| Description |
: |
PARENTAGE-SIBLINGS: CEMETERY DIRECTORY OF AMISH AND MENNONITES IN IOWA, JOHNSON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF IOWA, by Mary A. Gingerich, Kalona, Iowa, 1972, page 218 & 219. "MILLER, Jacob B....., Anna B. ..., children: Peter J., Christian J., Jacob A., Moses J., Maxwell, Ia., Joel J., Lydia J., m. Peter J. Brenneman; Benedict J., Dan J."
1ST MARRIAGE: Iowa Historical Library, Des Moines, Iowa. MARRIAGE RECORD, WASHINGTON COUNTY, IOWA, Vol. 2, page 402, Record No. 88. "ISSUE OF LICENSE - Application being made this day by J. J. Miller for License for the marriage of Mr. himself aged 21...
Read More
|
PARENTAGE-SIBLINGS: CEMETERY DIRECTORY OF AMISH AND MENNONITES IN IOWA, JOHNSON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF IOWA, by Mary A. Gingerich, Kalona, Iowa, 1972, page 218 & 219. "MILLER, Jacob B....., Anna B. ..., children: Peter J., Christian J., Jacob A., Moses J., Maxwell, Ia., Joel J., Lydia J., m. Peter J. Brenneman; Benedict J., Dan J."
1ST MARRIAGE: Iowa Historical Library, Des Moines, Iowa. MARRIAGE RECORD, WASHINGTON COUNTY, IOWA, Vol. 2, page 402, Record No. 88. "ISSUE OF LICENSE - Application being made this day by J. J. Miller for License for the marriage of Mr. himself aged 21 years, and M. Amanda C. Whitmore aged 18 years, August 19, 1874. CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE - To the Circuit Court of Washington County, Iowa: This Certifies, That on the 23 day of August A. D. 1874 at Richmond in said County, according to law, and by authority, I duly joined in marriage Mr. M. J. Miller and M. A. C. Whitmore. Given under my hand, this 23 day of August 1874. W E. Kerr J. P."
SPOUSE-ISSUE #1: REGISTER OF MARRIAGE; Microfilm Story #18 Iowa Historical Library, Des Moines, Iowa; Ira Elmer Miller, age 23 residence Maxwell, Story Co., Iowa, born Iowa, farmer, father M. J. Miller, mother Amanda Whitmore, married Nellie Alice Bell age 18, born Iowa, father John R. Bell, mother Mary Scott, married 26 Aug 1896 in Collins, Story Co., Iowa.
ISSUE # 1: THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Iowa, Thursday, December 2, 1920, page 1, column 2. "IRA MILLER. - Ira Elmer Miller ... He also leaves to mourn their loss, his father, M. J. Miller, two brothers and one sister, his mother having preceded him in death some twenty years ago. Funeral services were held at the Grand Street (Grant Avenue) Baptist church, Springville (Springfield , Missouri), November 16th. Interment was at East Lawn cemetery."
ISSUE #4: THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Iowa, Thursday, January 3, 1901, page 5, column 2. "The ceremony which unites for life was duly celebrated at the M. J. Miller Home, Tuesday evening, upon the occasion of his daughter, Miss Estella giving her hand in marriage to Mr. John Miller. ......"
ISSUE #4: THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Iowa, Thursday, January 10, 1901, page 1, column 6. "Reception. - On last Wednesday evening, Mr. and Mrs. John Brodie gave a reception and six o'clock dinner to Mr. and Mrs. John Miller, who were married on the evening previous at the home of Mr. M. J. Miller, the bride's father. ...."
1ST MARRIAGE-ISSUE-DEATH OF 1ST WIFE: THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Iowa, Thursday, May 17, 1900, page 10, column 2. "OBITUARY. - Amanda ...She was married to M. J. Miller August 23, 1874, in Johnson ****county, Iowa, ... her husband and a willing helping hand for her children, three boys and one girl living, who with her husband mourn her departure for the heavenly mansions, one girl preceded her to the spirit world the 5th of September, 1895..." **** See note below.
1ST MARRIAGE: Marriages in Washington County, Iowa 1850-1900, page 102. M. J. Miller to A. C. Whitmore on August 23, 1874.
2ND MARRIAGE: THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Iowa, Thursday, January 24, 1901, page 5. "At Lexington, Ohio, January 16, 1901 occurred a nuptial ceremony which is of much interest to many in this locality. The contracting parties being Miss Rhoda Belle Rush, of that city, and Mr. M. J. Miller, of Maxwell, Iowa. The officiating clergyman was Rev. H. A. Thompson, of Lexington. A honeymoon of a few weeks will be spent among relatives in different parts of Ohio and Illinois, after which they will be at home to their friends near Maxwell. The home coming will be about February 6th. We are informed that M. J. has a large grip packed with choice Havanas, so the boys can hope to smoke to his happiness. May their matrimonial career never be alloyed with a mixture of ill luck or a tincture of disappointment is the wish of their friends and the TRIBUNE."
2ND SPOUSE: THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Iowa, Thursday, July 31, 1902, page 4, column 2. "Mr. Rusk, of Lexington, Ohio, is here for an extended visit with his daughter, Mrs. M. J. Miller."
DEATH-SIBLING: THE WELLMAN ADVANCE, Wellman, Washington County, Iowa, Thursday, September 19, 1929, page 7, column 2. "Kalona - Mose Miller died at the home of Mrs. Peter Brenneman Saturday. The funeral was held Sunday at 1 p.m., at East Union. Monday they took the remains to a place near Des Moines for burial."
BIRTH-SIBLINGS-1ST MARRIAGE-ISSUE-NUMBER OF MARRIAGES-DEATH-BURIAL: THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, September 26, 1929, page 1, column 3. "MOSES J. MILLER - Moses J. Miller was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, November 23, 1849, and died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Peter J. Brenneman, northeast of Kalona, Iowa, September 14, 1929, at the age of 79 years, ten months and twenty-one days. In the spring of 1857 the Miller family emigrated to Iowa and located on a farm northeast of Kalona. This place is known as the Jacob Miller homestead and is still owned and occupied by Mrs. Peter J. Brenneman, the only daughter of the family, with whom Mr. Miller made his home for the last two years. When a young man Mr. Miller accepted Christ as his Savior, uniting with the Evangelical church and was faithful to the church of his choice until death. He was married to Amanda Whitmore August 23, 1874. To this union were born five children, three sons and two daughters. One daughter, Estella, of Shenandoah, and one son, Theodore, of Des Moines, survive him. The family moved to Polk county, Iowa, locating near Maxwell, where Mrs. Miller died. Later Mr. Miller remarried and his second wife died in the year 1920. Mr. Miller was again married a few years ago to his present wife, who on account of advanced age and being practically helpless, is being cared for in the home of her daughter, near Springfield, Mo. Besides his widow he is survived by one daughter, one son, one sister, Mrs. Peter J. Brenneman, of Kalona; three brothers, Daniel, of Wellman, Iowa; Jacob, of Elkhart, Ind., and Joel, of Berwin, Ill.; eleven grandchildren and four great grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral service were held Sunday afternoon, Sept. 15, at 1 o'clock from the East Union Mennonite church, near Kalona, in charge of Rev. R. E. Kerney and Rev. D. J. Fisher. On Monday funeral services were held at the Loring church, conducted by Rev. H. D. Robison, of Des Moines, and Rev. David Lang, of Loring. Burial was made in the family lot at Loring." "CARD OF THANKS - We wish to express our thanks and appreciation to the relatives and friends of Loring, who assisted us and extended sympathy at the burial of our father and grandfather. Theo. Miller and family."
DEATH-BURIAL: Iowa Historical Library, Des Moines, Iowa, WASHINGTON COUNTY, IOWA DEATH RECORDS Vol 4 1921-1931 Register of Deaths page 120. Place of Death - Kalona. Full Name of Decedent - MILLER, Mose J. Sex - male. Color - white. Marital Status - married, Date of Birth - Nov 23, 1849. Age - 79 yrs 9 mos, 21 days. Occupation of Decedent - retired. Birthplace - PA. Name of Father - Jacob B. Miller. Birthplace of father - PA. Maiden Name of mother - Anna Sheonback(?). Birthplace of mother - Germany. Informant - Lydia Brenneman Kalona, Iowa. Date of Death - September 14, 1929. Cause of Death - Cardiac Asthma. Attending Physician - Dr. J. L. Fry Kalona, Iowa. Blace of Burial Loringlen, Maxwell, Iowa** Date of Burial - September 16, 1929. Undertaker R. H. Petersum Kalona, Iowa. **There is no Loringlen near Maxwell. Obituary of Moses states "... On Monday funeral services were held at the Loring church, conducted by Rev. H. D. Robison, of Des Moines, and Rev. David Lang, of Loring. Burial was made in the family lot at Loring." "CARD OF THANKS - We wish to express our thanks and appreciation to the relatives and friends of Loring, who assisted us and extended sympathy at the burial of our father and grandfather. Theo. Miller and family."
**Editorial note - there is no listing for M. J. or Moses J. Miller in the Mount Zion (Loring) cemetery, but according to his obituary, THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, September 26, 1929, page 1, column 3, "MOSES J. MILLER - ….. On Monday funeral services were held at the Loring** church, conducted by Rev. H. D. Robison, of Des Moines, and Rev. David Lang, of Loring. Burial was made in the family lot at Loring." His 1st wife Amanda and his daughter Effie E. are buried here with a space beside them that has no information. There is also no listing for Rhoda Belle Rusk Miller the 2nd wife of Moses, but according to her obituary, THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Iowa, Thursday, Jan 8, 1920, page 1, column 4. "MRS. M. J. MILLER. - Rhoda Bell Rusk ….. . The funeral was held at the Mt. Zion church Wednesday of last week at 11:00 a. m., conducted by Rev. H. D. Robinson. Interment was made in the Mt. Zion cemetery…"
1860 FEDERAL CENSUS: Iowa, Washington County, English River Township, Enumerated 10 July 1860, page 62, Dwelling #467, family #453, Moses Miller, age 9, sex - male, occupation - blank, birthplace - PA, attended school in the last year - yes.
1870 FEDERAL CENSUS: Iowa, Washington County, English River Township, Enumerated 29 August 1870, page 22, Dwelling #162, family #162, Miller, Moses, age 20, sex - male, race - white, occupation - carpenter, birthplace - PA, father foreign born - no, mother foreign born - yes, attended school in last year - yes.
1880 FEDERAL CENSUS OF IOWA: Polk County, Washington Township, page 564B, MILLER, Moses, relationship to head of household - self, married, gender - male, race - white, age - 30, birthplace - Pennsylvania, occupation - farmer, father's birthplace - Pennsylvania, mother's birthplace - Germany. Wife - Amanda, with children listed this census as Ira E., Theodore and Effie E.
1885 POPULATION CENSUS OF IOWA: Polk County, Washington Township, page 342, house number 39, MILLER, Moses, age 35, male, married, farmer, born Pennsylvania. Spouse listed this census - Amanda, children listed this census - Ira, Theodore, Effie, Estella and Blaine.
1895 POPULATION CENSUS OF IOWA: Polk County, Washington Township, dwelling 79, family 81, MILLER, Moses, 45, male, married, born Penn., farmer, member of Eva Association (church affiliation). Spouse listed this census - Amanda, children listed this census - Ira E. Effie E., Theodore, Stella A. and Claude B.
1900 FEDERAL CENSUS OF IOWA: Polk County, Washington Township, 20-23 June 1900, dwelling 118, family 124, MILLER, Moses, head, white, male, born - Nov 1849, age 50, widowed, born Penn, father born Penn, mother born Germany, farmer, read, write, speak English, own farm.
1910 FEDERAL CENSUS: Wyoming, Converse County, Hat Creek Precinct, District 41, enumerated 2 - 3 May 1910. Dwelling # 1, Family # 1 Miller, Moses J., relationship to head of house of this family - head, sex - male, color - white, age - 62, marital status - married 2, number of years this marriage 6, place born - Pennsylvania, father born - Pennsylvania, mother born -Pennsylvania, speaks English, occupation - farmer, dry, education - can read and write, ownership of home - owned, owned or mortgaged - free, farm, farm # 94. Spouse listed - Amanda**, no children listed this census. **Editorial note - Moses's first wife was Amanda who died in 1900, Moses's second wife was Rhoda Bell Rush/Rusk who died in 1919.
1920 FEDERAL CENSUS OF MISSOURI: Greene County, Precinct 1, Springfield, Ward 3, 4 January 1920. South Campbell Street, # 186, MILLER, Moses J., relationship to head of household - head, rents, sex - male, color - white, age - 70, widowed, reads/writes, place of birth - Pennsylvania, father's place of birth - Pennsylvania, mother's place of birth - Germany, speaks English, occupation - boarding house keeper own house.
HISTORICAL NOTES:
THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Iowa, Thursday, January 9, 1902, page 7, column 5. "M. J. Miller is behind the counter at the Maxwell Mercantile Co.'s store. This firm, on account of its expansive spirit, is obliged to make additions quite often, in order to be able to accommodate the large trade it is receiving."
THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Iowa, Thursday, January 19, 1905, page 1, column 3. "Letter From M. J. Miller. - The following communication from M. J. Miller will no doubt be of much interest to many of our readers. He says: BOZ, SOUTH DAKOTA, January 16, 1905. - As I promised our friends at Mt. Zion and Maxwell before leaving for South Dakota that I would write a letter for the MAXWELL TRIBUNE and thus better tell the readers of the TRIBUNE or our trip, how we like the country and what class of people live here. We left Maxwell the night of the 15th of November at about 12 o'clock and got to Manilla the next morning, and there we had to stay and enjoy ourselves as best we could until some time in the afternoon when we began to slowly wend our way up the grade for Sioux City. It was a beautiful day and Claud and I were standing in the half open door of our car viewing the beautiful hills and scenery along the track when suddenly the car door flew off its hinges and went sailing down the embankment; I thought Claud would sail after it for a while, but I caught him by the pants and safely landed him inside the car. Claud's face got as white as the snow on the bald mountains that we can see from our house Well we finally reached Sioux City at 6:00 p. m. and ordered another door, which the paddies finally brought and put on by the help of a crowbar and a mixed lot of cuss words. Left Sioux City about 10 o'clock for Mitchel**, S. D.; talk about rough roads and a ride in an emigrant car over the same. We made our bed and rolled in, or rather fell in. We had purchased some boards at one of the lumber yards (we will refrain from mentioning any names) at Maxwell upon which we made our bed, one end resting on a plank which as laid across the water barrel and the other end resting on a two by four. This we thought was fine for it furnished a short of a spring bed; but after the old iron hoss got his dutch up and began to think he could run like a jack rabbit, with a sort of a bounding motion, our bed began springing up and down and then we would meet the board half way, or the bed I don't know** which just now, for the two by four broke and away we went on our heads, but finally got it fixed again and thought the worst was over when the car gave another jerk and I thought the horses were coming on top of us from one end of the car and the furniture from the other. You see it was rough and tumble until we reached Mitchel the next morning. From there we had a way** freight and a fine run to Redfield, our destination, which we reached at 4 o'clock the same day, November 17th. I 'phoned out to some of our neighbors and they came in the next morning and helped us out to our final destination. Claud being over his scare by this time began to haul lumber for a house which we started to build the first of December and moved into it the 26th of the same month. We are located in what is called Ree valley, this is a beautiful level prairie country; we can see the Ree hills sixty miles away, and some mornings they look to be only fifteen or twenty miles, we can see the snow and valleys that run up the side of the hills very plain. Our neighbors have been very kind to us. The people that live here are from the eastern states, mostly from Michigan, Iowa, Illinois and Indiana. There are five churches within the radius of five miles; we attend the M. E., which if four miles. Will close by wishing all our friends a prosperous new year. The only thing we have to regret is that we don't get the TRIBUNE until it is a week old, and yet we get our mail delivered every other day. M. J. MILLER, BOZ, S. D." **Editorial note - spelling, punctuation and grammar are used from the original newspaper article.
THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Iowa, Thursday, December 30, 1915, page 1, column 1. "MOSE MILLER WRITES OF CONDITIONS IN WYOMING - Western State Growing in Value as Farming Country. Rich Oil Field Being Developed. Editor Tribune: I will try and make good my promise of some time ago, that I would write an epistle, so that our many friends may know we are not dead, but very much alive, and enjoying a reasonable amount of health. Had a little snow so far, and snowing today, but we had a fine ___. At present there is quite a boom in the oil region northwest of here, __ you need not be surprised if the __ter would strike a gusher almost __ __ old time. Several years ago two ___ers came from South Dakota and established a __ horse real estate office in Lusk, and finally leased a __y-acre tract of state land, had a well put down and got a gusher, and __ they don't know their wealth. The talk is that they are forming a company to build a pipe line from Casper to Omaha, in order to handle the immense output of crude oil. Wyoming is certainly coming to the front in minerals and oil, as well as agricultural resources. Six years ago when we landed in Lisk, all one could see was a vast stretch of prairie, cow punchers and white faced cattle. Today these vast prairies are dotted with farms and everybody is happy. Have the farmers driven out the cattle and cow punchers? Well, to a certain extent they have; more of them have moved their herds farther northwest, where the land is so rough and hilly that no homesteader cares to locate, and the dry farmers have fence their land and are keeping a bunch of white faces of their own. So you can see that the cattle industry has not diminished, but I think the number will increase in a few years, for the farmers are beginning to see that cattle and potato raising is profitable business to be engaged in. Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year, is the wish of M. J. Miller, Van Tassell, Wyo., Dec. 17, 1915."
THE MAXWELL TRIBUNE, Maxwell, Iowa, Thursday, March 7, 1963, page 1, column 1. "DO YOU REMEMBER? FORTY YEARS AGO - Items from the MAXWELL TRIBUNE of March 8, 1923. "...Miss |
