Linn County KS Archives Obituaries.....MILLER, William "Uncle" Billy  March 23, 1900
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The LaCygne Weekly Journal
Linn County
Friday
March 23, 1900

Another Good Man Dead.
William Miller, One of our Oldest and Best Citizens Passes Away.

At the age of 78, "Uncle" Billy MILLER, as the subject of this sketch was
familiarly known, died at his home east of LaCygne on March 13th, after a
painful illness of two weeks.
William Miller was born in Kentucky September 8, 1827. He moved to Illinois with
his parents when three years of age, thence to Missouri at eight years old and
from there to Texas, back to Missouri and finally to Kansas in 1856 where he has
since resided. On December 6, 1849, he was married to Miss M.J. HUGO and to this
union eleven children were born--nine sons and two daughters. Three boys and two
girls are dead. The six living children were all present at the time of this
death. Fourteen descendants of this old gentleman are proud to call him grandpa.
William Miller professed religion at the Chamberlain school house and joined the
Baptist church. He was baptised by Elder Simons. The church at that place
disbanded and he and wife joined at West Point where he held his membership and
was a faithful worker until death. This grand old man lived here in the early
days before the civil war, saw the hardships that existed on the border, and was
ever found assisting to make a hig her civilization and a better country.

The early settlers were more thorougly acquainted with William Miller and they
speak of him as one of the builders of our great country. He died as he lived--a
Christian man. 


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