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Author: sharlynn34
Surnames: Miller, Newport, Bonnewell, Franklin, Prather
Classification: queries
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Nikki,
Do you have a William J Miller b abt 1823 OH d abt 1 Apr 1885 in Spencer,Owen Co., IN
married 17 Oct 1842 Claiborne, MS Elizabeth Rachel Herlong b Apr 1819 LA d Jun 22 1909
Harriosn Twp, Clay Co., IN.I think they had 8 children, Mary, Henry L b abt 1846, Bethany
Barbara b Aug 1848, Catherin, Eliza Jane b 2 Jan 1850 ( my husband's line), Ethalinda
b Nov 1855, John William b 1857 and Daniel W b Jul 1861. Bethany Barbara d before 1930
census married Charles B Brown 25 Jul 1883 in Clay Co. IN They had 3 child- ?, John W
Brown b 22 May 1884 d 15 Oct 1968 and Clara B b Aug 1887 and D aft 1968. These two listed
in 1930 Clay Co census-brother and sister and each as single. I can not find were William
and Rachel Elizabeth Miller are buried. I have been to Owen Co and tried the Brazil Public
Health Dept.I am thinking maybe they are all buried in the same cemetery in Clay Co. I do
not know William Miller's parents nor siblings. I found a letter in Owen Co
Library's vertical file that Clara Brown wrote sometime in the 1970's, it is not
dated, she states she is the last of her family and she was 85 years old.She said her
grandfather , William Miller had a h!
otel in Spencer was known as Dixie Bill Miller, I am not sure if the hotel was called
this or her grandfather. She states he died in Spencer and her grandmother lived with her
family til she died in 1909. Any help would be very appreciated on this Miller family.
Sharlynn
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