Overnight, I was thinking I should simplify my query. Does anyone recognize this family group? Daniel Miller born about 1815 in OHIO Susan F Miller born 1808 to 1815 in VIRGINIA George F Miller born about 1839-40 in Iowa Territory James J Miller born about 1840 in Iowa Territory Daniel Y Miller born 1847 in Illinois Angeline Miller born about 1850 in Illinois In Lee or Lynn Co. Iowa in 1840. In Putnam County, IL in 1850 In Bureau County, IL in 1860 Can't find any of them in 1870. Daniel Y. Miller resurfaces in Kansas in 1878. Now this may correlate to a story told me 35 years ago by my grandmother who was a daughter of Daniel Y. Miller of this group. She said the whole family except him drowned in the wreck of an excursion boat on a river sometime after the Civil War. He was away at school. That would explain their disappearance but is perhaps apocryphal. I would be grateful for any tops to follow that might help me break through this brick wall. Ann Lamb

Ann, Many steamboats went down during the Civil War, and after. One being The Rebecca Everingham launched in 1880 and burned in 1884. You might want to research this direction, possible locating quest lists of those on board. Darle ----- Original Message ----- From: <AnnL7777@aol.com> To: <miller@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 11:21 AM Subject: [Miller] Miller query Illinois, simplified > Overnight, I was thinking I should simplify my query. Does anyone recognize > this family group? > > Daniel Miller born about 1815 in OHIO > Susan F Miller born 1808 to 1815 in VIRGINIA > George F Miller born about 1839-40 in Iowa Territory > James J Miller born about 1840 in Iowa Territory > Daniel Y Miller born 1847 in Illinois > Angeline Miller born about 1850 in Illinois > > In Lee or Lynn Co. Iowa in 1840. > In Putnam County, IL in 1850 > In Bureau County, IL in 1860 > Can't find any of them in 1870. Daniel Y. Miller resurfaces in Kansas in > 1878. > > Now this may correlate to a story told me 35 years ago by my grandmother who > was a daughter of Daniel Y. Miller of this group. She said the whole family > except him drowned in the wreck of an excursion boat on a river sometime > after the Civil War. He was away at school. That would explain their > disappearance but is perhaps apocryphal. > > I would be grateful for any tops to follow that might help me break through > this brick wall. > > Ann Lamb > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MILLER > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MILLER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.16.4/615 - Release Date: 1/3/2007 > >