Hi John,
Thanks for sharing your Sellers/Miller info. I think we might have corresponded before. If
you're interested, I've tracked down some information on the Millers. One
suppositon is that the first Jesse Miller's wife's last name MIGHT have been
Allison (this is just a guess) because the name shows up in later children and
grandchildren. Can you confirm (to correct) anything here?
Thanks,
Nancy
1 Jesse MILLER
Birth: 1786, <Virginia>
Death: 1823
"...Jesse Miller was one of the early settlers of Ohio, locating in Delaware county,
where he reared his family. Among his children was one named William, who married
Elizabeth Jones..." (History of Whitley County Indiana by S.P. Kaler and R.H. Maring,
pub. 1907)
Spouse: Mary ALLISON??
Birth: 1783, Virginia
Death: 5 Sep 1854, Oxford Twp., Delaware Co., OH (I think this is her death date, not sure
though.)
Children: Martha (ca1810-)
Mary (1812-1883)
William D. (1815-1889)
Elizabeth/Viola (1817-1859)
Sarah (ca1819-)
John A. (ca1821-)
Catherine (ca1823-1886)
1.1 Martha MILLER
Birth: ca 1810, <Janesville, OH>
1.2 Mary MILLER
Birth: 25 Dec 1812, Janesville, Ohio
Death: 28 Dec 1883
Burial: Gavitt Cemetery, Oxford Twp., Delaware Co., OH
Spouse: Henry BELL
Birth: 29 Nov 1804, Delaware
Death: 5 May 1867, OH
Father: John BELL (ca1778-)
Marr: 11 Aug 1831, OH
Children: John Allison (1833-1910)
Martha (1835-1835)
Sarah (1837-<1908)
Henry (1839-1854)
Mary (1841-1914)
Stanley (1843-1921)
Elizabeth (1845-)
Robert (ca1848-1927)
David Miller (1851-1937)
William (1855-1892)
Cecelia E. (1856-)
??? (ca1859-)
1.2.1 John Allison BELL
Birth: 20 Jan 1833, OH
Death: 15 Sep 1910
Burial: Ashley Union Cem, Oxford Twp, Delaware OH
Spouse: Angeline LEONARD
Birth: 11 Feb 1841
Death: 26 Mar 1903
Marr: 27 Sep 1857, Delaware Co OH
Children: Flora Estella (1854-1918)
Charles H. (1866-1946)
1.2.2 Martha BELL
Birth: 21 Mar 1835, OH
Death: 21 Jul 1835, OH
1.2.3 Sarah BELL
Birth: 21 Feb 1837, OH
Death: bef 1908
Spouse: POOLE
Birth: ca 1833
1.2.4 Henry BELL
Birth: 5 Sep 1839, OH
Death: 15 Sep 1854, OH
Burial: Gavitt Cemetery, Oxford Twp., Delaware Co., OH
1.2.5 Mary BELL
Birth: 23 Dec 1841, OH
Death: 1914
Burial: Gavitt Cemetery, Oxford Twnship, Deleware Co, Ohio
1.2.6 Stanley BELL
Birth: 1 Jan 1843, Oxford Twp., Delaware Co. OH
Death: 1921
Burial: Gavitt Cemetery, Oxford Twnship, Deleware Co, Ohio
Spouse: Harriett WATERS
Birth: 24 Apr 1850, OH
Death: 7 Feb 1931, Ashley, Delaware Co., OH
Marr: 5 Apr 1868, Oxford Twp, Delaware Co OH
Children: Harry (ca1869-)
Nellie (ca1870-1875)
Bertha Clifton (1872-1943)
Lena (1874-)
Arthur (ca1876-ca1957)
Clara (ca1878-)
Jospeh Mitchell (1881-1944)
Mae (ca1883-)
Elizabeth (ca1885-)
1.2.7 Elizabeth BELL
Birth: 31 Oct 1845, OH
1.2.8 Robert BELL
Birth: ca 14 Jul 1848, OH
Death: 1927
1.2.9a David Miller BELL*
Birth: 6 Mar 1851, OH
Death: 6 Mar 1937
Burial: Kilbourne Cem., Delaware, Ohio
Spouse: Jennie MOORE
Marr: 6 Oct 1875, Delaware, OH
Other spouses: Ella HALL
1.2.9b David Miller BELL* (See above)
Spouse: Ella HALL
Marr: 29 Jan 1884, Delaware, OH
Other spouses: Jennie MOORE
1.2.10 William BELL
Birth: 24 Mar 1855, OH
Death: 17 Apr 1892, OH
Burial: Gavitt Cemetery, Oxford Twp., Delaware Co., OH
1.2.11 Cecelia E. BELL
Birth: 26 Jul 1856, OH
1.2.12 ??? BELL
Birth: ca 1859, OH
1.3 William D. MILLER
Birth: 10 Apr 1815, <Janesville> Ohio or PA?
Death: 21 Jun 1889, Whitley Co., IN
Burial: Troy Presbyterian Cemetery, Etna-Troy Twp., Whitley Co.
Occ: farming
Reli: Methodist Episcopal
The 1850 Ohio census states he was born in Ohio.
Is Janesville the one in Clearfield Co PA?
His gravestone says he died aged 74 years 2 months 18 days.
"...he came to Whitley county, and settled on a farm in Troy township in 1864....He
was a plain and unpretentious farmer, his main ambition being to make a livelihood for his
loved ones and rear them as moral and upright men. The family was brought up in the faith
of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which the parents were devoted members during their
whole lives. The six children both to this union were: Sarah, wife of John Sellers, of
Warsaw, Indiana; Martha, widow of Henry Sellers, of Etna; Catharine, widow of Marion
Coyle, of Troy township; Jesse, who died in infancy; the present Jesse and Mary, deceased
wife of Clarence E. Doane, of Ohio...." (History of Whitley County Indiana by S.P.
Kaler and R.H. Maring, pub. 1907)
Wm. Miller, an aged and respected citizen of Troy township, died at the residence of his
son-in-law, Marion Coyle, last Sunday and was buried Tuesday. He was about 77 years of age
and had been an invalid for some time past. (Columbia City Post)
Mr. Wm. Miller died last Sunday evening, at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr. Marion
Coyle. He has been ill for a long time. He was buried at the Troy Presbyterian church
Tuesday. (Columbia City Commercial, Thursday, June 27, 1889)
Spouse: Elizabeth JONES
Birth: 21 Sep 1818, PA OH
Death: 13 Jun 1881, Whitley Co., IN
Marr: 29 Apr 1841, Delaware Co., OH
Children: Sarah Ann (ca1842->1915)
Martha C. (1844-1911)
Catherine "Kate" (1847-1916)
Jesse
Jesse (1850-1939)
Mary Allison (1857-1898)
1.3.1 Sarah Ann MILLER
Birth: ca 1842, OH
Death: aft 1915
Mrs. John Sellers Has Hemorrhage
Mrs. John Sellers of Warsaw, who was called to this county at the death of her sister,
Mrs. Marion Coyle, of Troy township, and who remained at the Elmer Coyle home for a few
days suffered two nasal hemorrhages Frida afternoon and evening and Dr. O.V. Schuman was
called to relieve her. She and Mr. Coyle had planned to return to Warsaw on Saturday but
will be compelled to remain here an indefinite length of time as Mrs. Sellers is
seventy-five years old and her illness is telling on her. (Columbia City Post, March 1,
1916)
Spouse: John W. SELLERS/SELLARS
Birth: 25 Dec 1844, Delaware Co., OH
Death: 2 Dec 1929
Father: Daniel M. SELLERS (1811-1899)
Mother: Mary Ann PROSSER (1817-1892)
Marr: 24 May 1868, bride's father's residence, Whitley Co., IN
Children: Charles L. (1869-)
Dessie M. (1884-)
1.3.2 Martha C. MILLER
Birth: 7 Sep 1844, OH
Death: 16 May 1911, Whitley Co., IN
Burial: Troy Presbyterian Cemetery, Etna-Troy Twp., Whitley Co.
gravestone says she died aged 66 years 6 months 9 days
Spouse: William Henry SELLERS
Birth: 13 May 1842, Delaware Co., OH
Death: 10 Dec 1898, Whitley Co., IN
Father: Daniel M. SELLERS (1811-1899)
Mother: Mary Ann PROSSER (1817-1892)
Marr: 26 Mar 1868, Whitley IN
Children: Jesse (ca1870-)
Emma (ca1872-)
Frederick (ca1874-)
Franklin (ca1877-)
Hazel M. (1887-)
1.3.3 Catherine "Kate" MILLER
Birth: 18 Jan 1847, OH
Death: 22 Feb 1916
Burial: Adams Cemetery, Etna Twp., Whitley Co., IN
Mrs. Catherine Coyle Funeral
The funeral of Mrs. Catherine Coyle was held at the Troy Methodist church Thursday
afternoon at two o¹clock. Rev. R. J. Evans officiating. Burial was made in the Adams
cemetery. The pall bearers were newphews of the deceased: Clyde and Will Miller, Charles
Sellers of Warwaw, Frank and Fred Sellers of Fort Wayne, and Charles Coyle of Columbia
City. (Columbia City Post, Feb. 26, 1916)
Spouse: Marion Francis or Francis Marion COYLE
Birth: 23 Jan 1846, OH
Death: 26 Jan 1904
Marr: 10 Sep 1868, Whitely Co IN
Children: Anna (1869-1875)
Perry (1871-1875)
Elmer (1874-1940)
Raymond J. (1876-1942)
Nellie L. (1880-)
Mattie J. (1882-1955)
Orval/Ora C. (1885-)
child (-<1904)
1.3.4 Jesse MILLER
Death: in infancy
1.3.5a Jesse MILLER*
Birth: 4 Apr 1850, Delaware Co., OH
Death: 1939, Whitley Co., IN
Burial: Snodgrass Cemetery, Etna Twp., Whitley Co., IN
Occ: farm laborer, general farming
Reli: Methodist
"Jesse Miller...was born in Delaware county, Ohio, April 4, 1850. He was fourteen
years of age when his parents came to Whitley county and during this period obtained a
meager education by irregular attendance at the primitive schools customary in the rural
regions in those days...In 1872 he took possession of the one hundred and twenty acres of
land which constitutes his present estate, but great has been the transformation from that
day, thirty-five years ago. When Mr. Miller reached his future home he found it a tract of
primeval forest, overgrown with the various kinds of timber characteristic of the Indiana
wilderness, and realized that he had a prodigious amount of work to do before this could
be converted into a farm....The clearing of the land, together with its tiling and careful
cultivaton, has made the wilderness blossom as the rose....In 1878, Mr. Miller erected a
barn 24 feet high and with a length and breadth of 40 by 60 feet. This improvement was
followed in 1902 by an eight-room frame house, which is promounced one of the neatest and
most convenient in the county...."(History of Whitley County Indiana by S.P. Kaler
and R.H. Maring, pub. 1907)
Miller, Jess, sec. 34, 160 a., Larwill, rfd 1. (Etna Twp.)
Spouse: Hannah E. JONES
Birth: 1848
Death: 27 Apr 1874, Whitley Co., IN
Father: George Washington "Wash" JONES (1816-1903)
Mother: Catherine HUNT (1822-1852)
Marr: 27 Jan 1872, Whitley Co IN (James H. Slade officiating)
Other spouses: Elsie Sophronia BARBER
1.3.5b Jesse MILLER* (See above)
Spouse: Elsie Sophronia BARBER
Birth: Nov. 1853/1855, Indiana
Death: 1925, Whitley Co., IN
Father: Virgil BARBER (1825-1903)
Mother: Anna (Annis) PATTERSON (1829-1899)
Marr: 22 Mar 1876, Whitley Co., IN
Children: Clyde O. (1877-1964)
William Denver (1878-1968)
Hannah Nevada "Vada" (1884-1944)
Dessie W. (Twin) (1889-1979)
Besse N. (Twin) (1889-1973)
Other spouses: Hannah E. JONES
1.3.6 Mary Allison MILLER
Birth: 21 Feb 1857, Delaware Co., Ohio
Death: 8 Mar 1898, Lorain, Ohio
Spouse: Clarence Ellsworth DOANE
Birth: 9 Aug 1847, Bloomsburg, Columbia Co., PA
Death: 30 Dec 1930, Lorain, Ohio
Father: Norman Elijah DOANE (1825-1874)
Mother: Rebecca Bitters (1824-1913)
Marr: 9 Dec 1876, Whitely Co IN
Children: Clarmont Edwin (1877-1970)
Bessie Anne Leona (1880-1959)
Vesta Lena Ione (1882-1906)
Glenna Ethel Rue (1886-1957)
Carlin M. (1889-1971)
1.4 Elizabeth/Viola MILLER
Birth: 3 Jun 1817, <PA>
Death: 24 Dec 1859
Burial: Gavitt Cem., Oxford Twp, Delaware Co, Ohio
Reli: Methodist Episcopal
Spouse: Ezekiel Stanton GAVITT
Birth: 18 Oct 1804, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts
Death: 31 Jan 1892
Father: William GAVITT (1766-1854)
Mother: Sarah BABCOCK (ca1768-)
Children: Corrington (1838-1919)
Wm. Wellington (ca1840-)
Mary Allison (ca1842->1917)
Cynthia Elizabeth (1845-)
Phyluria/Philena O. (ca1850-)
Louis H. (1850-1913)
Sarah (1852-1901)
Viola A. (ca1854-)
Ella C. (ca1856-)
1.4.1 Corrington GAVITT
Birth: 1838
Death: 1919
Burial: Gavitt Cem., Delaware Co., Ohio
1.4.2 Wm. Wellington GAVITT
Birth: ca 1840, OH
1.4.3 Mary Allison GAVITT
Birth: ca 1842/43, OH
Death: aft 1917
Spouse: Joseph F. CURREN
Birth: ca 1838
Death: 1917, Delaware Co OH
Father: Stephen CURREN
Mother: Elizabeth Stratton
Marr: 1864/1866, Delaware Co OH
Children: Arthur J. (1876-)
1.4.4 Cynthia Elizabeth GAVITT
Birth: Oct 1845/46, OH
Spouse: Alfred R. LIVINGSTON
Marr: 20 Nov 1870, Delaware Co OH
1.4.5 Phyluria/Philena O. GAVITT
Birth: ca 1850, OH
1.4.6 Louis H. GAVITT
Birth: 1850
Death: 1913
Burial: Gavitt Cem., Delaware Co., Ohio
1.4.7 Sarah GAVITT
Birth: 1852
Death: 1901
Burial: Gavitt Cem., Delaware Co., Ohio
1.4.8 Viola A. GAVITT
Birth: ca 1854
Spouse: Daniel McCURDY
Marr: 5 Jan 1873, Delaware Co OH
1.4.9 Ella C. GAVITT
Birth: ca 1856
Burial: Gavitt Cem., Delaware Co., Ohio
1.5 Sarah MILLER
Birth: ca 1819, <PA>
1.6 John A. MILLER
Birth: ca 1821, <PA>
1.7 Catherine MILLER
Birth: ca 1823/1828, <PA>
Death: 16 Oct 1886, Lincoln Twp., Crawford Co KS
Spouse: Josiah H. McGONIGLE
Birth: 23 Aug 1812, Barboursville, Cabell Co, VA (now WVa)
Death: ca 1876, Lincoln Twp., Crawford Co., Kansas
Father: Joseph McGONIGLE (ca1778-1838)
Mother: Elizabeth JONES (1788-1871)
Marr: 31 Oct 1847, Delaware Co OH
Children: Albert (ca1848-~1864)
Julia Ann (1850-1882)
Lewis (1852-)
Margaret "Maggie" (1856-)
Elizabeth "Lizzie" (1856-)
Joseph (1859-)
1.7.1 Albert McGONIGLE
Birth: ca 1848, Pike Co., Illinois
Death: abt 1864, Bourbon Co., Kansas
1.7.2 Julia Ann McGONIGLE
Birth: 12 Mar 1850, Pike Co., Illinois
Death: 14 Mar 1882, Lincoln Twp., Crawford Co., Kansas
Burial: McGonigle Cemetery, Lincoln Twp., Crawford Co., KS
Spouse: Jonas ELLIOT
Birth: 24 Jan 1835, Lafayette Co., Missouri
Death: 30 Aug 1911
Marr: ca 1867, Crawford Co KS
Children: William Henderson "Bill" (1868-1934)
Catherine Elizabeth (Kate) (1869-1942)
Sarah A. (1871-1872)
Jonas Albert (Jone)
Julia Ida (Ide)
Jesse Lewis
John M. (Jack)
Ada A. (ca1882-1882)
1.7.3 Lewis McGONIGLE
Birth: 1852, Delaware Co OH
1.7.4 Margaret "Maggie" McGONIGLE
Birth: 1856, Delaware Co OH
1.7.5 Elizabeth "Lizzie" McGONIGLE
Birth: 1856, Delaware Co OH
1.7.6 Joseph McGONIGLE
Birth: 1859, Delaware Co OH
Hi Nancy,
Here are my SELLERS and MILLER's.
John Sellers
Descendants of Daniel M. Sellers
1 SELLERS, Daniel M. b: July 24, 1811 Licking, Ohio d: November 26, 1899
.. +PATTERSON, Sophia m: March 18, 1835
*2nd Wife of SELLERS, Daniel M.:
.. +PROSSER, Mary Ann b: April 7, 1817 , Pennsylvania d: August 26, 1892 m:
December 7, 1837
...... 2 SELLERS, Elizabeth b: 1841 Licking, Ohio
...... 2 SELLERS, William Henry b: May 13, 1842 Delaware, Ohio d:
February 10,
1898
.......... +MILLER, Martha C. b: Abt. 1844 <Delaware, OH> d: March 16,
1911 m:
March 27, 1868
............... 3 SELLERS, Jesse b: March 26, 1869 d: 1946
................... +LIGHT, Luella May m: May 8, 1913
............... 3 SELLERS, Emma D. b: September 15, 1870
............... 3 SELLERS, Fredrick (Fred) b: December 22, 1873
................... +MINARD, Helen
............... 3 SELLERS, Franklin (Frank) b: August 22, 1877
................... +SWIHART, Katherine
............... 3 SELLERS, Hazel Maud b: September 5, 1887
...... 2 SELLERS, John W. b: December 25, 1844 Delaware, OH d: December
2, 1929
.......... +MILLER, Sarah Ann b: 1846 Delaware, OH m: May 24, 1868
............... 3 SELLERS, Charles L. b: June 14, 1869
................... +GREINER, Margaret R. m: June 1, 1904
............... 3 SELLERS, Dessie M. b: February 9, 1884 d: January 1976
................... +STEPHENS, George F. m: June 5, 1912
...... 2 SELLERS, George W b: 1848 Larwill, Whitley, Indiana
...... 2 SELLERS, Charles Downing b: July 7, 1850 Richland Twp.,
Whitley, IN d:
September 7, 1928
.......... +GRANT, Maxie Phoebe b: January 26, 1854 Troy Twp., Whitley,
IN d:
February 22, 1939 m: December 24, 1874
............... 3 SELLERS, Lela Maud b: August 2, 1879 Richland Twp.,
Whitley,
IN d: October 16, 1956
................... +SALMON, Thomas Ray b: November 16, 1878 Troy Twp.,
Whitley,
IN d: November 28, 1956 m: September 8, 1898
............... 3 SELLERS, Charles Grant b: July 4, 1887 Syracuse,
Hamilton, KS
d: January 8, 1949
................... +MARTIN, Iva L m: 1916
............... 3 SELLERS, Beulah Mae b: May 11, 1891 Richland Twp.,
Whitley, IN
d: March 1, 1948
................... +SWEENEY, Perry b: November 2, 1889 d: January 1977 m:
February 15, 1912
...... 2 SELLERS, Mary J. b: May 23, 1853 Larwill, Whitley, Indiana d:
September
12, 1873
...... 2 SELLERS, Horace b: 1857 Larwill, Whitley, Indiana
...... 2 SELLERS, Ella b: 1862 Larwill, Whitley, Indiana