Hi, ALL! Marquis D. MILLER b. 23 Aug, 1810 NY shore of Lake Champlain (no town or county given) He removed to Onondaga Co, NY with his parents and lived there until manhood. (This could also include Cayuga, Oswego & Cortland Counties.) He worked on the Erie Canal as a very young man. He was trained as a Cooper and Farmer He could read and write and was said to be quite articulate. He voted for Andrew Jackson in 1832. He left Central NY and traveled west, supposedly alone, in 1835. He arrived in Lewistwon, Fulton Co, IL in November of 1835 and got a job as a Cooper. 3 Jan, 1839 he married Susanna WACHTAL in Fulton County. They had 10 children. George W. MILLER 1839-1919 (Married Rachel BALDOCK) William Henry Miller 1841-1929 (Married Martha Jane COONS) Mary Ann Miller 1843-1917 (Married John A. HAMILTON) John Wilson Miller 1846-1934 (Married Martha E. POWELL) Oliver Francis Miller 1848-1930 (Never married) Daniel W. Miller 1850-1920 (Married Henrietta LEPHART & Mariah Jane HERBERT) Hiram Lafayette Miller 1852-1927 (Married Louisa SWEISE & Louisa Jane WEAVER) Sarah Ellen Miller 1855-1921 (Married Joseph HUFFMAN) Perry Martin Miller 1857-1936 (Never married) Kelly Marquis Miller 1863-1895 (Married Amanda Burrows) ~~~~~~~~~~~~Looking for the parents of Marquis D. MILLER~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Also, Seeking information on a Grandson; Guy Hugo MILLER, b. 16 June, 1899 Fulton Co, IL His mother remarried after the death of his father, (Kelly Marquis MILLER), and they moved to HUME, MO. Guy died in Hume, Bates Co, MO in 1962 (per his SSI papers) Hoping someone has these MILLERS in their line? Thanks! Judith Goodwin "Tell them dear, that if eyes were made for seeing, Then beauty is its own excuse for being...." Ralph Waldo Emerson "The Rhodora"