> John D. Miller b. 10-9-1824 Wurttemberg, d. 7-29-1902 Perry twsp, (Lima) > Allen Co OH. He married Margaret Werner b. 9-6-1821 Wurttemberg, d. > 1-21-1905 Perry Twsp (Lima) Allen Co OH. They are buried at St. Paul's > Evangelical Cemetery, located at St. John's and Breese Rds. > > The family story says that John and Margaret, and their daughter Mary E. > Miller b. 1850 Germany, arrived in America in 1853, and first settled in > Erie, Erie Co PA, though I have never confirmed this story. > > I have never found John and Margaret in the 1860, or 1870 census, but I > did find their eldest child Mary E. Miller b. 1850 Germany living in > Salem, Columbiana Co OH, as a live in servant. > In the 1870 census her brother John D. Miller, Jr b. 1854 PA was living in > Youngstown, OH living with his boss's household, he was young and sincle. > > By 1880 census John D. Miller, Sr and wife Margaret are living in Perry > Twsp, Lima, OH and John is a Farmer. I have no idea when John arrived in > Allen Co OH, but he lived there from at least from 1880 to his death in > 1902. John D. Miller Jr b. 1854 PA married in Allen Co OH 10-28-1877 to > Mary Etta Giberson b. 1856 OH, her father was William M. Giberson of > Auglaize Co OH, his father was John Giberson married to Sarah Chiles. > > John D. Miller Jr's sister Katie Miller b. 1856 PA married John W. > Giberson, the son of William Giberson of Auglaize Co OH. John D. Miller > Jr's sister Maggie Miller b. 1859 PA or OH, married John Northrup, > secondly to George Rice, and thirdly to David Mumaugh. > > John D. Miller Jr and Mary Etta Giberson had 7 children, and at least one > of them was Charles Norvel Miller b. Oct 21, 1885 Lima, OH. I do not know > the names of the other 6 children, but by 1900 Mary stated that only 2 of > the 7 were still living. > > Sometime after October 1885, John and Mary and children took the Oregon > Trail to La Grande, Union Co OR, and settled in Elgin, Union Co OR. > > In the 1900 census at Elgin, Union Co OR John D. Miller jr is farming, and > his wife Mary and son Charles are with him. I would assume that Charles > was the youngest of the 2 remaining children, so they may have a child > born from 1878 thru 1884, most likely born in Lima, OH. That child was > living separate from them in 1900. > > Mary Etta Giberson Miller died on August 10, 1905 Union Co OR, her death > certificate was #1260. She is probably buried in Elgin, OR. > > Charles Norvel Miller b. 1885 married first at age 18, that would be > approximately 1903, but I do not know the name of the bride, but probably > married in Union Co OR. However, by 1910 census he is listed as widowed, > so sometime between 1903 and 1910 she died, probably in Union Co, OR. > > In the 1910 census at North Elgin, OR, John D. Miller, Jr has remarried, > to a lady name Edith b. 1883 Iowa, she had previously been marrried to a > man named Mr. Accod, also of Iowa, and perhaps he died. She had 2 little > sons: Evert Acord b. 1901 Iowa, and Freddie Acord b. 1903 Iowa. John and > Edith had a new baby Vivian Miller b. spring of 1910, the baby is listed > as a SON. John was working as a watchman at a Saw Mill. > > Vivian is not the usual name for a male child, but then Marion, Leslie, > and Beverly are all Male names used as well, especially in English and > Scottish cultures, so either Vivian is a male, or the census taker made a > mistake, which is also very common. > > In the 1910 census at South Elgin, OR Charles Norvel Miller was widowed, > and working at a Saw Mill. > > In the 1920 census at Elgin, OR Charles Norvel Miller has remarried to > Alice STEWART, and they have a baby boy named Charles S. Miller born > spring of 1920 Oregon. Alice Stewart Miller was born 1885 Nebraska, both > her parents were born in Iowa. > Charles was farming. > > In the 1930 census Charles and Alice have moved north to Castle Rock, > Cowlitz Co WA and Charles was working there on Railroad Contruction Labor. > Their son Charles S. Miller b. 1920 OR was with them, apparently, the > only child. > > We could not find any 1920 or 1930 census for John D. Miller, Jr and > second wife Edith, either that moved away, or died? > > I would love to know more about this Miller line in Oregon and Washington, > and if anyone knows more, or is connected, please reply. > > Best regards, > Lilly Martin, d/o Emily Leach, d/o Charles Leach b. 1897 La Grande, OR, > s/o William Edgar Leach b. 1872, s/o Mary E. Miller b. 1850 Germany, d/o > John D. Miller, Sr and Margaret Werner of Lima, OHIO. >