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Date Posted: 18:20:30 08/12/02 Mon
Author: Melvin Dean Miller
Subject: Re: William H. Miller Sr.

>>>>Searching for information on ggg-granddad William H.
>>>>Miller, born in 1826 in Tennessee
>>> and marriad
>>>>Zena Jane? They moved to Williamson Co. Illinois and
>>>>had two boys James & William H. Jr.. William Sr.
>>died young, before 1857. William Jr. served in the
>>Civil War and married Josephine Ann Thompson in 1872.
>>In 1900 They moved to Stoddard Co. Missouri. If you
>>would have any information on William Sr....Please
>>help. Dean
>---
>I have a John Miller b. ?(but probably bef. 1793) in
>TENNESEE, and his wife Catherine (?), with 4 sons:
>William, Fritz, George, and David Henry Miller.
>There's an off-chance this William is yours, though he
>seems a few years too young; may be relation, however.
>Have nothing on the 3 others and don't know birth
>order, but David H. (my line) was born April 8, 1808
>in Ohio, married Elizabeth Stephens (b. February 28,
>1817) and had 9 children 1837-1859 (5 boys, 4 girls; I
>have names and dates). This may be of interest to
>you: Family story says David H. and family went to
>Oregon Territory with a wagon train about 1844 that
>(probably) started in Independence, MISSOURI. We've
>found traces of them in the Willamette Valley, OT.
>David's son John Miller, b. May 19, 1839 (1 of David's
>9 and my 2nd great-grandfather) and wife Celila
>Miller, b. December 5, 1843 (twin of Martha Miller who
>married James Miller, another of David's boys; twins
>not born of same Miller bloodline) also went to Oregon
>Territory, but at a later date we are told, perhaps in
>the 1860's. John had 9 children and named the oldest
>son, b. February 15, 1865, William Henry Miller.
>Co-incidence perhaps, but may be worth checking into
>for you. If your family's like I've found mine to be,
>often siblings use identical or similar given names
>for their children, seemingly generation after
>generation. Confused yet? Go West, young man, go
>West. Maybe OT will lead you in the right direction.
>Contact clj3@mindspring.com if any of this rings a
>bell.
>---
Thank you for responding. I don't believe our lines are the same. William did have a brother (name John D.) and they were born about 1825 and were in the 1850 census in williamson Co. Illinois. ....Dean

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