Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Miller, William H. 1814 - 
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WILLIAM H. MILLER, the owner of a finely cultivated farm of eighty acres of land on
section 8, Kingston township, came to Meeker county in August, 1865. He was born in
Bath, Steuben county, N. Y., January 2, 1814, and is the son of David and Anna Maria
(Bennett) Miller, natives of the “Empire State,” where his father died. In 1838 the
mother of our subject came to Beaver Dam, Wis., where she is now living, having
passed her ninetieth birthday. Her second husband was Andrew Sears, who died in
1855.

   Our subject received a common-school education in his native State, and, as he
grew to manhood, engaged in the milling business and farming with his uncle, Sheldon
Scars, spending some thirty years in various kinds of mills. He moved to Wisconsin
with his mother, and, when the tocsin of war sounded, enlisted, November 5,1861, in
the Eighth Battery, Wisconsin Light Artillery, and veteranized in the same battery
in February, 1864. He was an active participant in a number of engagements, among
which were the battles of Stone River, Perryville, Chickarnauga, Mission Ridge,
Lookout Mountain and Murfreesboro. He was discharged at the close of the war, August
10, 1865, at Milwaukee, and came direct to Meeker county, arriving here the last day
of that month.

  Mr. Miller was married in 1834 to Miss Ellenor Gregory, from whom he was shortly
afterward divorced. He was subsequently married to Miss Clarissa Nodine, and two
children were born to them—Susan M. and Charles S. Miller. After this Mr. Miller
removed to Wisconsin, and a short time later to Chicago, Ill. In 1852 his second
wife died while on a visit to Portage City, Wis.

  Mr. Miller was united in marriage December 26, 1855, with Miss Susan Sanders, a
native of Steuben county, N. Y., born November 14, 1837, and daughter of David and
Susan (Wakefield) Sanders. both of whom are deceased, the mother in 1852, and the
father in 1882. Her father died in Portage county, Wis., whither he had removed many
years before. By this union Mr. and Mrs. Miller are the parents of nine children—
Eugene, born May 20, 1859; Edwin, born April 20, 1867; Emma, born July 22, 1868;
Jennie V., born July 2, 1870; and Bertram D., born October 3, 1878. These are all
living. Those deceased are— Etta R., born August 25,1856, died in infancy; Nellie
M., born June 9, 1861, died May 25, 1875; Alice B., wife of Wilford Downing, died
November 8, 1883; and Jessie, born May 25, 1874, died November 1, 18S4.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from
Illustrated Album of Biography
Meeker and McLeod Counties, Minnesota
1888


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