S. Eugene Clements and F. Edward Wright's Maryland Militia in the Revolutionary War, p. 210, and Regina C. Hammett's History of St. Mary's County, Maryland (1977), p. 86]." Peden's Marylanders to Kentucky, 1775-1825 lists Jeremiah HIGHFIELD from Charles County, MD, who married Sabra (?) as having the following children born in MD between 1774 & 1789: Ann Inlow, Jeremiah, Leonard and Sarah Dennis. Jeremiah moved to Fayette County, KY in 1789 and his children later moved to Woodford County, KY. Peden references Kentucky Ancestors (Frankfort, KY: KY Historical Society Q1965-1981, p. 138).
From David BERNS 27 Jul 2004, Genform: Jeremiah HIGHFIELD was born about 1750, probably in MD, He passed away after 1805 in Woodford County, KY. It is believed that he had two brothers named Bennet and Hezekiah HIGHFIELD and that his family may have originally been from NC. During the Revolutionary War, he was a private in the Militia and served in the MD 12th Battalion in Captain John PARNHAM's Company in 1777. He provided wheat for the use of the military in 1782. He is cited in the 2003 DAR Patriot Index for his Public Service in MD. He is known to have lived in Charles County, MD and the 1783 tax assessment for that county shows him owning 93 acres. He moved his family to Fayette County, KY and was counted there in the 1790 census. He later moved to Pendleton County, KY where he owned 50 acres on Licking Creek. His wife's name was Sabra ?. The names of the parents of Jeremiah HIGHFIELD are not known to us. The children of Jeremiah and Sabra were: Jeremiah Jr (1772) who married Mary TAYLOR in 1804. John (1774). Anne (1775) who married Jesse ENLOW in 1795. Leonard (about 1778) who married Margaret TAYLOR on 26 Jul 1810. Henry (1788). Sarah (1789) who married John DENNIS. John O. (about 1799) and William (1799). It is likely that the two wives Mary and Margaret TAYLOR were sisters, but we do not know the parentage of either.
From David BERNS 27 Jul 2004, Genform: Following is a history of my great-great grandfather Leonard HIGHFIELD: Leonard HIGHFIELD's birth year is believed to be 1778. He was born in Charles County, MD. He passed away in Pendleton County, KY on 6 Oct 1845. His surname is also sometimes listed as HIEFILL or HIGHFILL. His family relocated to Pendleton County, KY before 1803. He was married 26 Jul 1810 to Margaret TAYLOR. Leonard HIGHFIELD was a soldier in the War of 1812, a member of the 10th regiment of Kentucky Militia and was badly wounded in the leg in May 1813 at the Battle of Fort Meigs in OH. He first appeard on the tax rolls as a landowner in 1826. By 1834, he owned 350 acres and five horses. His home in KY was a plantation where the manual work was done by a group of slaves. His wife Margaret passed away at a young age, and he was remarried in 1822 to Elizabeth AMMERMAN. His last years were spent on a large farm on Short Creek in Pendleton County, KY. Our family histories indicate that the HIGHFIELDs were of German descent, but this has not been confirmed.
From Tim McGOOGAN 28 Aug 2003 Genforum. I have an Anna HIGHFILL married to Jesse E. ENLOW. Her father is Jeremiah HIGHFILL/HIGHFIELD. She has at least 3 brothers: William b 1799, Jeremiah b. 1772, Leonard about 1776 and I have Anna down as b. 1780. Her Brother William's son married Anna's granddaughter, Elizabeth ALLEN. Anna and Jesse's Daughter is Susannah ENLOW 1797-1887 who married Archibald ALLEN 1799-1855. Susannah had Elizabeth 1822-1885 who married Samuel Greenfield HIGHFILL 1818-1899. Elizabeth had William HIGHFILL who married Emma Susan OTT. I might have more specific dates buried here somewhere. If this has been helpful let me know and I can look for specifics.
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THE REVEREND ROBERT AND MARY (HIGHFIELD) MILLER RESEARCH RECORD
BIRTH/BAPTISM/PARENTS/CHILDREN RECORDS
DEATH/OBITUARY/CEMETERY RECORDS
From Cemeteries of Clark County. Mumper Cemetery. Originally Moorefield Methodist Episcopal Cemetery. It is located on Morris Rd. south of Mumper Rd., Moorefield Twp. A cement slab at the entrance to the cemetery reads: "Moorefield M.E. Church, A.D. 1859." The cemetery has been well taken care of, and in 1971 many of the stones were reset, sometimes to the detriment of the actual writing on the stones, but all in very good shape. Read by Julie Overton, 1972. Surnames in this cemetery: ANDERSON, BANE, BELL, BOUCHER, BOWERS, BUNNELL, CANT--LL, CAROTHERS, CHAFFIN, CHENOWETH, COLEMAN, COLLINS, COUCHMAN, DUCKER, FOWBLE, GANT, GIVEN, COUGHMAN, GUYTON, HANEY, HARRIS, HEDGES, HOFFMAN, HOUSE, HOWPE, HULLINGER, HUNTER, JONES, KEESECKER, KEESEKER, KENNEDY, KITCHEN, LEE, LONG, MCKINNON, MARQUART, MARQUET, MARTZ, MILLER, MINGHINI, MCROBERTS, MUMPER, MURREY, NICKLIN, OGDEN, PYLE, RICHARDSON, SEIBERT, ROWLAND, SILVERS, SIMPSON, SLIFER, SMITH, STOKES, TOWNLEY, TWICHELL, WAGNER, WAGONER, WILSON, WORLEY.
Tombstone inscription:
Horse and rider emblem stating: United Methodist Minister. Robert
Miller/was born in Prince/George County MD/Aug 19 1767 and/died Oct 19 1834/in
his 67th year.
Tombstone inscription: Elizabeth/wife of/Rev Robert Miller/died/Sept 13
1857.
MARRIAGE/DIVORCE RECORDS
FAMILY BIBLE/RELIGION AFFILIATIONS RECORDS
The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1812 through the efforts of Rev. Robert MILLER. First meeting held in the log house of Judge McKINNON, on the banks of Buck Creek where New Moorefield now stands. It was called "MILLER's Church: until 1833 when the first church building was erected on the ground donated by Robert MILLER at a cost of $600. At this time the name was changed to "Moorefield Methodist Episcopal Church." In 1817, there were about 70 members in the church and in 1859 the congregation had assumed such proportions that a new church was found necessary. It was built in the same year. (Beers History of Clark County Ohio 1882).
Marriage Record. The State of Ohio, Logan County. To all to whom these presents shall come Greeting. Be it known that a license is hereby granted to Robert MILLER, a preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church to solomnize the rites of matrimony within this state aforesaid so long as he shall continue a regular minister in the church aforesaid according to the statue in that case made and provided and by order of this court of Common Pleas for the County aforesaid. In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed this 17th day of April A.D. 1816. (Seal) Signed: William Want, Clk CCP.
EMPLOYMENT/MILITARY/ORGANIZATIONS RECORDS
WILL/ESTATE/DEEDS/COURT RECORDS
Record of Wills of
Clark County, OH, p. 29: Miller, Robert; Wife, Elizabeth
Sons: David (eldest), Thomas, Reuben, Nelson, Milton (youngest)
Daughters: Mary Bane; Harriet Hedges, Maria Hunter
Witnesses: Jonas Hedges, Uriah S. Henshaw, William M. Lansdale
Will witnessed, 10 Aug 1832, Probated 23 Oct 1834
CENSUS/CITY DIRECTORIES/TAX LIST RECORDS
1790 Maryland Census, p. 31,
Frederick County:
Robert MILLER 2 M over 16 incl Head of Household 3 F
Samuel HUNTER
1 m under 5 (Nelson)
1 m 20-30 (Samuel)
1 f 20-30 (Maria)
MIGRATION/CHRONOLOGY/MAP REFERENCE RECORDS
The Rev. Robert Miller:
19 Aug 1767 b.
Prince George's County, MD
1777(8?)
Father, David Miller, killed in the Revolutionary War
19 Jan 1793 m.
Mary HIGHFIELD
1793
Moved to VA
Fall 1796
Moved to Brownsville, Fayette County, PA
Spring 1797
Moved to Limestone (Maysville), Mason County, KY
1799
Moved to Fleming County, KY
17 May 1799 m.
Elizabeth HANSON
1812 Moved to Pretty
Prairie, Champaign County, OH
1812
Purchased land in Moorefield Twp., Clark County, OH
18 Oct 1834 d.
Moorefield Twp, Clark County, OH
Other Dates for Robert:
Feb 1789
Joined Methodist-Episcopal Church
1798
Wife Mary HIGHFIELD died, probably in Maysville, Mason County, KY
1802
Licensed to preach
1809
Ordained by Bishop Asbury in M.E. Church
1831
Ordained by Bishop Roberts in M.E. Church
INTERVIEW/ARTIFACTS RECORDS
WRITINGS/HISTORIES/NEWSPAPERS/MAGAZINE RECORDS
Excerpted from "John C. MILLER" in The Biographical Record of Clark County, OH, pp. 492-493: Robert MILLER was born in Prince George county, Maryland, in 1767, and at the age of about thirty years became a resident of Kentucky, making his way into that state when the work of progress and improvement had scarcely been begun there, and ere its admission to the Union. During the journey of the family to the new home in the western wilds Reuben MILLER was born, his birth occurring in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, January 19, 1797. At that time the emigrant company were constructing keel boats to carry them down the Monongahela and Ohio rivers to their destination - the town of Limestone, Kentucky, now known as Maysville, Kentucky. Robert MILLER took up his abode in Fleming county, that state, and became a prosperous landowner and slaveholder. He was also accounted one of the prominent and influential residents of his community. His was an irreproachable life in consistent harmony with his professions as a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, which he joined at an early age. In 1809, through the appointment of Bishop ASBURY, he became a licensed local preacher and his strong, logical and convincing utterances made him a power in his denomination. He was a man of remarkable originality of thought and his diction was concise and forcible. His sermons were famous for graphic descriptions and illustrations and his words seldom failed to arouse his hearers in a way that left a deep impress upon their lives. With a keen sense of justice, it became apparent to him that the system of slave holding was wrong, and acting upon his conviction, in 1812, he liberated all of his bondsmen and with his family removed to Champaign county, Ohio, settling upon a large tract of land on Pretty Prairie, which is now within the limits of Clark county.
Beers, History of Champaign County, Ohio, p. 510: August 1819, Robert Miller preached to the Indians at Mt. Tabor. A very large colored man named Jonathan Stuart acted as interpreter. Indians were chiefly Wyandots and Senecas. They had a great many ponies and dogs with them.
From the internet - Clark County, OH genealogy web site: Rev. Robert MILLER (deceased). Rev. Robert MILLER was born in Prince George Co., Md., on the 19th day of August, 1767; his father was born in America, of Scotch parentage, and died while a soldier for the cause of American independence, leaving a widow and six children, of whom Robert, then only 11 years of age, was the oldest. His lot was the usual one in those days, of a hard struggle with poverty, not-withstanding which he educated himself in the English branches of study; learned the trade of carpenter and worked at his trade for several years, until the 19th day of January, 1793, he was married to Mary HIGHFIELD (to whom were born three children) and immediately afterward moved to the State of Virginia, where he lived until the fall of 1796, when he emigrated to Kentucky, crossing the mountains to the Monongahela River, near Brownsville, Penn., where he remained during the winter, and in the spring of 1797, conveyed his family and household goods on flat-boats down that river and the Ohio to Limestone (now Maysville), Ky., in which State he settled as a farmer, first in Mason and afterward in Fleming Co. May 7, 1799, his wife having died, he was married again to Elizabeth HANSON, who had born to her six children. In the year 1812, he again removed his family to the Pretty Prairie, in Champaign Co., Ohio and bought a considerable body of land in what is now known as Moorefield Township, in Clark Co., where he died Oct. 18., 1834, and was buried in the graveyard of the Moorefield M.E. Church, being a tract of land which he himself had donated as the site for a church and for burial purposes. His own account of his religious life and ministry is quite lengthy, and we have space for only a few extracts; he wrote of himself as follows "My mother and most of my relations called themselves church people (the Church of England), and I thought nobody was right as to religion but them. I sometimes heard of a people called Methodists, and from what I heard about them I was exceedingly mad against them, and thought they were the false prophets. About the 21st year of my age, the Methodists began to preach in the neighborhood where I lived. Among the rest of the people, I went to hear what these bad folks would say. The preacher began to preach, and I to hear; my prejudices were removed; my heart felt the truth of his doctrine, and I went home in some sense a Methodist. In February, 1789, I joined the church. April, the same year, the Lord spoke peace to my soul." From this time forward, all through his life, he was an uncompromising foe to wickedness of all sorts, so much so as that he said of himself, "My friends thought I was overmuch righteous because I would not run with them to the same excess of riot. I became the wicked's by-word and the drunkard's song." In 1802, he was licensed to preach, when, as he wrote, "I now begat in my plain manner, to cry aloud against wickedness of all kinds, such as swearing, Sabbath-breaking, drunkenness, and, above all, the abominable practice of holding our fellow creatures in bondage. Now the tongue of persecution was let loose against me by the wicked, and not only by them but by the religious, so-called, of all denominations, the Methodists not excepted; but still I went on to preach." Rather an early Abolitionist for a Kentuckian was this old-time Methodist preacher. The result of this controversy was that, after manumitting a few slaves which he possessed, he removed from what he called "the bloody land" to Ohio. In the year 1809, he was ordained, by Bishop Asbury, a local Deacon, and in 1831, by Bishop Roberts, a local Elder in the M.E. Church. As a preacher, he was clear, incisive and forcible in his utterance, and famous throughout this part of Ohio for his quaint and graphic illustrations. Many stories are told by early settlers of his peculiar gifts and powers in the pulpit, for none of which have we space in our record. He died, as he had lived, fearing God and not man, and left a widow, now long since dead, and a large family of children, who, with their descendants and connections, are among the most prominent residents of Clark, Champaign and Logan Cos. Having felt the fires of persecution in his earlier ministry, there was placed, by his own request, on his tombstone, in the little quiet graveyard above named, the simple epitaph, "Let me alone."
END OF RESEARCH RECORD
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108.3__Reuben MILLER
b. 19 Jan 1797, Brownsville, Fayette County, PA
child of: Robert & Mary (HIGHFIELD)
MILLER
d. 3 Oct 1879, Keokuk, Lee County, IA
Buried:
m. 27 Mar 1823
108.3s__Mary HEDGES
b. 11 Feb 1809, VA
child of: Samuel & Nancy (WOLGMOT HARRIS)
HEDGES
d. 2 Jan 1875, probably Keokuk, Lee County,
IA
Buried:
Other Marriages
Children:
108.3a Caroline W. MILLER
b.
11 Jan 1824 d. 10 Aug 1847, Monticello, Piatt Co, IL
m.
10 Feb 1842, Clark County, OH John W. HARRIS d. 13 Mar 1848
Lived Champaign County, OH
child of: William H & Elizabeth (?) HARRIS
108.3b David Benson MILLER, M.D. Lived
Covington, Kenton County, KY
b.
18 Feb 1826 d. c1889 (was deceased when Clark Co.
History written in 1881)
m1.
9 Dec 1855 Martha E. BROADDUS d. 29 Dec
1857
child of: Reuben & Martha Lavina (?) BROADDUS
m2.
22 Mar 1859 Virginia BROADDUS
child of: Reuben & Martha Lavina (?) BROADDUS
108.3c Elizabeth Neville MILLER Lived
East Orange, Essex County, NJ
b.
13 Apr 1828 d. 17 Apr 1889
m.
8 Oct 1851, Clark County, OH Robert B. OGDEN b. 4 Feb 1824,
Leesburg, Loudoun Co, VA
child of: David & Eliza (CROW) OGDEN
d. 8 Dec 1906
108.3d Robert Tabb MILLER b. 24 Mar
1831 d. 2 Jul 1852, Springfield, Clark Co, OH
108.3e John C. MILLER b. 13 Apr 1834
d. 27 Sep 1900
108.3f Joseph Nelson MILLER b. 22
Nov 1836 d. Apr 1909, E. Orange, Essex Co, NJ
108.3g Henry Reuben MILLER b. 31 Mar
1839 (Living Keokuk, Lee Co, IA 1881)
Synopsis:
Excerpted from "John C. MILLER" in The Biographical Record of Clark County, OH, pp. 492-493: During the journey of the family to the new home in the western wilds Reuben MILLER was born, his birth occurring in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, January 19, 1797. Reuben MILLER was reared upon the old homestead farm here [Springfield, OH] and acquired his education in the schools of this portion of the state. He also bore his part in caring for the home farm and in controlling the property, giving his father the benefit of his assistance until he reached his majority. About this time Reuben Miller was united in marriage to Miss Mary HEDGES, a native of Berkeley county, West Virginia, and they became the parents of seven children: Mrs. Caroline H. HARRIS, who resided near Monticello, Illinois, but is now deceased; D.B., who was a physician of Covington, Kentucky, but has also passed away; Mrs. Elizabeth N. OGDEN, of Keokuk, Iowa, also deceased; Robert Tabb, who died in Springfield just as he was entering upon what appeared to be a very successful business career; John C.; Joseph N., a rear admiral of the United States navy, who is now living retired; and Henry R., who is now a prominent citizen of Keokuk, Iowa. In order to provide for his family, Reuben MILLER engaged in teaching school and in surveying land. In 1826, he received the appointment of surveyor of Clark county and acted in that capacity for nine years in a most creditable manner. On the expiration of that period he was elected county auditor and his fidelity to duty and the confidence reposed in him is indicated by the fact that for eighteen consecutive years he filled that position. He inherited his father's talent for speaking and his zeal for religion, and during all the years of his public service he also acted as a local minister of the Methodist Episcopal church and filled various pulpits of central Ohio on Sabbath days in the absence of the regular pastor. His public utterances were earnest, thoughtful, logical, and carried weight wherever he was heard. As a writer, too, he possessed more than ordinary ability and was a most entertaining conversationalist, being noted for his wit and humor. These characteristics have been found in many members of the Miller family and representatives of the name have therefore been of more than local prominence and importance as well as influence.
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108.3e__John C. MILLER
b. 13 Apr 1834, Springfield, Clark County, OH
child of: Reuben & Mary (HEDGES) MILLER
d. 27 Sep 1900, Springfield, Clark County, OH
Buried:
m. 4 Oct 1860, Springfield, Clark County, OH (Marriage is not listed in county marriage records for this time period)
108.3es__Marianna Thruston HOGLIN
b.
child of: James R. & ? (?) HOGLIN
d. 2
Dec 1904, Springfield, Clark County, OH
Buried:
Other Marriages:
Children:
108.3e1 Robert J. MILLER b. OH
m.
Freda BRETNEY of Lebanon, Marion County, KY
Children: Robert Wickliffe MILLER
108.3e2 Eleanor Caroline MILLER b. OH
(DAR#8580)
(Living NYC c. 1900)
m.
20 Jul 1898, Clark County, OH Louis Edward NILES
Synopsis:
The Biographical Record of Clark County,
OH, states, on pp. 492ff: John C. MILLER. It is an important
public duty to honor and perpetuate as far as is possible the memory of an
eminent citizen, one who, by his blameless and honorable life and distinguished
career reflected credit not only upon the city but also upon the state and upon
the profession which he represented. John C. MILLER was long a
distinguished member of the Clark county bar. A man of irreproachable
private life, his example is indeed well worthy of emulation. The memory
of his upright career should serve as an inspiration to those who knew him.
A well known jurist of Illinois said: "In the American state the great and
good lawyer must always be prominent, for he is one of the forces that move and
control society. Public confidence has generally been reposed in the legal
profession and it has ever been a defender of popular rights, the champion of
freedom regulated by law, the fir support of good government. No political
preferment, no mere place can add to the power or increase the honor which
belongs to the pure and educated lawyer." Judge MILLER was one
honored by and an honor to the legal fraternity of Ohio. He stood
prominent among the representative members of the bar of the state and he
attained to his position through marked ability. Springfield may be proud
to number him among her native sons. He was born in this city when it was
but a village, his natal day being April 13, 1834. He came of an ancestry
honorable and distinguished. In the maternal line, he was a lineal
descendant of Sir Charles HEDGES, an English statesman of the seventeenth
century and a member of the cabinet of Queen Anne, the last reigning sovereign
of the house of Stuart. In America the MILLER family has figured
prominently in public affairs establishing the history of the nation. The
great-great-grandparents of the Judge were Robert and Elizabeth MILLER,
who, in 1738, left their home in Scotland and sailed to the new world, taking up
their residence in Prince George county, Maryland. David MILLER,
the great-grandfather of the Judge, became a soldier of the Colonial army during
the Revolutionary war and in 1778 gave up his life as a ransom for the liberty
of the people.
In taking up the personal history of Judge John C. MILLER, we present to
our readers the life record of one of the distinguished sons of Clark county.
His early education was supplemented by study in the Ohio Conference High School
of Springfield, at which time the Rev. Solomon HOWARDwas principal - a
man of great learning, who afterward became president of the Ohio University of
Athens. Judge MILLER completed his course by graduation when only
fifteen years of age and after leaving school he entered a printing office where
he learned the trade. When he had mastered it he became anxious to prepare
for professional life and at the age of eighteen he entered up on the study of
law under the direction of the Hon. Samuel SHELLABARGER, who in later
years became very prominent, both in the profession and on the floor of
congress, where he represented his district for several terms and was one of the
most prominent attorneys in the famous Hayes-Tilden contest. In April,
1855, after a thorough preparation, Mr. MILLER was admitted to the bar of
Ohio and a few years later began practice in Springfield. He entered upon
his chosen work at a bar which numbered many distinguished members, but his
ability, close application and indefatigable efforts soon won recognition and he
gained a very desirable reputation for a young man - a reputation that increased
as the years went by, gaining him distinction as a leading jurist of the state.
In public affairs he was prominent and honored. In April, 1861, he was
chosen mayor of Springfield by a very flattering majority and when the Civil war
broke out, less than a month later, he immediately became identified with all of
the measures for the promotion of recruiting, for relief to soldiers' families,
and for everything that could pertain to the Union cause in defending its
welfare. He was chairman of the citizens' military committee of Clark
county, and he afterward served as a private in the One Hundred and Fifty-second
Regiment of Ohio Infantry, in the company of Captain BUSHNELL, who was
later governor of Ohio. In the fall of 1861, he was elected prosecuting
attorney of Clark county and was several times reelected to that office.
In 1869 he was chosen city solicitor of Springfield and was retained in that
position by continued reelections until 1876, when he resigned to accept the
office of probate judge, to which he had been elected in the previous October.
Four times he was chosen for that position and before the close of his fifth
term he was elected one of the judges of the court of common pleas of the second
judicial district, at the general election in the fall of 1890. Taking his
place upon the bench of that court, he there served until his death in 1900.
A man of unimpeachable character, of natural intellectual endowments, with a
thorough understanding of the law, patience, urbanity and industry, he took to
the bench the very highest qualifications for this responsible office of the
state government, and his record as a judge was in harmony with his record as a
man and a lawyer - distinguished by unswerving integrity and a masterful grasp
of every problem which presented itself for solution. He had a thorough
and comprehensive knowledge of the published decisions of courts, but he was not
a case lawyer. His own decisions were founded upon principles of law and
attracted the attention of the profession throughout the state. Possessed
of a keen, incisive intellect, the controlling points of a case were quickly
perceived by him and his strong, thoroughly trained and logical mind enabled him
to present his conclusions tersely and concisely and in a manner to carry
conviction. In the exercise of these high judicial qualifications Judge
MILLER was entirely impartial and independent, and yet always courteous and
considerate.
On the 4th of October, 18609, was celebrated the marriage of John C. MILLER
and Miss Marianna T. HOGLEN, a daughter of James R. HOGLEN, of
Dayton, now deceased. They became the parents of two children:
Robert J., who married Miss Freda BRETNEY, of Lebanon, Kentucky, and has
a son, Robert Wickliffe; and Eleanor C., the wife of Louis E. NILES of
New York city. The Judge's interest centered in his family and he
considered no personal sacrifice on his behalf too great if it would promote the
welfare and happiness of his wife and children.
He was a member of Clark Lodge, No. 101, F&A.M., and Palestine Commandery, No.
33, K.T. He also belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the
Junior Order of United American Mechanics, and Mitchell Post, No. 45, G.A.R.
In the line of his profession he was connected with the county and state bar
associations and hew as regarded as a valued representative of each social,
political or professional organization with which he was connected. While
he was inflexible in support of everything which he considered to be right and
of political principles which he endorsed, it can truly be said that Judge
MILLER was never an office seeker, but that political preferment came to him
in recognition of his marked ability and superior merit. A contemporary
biographer has said of him: "The irreproachability of his private life
contributed to fix and maintain his place in public esteem and his great
popularity was due to his recognized ability and magnetic personality. He
voted with the Republican party, and his religious faith was that of the
Methodist church, in which he long held membership. He was never narrow,
however, but found as the friend of all deserving people irrespective of creed
or belief. When death claimed him the different societies with which he
was connected attended his funeral in a body. Deep indeed was the regret
felt throughout the community. It is said of an eminent man of old, that
he has done things worthy to be written; that he has written things worthy to be
read; and by his life has contributed to the welfare of the republic and
the happiness of mankind. This eulogy can well be pronounced upon Judge
MILLER and the many who looked up to him and respected him realized as fully
as did his social friends that a true man had fallen.
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108.3f__Joseph Nelson MILLER
b. 22
Nov 1836, Springfield, Clark County, OH
child of: Reuben & Mary (HEDGES) MILLER
d. Apr 1909, E. Orange, Essex Co, NJ
Buried:
m.
108.3fs__Helen WILLS of Baltimore, MD
b.
child of:
d.
Buried:
Other Marriages: m1. daughter of Captain Joseph COMSTOCK
Children (with Helen):
108.3f1 Daughter, died during Queen's Diamond Jubilee (1897) and is buried
in London, at Woolsey.
Synopsis:
From The Biographical Record of Clark
County, OH, pp. 495ff: Upon the pages of history Rear Admiral Joseph N.
MILLER has engraven his name. With a laudable ambition for
advancement, with devotion to his country's good, with marked merit and ability
arising from thoroughness, close application and enterprising industry, he
attained to high rank in the navy and when his years of service had reached the
number which merits retirement his name was placed upon the list of those from
whom no longer active aid is required. Admiral MILLER was born in
Springfield, Ohio, November 22, 1836, and is a son of Reuben MILLER (see
synopsis above), who was long a prominent office holder and influential citizen
of Clark county, identified with the development of this portion o the state
from its pioneer times. In early life Admiral MILLER became imbued
with a desire to become a member of his country's navy and after passing the
required examination he was appointed an acting midshipman at the naval academy
at Annapolis on the 1st of October, 1851. In February 1852, he was
advanced one year and was graduated with third rank in his class in June, 1854.
In the meantime he had made two cruises in practice on the ship Preble, in
1852-53. From the 1st of September, 1954, until the 20th of September,
1856, he served on board the United States flag ship Independence, in the
Pacific squadron, and on the 22d of November, of the latter year, he passed his
final examination and was warranted as a past midshipman in the navy. From
the 20th of February, 1857 until October 26, 1858, he was assistant in the
department of ethics and English studies in the naval academy, and on the 22d of
in the navy [sic]. From the 2d of November, January, 1858, he was
warranted as master 1858, until September 24, 1860, Admiral MILLER served
on board the United States ship Preble on the Paraguay expedition and in the
Home Squadron, and assisted in the capture of the steamers General Miramon and
Marquis de la Habana, off Vera Cruz, Mexico, on March 6, 1860. [the above
sentences, beginning with "From the 20th of February...." are copied verbatim
from The Biographical Record. The compiler realizes it makes no
sense, but was unable to make sense of it. Given that I live within 20
miles of Annapolis, I might make it there to check the facts of the history and
fix the inconsistencies.] He was commissioned as a lieutenant of the navy
February 19, 1860, and was assistant in the department of ethics and English
studies at the naval academy from October of that year until the breaking out of
the Rebellion in April 1861. At that time he was detached and ordered to
the brig Perry, which was being fitted out in New York, and which was employed
on the blockade and captured the privateer Savannah, off the coast of Charleston
on the 3d of June, 1861, this being the first privateer captured during the war.
In November, 1861, Admiral MILLER was transferred to the United States
steamer Cambridge, as executive officer, and was in the action when the
Cumberland and Congress were destroyed by the Merrimac, on the 12th of March,
1862. In May of that year he was transferred to the practice ship John
Adams, and in August was detached on application for active service. He
was commissioned as a lieutenant commander of the navy July 16, 1862, and from
September following until June, 1863, he served on board the ironclad Passaic as
executive officer, and was present at the naval attack on Fort McAllister, March
3, 1863, and the attack on Fort Sumter, April 7, 1863. In June of the same
year, he was appointed to duty with Admiral Gregory in New York, superintending
the construction of ironclads, and in September, 1863, he was ordered as
executive officer of the United State steamer Sacramento, from which, in
November, he was transferred to the ironclad Sangamon, on the blockade off
Charleston. In April, 1864, he became commander of the ironclad Nahant,
and in May he was detached from that ship and granted a sick leave. When
he had recovered his health, in the following August, he was ordered to the
ironclad steamer Monadnock, and was present in both attacks on Fort Fisher, the
first on 24th and 25th of December, 1864, and the second on the 13th, 14th and
15th of January, 1865. In February, of the latter year, he was detached
from the Monadnock and ordered to the naval academy as head of the department of
seamanship and commanded the practice ship Marion during the summer cruise of
1865. From that ship he was detached on the 30th of September, 1865, and
assigned to duty at the naval academy as head of the department of ethics and
English studies, and in September, 1867, he was ordered to the United States
steamer Powhattan, belonging to the South Pacific Squadron. There he
served in the Pacific waters and in the Gulf of Mexico until January 5, 1870,
when he was detached and placed on leave of absence. He was commissioned
as a commander in the navy of the United States January 25, 1870, and in
February of that year was ordered to duty at the New York navy yard,
whence in April he was ordered to the South Pacific Squadron a chief of staff.
In February, 1871, he was assigned to the command of the United States steamer
Ossipee, in addition to his duties as chief of staff. In December, 1872,
he was detached from that vessel and placed on waiting orders. In January,
1873, the order came which made him executive officer of the naval station at
New London. In February he was transferred to the hydrographic office at
Washington as assistant hydrographer. In November he was ordered to
command the ironclad Ajax, which joined the fleet at Key West, assembled in
anticipation of trouble with Spain. In June 1874, he was detached from the
Ajax and again assigned as assistant hydrographer, and in August, 1875, he was
ordered to the command of the United States steamer Tuscarora which ran a line
of deep sea soundings from the Sandwich to the Fiji islands and Australia.
In September, 1876, he was detached from the Tuscarora and placed on leave.
After enjoying a brief rest, in the month of December of the same year he was
ordered as assistant to the chief of bureau of yards and docks, and in March
following he was detached from that service and ordered as inspector of the
Eleventh lighthouse district, which embraced Lakes Huron, Michigan and Superior.
On the 1st of October, 1880, he was detached from light house duty and ordered
on special duty in the navy department at Washington, D.C. Commander
MILLER was promoted to the captaincy in 1881, and since then has been in
command of the recruiting ship Wabash; command of the flagship Tennessee; member
of the Jeanette court of inquiry; captain of the navy yard at New York;
commander of the United States ship Chicago, flagship of the squadron of
evolution; in command of the training ship Vermont; and was commandant of the
Boston navy yard from August, 1894, until 1897. Being at the head of the
list of his grade, he was promoted to the rear admiralty on the retirement of
Rear Admiral WALKER in March, 1897. With General MILES he
represented the United States at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee(1897). Later
he was in command of the Pacific Squadron at Honolulu and raised the United
States flag on the annexation of the Hawaiian islands.
Admiral MILLER has been twice married, his first wife being a daughter of
Captain Joseph COMSTOCK, captain of one of the vessels of the Cunard
line. She died about a year after their marriage, and several years later
he married Miss Helen WILLS, a prominent Baltimore lady. They had one
child, a beautiful daughter, whose death occurred in England during the jubilee
festivities (1897). She was buried in the Woolsey necropolis near London.
The Admiral was retired in October, 1898, and now makes his home in New York
city. The student who reads between the lines will recognize qualities in
him without which there is no advancement in naval service. From the time
when, as an active midshipman, he went to Annapolis, he was found faithful to
duty, discharging every task assigned to him with dispatch and accuracy.
He mastered the science of naval warfare in all its departments and in its
practice he was found equally proficient. Thus he gained advancement from
one position to another and important trusts were reposed in him, with the
result that the country has been benefited by his efforts in her behalf.
He saw active warfare during the civil strife, and through many years has
occupied prominent positions in guarding the interests of the nation and
instruction those who have arisen to take the place of others who have at one
time been members of the navy. Such a career is worthy of the gratitude
and recognition of the nation and Admiral MILLER is honored by those who
are at all familiar with his career.
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108.4__Mary (Polly) MILLER
b. 23 Feb 1800, Mason County or Fleming
County, KY
child of: Robert & Elizabeth (HANSON)
MILLER
d. 1884
Buried:
m. 6 May 1824, Clark County, OH
108.4s__Horatio BANES
b. 11 Aug 1791, VA
child of: Evan & Sina (HAYES CHENOWETH)
BANES
d. 5 Sep 1868
Buried:
Other Marriages:
Children:
108.4a Robert Miller BANES
m.
24 Feb 1853, Clark County, OH Margaret E. LEE
108.4b Louisa BANES
m.
12 Apr 1854, Clark County, OH Justus S. WILSON
108.4c Joseph BANES
108.4d Reuben BANES
108.4e John BANES
108.4f Elizabeth H. BANES b. 1836
m.
24 Oct 1860, Clark County, OH Wesley Gilbert WATERS b. c1836
Children:
Ella Louise WALTERS b. Albany, ? County, OH
(DAR#72213)
m. E.C. HULL
108.4g Gabriel W. BANES b. 1845
m.
3 Feb 1863, Clark County, OH Angeline ALBIN
108.4h Evans Francis BANES
m.
12 Feb 1863, Clark County, OH Mary E. WILLIS
108.4i Nelson BANES
108.4j David BANES Go to
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grave - no visible surname or dates)
108.4k Sarah BANES
108.4l Edgar BANES b. 1858
Synopsis:
Horatio BANES came to Clark County, OH in 1811
Mary, Gabriel, Louisa and Edgar were living with Henry CASEBOLT (son of Robert & Hannah CASEBOLT - see 110.1s) in the 1860 Census.
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108.6__Harriet MILLER
b. 23 Dec
1802
child of: Robert & Elizabeth (HANSON)
MILLER
d. 17 Nov 1853
Buried: Mumper Cemetery, New Moorefield Twp.,
Clark County, OH Go to
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m. 12 Oct 1820, Clark County, OH
108.6s__Seaton Elliot HEDGES
b. 19 May 1796
child of:
Samuel & Nancy (WILGMOT HARRIS) HEDGES
d. 11 Sep 1853
Buried:
Other Marriages:
Children (due to lack of dates, order may be incorrect):
108.6a Harriet Lucretia HEDGES b. 20 Jan
1817 d. 3 Sep 1835 Go to
Tombstones
108.6b Emma J. HEDGES b. 29 Jan 1824
d. 12 Sep 1833 Go to
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108.6c Wesley HEDGES
b.
6 Aug 1823, Upper Sandusky, Wyandot Co, OH
d. 22 Dec 1887, Upper Sandusky, Wyandot Co, OH
m.
1 Jan 1856 Rebecca Jane PETERS
b. 15 Oct 1835
d. 26 Jun, 1914, Upper Sandusky, Wyandot Co, OH
Children: Mary HEDGES
b. 26 Feb 1866, Pittsburgh, Alleghany Co
m. 1900, Horace Harpster SEARS
b. 1 Dec 1866, Upper Sandusky, Wyandot Co, OH (DAR #60528)
d. 28 Jan 1939, Harpster, Wyandot Co, OH
Children: David Harpster SEARS
b. 22 Apr 1903, Harpster, Wyandot Co, OH
m. 16 Jul 1925, Harpster, Wyandot Co, OH Florence RICHMOND
b. 13 Jul 1905, Little Sandusky, Wayndot Co, OH
d. 7 Oct 1950
Children: Sarah (Sally) SEARS
b. 23 Jan 1927, Harpster, Wyandot Co, OH
m. 7 Oct 1950, Upper Sandusky, Wyandot Co, OH Donald
George MAHAFFEY
b. 24 Sep 1923, Morral, Marion Co, OH
Children: Kay MAHAFFEY
b. 20 May 1953, Upper Sandusky, Wyandot Co, OH
m. 24 Jun 1978, Upper Sandusky, Wyandot Co, OH Steven William COCHRELL
b. 14 Jul 1954, Medina, Medina Co, OH
Flora Lucinda HEDGES b. Pittsburgh,
Alleghany Co, PA (DAR#60527)
m. Hamilton F. STRONG
108.6d S.R. HEDGES
m. Martha AYERS
Children: Abbie May HEDGES b. Upper Sandusky, Wyandot Co, OH
(DAR#33051)
m. Frank TALLMADGE
Elizabeth HEDGES
m. Gilbert C. TOWNLEY
Children: Clara TOWNLEY (DAR#54920)
m. Bezaleel F. BRIDGE
108.6e Eliza M. HEDGES
m1.
? Crabill
m2.
7 May 1868, Thomas Denton CROW, Attorney at Urbana, OH (no
children)
NOTE:
Beers, History of Champaign County, Ohio, p. 645 states: Thomas
Denton
CROW,
attorney, Urbana, m. 7 May 1868, Mrs. Eliza M. CRABILL of Clark County,
daughter of Seaton Hedges, who came from VA and settled in Champaign County in
1817.
Her
mother was a daughter of Robert MILLER who came from Kentucky and settled
in
Moorefield, Clark County, in 1810. No issue.
SOURCE: Reference #4-021-OH, DAR, Genealogical Records of David MILLER
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108.7_Mariah MILLER
(To Clark County, OH 1812)
b. 1 Aug 1809, Fleming County, KY
child of: Robert & Elizabeth (HANSON)
MILLER
d. 26 Feb 1886, Mingo, Champaign County, OH, age
75y6m25d
Buried: Mt. Tabor Cemetery, Champaign County,
OH Go to
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m. 25 Sep 1828, Clark County, OH
108.7s__Samuel HUNTER (To
Champaign County, OH 1810)
b. 26 Mar 1805, Staunton, Augusta County, VA
child of: Nathaniel & Jane (PORTER)
HUNTER (See #110/111)
d. 1 Oct 1869, Logan County, OH, age 64y6m4d
Buried: Mt. Tabor Cemetery, Champaign County,
OH Go to
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Other Marriages:
Children:
108.7a Nelson Fletcher HUNTER (Resided
Illinois Oct 1869)
b. 14
Jan 1829, Champaign County, OH
d.
12 Jan 1902, Clinton, DeWitt County, IL
m.
Elizabeth WILLIAMSON b. Jul 1830
108.7b Anna Eliza HUNTER b. 7 Oct 1830 d.
1922
Buried: Mt. Tabor Cemetery, Champaign County, OH Go to
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m.
10 Aug 1852, Champaign County, OH by D. Warnock, MG (E-187)
William D. ENOCH
d. 31 Oct 1903
Children: Hester Ann ENOCH b.
Spring 1821 (< 5 April 1821) (See Synopsis below)
108.7c Mary HUNTER b. 8 Sep 1832
d. 2 Mar 1863, Clinton, DeWitt County, IL
m.
6 Sep 1854, Champaign County, OH (License: 31 Aug 1854) by Milton M. MILLER
(See #108.8) (E-315)
Joseph W. HUMPHREYS d. 1 Dec
1851 (date must be wrong - m. 1854)
Buried: Mt. Tabor Cemetery, Champaign County, OH
108.7d Robert Miller HUNTER
(Lived Marion, Grant County, IN)
b.
15 May 1834
m.
6 Dec 1855
Margaret GILL b. 10 Nov 1835
108.7e Emily HUNTER b. 9 May 1836
(Lived Dayton, Campbell County, KY)
d. 14 Mar 1915 Buried: Mt. Tabor Cemetery,
Champaign Co, OH
m.
29 Jan 1874 (License: 28 Jan 1874) near Mt. Tabor, Champaign Co, OH
by Rev. J.M. Robinson (G-405)
Alfred W. HYNES
of Greenville, Bond County, IL b. 30 Jul
1834 d. 7 Oct 1907
Buried: Mt. Tabor Cemetery, Champaign County, OH Go to
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108.7f John Milton HUNTER b.
22 Mar 1838 d. 19 May 1903
108.7g Samuel Benson HUNTER b. 31 Dec
1839 d. 5 Nov 1840
108.7h Lucy Tabitha HUNTER b. 31 Dec
1841 d. 1927
Buried: Mt. Tabor Cemetery, Champaign County, OH Go to
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m1.
5 Feb 1885 by Rev. G.H. Kennedy of Mingo, Champaign County, OH
Samuel EVERETT of North Lewisburg, Champaign County, OH d. 11 Oct 1895
Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Urbana, Champaign County, OH
m2.
31 Oct 1901 George W. TALLMAN (Lived Champaign
County, OH)
b. 1834 d. 1906 [Served 66th
Ohio Volunteer Infantry in Civil War]
Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery, Rush Twp., Lewisburg, Champaign
County, OH
108.7i Harriet Elizabeth HUNTER b.
25 Dec 1843
m.
25 Nov 1869, Champaign County, OH (License: 25 Nov 1869) by H.M. Curry, MG
(G-179)
John W. EVANS (Lived Franklin County,
OH)
108.7j Newton Porter HUNTER, M.D. b.
25 Jan 1846 (Lived Champaign County, OH)
d. 1913 Buried: Mt. Tabor Cemetery,
Champaign County, OH Go to
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m. 14
Jan 1874 (License: 12 Jan 1874) Champaign County, OH by J.M.
Robinson, MG
Mary Lucretia WILLIAMS (1854-1908) (Divorced by 1900 - see Census
below)
Children: Agnes HUNTER b. Greenville,
Bond County, IL (DAR#69527)
m. W. R. RENDALL
108.7k Samuel McKendree HUNTER b. 2
Nov 1848 d. 1925
Buried: Mt. Tabor Cemetery, Champaign County, OH Go to
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m.
27 Apr 1876 at the Neil house, Columbus, Franklin Co, OH by James Will, Minister
(H-8)
Emma J. ATKINSON of Madison Co, OH b. 1857
d. 17 Jul
1902, Franklin County, OH
Buried: Mt. Tabor Cemetery, Champaign County, OH Go to
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Children: Florence HUNTER b.
1877 d. 1939 Go to
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Wilbur S. HUNTER, son of: SM & EJ b. 18 Jul
1883
d. 17 Oct 1889, age 5y2m28d
Buried: Mt. Tabor Cemetery, Champaign County, OH Go to
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Synopsis:
Samuel HUNTER came to Clark County, OH in 1810
Appointment of Guardianship for Hester Ann ENOCH: Know all men by these presents, that we William ENOCH and Philip JARBOT of Clarke County, Ohio, are held and firmly bound unto John AMBLER Treasurer of Clarke County and to his successory in office forever in the sum of Six hundred dollars, to the payment of which sum well and truly to be made and done, we bind ourselves our heirs &c. firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and dated this fifth day of APril A.D, 1821. The condition hereof is such, that whereas the above bounden William ENOCH hath by the court of common pleas for Clark county been appointed Guardian to Hester Ann ENOCH infant daughter and illegitimate child of Eliza ENOCH of sd county. Now if the said William ENOCH shall discharge with fidelity the trust reposed, and shall render an accurate statement of his transactions with a just account of the profits arising and deliver up the same at such time as the court may require then this obligation to be void, else to remain in full force and virtue. Signed, sealed and delivered this day and year aforesaid. William ENOCH SEAL Philip JARBOT SEAL Witnesses Gus IVAN John H. SCOTT, D.C. See Original Documents
Samuel HUNTER's will: On the 21st day of October AD 1869 there was produced in Open Court a proper writing purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Samuel HUNTER deceased and at the same time came D.B. ALLEN and Joseph MILLER the Subscribing Witnesses thereto and in Open Court on Oath Testified to the due Executor of Said paper writing as the last Will and Testament of Said Samuel HUNTER deceased which Testimony was reduced to writing by these respectively Subscribed and Was filed with Said Will from which Testimony it appears and the Court finds that Said Will was duly and Legally Executed and attested and that Said Samuel HUNTER at the time of Executing Said will was of full age of Sound Mind and Memory and not under any Restraint. It is Ordered by the Court that Said Will be admitted to Probate & Together with the Testimony be Recorded. The Testimony is as follows. The State of Ohio Champaign County - Personally came into open Court D. B. ALLEN and Joseph MILLER and after being duly Sworn depose and Say that the Writing now presented to the Court purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Samuel HUNTER deceased was Signed and acknowledged by him to be his last Will and Testament in their presences - that they attested Said Will in the presence of the Testator by Signing their names as witnesses and that they verily believe the Testator at the time of Executing Said Will was of full age of Sound mind and Memory and under no Restraint. D.B. ALLEN Joseph MILLER Sworn to and Subscribed in Open Court this 21st day of October AD 1869 - Through Probate Judge & did. The Will is in the following Words and Figures to Wit. This my last Will and Testament made this 21st day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Sixty nine (1869). First - All of my legal debts and Funeral Expenses to be paid. Second - I Bequeath unto my beloved wife Maria all my property Both real and personal to be hers as long as She lives to do with as She thinks best. To have the Entire Controll of the Same - If She thinks that by Selling the Real Estate it will be better for her and her children She can do So - Provided She make or cause to be made an Equal distribution between all of my children now living after deducting her third if She See cause to choose in that way - But until the Real Estate is Sold Every thing is to remain hers and be Kept together as though I were living. Third - I want my Books preserved and when the time arives [sic] for a decision then to give Each one their accounts or sortes as So much money without computing interest. Fourth - If the Real Estate is not Sold till after my wife's death then it is to be disposed of as Stated in Item Third. Fifth - I appoint my wife Maria as my Executrix also my son Samuel M. when he arrives at mature age to be my Executor in Connections with his mother. Samuel HUNTER Signed and acknowledged in presences of us this 21st day of Sept 1869 D B ALLEN Joseph MILLER On the 21st day of October AD 1869 came Maria HUNTER the widow of said Samuel HUNTER deceased - and the Court having made known to her the provisions made for her in the will of her husband also her Rights under the Laws then & there Elected to take under the Will - A? P. Judge See Original Documents
Obituary: Urbana newspaper, 5 Mar 1885: Mrs. Mariah HUNTER, an old and well known resident of this county taken ill at Mt. Tabor Church Thursday and taken to her home in Mingo where she died 26th February. She was the daughter of Robert MILLER, born Fleming County, KY 1 August 1809, married the late Samuel HUNTER, had 11 children: 6 sons and 5 daughters, 1 died in infancy.
John M. HUNTER from Centennial Biographical History of Champaign County, OH, pp. 221ff: The stanch [sic] Irish type is one which found many representatives in the New World and is one that has ever been found foremost in giving impetus to the march of progress, in retaining a clear mental grasp and in directing affairs along safe and conservative lines. America owes much to the Irish and has honored and been honored by noble men and women of this stock. In the agnatic line the subject of this sketch is of sturdy Irish extraction, being of the third generation of the family in the United States and in Champaign county, Ohio, where his grandfather, Nathaniel HUNTER, took up his abode in 1811, locating in the sylvan wilds, as one of the sterling pioneers of the county and setting himself vigorously to the task of literally hewing out a farm in the virgin forest, the land which he thus reclaimed having been furrowed and refurrowed by the plowshare for many years and giving slight evidence of the toil involved in the early days. Nathaniel HUNTER, the honored progenitor of the family in America, was born in the Emerald Isle, of fine old Celtic stock, and there he was reared and educated, his marriage being solemnized prior to his emigration to America. He left his native land in 1795, and came to the hospitable shores of the new world, locating in Greenbrier county, Virginia, where the family maintained their home until 1811, when they came to Ohio. Mr. HUNTER settled on a tract of wild land in the northern part of what is now Salem township, Champaign county, where he cleared and improved a good farm and where he passed the residue of his honorable and useful life, which was devoted to the great basic art of agriculture. In the year 1820 he erected a stone house, an exceptional improvement in those days, when the usual domicile of the locality was the primitive log cabin and this building is still standing and is in an excellent state of preservation, standing as a landmark of the early days and as a monument to the energy and progressive spirit of this noble pioneer. In politics, Grandfather HUNTER gave his allegiance to the Whig party, and his religious faith was that of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he was a most devoted member, doing much to promote the cause of the Master in the community, while his house was a sort of religious center and a place where genuine and cordial welcome was ever accorded to the faithful circuit-riders of the church during the pioneer epoch. Samuel HUNTER, son of the honored pioneer and father of the subject of this review, was born in Greenbrier county, Virginia, and was a lad of about six years at the time of the family removal to Champaign county, where he was reared to maturity and where he devoted his life to agricultural pursuits, becoming one of the prominent farmers and representative citizens of the county. He died at the old homestead, in Salem township, in the year 1870, at the age of sixty-five years. He married Maria MILLER, who was born in Clark county, Ohio, whither her parents came as pioneers from Kentucky. She passed away in 1885, at the age of seventy-four years, and like her husband was ever sustained and comforted by a deep Christian faith, being a zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Samuel and Maria (MILLER) HUNTER became the parents of ten children, - five sons and five daughters, - of whom one son and one daughter are deceased. John M. HUNTER, the immediate subject of this review and one of the representative citizens and business men of the city of Urbana, was born on the old homestead, in the northern part of Salem township, on the 22d of March, 1838, and he has passed his entire life in his native county, honoring the name he bears by his upright and useful career. Growing up under the invigorating discipline of the farm, he has ever retained the highest respect for the dignity of the noble vocation which figures as the bulwark of our national prosperity, and he continued to be identified with agricultural pursuits until he had attained the age of forty years, his educational privileges in his youth being such as were afforded in the public schools of the locality and period. Upon leaving the farm Mr. HUNTER located in the village of West Liberty, where for fourteen years he was successfully engaged in the agricultural implement business. At the expiration of the period noted he disposed of this business and came to Urbana, where he has since devoted his attention to the real-estate and insurance business, in which, by his honorable business methods and progressive and discriminating management, he has attained marked prestige and developed an enterprise of no inconsiderable scope and importance, his agency taking front rank and retaining a representative support. In politics Mr. HUNTER exercises his franchise in support of the principles and policies of the Republican party, but has never sought the honors or emoluments of public office. Fraternally he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and his religious faith is that in which he was reared, both he and his wife being active workers in the First Methodist Episcopal church, while our subject has been for thirty-five years prominent in the work of the Sunday-school, where is laid the foundation of true Christian faith and worthy manhood and womanhood. On the 19th of November, 1862, Mr. HUNTER was united in marriage to Miss Sallie BALDWIN, who was born in this county, the daughter of Richard BALDWIN, one of the pioneer farmers of this section. Of this union have been born three children, namely; F. Edgar, who is now a resident of Chicago; Nellie M., the wife of Dr. Ben S. LEONARD, of West Liberty, this county; and Ralph Waldo E., who is associated with his father in business. Mrs. HUNTER died April 9, 1902.
Obituary: Urbana newspaper, 25 Jul 1902: The tragic news of the death of Mrs. Emma HUNTER, wife of S.M. HUNTER of Columbus, who is a brother of J.M. HUNTER of this city, was received Sunday. The deceased had been in ill health for some time. She got up on Thursday and left the house only to be found later, by some men, in the Scioto River at the rear of the Ohio Penitentiary. The body was sent back here on the Panhandle and was taken to Mt. Tabor Cemetery, where a short funeral was held. James KELLY and William BINKLEY discovered the body. Mrs. HUNTER was the mother of Miss Florence HUNTER, assistance Superintendent of the schools here.
Chancery Records of the Court of Common Pleas, Record Book 34, Page 201, filed 18 October 1870 - Petition to Sell Land. Samuel M. HUNTER and Maria HUNTER, Executors of Samuel HUNTER deceased vs. Nelson F. HUNTER and Others. Samuel HUNTER signed his will on 21 September 1869 and it was probated 21 October 1869. He owned several portions of land in Township 5 Range 13 (Salem Township). Samuel's heirs were: Maria HUNTER, widow and mother of all of the children; Samuel M. HUNTER; Nelson F. HUNTER of Illinois; Anna E. HUNTER, wife of William D. ENOCH; Robert M. HUNTER; John M. HUNTER; Emily HUNTER; Lucy F. HUNTER; Lizzie H. HUNTER, wife of John EVANS; and Newton P. HUNTER.
Florence HUNTER was Assistant Superintendent of Schools in Columbus, Franklin County, OH in 1902.
1860 Census: Champaign County, OH:
Hunter, Samuel 55 M
W Farmer 10680/2230 b. VA
Mariah 47 F
W
b. OH
Emily 24
F W
Housework
b. OH
John M 22 M W
Farmer
b. OH
Lucy T 18 F
W House
labor
b. OH
Harriett E 16 F W House
labor
b. OH
Newton P 13 M
W b. OH
Samuel M 11 M
W
b. OH
Humphreys, Joseph H 30 M W
Merchant /3000 b. OH
Mary
28 b. OH
1870 Census: Champaign County, Salem
Township, Kingston, OH:
Enoch, William D 40 M
W Farmer 11,025/8065 b. OH
Eliza N 39
F W Keeping
House b.
OH
John
11 M W At
School
b. OH
Anntie
5 F W At
School
b. OH
Florida, Albert
23 M W Farm
Laborer b. OH
Lancaster, Anne 26
F W Domestic
Servant b. IL
1900 Census, Champaign County, Salem Township, OH
Rel. Color Sex BirthMo BirthYr Age Marital #YrsMarr
#child #living BirthPlace
Hunter, Newton P. H
W M
Feb 1846
54
Divorced
OH
FrBrn MrBrn Occup Read? Write?
SpeakEng? Own/Rent Own/Mort Farm/House
VA KY
Physician Y
Y
Y
O
F
H
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108.7f__John Milton HUNTER (Resided
Columbus, Franklin County, OH July 1902)
b.
22 Mar 1838
child of: Samuel & Maria (MILLER) HUNTER
d. 19 May 1903, Champaign Co, OH
Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Urbana, Champaign
County, OH (as J.M. HUNTER)
m.
19 Nov 1862, Champaign County, OH by J.M. Robinson, a Minister. William
Enoch, Test.
Reported in Urbana
newspaper on 27 Nov 1962.
108.7fs__Sarah (Sallie) BALDWIN
b. 2 Dec 1838
child of:
d. 9 Apr 1902
Buried:
Other Marriages:
Children:
108.7f1 F. Edgar HUNTER
108.7f2 Nellie
M. HUNTER b. Urbana,
Champaign County, OH (DAR#81711)
m. Dr. Ben S. LEONARD
108.7f3 Ralph Waldo E. HUNTER
Synopsis:
1900 Census, Champaign County, Salem
Township, OH
Rel. Color Sex BirthMo BirthYr Age
Marital #YrsMarr #child #living BirthPlace
Hunter, Ralph.
H W
M Jan
1870
30
M
2
OH
FrBrn MrBrn Occup
Read? Write? SpeakEng? Own/Rent Own/Mort
Farm/House
OH OH Restaurant Kpr
Y
Y
Y
R
H
Elizabeth W W
F
Jun
1876
23
M
2
1
1 OH
Germany
OH
Y
Y
Y
Donald
S W
M
Jul
1898
1
S
OH
OH OH
Redmond, Ella Servant-------
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108.8__Milton McKendree MILLER
b. 25 (23?) Dec 1811, KY
child of: Robert & Elizabeth (HANSON)
MILLER
d. 5 May 1872, Clark County, OH
Buried:
m. 29 Nov 1832, Clark County, OH (No record in the county marriage records for this time period)
108.8s__Mary Tabb HEDGES
b. 22 Sep 1814, Clark County, OH
child of: Samuel T. & Rebecca (DUNLAP)
HEDGES Go to
Tombstones
d.
Buried:
Other Marriages:
Children:
108.8a Mary E. MILLER b. c1836
108.8b Rebecca Jane MILLER b. c1841,
Springfield, Clark County, OH (DAR#24505)
m.
Joseph Fulton HUMPHREY
108.8c David MILLER b. c1842
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Tombstones (may or may not be correct
grave -no visible surname or dates)
108.8d Clara L. MILLER b. c1847
108.8e Robert N. MILLER b. c1848,
Clark County, OH
m.
Etta (?) b. c1847, PA
Children: Mary B MILLER b. c1874
William E. MILLER b. c1876
Joseph F. MILLER b. May 1880
108.8f Harriet (Hattie) M. MILLER b.
c1850
m.
? NICKLIN
108.8g Milton M. MILLER b. c1852
m. Mary
E. ? b. c1856
Synopsis:
Milton M. MILLER (deceased), farmer and local minister; P.O. New Moorefield; born in Kentucky, December 23, 1811; was a son of Robert and Elizabeth (HANSON) MILLER, he a native of VA and she of Maryland. They became residents of Clark County in the spring of 1812, locating upon the farm now owned by Abraham Mumper, and here they resided till their death. He died October 18, 1834; his wife died in August, 1857. They were the parents of six children, and he had three by first marriage. Two only now survive - Mary (now Widow BANES), and Maria (now widow of Samuel HUNTER). They were strictly pioneers in this neighborhood, taking their farm right from the woods in its wild state, and enduring all the labors and hardships incident to such life, bringing the forests into fine cultivated fields, with waving grain, and replacing their primitive log cabin with a comfortable frame house, and before their death were able to enjoy the general comforts and conveniences of life, and all accomplished by his own labor and industry. He owned two quarter sections of land, and in connection with his many labors and progress in accumulating property and obtaining the comforts and conveniences of a good farm and home, he was an active Christian worker in the M.E. Church, being a local preacher for many years, and in his death the community lost a kind neighbor and the church a great worker. Our subject being but an infant when his parents moved to this county, was nurtured, raised and great ot maturity inured to the hardships of the early settlers of that day, and lived with his parents till their death. He was married, November 29, 1832, to Mary T., daughter of Samuel T. and Rebecca (DUNLAP) HEDGES, he a native of Virginia and she of Kentucky; became settlers of Champaign Co., about 1812. They were parents of eleven children; those now living - Mary T., James, Jane, Elizabeth, Tabatha, Sarah and Samuel. Mary T. was born September was born Sept. 22, 1814. Mr. MILLER and wife had ten children, six now living - Mary E. , Rebecca, Clara L., Robert N., Hattie M. and Milton M. Mr. MILLER followed the footsteps of his father in being an industrious, energetic farmer; also an active Christian and a local preacher in the same church, and thus continued to the end of his life, which was terminated very suddenly. On May 5, 1872, having returned from church feeling wearied, he laid down to rest, and when called by his daughter to dinner, was found dead. This, though a severe stroke and loss to his family, was doubtless his eternal gain.
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