MIAMI COUNTY OHIO - BIO: MILLER, Elias (published 1880)
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Here is a history of an ancestral relative that is from the 1880 History of
Miami Co., OH.  This history is not yet on-line on the Miami Co., OH Web
Site.  Please feel free to copy and use it on the site if you can.  It may
save someone some typing time.

Note: Catherine is also spelled Catharine in the original text.
(Source:  "The History of Miami County, OH," W. H. Beers & Co.,
Chicago, IL, 1880, pp. 510 & 513: Biographical Sketches: ELIAS
MILLER)

It was said in the text that Elias & Catherine were married "in
his native state," but they were married in Butler Co., OH according to my
research and the MVGI.

Does anyone know the year of Elias' demise?  I note on the MVGI he is listed
in the 1880 Census of Miami Co., OH and his Estate appears to have been
probated in 1886.

Elias was the son of Jacob & Lucretia Marsh; gs/o Enoch Miller
and Hannah Backer/Baker; g-gs/o Samuel Miller & Elizabeth RIGGS; gg-gs/o
William MILLER & Hannah ???; & ggg-gs/o John MILLER.   Research of: Audrey
(SHIELDS) HANCOCK, 1130 Dogwood Drive, Portage, MI 49024 at
davehancock@worldnet.att.net who descends from John > William > Samuel >
Enoch Miller & Hannah Backer/Baker through their son Enoch Miller #2 and
Eliza Ross.

Audrey Shields Hancock

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"ELIAS MILLER, retired farmer; P. O. Piqua; was born in New
Jersey Nov. 9, 1792, and is a son of Jacob and Lucretia (Marsh)
Miller; their marriage was celebrated during the war of
Independence; Jacob was a native of New Jersey, born March 18,
1747, died May 2, 1814; Lucretia was also a native of the same
State, born March 19, 1759, deceased; the ancestors of Lucretia
were originally from Wales; the children of Jacob and wife were
eight in number, viz., Sarah (born Dec. 21, 1778, died April 2,
1839), Joanna (born July 2, 1782, died July 5, 1871), Jacob (born
July 23, 1787, died Feb. 12, 1814), Joshua (born June 3, 1790,
died March 1, 1824), Elias (b Nov. 9, 1792); Hannah (born Nov.
25, 1795, died April 17, 1834), Huldah (born May 4, 1798, died
about 1856; Ellis (born Aug. 17, 1800, died July, 1862). Elias
was brought up to farm labor; in 1838, he came West, purchased
his present farm of 160 acres, in Sec. 11, Spring Creek Township,
which he greatly improved, and has for many years enjoyed the
fruits of his labors.  On Dec. 26, 1816, in his native State, he
married Catharine Moore; they, by this union had nine children,
viz., Rebecca A. (born Dec. 17, 1817, died 1852), Ellis (born
Jan. 24, 1819, died Sept. 22, 1872), Lucretia (born May 19,
1821), Hannah (born Oct. 2, 1823), Phileth (born Nov. 11, 1826),
Philip (born April 2, 1828), Mary (born Feb. 18, 1830), John
(born April 27, 1832), Elias J., (born July 13, 1834); Elias and
Catharine have of their descendants forty-four grandchildren and
twenty-seven great-grandchildren; of the great-grandchildren,
Mary Hetzler is the only one now married; her marriage with
Freeman Weatherhead was celebrated Dec. 25, 189; they now live
with their great-grandparents, and assist in caring for them; on
Nov. 9, 1879, Mr. Miller, to his utter surprise, was met in his
house by many of the above descendants, and other friends and
relatives to celebrate his 87th birthday, each one coming with
their baskets bountifully filled; a table was soon spread with
the rich and substantial viands which kind hands had brought; the
table was first surrounded by the eldest, next by the younger,
etc., to the youngest; the afternoon was enjoyed in social
entertainment.  Mrs. Miller was born in Kentucky Jan. 24, 1795;
she is a daughter of Gershom and Anna Moore; they were the
parents of nine children, of whom Catherine is the only one now
living."

(Source:  "The History of Miami County, OH," W. H. Beers & Co.,
Chicago, IL, 1880, pp. 510 & 513: Biographical Sketches: ELIAS
MILLER)