I'm looking for any information on the brothers Samuel and William MILLER, who came to California in 1849. They had a butcher shop in Sacramento. Later William lived near Stockton. Below is a little info on them. Sandy Wilbur 1. G. E. Henton. 1960. My Henton Lineage. Portland, OR: Metropolitan Press. 61pp. EIKANBARY family "[Samuel and Martha EIKENBARY] owned a large farm about three miles southwest of this town [Plattsmouth, NE] and were held in high esteem throughout the community. Samuel was elected a delegate from that District to the Territorial Assembly that formulated and established the Territorial Government of Nebraska in 1854. An outline of his driving a herd of cattle from eastern Iowa to Portland, Oregon, over the Oregon Trail in 1848 is covered [below]; also his participation in the California Gold Rush of 1849 as captain of a wagon train from Independence, Missouri, to Sacramento; two years prospecting for gold and home by ship to Panama, walked across the Isthmus of Panama and by ship to Burlington via the Misssissippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. "Samuel Eikenbary and Martha Crawford Eikenbary resided on their farm near Danville, Iowa, from about 1825 to about 1852; all their children were born on this farm. "Migration over the Oregon Trail became very heavy in 1845 and that spring Samuel, in company with his cousins SAMUEL AND WILLIAM MILLER, gathered a large herd of cattle and drove them to Portland, Oregon, over the trail, selling the stock and returning to his farm northwest of Burlington, Iowa. [NOTE: elsewhere, it says this trip took place in 1848 not 1845, but 1845 seems correct since he went to CA in 1849.] "Gold was discovered in California in late 1848 and the Gold Rush began early in 1849. Having previously visited the Pacific Coast, Samuel Eikenbary, WILLIAM AND SAMUEL MILLER (cousins) went to Independence, Missouri, and joined a large wagon train then being organized. Samuel Eikenbary was certainly a man of exceptional ability and was well known for his integrity and excellent character. Having previously been over the Oregon Trail, he was elected captain of this wagon train and safely conducted it to California. They went via the Oregon Trail to Fort Hall (then located near what is now Pocatello) then turned southwest through (now Ogden) Utah and into Nevada, following the Humboldt River west to its termination and through that which is now Carson City, over the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Donner Pass to Placerville, California (then called Hangtown) and to Sacramento. Samuel placer mined and prospected in California about two years, covering most of northern California in the Sierra and Coast Range Mountains; also through the Siskiyou Mountains in Southern Oregon in the vicinity of Jacksonville. "The MILLER boys tired of prospecting and opened a butcher shop in Sacramento. SAMUEL AND WILLIAM MILLER remained permanently in California. William was elected a state senator when California was admitted to the Union and Samuel owned and resided on a large ranch near Stockton. The writer, Dr. George E. Henton, was a medical student in the San Joaquin County Hospital at Stockton, during the years 1896-1898 under Dr. Samuel E. Latta (also a descendant of Samuel and Martha Crawford Eikenbary) and Samuel Miller frequently came to the hospital to consult Dr. Latta. He was then aged about 76 or 77 years; he often spoke of grandfather Samuel Eikenbary, their experiences on the Overland Trail and gold prospecting in California during 1849 and 1850. __________________ Overland Trail Pages: http://www.netcom.com/~symbios/geneal.html Pre-owned Genealogy, History, and Natural History Books: http://www.netcom.com/~symbios/genbooks.html