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James Colver Miller

Birth	:	14 Dec 1797 Green River, Columbia County, New York, USA
Death	:	8 Apr 1891 Champaign County, Ohio, USA
Burial	:	Woodstock Cemetery, Woodstock, Champaign County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.1725006, -83.5363998
Description	:	1883 History of Union County, Ohio pages 175-176 James C. Miller was born December 14, 1797, in the State of New York. In 1814,he came to Ohio, with his uncle, Samuel Colver, and settled in this township, on the site of Irwin Station, where he remained with his uncle a few years; he then learned the carpenter trade, also the cabinet-making business. During his apprenticeship, when about twenty years of age, he went to Kentucky, and worked at his trade about eighteen months; thence returned to this township, and here continued his trade. In 1821, he married Selinda Burnham, daughter... Read More	1883 History of Union County, Ohio pages 175-176 James C. Miller was born December 14, 1797, in the State of New York. In 1814,he came to Ohio, with his uncle, Samuel Colver, and settled in this township, on the site of Irwin Station, where he remained with his uncle a few years; he then learned the carpenter trade, also the cabinet-making business. During his apprenticeship, when about twenty years of age, he went to Kentucky, and worked at his trade about eighteen months; thence returned to this township, and here continued his trade. In 1821, he married Selinda Burnham, daughter of Eliphas Burnham; by her he had seven children - Harriet, who married James R. Galloway, a resident of Milford; Eliphas, married Ellen Vanness, and removed to Missouri in 1865, returned in 1869, and died in the spring of 1882; James, married Emaline Burnham, and resides near Mechanicsburg; Zelenda, married Lemuel McGraw, and resides in Delaware, Ohio; Lydia Ann, married David Clement, and resides at Marysville; William H. Harrison, who was twice married, first to Sarah Vanness, second to Sarah Smith, and now resides in Milford; Rebecca, married Gwynn Irwin; she now resides near Mechanicburg. Mr. Miller has followed his trade, in connection with farming, through life. In 1865, he removed to Missouri, and in 1869 returned to this township, where, with this exception, he has spent sixty-eight year of his life. He was eighty-five years of age when the writer called to see him; he found him at his bench shoving the plane, and he remarked that he enjoyed as good health as he ever did in his life. 1883 History of Union County, Ohio page 211-212 JAMESC. MILLER, SR., retired, P. O. Irwin, was born at Green River, N.Y., December 14, 1797, and is the son of Joseph Miller. He came to Ohio in 1814 and in the spring of 1815 came to his uncle Samuel Colver's, in this township [Union Township]. In the fall of the same year, his mother, Ruth Colver, with her children, Samuel and Charity, came to Ohio and made a permanent settlement here. Mr. Miller continued to living in the township until 1865, during that time partaking of the official honors of the township, and serving the people as a Trustee and Justice of the Peace. He was also a Colonel of militia in the old days of State militia. He was married in 1821 to Zelinda, daughter of Eliphas Burnham, and after marriage settled in Survey No. 9,020, where he lived several years and then located on land now owned by James Fullington, in Survey No. 4,946; in 1865, he went to Missouri, but returned in 1869, and has since lived here. He had seven children, viz.: Harriet, Eliphas (deceased), Zelinda, James, Lydia A., Rebecca and Harrison. Mrs. Miller died September 1, 1877; she was born in Windham County, Conn. Mr. Miller is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the Universalist Church. Though over fourscore years of age, he retains all his mental faculties, is well preserved in body and bids fair to live manyyears. His mother was married the second time to Henry Smith, by whom she had two children - Charity and Samuel. Mr. Miller's grandson, John B. Miller, the subject of this additional notice, was born in Madison County in 1850, and is a son of James C. Miller, Jr., a native of this county, now living in Champaign County. He was reared in Madison County, and at the age of ten years settled where he now lives, and owns 153 acres of land in three counties. He was married to Mary E., daughter of George Hopkins, an old settler, by whom she has had four children, viz.: Lewis B., Nettie M., Harrison and Pearl.

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James Colver Miller's memorial is located at: Woodstock Cemetery, Woodstock, Champaign County, USA.
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James Colver Miller death on 8 Apr 1891 in Champaign County, Ohio, USA
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Latitude: 40.1725006
Longitude: -83.5363998

Family Members:

Parent

Joseph Miller

(1766 - 1853)

Spouse

Zelenda Burnham Miller

(1797 - 1877)

Children

Eliphas Miller

(1823 - 1882)

James Colver Miller Jr.

(1826 - 1902)

Rebecca G Miller Irwin

(1838 - 1929)

William Harrison Miller

(1840 - 1916)

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