Mecosta County MI Archives Biographies.....Miller, George July 6, 1849 - 
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GEORGE MILLER, farmer, sec. 18, Colfax Tp., was born in Delaware, Middlesex 
Co., Ont., July 6, 1849, and 

is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth Miller.  The father was born in Perthshire, 
Scotland, in 1824, and in 

1845, on attaining his majority, came to Canada.  In the year following he 
married Elizabeth Chalmers, 

born in 1827, in Almond Bank, Perthshire, Scotland.  ahe came to Canada with 
her parents at the age of 18 

years, and in 1846 was married at Quebec.  They settled in Delaware, where 
they remained until 1868, in 

which year they moved to Michigan and settled on a farm in Colfax Tp., Mecosta 
Co., locating three miles 

from Big Rapids.

Mr. Miller resided with his parents until 1880, when he married Elida Hallock, 
the youngest daughter of 

Aaron E. and Harriet L. (Steens) Hallock, of Newaygo County.  Her father was 
born Feb. 2, 1825, in New 

York, and settled in Barry Co., Mich., when 18 years of age.  The mother was 
born Sept. 9, 1835, in the 

State of Michigan.  Their marriage occurred in 1850, and five years later they 
settled in MOntcalm County, 

where they resided until 1862.  They removed to Newaygo County, where Mrs. 
Miller was born July 29, 1862.  

She remained in her native county until she was nine years old and then went 
to Howard City, where she 

attended school until she was 17.  The following year she came to Mecosta 
County, and taught school, and 

was married May 5, 1880.  Mr. and Mrs. Miller have a son, born March 29, 1883, 
named George Ernest Miller. 

 The father of Mrs. Miller died April 15, 1872, leaving the mother with five 
children.  She removed to 

Howard City, where she died, in November, 1872.

On his marriage, Mr. Miller settled on his own farm, lying next to his 
father's place on the same section. 

 They together had cleared 20 acres of the tract, entered under the homestead 
act by the father; and Mr. 

Miller has cleared a like quantity on his own property, and has charge of both 
places, containing 160 

acres.

Mr. Miller's mother died June 9, 1881, aged 54 years.  She was seized with 
sudden and violent illness, 

passing within three hours into a comatose state, from which she never 
rallied, and about ten hours after 

the attack she ceased to exist.  She was dearly beloved, not only in her own 
family circle but also by a 

large number of neighbors and friends who felt her loss almost as keenly as 
though it were personal.  "We 

had been so happy i believing that we should keep her a long time with us that 
we were stunned, by the 

sharpness and suddenness of the blow," said one to whom her loss is 
irreparable.  She has a better 

monument than even queens have had, in the lasting memories of those whose 
happiness had been her chief 

care and hearty delight.

Additional Comments:
1883 Portrait & Bio Album of Mecosta Co., MI.

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