Biographical Sketch of Onan Miller, Center Township, Buchanan
County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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Onan Miller, farmer and stock raiser, section 35, post office Willow
Brook, was born December 22, 1817 in Orange County, Indiana, and was
reared there on a farm and attended school. He learned the carpenter
trade in his youth and followed it considerably through life. He
moved to Illinois in the fall of 1836, residing there three years and
returned to Indiana, remaining until the spring of 1842, when he emi-
grated West, and settled in Buchanan County, Missouri. He was rather
young, and traveled around the country for some years assisting in
clearing up farms and improving the county. During the late war he
enlisted in the Enrolled Missouri Militia and served for six months.
Mr. Miller has filled his present office of school director several
terms, and that of road overseer for a number of years. He married
in December, 1845 to Miss Margaret Mathers, a native of Belmont County,
Ohio. they have four children living: Mary E., now Mrs. Andrew Isaac-
son; Sarah F., now Mrs. Joseph Culbertson; John F. and Rosy M. They
lost one child. His landed estate consists of 134 acres of well im-
proved land. Mr. Miller is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
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