OBIT: John H. MILLER, 1899, of interest in Bedford County, PA

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John H. MILLER

 
On Friday evening of last week, John H. Miller left the house of his brother,
Josiah Miller, of Cessna, with a shotgun to shoot a squirrel which was on a
tree nearby.  Shortly after, his nephew, who was the only person in the house,
heard the report of the gun, and when he went out, found Mr. Miller lying 
across his gun on a bank a few feet from the house with a wound in his abdomen. 
The injured man died before the boy reached his side.  At first it was thought 
he had committed suicide, but at the inquest, which was held on Friday night, 
the jury rendered a verdict "of accidental death from a gunshot wound in the
abdomen."  The jury consisted of the following persons: Elias Blackburn,
Samuel Ickes, J. F. Anderson, A L. Nycum, George J. Koontz and Frank Naugle.
John H. Miller was born in Morrison's Cove about fifty-four years ago.
He was married to Miss Mary Rice, by whom he had six children, four of
whom are living, namely, Lydia, Dola, Myrtle and Artemas, of Rochester,Ind.
He is survived by the above named children, three brothers, Josiah, Jeremiah 
and Michael, and three sisters, Mrs. W. Koontz, Mrs. W. Reininger and Mrs. 
George Croyle.  On Sunday, his body was taken to Rochester, Ind., for 
interment. Decedent had extensive farming interests there and resided at that 
place many years. He came east last April.

Bedford Gazette, July 21, 1899

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