9-Aug-1785 Charles Smith of Hampshire County to Stephen Miller of Cumberland County PA , 155 acres for 180 pounds on the South Fork of the South Branch from listing of Hampshire County Deed Book 7 for 1785-86 _______________________Reply Separator ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Lee Stickley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 6:26 AM Subject: [WVMINERA] Ancestor Hunting: Miller > Posted on: Mineral County Queries > Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Mineral~/230 > > Surname: Miller, See, Sirbaugh, McDonald, Stickley > ------------------------- > > Looking for data on Stephen Miller. His purported son, Amos Miller, had > five children: James Robert, Bertha Estella, Lester Paul, Elmer Bruce, > and Charles William. According to Connie (Miller) Howdyshell, daughter > of James Robert Miller, there were two Stephen Millers, the younger one, > by 20 years, was referred to by her father as Uncle Stephen. Uncle Stephen > lived with Amos when the family moved to Virginia Avenue in Cumberland, > MD. Connie, now deceased, was uncertain about the relationship between > the two Stephens. The younger Stephen, born about 1820, died in Cumberland > in the very early 1900s. Connie lived in Wiley Ford area of Mineral County, > WV, on land originally homesteaded by James Robert Miller. Stephen Miller, > born about 1800, appears with his first wife, and their children, on the > 1850 census;in 1860, he was living with his second wife, Sarah, and their > children. His brother James was deceased, and his wife and son lived with > Stephen, as did Rebecca Miller, a sister of Stephen's who never married. > Another known sister is Mary (Miller) McDonald. His purported son Amos > appeared on the 1880 Muskingum County, OH, census with his wife, his daughter > , Bertha, and his sister, Dora Miller. > > >